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Unitarian Universalists in North Carolina Celebrate Life-Saving

WEBThe combination of emotional appeals and media-savvy actions persuaded the Senate President to include Medicaid expansion in the state budget, which the …

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Mental Health, Youth, and UU Support UU World Magazine

WEBThe group surveyed nearly 10,000 Gen Zers for its annual report on young people and the state of religion, which focused on mental health in 2019’s “Belonging: …

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UU World: The pages of sin, by Dan Cryer

WEBBlackburn defines lust as “the active and excited desire for the pleasures of sexual activity.” Before taking on such Christian naysayers as Augustine and Aquinas, he reminds us …

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New UUA health plan close to enrollment goal UU World Magazine

WEB50 more registrants needed before October 15 deadline. As of September 22 more than 450 people have enrolled in the new health insurance plan sponsored by …

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Rite of Passage, by Maryann Woods-Murphy

WEBContents: July/August 2002: Rite of Passage One mother's quest to welcome her daughter to womanhood

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Three ways Unitarian Universalism has helped with my depression

WEBKenny Wiley was a UU World senior editor from 2015 to 2018.His writing has also appeared in the Boston Globe, the Houston Chronicle, and Skyd Magazine.

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UUA World Magazine, January/February 1999

WEBFact-Finders & Rescuers: UU Responses to Welfare Reform by Rita Rousseau “To be more than a social club, we have to take our values into the world and do something with …

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Unitarian Universalists lobby for health care reform

WEBBetty-Jeanne Rueters-Ward, campaign manager for UU Voices for Health Care, located in California, said Unitarian Universalists are gaining a reputation for …

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Q&A: Elaine McArdle on 'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind'

WEBElaine McArdle, a UU World senior editor, is the co-author of Barbara K. Lipska’s The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery …

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UUA health plan ends successful first year UU World Magazine

WEBUUA health plan ends successful first year. Rate increases for 2008 held to 4 percent; open enrollment period ends November 30. The Unitarian Universalist …

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As Poets, As Activists

WEBOne day, back in the 1960s, when the Beacon Press poet Sonia Sanchez was running the world’s first black studies program, at San Francisco State College in California, she …

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Climate Change Is a Public Health Crisis UU World Magazine

WEBWith deep roots in systemic racism and inequality, climate change is a public health crisis that exacerbates existing health inequities.Climate disruption …

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Local TV show sheds light on mental illness UU World Magazine

WEBThe series of 30-minute programs is broadcast on Comcast public access channels in Alameda County, Calif. The first show focused on the stigma frequently …

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UUs Remain Committed to Supporting Reproductive Justice

WEBOn May 2, Politico published the draft decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dobbs v.Jackson’s Women Health Organization case, which …

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Reframing the health care conversation UU World Magazine

WEBIf such an attitude seems like common sense—or at worst harmless—in most settings, there is at least one area where it steers public policy astray: health …

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Health-care coverage for uninsured church staff

WEBJim Sargent, a UU with many years of insurance experience, has been engaged as the communications coordinator for the plan. He can be reached at …

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Board approves UUA insurance plan UU World Magazine

WEBDuring the October 19-22 meetings, the Board voted unanimously to approve a new self-funded health plan, the first UUA-sponsored health insurance plan in eight …

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Double Impact: COVID and Disabilities UU World Magazine

WEBDisability rights advocate Imari Kariotis calls us to be aware of our actions to help protect vulnerable communities. On March 12, 2020, the World Health …

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Boca Raton UUs partner with vulnerable communities on …

WEBMold. Street flooding. Algae blooms. Increased incidence of asthma. Vector-borne illnesses. Coastal communities in Florida can expect all of this and more due to …

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Pandemic Reckoning

WEBPandemic Reckoning. Six experts in public health, racial injustice, economic inequality, extremism, and Unitarian Universalist theology talk about the deep fissures …

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A doctor makes transgender care her priority UU World Magazine

WEBA doctor makes transgender care her priority. A UU-founded family practice in rural New York offers transgender patients the services they need. Elaine McArdle …

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