Approved: AIW supports California supermarket workers
Delegates adopted Action of Immediate Witness 2, “Support Southern California Supermarket Workers’ Struggle for Decent Wages and Benefits.” Rick Rhoads, delegate from the Unitarian Universalist...
View ArticleAIW 3, calling for end to Afghan involvement, fails
Action of Immediate Witness 3, calling for an end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, failed to gain approval of two-thirds of GA delegates Sunday. A similar measure was rejected last year as...
View ArticleDelegates vote to eliminate AIWs at 2012 Justice GA
After impassioned debate on the future of Actions of Immediate Witness at Unitarian Universalist Association General Assemblies, delegates overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bylaw amendment that would...
View ArticleFinal texts: 2011 Actions of Immediate Witness
The three Actions of Immediate Witness adopted by the 2011 General Assembly were published on the UUA website two weeks ago, but I forgot to provide direct links at the time. Here are the social...
View ArticleDelegates consider six AIW proposals
During Saturday morning’s plenary session, General Assembly delegates heard six proposed Actions of Immediate Witness: “Consider Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry,” “Stop persecuting...
View ArticleThree proposed AIWs added to 2013 agenda
Delegates narrowed down the six proposed Actions of Immediate Witness to three, and voted them onto Sunday’s agenda. The UUA’s bylaws only allow a General Assembly to adopt up to three AIWs, which the...
View ArticleTexts of today’s draft Actions of Immediate Witness
The draft Actions of Immediate Witness that delegates will consider in this afternoon’s plenary session are available in today’s CSW Alert! (PDF).
View ArticleAIW passes urging end to corporate personhood
Unitarian Universalists should join efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Citizens United U.S. Supreme Court decision to eliminate corporate personhood. That’s according to an Action...
View ArticleDelegates oppose institutional racism with AIW
GA delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday afternoon for an Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) that condemns racist mistreatment of young people of color by police. The AIW grew out of an appearance at...
View ArticlePassed: fossil fuel divestment AIW
General Assembly delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday afternoon to adopt the Action of Immediate Witness “Consider Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry,” which calls for delegates to “begin a...
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