Famous UUs
The only Unitarian King (so far)
Who is John Sigismund?
The names of the two denominations that merged in 1961 to form the UUA.
What is the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America?
Attributed to Francis David, although likely John Wesley
Who said, "We need not think alike to love alike."
Champion of folk music and social change.
Who is Pete Seeger?
ANZUUA
What is the Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association?
prolific poet who used only lower case letters
Who is e. e. cummings?
(Bonus points-- edward estlin)
The is a nontrinitarian statement of faith from the 16th century, published by the Polish Brethren.
The Racovian Catechism
"This is no time for a casual faith."
What was UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick Gray's 2018 GA message?
Author of the "Mother's Day Proclamation" which asked women around the world to join for world peace.
Who is Julia Ward Howe?
Executive Director of the Canadian Unitarian Council
Who is Vyda Ng?
Birth control advocate who helped to found Planned Parenthood
Who is Margaret Sanger?
An early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime by championing causes for both the mentally ill and indigenous populations.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
She said, "Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Civil rights leader (and UU) who was Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961 - 1971.
Who is Whitney Young?
President-Executive Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines
Who is Rev. Tet Gallardo?
Defense attorney in the Scopes Monkey Trial
Who is Clarence Darrow?
The three interim Co-Presidents of the UUA appointed in 2017
Who is Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, Dr. Leon Spencer, and Rev. William Sinkford?
He said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Who is Rev. Howard Thurman?
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
What is the proposed 8th Principle?
The number of national full member groups who comprise the voting members of the International Council of Unitarian Universalists
What is 22?
The first Black man called as the senior minister of a mostly white Unitarian Church
Who is Rev. Lewis McGee?
Bonus points: Chico Unitarian Fellowship in 1961
She wrote one of the earliest published statements on women’s rights, “On the Equality of the Sexes.” It was first published in 1790, and again in a feminist publication in 1973.
Who is Judith Sargent Murray? (spouse of John Murray)
She said in 1866, "We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul."
Who is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper?
19th Century highly successful novelist and magazine editor, she sacrificed her career by taking a highly unpopular stand against slavery.
Who is Lydia Marie Child?
The city where the Unitarian Church of Transylvania is headquartered
What is Kolozsvár?