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This iconic 19 c. Unitarian hero was best known for keeping a pistol on his desk to protect runaway slaves.
Who is Theodore Parker?
100
This 19th c. suffragette was the first person to remove 'obey' from marriage vows.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
100
This public advocacy campaign promotes the respect for human dignity, confronts issues of exclusion, violence and oppression, and is rooted in Love.
What is Standing on the Side of Love?
100
This is the title of the February 5th UUCC's stewardship annual kick-off event promoting environmental education, advocacy and action.
What is "Earths Future is in our Hands"
100
In this year the delegates at General Assembly chose "Immigration as a Moral Issue" to be the congregational study action issue. Congregations and districts were encouraged to begin programs of education and reflection, service, community organizing, advocacy, and public witness. A) 2010 B) 1995 C) 1963
What is A) 2010
200
Which twenty-first century moral rights movement has inspired Unitarian Universalist congregations to address issues of racial profiling, voting restrictions, and mass imprisonment of African Americans and other people of color in the United States
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?
200
This "borderline" Unitarian and founder of the social work profession was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1831.
Who is Jane Addams?
200
This Unitarian congregation was first to call an openly gay minister to serve as their minister.
What is All Souls (Unitarian) Church of Augusta?
200
This UU principle affirms and promotes the interdependent web of all existence.
What is the seventh principle - Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part?
200
This local interfaith project supports secondary refugees in Augusta by providing assistance with housing, education, english as a second language, transportation, food, furniture, & housewares.
What is Capital Area New Mainers Project?
300
This 20th c. controversy in Unitarian Universalism is a stark reminder we have our own story of racial tension, division in the quest for racial justice.
What is the Empowerment Controversy?
300
This open lesbian poet, novelist, playwright and women's activist who "felt at home in Unitarian Universalism" is recognized as a Maine Woman writer and claimed by Unitarian Universalism as one of their very own prophets and sages.
Who is May Sarton?
300
Unitarian Universalism began proudly performing pubic commitment ceremonies and weddings for all people regardless of gender and sexual orientation in A) 1984 B) 2012 C) 1992
What is 1984?
300
In 2012 this statewide Unitarian Universalist organization selected climate change as one of its three primary issue areas.
What is Maine Unitarian Universalist State Advocacy Network?
300
This Unitarian Universalist program provides sanctuary to people appealing deportation orders, refugee children, and families fleeing violence. This movement creates “Sanctuary Cities” across the country that have welcoming policies towards immigrants.
What is New Sanctuary Movement?
400
This civil rights leaders made famous these words from Theodore Parker, "The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
Who is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
400
This women's right activist, suffragist, and philanthropist was the founding director of American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
400
The UUA offers this program to help congregations become more welcoming to LGBTQ people, and 63% of Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States are recognized participants.
What is a Welcoming Congregation?
400
In this year Unitarian Universalists became one of the first religious groups to commit their financial investments to environmental justice. They called on the denomination, congregations, and individual members to divest and become socially responsible investors. A) 1995 B) 1899 C) 2014
What is C) 2014?
400
This Unitarian Universalist organization offers service learning trips to the border. Journeys are grounded in theological reflection and help individuals, groups, and congregations understand the issues and discern a path toward effective action.
What is Unitarian Universalist Service Committee?
500
This book published by Beacon Press (Unitarian Universalist Association) addresses mass incarceration in an era of colorblindness.
What is "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander?
500
This founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association and member of First Unitarian Rochester, NY was the first woman to appear on a U.S. coin from 1979 to 1981.
Who is Susan B. Anthony
500
This congregation called the Reverend Sean Parker Dennison to serve as parish minister, thus becoming the first congregation to call an out transgender person. A) Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA B) South Valley UU Congregation, Salt Lake City, UT C) Winthrop Street Universalist Church, Augusta, ME
What is B) Salt Lake City, UT?
500
in September 2014 these UUCC members were part of the Maine Unitarian Universalist Contingent who attended the historic People's Climate March in New York.
Who is Denis Theot, Debbie Mattson, Melanie Lanctot and Claire Curole?
500
This principle of law developed in a series of 15th century Papal bulls and 16th century charters by Christian European monarchs on the basis of which much of the rest of the world was explored and colonized by Europeans. It contained a theological justification of colonization that later became a nationalistic one.
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?