SATURDAY JUNE 26, 2010 14:36:14 2:45PM CST 14:36:14 PLENARY 14:36:14 14:36:14 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: 14:36:14 INFO@HEARINK.COM 14:36:14 PHONE: 314-427-1113 14:36:13 14:36:18 >> I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE FIFTH 14:48:53 PLENARY SESSION OF THE FORTY 14:48:54 NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 14:48:59 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 14:48:59 ASSOCIATION. 14:49:00 14:48:59 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:49:02 PLEASE WELCOME THE REVEREND BETH 14:49:07 GRAHAM. 14:49:19 >> RELIGIOUS COMES TO MIND 14:49:23 BETWEEN MEMORY AND POINT AND WE 14:49:26 TOUCH BOTH OF THE POINTS OF LINE 14:49:28 SPECTRUM. 14:49:29 FOR NOW, NOW WE REMEMBER FRIENDS 14:49:32 WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST YEAR. 14:49:34 WE REMEMBER FRIENDS WHO LOVE 14:49:35 THIS FAITH WITH AIL THEIR HEARTS 14:49:37 AND WHO'S HOPES FOR OUR FUTURE 14:49:43 REST FOR US. 14:49:44 WE REMEMBER UNITARIAN 14:49:47 UNIVERSALISTS THAT WE QUEST TO 14:49:48 OUR INSTITUTION MEMORIAL GIFT SO 14:49:51 THAT OUR WORK NIGHT LIVE ON. 14:49:55 HERB AND KAREN TYSON WILL LIGHT 14:49:58 THE CHALICE FOR WHAT TOUCHES US 14:50:00 ALL. 14:50:01 WHAT THEY DREAM BE OURS TO DO. 14:50:13 AS THE IMAGES OF THE FAITHFUL 14:50:17 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS FILL OUR 14:50:18 EYES, WE FEEL APPRECIATION FOR 14:50:20 THOSE WHOM WE'VE KNOWN AND THOSE 14:50:23 WHOM WE'VE LOVED. 14:50:24 MIGHT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE 14:50:26 FILLED WITH STILL MORE IMAGES OF 14:50:28 OTHER UU FRIENDS WHOM WE LOST, 14:50:32 AND MIGHT WE HOLD ON DEARLY TO 14:50:33 THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF ALL OF 14:50:35 THESE FELLOW FAITHS, FRIENDS WHO 14:50:37 TOUCH US STILL. 14:50:39 WHAT THEY DREAMED BE OURS TO DO. 14:50:57 ¶ ¶ 14:51:08 >> OUR RELIGION DOES COME TO 14:55:05 LIFE AT THAT PLACE BETWEEN 14:55:07 MEMORY AND HOPE. 14:55:11 LET US SING OF THESE THINGS AND 14:55:12 OF THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY THAT 14:55:13 WE ARE THAT WE ALL ARE, LET US 14:55:17 SING OF THESE THINGS WITH THANKS 14:55:18 TO THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GUIDE 14:55:20 US. 14:55:23 SING TOGETHER THE HYMN RANK BY 14:55:25 RANK. 14:55:27 >> PLEASE RISE IN BODY AND 14:55:31 SPIRIT. 14:55:37 14:55:41 ¶ ¶ 14:55:49 >> PLEASE WELCOME THE REVEREND 14:58:05 NATHAN DETERING, THIRD 14:58:07 BREAKTHROUGH CONGREGATION,IR 14:58:09 FIRST PARISH SHERBORN, 14:58:14 MASSACHUSETTS. 14:58:18 . 14:58:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 14:58:19 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 14:58:20 WITH ME ARE THE LEADERS OF OUR 14:58:23 CONGREGATION, UNITARIAN 14:58:26 UNIVERSALIST PARISH IN -- PARISH 14:58:31 I AM SO DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH 14:58:33 YOU THIS VIDEO ABOUT OUR 14:58:35 CONGREGATION. 14:58:36 PLEASE ROLL THE VIDEO. 14:58:42 ¶ ¶ 14:58:46 ¶ COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE ¶ 14:59:05 ¶ WORSHIP ¶ 14:59:08 ¶ OURS IS NO CARAVAN OF DESPAIR 14:59:14 COME, YET AGAIN COME. 14:59:19 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 14:59:22 WANDERER, WORSHIPER, LOVER OF 14:59:26 LEAVING. 14:59:28 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 14:59:37 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 14:59:44 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 14:59:51 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 15:00:00 COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. 15:00:07 COME, YET AGAIN COME. 15:00:10 LOOK AROUND YOU. 15:00:11 LOOK AROUND YOU AND SEE A FULL 15:00:13 CHURCH ON WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO 15:00:16 BE A MISERABLE MORNING. 15:00:24 CHURCH PARISH SHERBORN HAD A 15:00:27 DIFFICULT CENTURY BETWEEN, YOU 15:00:30 KNOW, THE 1900'S WERE A 15:00:33 DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE CHURCH IN 15:00:35 GENERAL. 15:00:35 THE TIME OF TRANSITION AND 15:00:37 CHANGE. 15:00:37 A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS. 15:00:42 THEY HAD A MERGER HAPPEN WITH 15:00:44 OUR CHURCH DOWN THE STREET IN A 15:00:49 NEIGHBORING TOWN. 15:00:50 >> AT THAT POINT WHERE IT WAS, 15:00:53 YOU KNOW, IS OUR CHURCH GOING TO 15:00:55 BE A HISTORICAL BUILDING WITH 15:00:57 RED ROPES IN THE BACK AND PEOPLE 15:01:00 COME BACK TO THE CHURCH AND LOOK 15:01:01 INTO THIS KIND OF DEAD 15:01:02 COMMUNITY, OR ARE WE GOING TO 15:01:06 OPEN IT UP? 15:01:07 >> WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN 2003, 15:01:08 THE CHURCH WAS IN A STATE OF 15:01:10 HOPEFULLY AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT 15:01:14 OF DESPERATE EXPECTATION. 15:01:18 >> THE INTERIM MINISTER CAME IN, 15:01:21 DEBORAH POPE LANCE, REALLY 15:01:23 HELPED HOLD UP A MIRROR TO US 15:01:26 AND SHOW US WHAT WE WERE LIKE. 15:01:29 >> AND SHE SAID TO US, IF YOU 15:01:30 WANT A SETTLED MINISTER THAT YOU 15:01:32 REALLY WANTED, YOU WANT TO BE A 15:01:34 SUCCESSFUL CHURCH, THERE ARE 15:01:35 THINGS YOU HAVE TO CHANGE. 15:01:36 >> WE USE THE FIELD OF DREAMS, 15:01:39 QUOTE, YOU KNOW, IF WE BUILD IT, 15:01:43 THEY WILL COME. 15:01:43 AND SO WE WORKED ON BUILDING IT. 15:01:45 >> THE BELIEFS ARE MOST OF THE 15:01:50 PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH AT THIS 15:01:52 TRANSITION TIME WAS THAT WE WERE 15:01:54 A POOR CHURCH. 15:01:55 AND AS -- AND MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T 15:01:59 UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY WAS 15:02:01 OR WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. 15:02:02 >> THERE WAS A POCKET OF MONEY 15:02:04 THAT WAS THE NATICK ENDOWMENT, 15:02:06 AND THEN THE CHURCH ITSELF, THE 15:02:08 BUILDING HAD BEEN PUT INTO A 15:02:10 TRUST, AND THEN THERE WAS THE 15:02:11 FIRST BAPTISH ALLIANCE TRUST, 15:02:12 AND THEN THERE WAS MANY 15:02:14 DIFFERENT MUSIC MEMORIAL FUNDS. 15:02:17 >> BUT NOBODY EVER REALLY LOOKED 15:02:21 AT IT ALL TOGETHER. 15:02:23 WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT ALL 15:02:24 TOGETHER AND SORT OF LOOKED AT 15:02:25 THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 15:02:27 THE CHURCH HAD, WE WERE MAYBE 15:02:29 NOT A RICH CHURCH, BUT WE 15:02:31 WEREN'T POOR. 15:02:32 >> PEOPLE BEGAN TO ASK 15:02:33 THEMSELVES WELL, WHAT CAN OUR 15:02:37 CHURCH BE? 15:02:38 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DREAM, THE 15:02:40 OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THAT WE 15:02:40 HAVE THINGS TO SHARE. 15:02:42 WHAT, YOU KNOW, MINISTERS LIKE 15:02:44 TO CALL A THEOLOGY OF ABUNDANCE 15:02:47 RATHER THAN A THEOLOGY OF 15:02:48 SCARCITY. 15:02:48 WHICH MEANS WHAT DON'T -- IT IS 15:02:50 A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASKING WHAT 15:02:51 DON'T WE HAVE TO -- WHAT DO WE 15:02:53 HAVE THAT WE CAN SHARE? 15:02:58 >> THE OTHER THING SHE REALLY 15:03:00 HELD UP THE MIRROR ABOUT, THAT I 15:03:03 THINK WAS HARD ARE FEAR PEOPLE 15:03:04 TO HEAR, IS SHE TOLD US THAT WE 15:03:06 WEREN'T KIND TO EACH OTHER. 15:03:07 AND I THINK AT THAT TIME IN THE 15:03:09 CONGREGATION THERE WERE WAYS IN 15:03:10 WHICH WE WEREN'T. 15:03:11 THERE WAS SORT OF SOME OLD TURF 15:03:15 BATTLES. 15:03:15 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, THE 15:03:17 SHORTEST COFFEE HOUR ON RECORD, 15:03:19 AND COFFEE HOUR IS THE SOCIAL 15:03:21 TIME WHEN PEOPLE INTEGRATE WITH 15:03:22 ONE ANOTHER. 15:03:23 >> BACK TEN YEARS AGO WE WERE A 15:03:26 VERY SMALL CONGREGATION, WHERE 15:03:28 VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY KNEW EACH 15:03:29 OTHER, AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU 15:03:31 DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY, BUT YOU 15:03:32 HAVE TO KIND OF HAVE A FRIENDLY 15:03:34 HEART. 15:03:35 GO UP TO PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY NOT 15:03:36 KNOW AND STRIKE UP 15:03:37 CONVERSATIONS. 15:03:39 SO WE ACTUALLY DID CLASSES. 15:03:43 WE CALLED THEM WELCOMING 101. 15:03:45 WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO WELCOME 15:03:46 EACH OTHER, AND WHEN NEW PEOPLE 15:03:48 COME IN, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 15:03:51 WARMLY WELCOMED AND THAT WE WANT 15:03:52 THEM HERE. 15:03:53 >> BEHIND EVERY VISITOR CARD IS 15:04:00 A PERSON, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF 15:04:01 THE PROCESS OF MEMBERSHIP IS NOT 15:04:04 THE MANAGEMENT OF A PROCESS 15:04:06 ABOUT MEMBERSHIP. 15:04:07 IT IS ABOUT THE INVITATION OF 15:04:09 HUMAN BEINGS INTO OUR RELIGIOUS 15:04:13 COMMUNITY. 15:04:13 >> BEFORE MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 15:04:16 COORDINATOR WAS PUT INTO PLACE, 15:04:19 THERE WAS NOT REALLY GOOD PATH 15:04:22 TO MEMBERSHIP, STRUCTURES IN 15:04:23 PLACE, CLASSES, EDUCATIONAL 15:04:26 CLASSES, SO THAT PEOPLE HAD A 15:04:30 REAL SENSE OF WHAT THE 15:04:32 COMMITMENT WAS TO MEMBERSHIP AND 15:04:34 WHAT IT IS TO BE A UNITARIAN 15:04:37 UNIVERSALIST, AND PEOPLE HAVE A 15:04:39 DEEPER SENSE OF WHY THEY'RE 15:04:40 HERE, AND THEREFORE MAKE A MORE 15:04:43 LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE 15:04:44 CONGREGATION. 15:04:44 >> NOW ONE OF THE FIRST 15:04:48 QUESTIONS THAT'S ASKED WHEN 15:04:50 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MEMBERSHIP 15:04:52 PROFITS, DO YOU HAVE A 15:04:53 MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR? 15:04:54 A PAID PERSON ON YOUR STAFF FOR 15:04:56 MEMBERSHIP? 15:04:57 SO WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. 15:05:01 >> WE HAD SORT OF GOTTEN RID OF 15:05:03 THE SILO CHURCH, AND WHAT I MEAN 15:05:05 BY THE SILO CHURCH IS THAT YOU 15:05:07 HAVE THE DRE DOING HIS OR HER 15:05:11 WORK AND THEIR ROLE YOU HAVE THE 15:05:14 MINISTER WHO TAKES CARE OF THE 15:05:15 SERMON, YOU HAVE THE MUSIC 15:05:16 DIRECTOR TAKE CARE OF THE MUSIC 15:05:18 ON SUNDAYS, YOU HAVE THE BOARD 15:05:20 DOING THEIR WORK AS LEADERS. 15:05:22 >> WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE THERE 15:05:24 WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGHT 15:05:25 FOR THIS RE PROGRAM BECAUSE 15:05:28 WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL SAY 15:05:29 ANYTHING, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE 15:05:30 SURE WE GET OUR PIECE OF WHAT WE 15:05:33 NEED, AND IT BECAME FACTIONED, 15:05:36 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT LIKE 15:05:38 THEY HAD THEIR ONE OR TWO THINGS 15:05:39 THAT THEY DID AT CHURCH, AND 15:05:40 THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEIR 15:05:41 THINGS WERE REALLY TAKEN CARE OF 15:05:45 AND NEED TO ADVOCATE LOUDLY FOR 15:05:47 THEM, AND I THINK OVER THE PAST 15:05:48 TEN YEARS WE'VE -- ALL OF US 15:05:51 HAVE REALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO 15:05:52 CHANGE THAT ATTITUDE OF IT IS 15:05:54 NOT ABOUT A RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 15:05:55 PROGRAM. 15:05:57 IT IS NOT ABOUT A SOCIAL ACTION 15:05:59 PROGRAM. 15:05:59 IT IS NOT ABOUT A MUSIC PROGRAM. 15:06:02 IT'S ABOUT A CONGREGATION AS A 15:06:04 WHOLE. 15:06:04 >> ORIGINALLY I THINK THAT IDEA 15:06:08 CAME FROM MUSIC COMMITTEE 15:06:10 MEETINGS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT A 15:06:11 LOT ABOUT WHAT THE CHOIR WAS 15:06:12 GOING TO DO, AND I REALLY FELT 15:06:14 MY ROLE HERE WAS NOT BE A MUSIC 15:06:16 DIRECT OF A CHOIR OR CHOIR 15:06:19 PROGRAMS BUT BE A MUSIC DIRECTOR 15:06:22 FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND SO OUT OF 15:06:24 THAT CAME THE IDEA THAT WE 15:06:25 REALLY NEEDED TO INVOLVE THE 15:06:26 CONGREGATION MORE IN SINGING. 15:06:29 SO DOING MORE HYMNS, DOING 15:06:31 ROUNDS, EVEN HAVING THEM SAY 15:06:33 THINGS LIKE IN INTROITS AND 15:06:38 BENEDICTIONS. 15:06:38 >> TO REMIND US IN THE MUSIC 15:06:40 THAT WHAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN 15:06:45 HERE IS THIS HOUR OF WORSHIP A 15:06:48 COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR. 15:06:48 >> WE CREATED A MINISTRY 15:06:50 COUNCIL, AND THE MINISTRY 15:06:52 COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF COMMITTEE 15:06:54 CHAIRS, THE MINISTER AND THE 15:06:55 PRESIDENT ELECT, WHO IS BOTH ON 15:06:57 THE BOARD BUT ALSO A LIAISON TO 15:06:59 THESE GROUPS. 15:07:00 AND THE THINGS WE DISCOVERED 15:07:01 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS 15:07:03 DOING THIS IS THAT THIS GROUP 15:07:08 NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 15:07:09 REALLY DISCOVER WHAT THEY'RE 15:07:11 DOING AND THE DEPENDENCIES WITH 15:07:14 EACH OTHER AND THEIR WORK. 15:07:15 WHEREAS BEFORE THERE WAS VERY 15:07:16 LITTLE DIALOGUE WHEN THEY CAME 15:07:18 TOGETHER. 15:07:18 >> THE CHILDREN START EVERY 15:07:25 MORNING, WELL, MOST MORNINGS IN 15:07:27 THE SERVICE FOR THE FIRST 15 15:07:29 MINUTES IN THE SERVICE FOR THE 15:07:30 CONGREGATION. 15:07:31 OFTEN WE HAVE CHILDREN LIGHT THE 15:07:34 CHALICE FOR US, AND I THINK 15:07:36 THAT'S A NICE WAY FOR THE KIDS 15:07:37 TO REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY REALLY 15:07:39 OWN THE RITUAL AS PART OF THE 15:07:41 SERVICE. 15:07:42 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REALLY 15:07:43 STEPPED UP AND STARTED TALKING 15:07:46 DIFFERENTLY ABOUT TEACHING, AND 15:07:47 INSTEAD OF SAYING TEACHING OUR 15:07:48 CHILDREN AND COMMITTING TO, ITS 15:07:51 MORE THAT WE WORK WITH TO 15:07:55 MINISTER OUR CHILDREN. 15:07:56 >> WHAT I ENJOY MOST IS SEEING 15:07:58 THE NEW FAMILIES, AND IT IS THAT 15:08:00 SORT OF VIBRANCY THAT THE 15:08:01 CHILDREN BRING, BUT ALSO THAT 15:08:03 THEIR PARENTS BRING, HAVE 15:08:05 REJUVENATED THE CHURCH. 15:08:06 AND I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING THAT 15:08:07 I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED WITH IS 15:08:10 A SENSE THAT THE CHILDREN IN 15:08:12 THIS CHURCH BELONG TO ALL OF US, 15:08:14 WHETHER THEY'RE MY CHILDREN OR 15:08:16 NOT, THEY'RE OUR CHILDREN. 15:08:19 I KNOW MOST OF THE OLDER PILLARS 15:08:22 OF THE CHURCH, AND THEY FEEL THE 15:08:24 SAME WAY. 15:08:25 THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN. 15:08:26 >> IT BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT IN 15:08:31 A PLACE THAT'S INHERITED A LONG 15:08:36 HISTORY IN MY MIND, TO REALLY 15:08:38 VIEW THE TIME IN WHICH WE'RE 15:08:39 LIVING AS A SPECIAL TIME, A 15:08:42 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE, 15:08:43 AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO 15:08:47 CONSTANTLY ASK OURSELVES, WHO 15:08:48 ARE WE NOT YET, THAT WE MIGHT 15:08:50 NEED TO BE. 15:08:51 >> WE HAVE A DISCOVERY DAY, 15:08:52 ACTUALLY NUMEROUS DAYS FOR 15:08:54 PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T MAKE THE 15:08:55 FIRST ONE, WHERE WE HAD THE 15:08:57 OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW ONE 15:08:59 ANOTHER. 15:09:00 EACH MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WHO 15:09:01 PARTICIPATED INTERVIEWED -- THEY 15:09:04 SPLIT OFF AND INTERVIEW ONE 15:09:07 ANOTHER, AND FROM THAT IT WAS TO 15:09:08 GET THE PERSONAL STORIES. 15:09:11 WHAT IS IT THAT DOES MAKE US SO 15:09:13 SPECIAL? 15:09:14 BECAUSE THAT'S NOW THE 15:09:16 FOUNDATION FOR THE STRATEGIC 15:09:17 PLAN. 15:09:17 NOW WE KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS 15:09:19 THAT -- THAT WE DO REALLY WELL. 15:09:21 SO WHEN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 15:09:23 SOMEONE'S LIFE, THESE ARE THE 15:09:24 THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT 15:09:26 MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE. 15:09:27 AND SO NOW WE KNOW THIS IS WHAT 15:09:30 WE WANT FOCUSED ON. 15:09:31 AND SO AS A CHURCH ASPECT, AS 15:09:34 THE ORGANIZATION, THE ENTITY, 15:09:37 ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE THE 15:09:38 BUILDING BLOCKS. 15:09:40 BUT INDIVIDUALLY I THINK 15:09:42 EVERYBODY PARTICIPATED IN THAT 15:09:44 CAME AWAY WITH UNDERSTANDING 15:09:46 THEMSELVES, AND REALLY HOW 15:09:50 IMPORTANT THE CHURCH IS TO US. 15:09:52 >> AND I THINK THAT PERSPECTIVE 15:09:56 ABOUT ALWAYS NOT STAYING 15:09:58 STAGNANT, ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT 15:09:59 WHAT IS THE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY 15:10:00 HERE, WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO, 15:10:03 WHO ARE WE CALLED TO BE, A SENSE 15:10:05 OF EVEN URGENCY ABOUT OUR PLACE 15:10:09 IN THE WORLD AS A CHURCH, LEADS 15:10:10 TO REALLY IMPORTANT PLACES. 15:10:12 HAS LED US -- THERE'S -- IT 15:10:14 CREATES A CERTAIN DYNAMISM IN 15:10:22 THE CHURCH THAT IS INFECTIOUS. 15:10:25 >> ONE OF THE KEY PIECES IS THE 15:10:29 WHOLE IDEA THAT WHAT WE WERE 15:10:32 DOING WAS DREAMING ABOUT OUR 15:10:34 FUTURE. 15:10:35 WHAT DOES THAT DREAM MEAN? 15:10:38 WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO BE LIKE? 15:10:40 WHAT DO YOU WANT OUR 15:10:41 CONGREGATION TO BE LIKE? 15:10:43 WHAT DO YOU WANT OUR FACILITIES 15:10:45 TO BE LIKE? 15:10:46 AND THAT WAS REALLY OUR 15:10:47 INSPIRATION, DREAM BIG. 15:10:51 ¶ ¶ 15:10:51 . 15:10:51 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:10:57 >> YEAH, HUH. 15:11:05 HAVE A GREAT DAY. 15:11:06 THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS MY 15:11:14 ABSOLUTELY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE 15:11:20 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:11:20 ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, THE 15:11:22 REVEREND PETER MORALES TO GIVE 15:11:27 HIS REPORT TO THIS ASSEMBLY. 15:11:30 LET'S FILL THE ROOM WITH LOVE. 15:11:32 . 15:11:32 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:11:43 >> THANK YOU. 15:11:50 CLEANED UP PRETTY GOOD AFTER 15:11:51 THAT HOT -- WASN'T THAT WASN'T 15:11:55 THIS AFTERNOON? 15:11:56 THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING. 15:11:57 . 15:11:56 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:12:01 AND I'M SO GLAD SO MANY OF YOU 15:12:03 WENT AND GOT THE SENSE OF WHAT 15:12:04 IT FEELS LIKE TO ACT TOGETHER, 15:12:07 TO BEAR WITNESS TO OUR VALUES. 15:12:11 WE ARE AT A TIME, A CRITICAL 15:12:13 TIME FOR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM, 15:12:19 AND TIME FILLED WITH BOTH 15:12:21 POTENTIAL AND WITH THREATS 15:12:23 REALLY. 15:12:24 ON THE ONE HAND AFTER 20 YEARS 15:12:27 OR SO OF SLOW, STEADY GROWTH, 15:12:31 THAT PERIOD HAS ENDED. 15:12:33 WE HAVE BEEN FLAT FOR THE LAST 15:12:35 COUPLE OF YEARS. 15:12:36 ACTUALLY GONE DOWN A FEW HUNDRED 15:12:38 MEMBERS. 15:12:38 ON THE FLIP SIDE YOU SEE THINGS 15:12:42 HAPPENING LIKE YOU JUST WATCHED 15:12:43 IN THIS BREAKTHROUGH 15:12:44 CONGREGATION. 15:12:45 AMAZING ENERGY THAT WHEN WE DO 15:12:49 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM WELL, 15:12:51 PEOPLE FLOCK TO US BECAUSE IT 15:12:52 FEEDS SOMETHING THAT IS 15:12:54 FUNDAMENTAL IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT. 15:12:58 IN ADDITION THIS LAST YEAR HAS 15:13:00 BEEN A YEAR OF CHALLENGE IN THAT 15:13:05 WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH 15:13:07 RESOURCES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES 15:13:08 THAT ARE -- INCOME THAT IS 15:13:10 SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IT HAS 15:13:11 BEEN BEFORE. 15:13:12 SO FROM AN ANNUAL BUDGET THAT 15:13:15 WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT 15:13:17 $26 MILLION, WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 15:13:20 22. 15:13:20 WE HAVE LOST ABOUT $4 MILLION, 15:13:23 AND SOME OF THAT MONEY IS 15:13:24 ACTUALLY IN KIND OF FIXED THINGS 15:13:26 FROM ENDOWMENTS SO THE MONEY 15:13:30 THAT IS TO BE SPENT ON THE 15:13:33 PROGRAMS THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT 15:13:34 OUR MOVEMENT, TO MOVE FORWARD, 15:13:36 TO SUPPORT OUR CONGREGATIONS 15:13:38 ACTUALLY DROPPED BY A GREATER 15:13:39 PERCENTAGE THAN THAT. 15:13:43 I WANT TO GIVE WHAT ARE 15:13:44 ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE 15:13:46 AMOUNT OF TIME REALLY KIND OF 15:13:49 BIG HEADLINE ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT 15:13:52 KEY INITIATIVES AND KEY 15:13:54 ACTIVITIES IN OUR ASSOCIATION 15:13:57 THE LAST YEAR, AND I WANT TO 15:13:58 HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEMES IN 15:13:59 THEM. 15:14:00 ONE OF THEM IS WE ARE WORKING 15:14:01 VERY HARD TO BUILD A CULTURE OF 15:14:03 COLLABORATION WITH OUR 15:14:04 CONGREGATIONS AND AMONG OUR 15:14:06 CONGREGATIONS. 15:14:07 HEARD ABOUT REGIONALIZATION, OF 15:14:09 STAFF, BUT ALSO WE'RE SEEING 15:14:11 AGAIN AND AGAIN WHEN OUR 15:14:12 CONGREGATIONS WORK TOGETHER IN 15:14:13 CLUSTERS AND IN GROUPS, THEY 15:14:15 UNLEASH AMAZING ENERGY, SO I 15:14:18 REALLY WANT TO LIFT THAT UP 15:14:20 REALLY AS WE WORK THROUGH MANY 15:14:21 OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 15:14:23 AND EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE REALLY 15:14:26 PUSHING MORE AND MORE THINGS 15:14:28 DOWN TO THE GRASSROOTS. 15:14:30 TO OUR ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL 15:14:32 CONGREGATIONS AND OUR MOVEMENT. 15:14:34 AND BEFORE I GET ON WITH THOSE 15:14:36 KIND OF HEADLINES, I ALSO WANT 15:14:38 TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A TIME 15:14:40 WHEN THE CHALLENGES FOR THE UUA 15:14:45 STAFF TO BE ENORMOUS. 15:14:46 A NEW PRESIDENT COME IN, 15:14:48 TREMENDOUS TRANSITION, AND VERY 15:14:50 HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT ON TOP OF 15:14:52 IT HAVING TO DO WITH FEWER 15:14:53 PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER 15:14:55 RESOURCES. 15:14:56 SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 15:14:58 THANK AND LET US ALL THANK THE 15:15:01 MEMBERS OF THE UUA STAFF WHO 15:15:03 HAVE REALLY DONE EXTRAORDINARY 15:15:05 WORK, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL 15:15:07 CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR 15:15:12 APPRECIATION. 15:15:14 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:15:17 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 15:15:20 >> THEY ARE YOUR STAFF, THEY ARE 15:15:30 VERY DEDICATED, AND I'VE GLAD TO 15:15:31 SEE THEY'RE MOSTLY STILL 15:15:33 AMBULATORY. 15:15:34 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:15:37 >> SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, WE 15:15:39 HAVE TRIED FOR A LONG TIME TO 15:15:42 INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 15:15:43 MINISTRY, AND IT HAS BEEN 15:15:45 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT 15:15:47 TO MY PREDECESSORS, IT IS 15:15:49 IMPORTANT TO ME, IT IS PROVED TO 15:15:50 BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN ANY 15:15:52 OF US THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT I'M 15:15:53 HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN THIS LAST 15:15:56 YEAR WE HAVE SEEN THE SETTLEMENT 15:15:57 OF THREE MINISTERS -- MINISTERS 15:16:01 OF COLOR AND PART OF OUR 15:16:03 DIVERSITY OF MINISTRY PROGRAM. 15:16:06 ONE IS ALMA CRAWFORD, JOHN 15:16:10 CRESTWELL, AND LILIA CUERVO. 15:16:28 LILIA SETTLED CAMBRIDGE AND I 15:16:31 WILL BE PREACHING AT OUR 15:16:32 INSTALLATION LATER THIS FALL. 15:16:35 ANOTHER INITIATIVE WE UNDERTOOK 15:16:38 WAS STUDY THE PROFESSIONAL 15:16:40 MINISTRY, LOOK AT HOW THE 15:16:41 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE STAFF 15:16:43 LEVEL AFFECT THAT AND WHAT SOME 15:16:44 OF THE CHALLENGES ARE. 15:16:46 MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY 15:16:48 THAT IN THE NEXT DECADE ABOUT 15:16:49 HALF OF OUR MINISTRIES WILL 15:16:51 RETIRE OR LEAVE. 15:16:53 WE'RE -- BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF 15:16:55 OUR MINISTERS. 15:16:56 SO WE'RE FACING A TIME OF 15:16:58 TREMENDOUS TRANSITION. 15:17:01 IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE FACING A 15:17:03 TIME OF THIS HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC 15:17:05 SHIFT IN AMERICA. 15:17:06 WE NEED A NEW MINISTRY FOR A NEW 15:17:09 AMERICA, AND WE'RE IN THE 15:17:10 PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT. 15:17:11 WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME 15:17:13 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE 15:17:14 ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION. 15:17:16 CREDENTIALING PROCESS, WHICH I'M 15:17:19 FEELING AS WE LOOK AT IT 15:17:21 CAREFULLY, IS CUMBERSOME AND 15:17:24 EXPENSIVE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO 15:17:27 MOVE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES 15:17:28 INTO SUPPORTING MENTORING AND 15:17:30 CONTINUING EDUCATION TO HELP OUR 15:17:31 MINISTERS AND SUPPORT THEM, 15:17:34 RATHER THAN SETTING BARRIERS FOR 15:17:36 THEM MOVING INTO THE MINISTRY. 15:17:38 . 15:17:37 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:17:42 IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC WITNESS, 15:17:45 YOU JUST EXPERIENCED ONE OF OUR 15:17:47 AREAS OF FOCUS, THE PROGRAM 15:17:50 WE'RE CALLING STANDING ON THE 15:17:52 SIDE OF LOVE, WHICH IS REALLY 15:17:53 ABOUT BEING WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN 15:17:57 OUR SOCIETY WHO ARE THE MOST 15:17:58 MARGINALIZED, MARRIAGE EQUALITY 15:18:02 BEING A BIG PART OF IT. 15:18:04 YOU SEE A PHOTO THAT I TOOK 15:18:05 WHILE ON THE STAGE OF THAT BIG 15:18:07 MARCH ON WASHINGTON LAST FALL. 15:18:08 IT WAS STUNNING. 15:18:09 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 100,000 15:18:12 PEOPLE THERE. 15:18:13 WE GET ALL KINDS OF ESTIMATES. 15:18:17 FORTUNATE AND PROUD TO BE ONE OF 15:18:18 THE DIGNITARIES BUT THE REAL 15:18:21 STARS WERE HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS 15:18:23 OF HUNDREDS OF UU'S THAT CAME TO 15:18:28 BE AT THAT, AND YOU HEARD 15:18:30 EARLIER ABOUT THE CAKE, THE 15:18:33 RAINBOW CAKE TO CELEBRATE THE 15:18:36 LOVE -- THE MARRIAGES AND THE 15:18:38 LOVE BUS. 15:18:39 THE OTHER ONE -- THE OTHER AREA, 15:18:42 AND YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE 15:18:43 ABOUT THIS, IS NOW THE ISSUE OF 15:18:45 IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND IT IS -- 15:18:47 I'LL BE TALKING MORE A LITTLE 15:18:48 BIT LATER ABOUT THAT. 15:18:49 IT IS MORE THAN IMMIGRATION 15:18:51 REFORM. 15:18:51 IT IS REALLY ABOUT LEARNING TO 15:18:54 MOVE INTO AN AMERICA THAT IS 15:18:56 TRULY MULTICULTURAL IN AMERICA 15:18:59 WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15:19:02 CENTURY PEOPLE OF EUROPEAN 15:19:04 DESCENT ARE A MINORITY. 15:19:07 THAT'S THE AMERICA WE HAVE TO 15:19:09 LEARN TO LIVE WITH. 15:19:09 HERE YOU SEE PHOTOS OF ENORMOUS 15:19:12 MARCH MAY 29th IN PHOENIX AND 15:19:17 ALSO OF A TIME A RALLY IN 15:19:21 BOSTON. 15:19:22 AMONG THOSE ONE I WAS TRICKLY 15:19:24 FOND OF THAT. 15:19:26 LOU DOBBS. 15:19:29 BASTA IS ENOUGH IN SPANISH, AND 15:19:33 LIKE TO THINK IT WAS MORE THAN 15:19:34 COINCIDENCE WITHIN A FEW DAYS 15:19:36 LOU DOBBS WAS NO LONGER AT HIS 15:19:39 OLD POST. 15:19:40 . 15:19:39 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:19:41 WE DIDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT WE 15:19:43 WERE PART OF A HUGE NATIONAL 15:19:45 OUTCRY ON THAT. 15:19:49 I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IN PART 15:19:51 OF OUR EFFORT WITHSTANDING ON 15:19:53 THE SIDE OF LOVE IS TO AGAIN 15:19:58 EQUIP OUR CONGREGATIONS TO BE 15:20:01 EFFECTIVE WHERE THEY ARE. 15:20:02 WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE THAT 15:20:03 WHEN WE HELP OUR PEOPLE AND 15:20:06 RESOURCE THEM AND HELP TRAIN 15:20:08 THEM AND COORDINATE WITH THEM 15:20:10 AND THEY DO THINGS AT LOCAL 15:20:12 LEVEL, IT HAS FAR MORE IMPACT. 15:20:15 WE MAGNIFY THE IMPACT WE HAVE. 15:20:17 TODAY WAS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT. 15:20:18 SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT 15:20:20 OUR WASHINGTON OFFICES GOING 15:20:21 AWAY. 15:20:22 WE STILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN 15:20:25 WASHINGTON, BUT THAT WAS A LABEL 15:20:27 FOR WAS MORE A MORE TRADITIONAL 15:20:30 LOBBYING EFFORT TO AFFECT 15:20:32 FEDERAL LEGISLATION. 15:20:33 WE'RE BACKING AWAY FROM THAT. 15:20:34 WE WILL STILL DO SOME OF THAT, 15:20:35 BUT IT IS TO PUT MORE -- MORE OF 15:20:38 OUR EFFORT INTO WORKING WITH YOU 15:20:40 AND YOUR CONGREGATIONS ALL OVER 15:20:41 THE COUNTRY. 15:20:44 MOVING ON TO LIFESPAN FAITH 15:20:47 DEVELOPMENT. 15:20:47 THOSE OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN 15:20:48 EXHIBIT HALL HAVE SEEN THE 15:20:49 WONDERFUL EXHIBIT OF A COUPLE OF 15:20:51 PROGRAMS THAT ARE UP ONLINE SO 15:20:53 CONGREGATIONS CAN PULL EXACTLY 15:20:55 WHAT THEY NEED AND ADAPT IT ON 15:20:58 THE TAPESTRY OF FAITH PROGRAM. 15:21:04 LAST FEW WEEKS BUILDING THE 15:21:06 WORLD WE DREAM OF PROGRAM IS 15:21:07 OUT. 15:21:08 ACCESSIBILITY MANUAL HAS JUST 15:21:10 COME ONLINE. 15:21:12 IN AN AREA THAT CAN LOOK -- CAN 15:21:14 SOUND RATHER BORING IS SOMETHING 15:21:16 THAT WAS STARTED SEVERAL YEARS 15:21:18 AGO UNDER BILL'S ADMINISTRATION 15:21:24 AND RESOURCE OF HOW WE MANAGE 15:21:26 THE RETIREMENT FUNDS FOR THE 15:21:28 ASSOCIATION. 15:21:29 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MORAL ISSUE 15:21:31 BECAUSE THE FUNDS THAT HAD BEEN 15:21:33 MANAGED BY FIDELITY, AND 15:21:37 FIDELITY REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO 15:21:40 DIVEST ITSELF OF INVESTMENTS IN 15:21:44 COMPANIES THAT WERE PROFITING 15:21:44 FROM DOING BUSINESS IN SUDAN AND 15:21:48 AFFECTING DARFUR. 15:21:50 AS PART OF A EXHAUSTIVE 15:21:52 EFFORTIVE GROUPS OF THIS 15:21:54 COMMITTEE THAT LOOKED INTO PROS 15:21:55 AND CONS BECAUSE THESE ARE 15:21:57 RETIREMENTS OF OUR PEOPLE, OF 15:21:59 OUR STAFF THAT WORKED FOR MANY 15:22:01 YEARS, AND EXAMINE AND MOVING 15:22:11 OUR FUNDS STARTING JANUARY 1 AND 15:22:14 WALKING OUR TALK WITH OUR OWN 15:22:15 MONEY THERE. 15:22:16 WE'RE SUPPORTING AN INVESTMENT 15:22:18 COMPANY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE IN 15:22:20 THE USE OF ITS MONEY. 15:22:21 . 15:22:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:22:26 >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO 15:22:31 UUA.ORG IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS? 15:22:34 ANYBODY? 15:22:35 IT IS -- I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE 15:22:40 MAKING A NUMBER OF CHANGES. 15:22:42 WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT, AND WE 15:22:43 LISTENED TO PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT 15:22:44 OUR WEBSITE WAS FRUSTRATING. 15:22:47 HERE YOU SEE THE HOME PAGE. 15:22:50 WE WENT LOOKING AT WHAT PEOPLE, 15:22:52 IN FACT, LOOKED FOR WHEN THEY 15:22:53 CAME. 15:22:54 THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, 15:22:56 MORE THAN% OF THEM, COME TO OUR 15:22:58 WEBSITE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR 15:23:00 INFORMATION ABOUT UNITARIAN 15:23:03 UNIVERSALISM. 15:23:04 THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. 15:23:05 WE ALSO TRACKED WHAT PEOPLE WERE 15:23:08 LOOKING FOR WHO ARE UU'S MADE 15:23:10 THAT MUCH EASIER TO FIND. 15:23:12 I HOPE YOU'RE FINDING IT THAT 15:23:13 WAY, AND WE JUST ROLLED THIS OUT 15:23:15 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 15:23:17 NOW WHEN YOU FIND CONGREGATION 15:23:19 NEAR ME, A MODERN THINGS THAT 15:23:21 SAYS HOW MANY MILES AWAY, AND 15:23:23 HERE WE ARE IN MINNESOTA. 15:23:25 YOU SEE THE EXAMPLE, AND THERE 15:23:27 ARE A COUPLE OF CONGREGATIONS, 15:23:28 AND YOU CLICK ON THERE AND GET 15:23:32 INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE 15:23:32 CONGREGATIONS. 15:23:34 IT IS ONE MORE STEP TO MAKE -- 15:23:36 TO USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO 15:23:37 NOT ONLY SUPPORT YOU BUT TO MAKE 15:23:39 US MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OUT 15:23:42 THERE. 15:23:42 ONE THAT I'M REALLY FOND OF, AN 15:23:45 ASPECT IS JUST AS YOU HAVE SEEN 15:23:46 WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH 15:23:47 CONGREGATION IS -- HOW MANY YOU 15:23:50 SEEN THE RELIGION FOR OUR TIME 15:23:52 VIDEOS ON THERE? 15:23:54 IF YOU HAVEN'T GO TO UUA.ORG 15:23:56 BECAUSE EXCITING FOUR OR 15:23:57 5-MINUTE VIDEOS AROUND TERRIFIC 15:23:59 STUFF AND RE AND YOUNG ADULT 15:24:01 MINISTRY AND ADULT PROGRAMMING. 15:24:05 BIG CHURCHES, LITTLE CHURCHES, 15:24:08 MULTICULTURAL WORSHIP, AND WHAT 15:24:10 WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE SHORT 15:24:12 SNIP-ITS OF THINGS TO GIVE 15:24:14 PEOPLE IDEAS, AND SHARE SOME OF 15:24:15 THE BEST PRACTICES ACROSS OUR 15:24:18 ASSOCIATION. 15:24:20 I TELL THE STAFF THAT MY DREAM 15:24:22 IS FOR YOU UUA.ORG TO BE THE APP 15:24:25 STORE FEW UNITARIAN 15:24:28 UNIVERSALISM. 15:24:29 WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT OF 225,000, 15:24:31 BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY. 15:24:32 WE'RE ON OUR WAY. 15:24:40 IN THE AREA OF COMMUNICATION I'M 15:24:42 VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 15:24:44 GOT A NEW VERSION OF VOICES, A 15:24:48 NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE HYMN BOOK. 15:24:51 IT WAS QUITE A LEARNING 15:24:52 EXPERIENCE. 15:24:54 LAST YEAR WE PUT IT OUT AND THEN 15:24:55 FOUND THAT IT HAD SOME 15:24:57 SIGNIFICANT ERRORS IN IT. 15:24:59 WE WENT BACK, AND WE WORKED WITH 15:25:01 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 15:25:02 IT WAS A HUGE LABOR TO PUT THAT 15:25:04 OUT, AND I BELIEVE NOW WE HAVE A 15:25:06 TERRIFIC HYMNAL FOR A GENERATION 15:25:08 NOW THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN 15:25:10 ADD TO THE REPERTOIRE OF WHAT 15:25:12 OUR CONGREGATIONS HAVE TO WORK 15:25:14 WITH. 15:25:18 BEACON PRESS -- KUDOS TO BEACON 15:25:21 PRESS, WE ARE THE WORKS OF 15:25:26 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 15:25:31 . 15:25:30 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:25:35 >> AND THAT IS GOING TO BE 15:25:36 COMING OUT, MORE AND MORE WORK, 15:25:38 SCHOLARLY WORK, YEAR AFTER YEAR. 15:25:40 IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE 15:25:42 VERY, VERY PROUD OF. 15:25:44 JUST A MONTH OR SO AGO WE 15:25:47 RELEASED A NEW SMALL MEDITATION 15:25:50 MANUAL FOR THE MILITARY MADE 15:25:52 POSSIBLE BY VERY GENEROUS GIFTS. 15:25:54 ALREADY WE'RE HEARING FROM 15:25:55 CHAPLAINS IN THE MILITARY, HOW 15:25:57 THIS IS BEING USED AND 15:25:59 APPRECIATED. 15:26:01 THAT'S A NEW THING FOR US. 15:26:04 SOMETHING WE HADN'T DONE BEFORE, 15:26:10 AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF 15:26:11 THAT. 15:26:12 . 15:26:11 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:26:13 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 15:26:16 EASILY FORGET ABOUT IN OUR LOCAL 15:26:19 CONGREGATIONS, AND I KNOW I WAS 15:26:21 GUILTY OF THIS, IS ALL THE 15:26:23 INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT 15:26:24 OUR FAITH GOES BEYOND THE UNITED 15:26:26 STATES, AND THAT OUR 15:26:28 RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNITARIAN AND 15:26:35 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS ACROSS 15:26:36 THE WORLD ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT. 15:26:40 I WAS PLEASED TO ATTEND THE 15:26:43 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MEETING 15:26:45 THEY HAVE EVERY TWO YEARS, AND 15:26:47 IT WAS IN ROMANIA, AND I HAD THE 15:26:53 OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ROMANIA, 15:26:55 AND THERE BEGAN BUILDING 15:26:57 RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNITARIANS 15:27:00 AND UNIVERSALISTS ANYWHERE FROM 15:27:04 EUROPE TO CHINA AND OUR FRIENDS 15:27:08 IN JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES, SO 15:27:13 I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 15:27:14 THAT. 15:27:15 AND IN THE COMING MONTHS WE WILL 15:27:16 BE DOING MORE. 15:27:18 I WANT TO BE -- MOVE NOW TO TALK 15:27:19 ABOUT SOME EXCITING INITIATIVES 15:27:21 THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMING 15:27:23 YEAR. 15:27:23 THIS IS A SHORT REPORT, BUT 15:27:25 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE 15:27:26 COMMERCIAL BREAK HERE BETWEEN 15:27:29 SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 15:27:30 LAST YEAR AND COME UP HERE 15:27:31 BECAUSE WHAT MAKES OUR MOVEMENT 15:27:33 GO REALLY AS WELL AS DEDICATED 15:27:37 AND WONDERFUL PROFESSIONAL STAFF 15:27:40 AND YOUR GENEROSITY IS THAT 15:27:41 GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND 15:27:43 VOLUNTEERISM, AND ONE OF THE 15:27:44 GREAT PRIVILEGES AND JOYS THAT I 15:27:46 HAVE AS A PRESIDENT IS TO GIVE A 15:27:50 VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, AND I 15:27:54 WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY GOOD 15:27:57 FRIENDS RAMÓN AND KAREN URBANO 15:28:07 RECEIVE THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE 15:28:09 TO HAVE THEM STAND HERE AND READ 15:28:11 WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THEM. 15:28:14 . 15:28:13 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:28:19 >> WHILE THIS AWARD IS GIVEN FOR 15:28:22 SERVICE RENDERED TO THE 15:28:23 ASSOCIATION, I WANT TO FIRST 15:28:25 RECOGNIZE THAT RAMÓN AND KAREN 15:28:26 HAVE GIVEN THEIR PASSION, TIME 15:28:28 AND ENERGY TO ALL LEVELS OF 15:28:31 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:28:33 GOVERNANCE. 15:28:34 IN HOME CONGREGATIONS, THEY HAVE 15:28:36 MOVED AROUND SOME, WHICH HAVE 15:28:37 INCLUDED THE U CHURCH OF 15:28:39 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ORANGE 15:28:44 COAST UU COAST IN CALIFORNIA, 15:28:47 THE STARR KING UU CHURCH IN 15:28:48 CALIFORNIA, AND NOW THE UU 15:28:49 CHURCH OF DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, NOT 15:28:52 TOO FAR FROM SACRAMENTO AND A 15:28:54 PLACE DEAR TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S 15:28:55 WHERE I DID MY INTERNSHIP SOME 15:28:57 YEARS BACK. 15:28:58 AND ALL OF THESE PLACES THEY 15:29:00 HAVE EMBRACED OPPORTUNITIES TO 15:29:02 LEAD FELLOW UU'S. 15:29:04 RAMÓN WAS THE CONGREGATIONAL 15:29:06 PRESIDENT IN PLAINFIELD. 15:29:09 KAREN SERVED AS CONGREGATIONAL 15:29:10 GROWTH CHAIR DURING THEIR TIME 15:29:13 THERE, BUT BEYOND THAT THEY HAVE 15:29:15 TAKEN ON IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL 15:29:17 ROLES. 15:29:18 RAMÓN IS SERVING HIS SECOND TIME 15:29:23 ON THE PACIFIC CENTRAL DISTRICT 15:29:25 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FIRST VICE 15:29:26 PRESIDENT, AND ALSO PRESIDENT OF 15:29:28 THE UU LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY IN 15:29:31 CALIFORNIA, AND THAT HAS BEEN 15:29:32 ONE OF OUR MAJOR AND PIONEERING 15:29:34 EFFORTS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO 15:29:36 INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. 15:29:37 AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY 15:29:39 HARD ON THE PROPOSITION EIGHT, 15:29:42 THE ANTI-EQUAL MARRIAGE AND 15:29:46 GETTING THAT REPEALED, THAT 15:29:50 TERRIBLE LOSS. 15:29:50 THEY HAVE ALSO HAD TREMENDOUS 15:29:51 IMPACT AT THE ASSOCIATION LEVEL. 15:29:54 THEY HAVE SUPPORTED REGIONAL 15:29:56 GROWTH CAMPAIGNS AND MARKETING, 15:30:00 AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE 15:30:00 PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL AND BEEN 15:30:04 INVALUABLE MEMBERS OF THAT SINCE 15:30:05 2002. 15:30:07 THEY CONTINUE TO HOLD US TO OUR 15:30:09 HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SOCIAL 15:30:11 JUSTICE, TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO 15:30:12 THE ENVIRONMENT, DIVERSITY OF 15:30:14 MINISTRY AND GROWING UNITARIAN 15:30:17 UNIVERSALISM. 15:30:18 SO I WANT TO PRESENT THEM NOT 15:30:19 ONLY THEIR AWARD AND BEHALF OF 15:30:24 THE ASSOCIATION WILL DONATE 15:30:25 $1,000 TO THE CHARITY OF THEIR 15:30:27 CHOICE. 15:30:28 PLEASE GIVE A WARM THANKS TO 15:30:30 RAMÓN AND -- HOLD THIS UP. 15:30:38 WHOO WHOO. 15:30:41 . 15:30:41 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:30:49 >> RAMÓN ALSO GETS TO CORRECT MY 15:31:00 SPANISH WHEN I MAKE MISTAKES. 15:31:02 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:31:03 >> HE'S COMPLETELY AND FLUENTLY 15:31:06 AND WONDERFULLY BILINGUAL. 15:31:08 GRACIAS. 15:31:13 >> I WANT TO HIT UPON A COUPLE 15:31:16 OF IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT 15:31:18 WE HAVE COMING UP. 15:31:20 ONE IS WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH 15:31:23 THE UU SERVICE COMMITTEE. 15:31:25 SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT 15:31:26 THE UUSC IS A COMPLETELY RAT 15:31:30 ORGANIZATION WITH ITS OWN BOARD 15:31:31 OF TRUSTEES, WITH ITS OWN 15:31:34 GOVERNANCE, ITS OWN STAFF, BUT 15:31:36 WE HAVE OVERLAPPED A LOT WITH 15:31:38 RELIEF EFFORTS AND JUST 15:31:40 JOURNEYS. 15:31:42 HERE YOU SEE A PICTURE OF A JUST 15:31:46 JOURNEY THAT I WAS ABLE TO 15:31:48 PARTICIPATE IN GUATEMALA. 15:31:50 ONE OF THE AREAS THAT'S RICH FOR 15:31:51 OPPORTUNITIES IS CREATING A 15:31:53 CHANCE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO 15:31:56 HAVE SERVICE VOLUNTEER 15:32:00 OPPORTUNITIES AND ON SHORTER 15:32:02 THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DEVELOP 15:32:04 THEIR EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE IN 15:32:07 DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BE RIGHT 15:32:08 AT THE FRONT LINE OF SOME 15:32:11 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT HUMAN 15:32:15 RIGHTS WORK. 15:32:16 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING 15:32:18 WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF OTHER 15:32:21 AREAS TO HELP SUPPORT JUSTICE 15:32:24 MAKING WORK IN OUR 15:32:25 CONGREGATIONS. 15:32:26 AS TIME GOES FORWARD I'M REALLY 15:32:27 EXCITED THAT OUR TWO 15:32:32 ORGANIZATIONS WILL WORK MORE AND 15:32:34 MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER BECAUSE 15:32:36 WHEN WE DO THAT ALL OF US WILL 15:32:39 WIN. 15:32:40 AND OUR VOICE WILL BECOME 15:32:41 STRONGER IN THE WORLD. 15:32:43 . 15:32:42 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:32:50 >> I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT 15:32:51 THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH IN OUR 15:32:53 MOVEMENT SINCE BEFORE I ENTERED 15:32:56 SEMINARY. 15:32:58 I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED IF WE 15:33:02 DO UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST WELL, 15:33:03 AS YOU JUST WELL IN THIS 15:33:06 TERRIFIC VIDEO AND AS SEEN IN 15:33:09 OTHER CONGREGATIONS, IT FEEDS 15:33:11 SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT 15:33:12 IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT TODAY. 15:33:15 AND YET IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT 15:33:19 OVERALL WE HAVEN'T BEEN GROWING, 15:33:20 EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF 15:33:21 CHURCHES THAT, IN FACT, DO GROW 15:33:24 WELL. 15:33:24 ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE WE NEED 15:33:26 TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IS 15:33:28 LEARNING FROM THEM. 15:33:29 NOT JUST SORT OF SHORT VIDEOS AS 15:33:33 TERRIFIC AS THEY ARE, BUT REALLY 15:33:35 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, 15:33:37 LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DO, THEIR 15:33:40 BEST PRACTICES, HOW THEY 15:33:42 GENERATE ENTHUSIASM AMONG THEIR 15:33:44 VOLUNTEERS, HOW THEIR STAFFS 15:33:46 WORK TOGETHER TO BREAK DOWN 15:33:48 THOSE SILOS, ALL OF THOSE 15:33:49 THINGS. 15:33:50 WE'RE BEGINNING A PROGRAM WHERE 15:33:53 WE BROUGHT TOGETHER FIRST IN A 15:33:56 RETREAT CENTER, AND I CAN HAVE A 15:33:58 SLIDE OF WHERE WE HAD A RETREAT, 15:33:59 A REAL RETREAT. 15:34:01 I GOT TO STAY IN A ROOM THE POPE 15:34:07 HAD STAYED IN IN COLORADO 15:34:09 ROCKIES IN RETREAT CENTER, AND 15:34:12 WE BROUGHT TOGETHER A DOZEN 15:34:14 RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS OF THE 15:34:17 FAST GROWING ASSOCIATION, SAY 15:34:19 NOT ONLY WHAT IT TAKE TO GROW A 15:34:21 CONGREGATION, WHAT ARE THE KEYS 15:34:22 TO IT, BUT WHAT ARE THE KEYS 15:34:24 THAT ARE TEACHABLE, THAT CAN 15:34:26 SPREAD, AND HOW ARE YOU WILLING 15:34:28 TO HELP TO DO THAT? 15:34:30 NOT JUST TELL US AB AND C SHOULD 15:34:32 BE DONE, BUT WORK WITH US IN A 15:34:35 NEW COLLABORATION WITH A NEW 15:34:37 ASSOCIATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 15:34:38 THE PLANS ARE BEING PUT 15:34:39 TOGETHER. 15:34:39 HERE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS AND 15:34:41 MAKING PLANS TO BEGIN A PILOT 15:34:44 PROGRAM, TRY THAT, AND THE 15:34:45 PROGRAM IS REALLY GOING TO 15:34:46 CONSIST OF TAKING MINISTERS AND 15:34:50 LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, 15:34:52 WORKING WITH THEM OVER A PERIOD 15:34:53 OF TIME, HELPING THEM GO AND 15:34:56 VISIT SOME OF OUR LEADING 15:34:57 CONGREGATIONS TO EXPERIENCE, 15:34:59 REALLY EXPERIENCE SOME OF OUR 15:35:01 CUTTING EDGE STUFF, EVALUATE HOW 15:35:04 THAT GOES AND THEN START ROLLING 15:35:05 THAT OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 15:35:07 SO WE BUILD THIS MOVEMENT BY 15:35:09 WORKING HAND IN HAND AND WORKING 15:35:11 FROM ONE ANOTHER AS A REAL 15:35:12 MOVEMENT. 15:35:13 I'M TERRIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 15:35:18 . 15:35:14 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:35:19 >> IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC WITNESS 15:35:30 AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND YOU'RE 15:35:32 GOING TO BE HEARING MUCH MORE 15:35:33 ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY, THREE 15:35:36 AREAS ARE GOING TO -- I BELIEVE 15:35:38 GOING TO STAND OUT FOR AWHILE. 15:35:40 ONE, OF COURSE, IS MARRIAGE 15:35:40 EQUALITY. 15:35:42 OUR WORK IS FAR FROM DONE ON 15:35:43 THAT. 15:35:44 WE ARE CALLED TO STAND ON THE 15:35:45 SIDE OF LOVE WITH PEOPLE WHO 15:35:47 HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED. 15:35:49 ANOTHER ONE IS IMMIGRATION, BUT 15:35:51 REALLY BEYOND IMMIGRATION, IS 15:35:54 THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HOW WE NOT 15:35:57 ONLY PRACTICE BUT TAKE A LEAD IN 15:35:59 OUR COMMUNITIES IN HELPING OUR 15:36:02 CONGREGATIONS AND THE ENTIRE 15:36:03 SOCIETY INCORPORATE PEOPLE FROM 15:36:06 SO MANY VARIOUS CULTURES SO THAT 15:36:09 WE ACT OUT OF LOVE AND 15:36:11 ACCEPTANCE AND EMBRACE NEW 15:36:14 POSSIBILITIES AS OPPOSED TO 15:36:15 BEING AFRAID AND LETTING FEAR 15:36:18 AND DEMAGOGUERY GUIDE OUR 15:36:20 ACTIONS. 15:36:22 ANOTHER ONE YOU HAVE SEEN IS 15:36:24 AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 15:36:26 WHERE THE HORRIBLE DISASTER IN 15:36:29 THE GULF IS JUST THE LATEST 15:36:33 EXAMPLE OF IF WE ARE GOING TO 15:36:34 SUSTAIN LIFE AND ABUNDANT LIFE 15:36:39 ON THIS PLANET, WE HAVE GOT TO 15:36:41 DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS 15:36:42 SUSTAINABLE, AND THAT WILL ONLY 15:36:44 COME WHEN WE SHARE RESOURCES IN 15:36:46 A NEW WAY ON OUR PLANET. 15:36:49 TO WRAP UP OUR CHALLENGES ARE 15:36:54 GREAT AS A MOVEMENT. 15:36:55 I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT 15:36:58 THEY ARE NOT, BUT THE 15:37:01 OPPORTUNITIES FOR US ARE 15:37:04 FABULOUS. 15:37:05 THEY ARE WONDERFUL. 15:37:07 AND WE CAN DO THIS. 15:37:10 WE CAN TRANSFORM THIS FAITH. 15:37:12 IF WE WORK TOGETHER HAND IN 15:37:14 HAND, WE CAN DO SOME REALLY 15:37:21 FABULOUS THINGS. 15:37:22 IT IS GOING TO TAKE US ALL. 15:37:24 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS 15:37:25 THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO 15:37:26 TOGETHER, AND LET ME CONCLUDE BY 15:37:29 SAYING A WORD OF GRATITUDE, FEW 15:37:32 PEOPLE IN LIFE GET THE KIND OF 15:37:34 OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO SERVE 15:37:36 A MOVEMENT IN THIS WAY THAT I 15:37:40 LOVE. 15:37:40 SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, 15:37:42 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE YOUR 15:37:44 PRESIDENT. 15:37:44 IT IS THE GREATEST HONOR I HAVE 15:37:46 EVER HAD. 15:37:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 15:37:48 . 15:37:47 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:38:14 >> WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT TO 15:38:15 REMEMBER A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG 15:38:16 WOMAN WHOSE LIFE AND LEADERSHIP 15:38:18 TOUCHED MANY UNITARIAN 15:38:21 UNIVERSALISTS. 15:38:22 KATIE WAS A LEADER IN THE YOUNG 15:38:24 ADULT GROUP AT ARLINGTON STREET 15:38:26 CHURCH IN BOSTON AND A RISING 15:38:28 LEADER IN OUR MOVEMENT. 15:38:29 I DID NOT KNOW KATIE TYSON WELL 15:38:32 BUT OUR PATHS CROSSED OFTEN, AND 15:38:35 SHE WAS SOMEONE I WANTED TO KNOW 15:38:37 BETTER, SOMEONE ANYONE WOULD 15:38:38 WANT TO KNOW BETTER. 15:38:39 I SPENT TIME WITH KATIE AND HER 15:38:41 PARTNER, LIZ WEBER, AFTER AN 15:38:47 EMMA'S REVOLUTION CONCERT IN 15:38:49 BOSTON LAST YEAR. 15:38:50 AS I WAS LEAVING KATIE SAID I'LL 15:38:53 SEE YOU IN GA, GINI. 15:38:55 I ASKED HER TO BRING HER ENERGY 15:38:57 TO THE MODERATOR'S RECEPTION ON 15:38:59 OPENING NIGHT. 15:39:00 SHE DID, AND I'M GLAD. 15:39:01 TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR DEARLY 15:39:04 BELOVED KATIE TYSON IS KATE 15:39:13 WALKER OF MOUNT VERNON UNITARIAN 15:39:15 CHURCH IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. 15:39:19 . 15:39:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:39:24 >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 15:39:26 LAST SUMMER KAREN AND HERB TYSON 15:39:28 EXPERIENCED EVERYBODY PARENT'S 15:39:30 WORST NIGHTMARE WITH A KNOCK ON 15:39:34 THEIR DOOR. 15:39:35 THEIR DAUGHTER KATIE HAD BEEN 15:39:36 KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. 15:39:38 SHE WAS 21 YEARS YOUNG. 15:39:40 HER LIVENED ON A HIGHWAY IN 15:39:42 COLORADO WHEN SHE AND HER 15:39:44 FRIEND, HEATHER COCANNON, WERE 15:39:47 RETURNING FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY 15:39:49 IN SALT LAKE CITY. 15:39:51 THEY WERE HIT HEAD-ON, INSTANTLY 15:39:53 KILLING KATIE AND SERIOUSLY 15:39:55 INJURING HEATHER. 15:40:00 EVERY PARENT IN THIS ASSEMBLY 15:40:02 SAID IS LIKELY AND 15:40:03 UNDERSTANDABLY EXPERIENCING A 15:40:05 DEEP KNOT OF FEAR PERHAPS SOME 15:40:08 OF YOU HAVE HAD YOUR OWN 15:40:10 NIGHTMARE OF LOSING A CHILD TO 15:40:12 AN EARLY DEATH. 15:40:13 I'M NOT HERE TO STIRRUP HORRIFIC 15:40:17 FEELINGS. 15:40:18 I'M HERE TO BRING HOPE AND LOVE. 15:40:22 KATIE TYSON BROUGHT HOPE AND 15:40:23 LOVE TO MANY PEOPLE. 15:40:28 THIS IS A SMALL SAMPLING OF SOME 15:40:30 OF THOSE PEOPLE. 15:40:37 KATIE'S PARENTS ARE CONTINUING 15:40:38 HER LEGACY. 15:40:46 KATIE WAS AT THE HEART OF MOUNT 15:40:48 VERNON'S YOUTH GROUP, ATTENDING 15:40:51 LOCAL AND REGIONAL CONS AND 15:40:54 SERVING AS A DISTRICT YOUTH 15:40:56 LEADER. 15:40:56 WHEN SHE ARRIVED AS A FRESHMAN 15:40:59 AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY KATIE'S 15:41:01 FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS 15:41:02 FINDING A LOCAL UNITARIAN 15:41:04 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 15:41:06 HER SEARCH BROUGHT HER TO THE 15:41:07 ARLINGTON STREET CHURCH. 15:41:09 KATIE SERVED AS THE LEADER OF 15:41:10 THE LARGE AND THRIVING YOUNG 15:41:13 ADULT GROUP. 15:41:13 SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND EVEN 15:41:17 JOINING THE CANVASS COMMITTEE 15:41:20 AND SOMETIMES SHE CALLED MOM FOR 15:41:24 FUNDRAISING ADVICE AND CONSULTED 15:41:26 WITH DAD FOR HIS CHOCOLATE 15:41:28 TRUFFLES RECIPE, WHICH SHE MADE 15:41:31 FOR THE LARGEST DONORS OF THE 15:41:32 CANVASS. 15:41:33 1 DAY SHE HOPED TO SERVE IN THE 15:41:40 MINISTER AND FOLLOWING HER 2009 15:41:44 GRADUATION FROM BU WITH A 15:41:46 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS 15:41:48 AND STATISTICS, SHE PLANNED TO 15:41:50 BEGIN HER DOCTORAL WORK IN DOW 15:41:53 STATISTICS IN THE FALL. 15:41:53 SHE HAD ASSUMED THAT BECOMING A 15:41:55 MINISTER WOULD COME LATER IN 15:41:56 LIFE, BUT FOUND THOSE PLANS 15:41:58 ACCELERATED AFTER EXPERIENCING 15:41:59 THE LOVE AND SPIRIT OF GA. 15:42:02 AS SHE WAS LEAVING GA KATIE SAID 15:42:08 TO HER FATHER, GA MESSES WITH 15:42:11 YOUR MIND. 15:42:12 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:42:13 >> ONE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY 15:42:17 APPOINTMENTS I EXPERIENCED WITH 15:42:19 KAREN AND HERB OCCURRED VERY 15:42:22 SHORTLY AFTER LEARNING OF THEIR 15:42:23 DAUGHTER'S DEATH. 15:42:24 THEY TOLD ME SHE WANTED TO 15:42:26 LAUNCH AN ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN TO 15:42:28 SUPPORT UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 15:42:30 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. 15:42:33 DEEP IN THEIR GRIEF THEY HAD A 15:42:35 VISION FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG 15:42:37 ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE 15:42:38 IN DISTRICT EVENTS, RECEIVE 15:42:41 LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND ATTEND 15:42:44 GA SO IT COULD MESS WITH THE 15:42:45 MINDS OF HEARTS OF MORE UU 15:42:49 YOUTH. 15:42:50 THE KATIE TYSON FUND WAS SOON 15:42:52 ESTABLISHED AND IMMEDIATELY 15:42:53 BEGAN RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT 15:42:54 DONATIONS. 15:42:58 TO HELP MAKE THEIR VISION A 15:43:00 REALITY, MY CONGREGATION, THE 15:43:02 MOUNT VERNON UNITARIAN CHURCH 15:43:04 HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE AN 15:43:06 ANNUAL COLLECTION FOR THE KATIE 15:43:08 TYSON FUND, AND MY CHURCH 15:43:10 SPONSORED ONE OF OUR STAR YOUNG 15:43:11 ADULTS TO COME TO GA THIS YEAR. 15:43:14 IN THE SPIRIT OF HOPE AND LOVE I 15:43:17 URGE ALL OF OUR CONGREGATIONS TO 15:43:19 COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. 15:43:22 I URGE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A 15:43:24 COLLECTION FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR 15:43:25 YOUNG ADULTS EVERY YEAR. 15:43:27 SEND THEM TO UU EVENTS SUCH AS 15:43:32 GA. 15:43:32 THE FUND IN KATIE'S NAME COULD 15:43:34 MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE BECAUSE 15:43:35 WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE 15:43:37 KATIE. 15:43:40 KAREN AND HERB TYSON ARE DONE 15:43:43 WITH PARENTING, AND YOU ARE 15:43:45 HELPING THEM PURSUE A DREAM FOR 15:43:47 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHILDREN. 15:43:49 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO FURTHER 15:43:50 THEIR VISION AND KATIE'S LEGACY 15:43:53 OF HOPE AND LOVE BY MAKING A 15:43:56 GENEROUS FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO 15:43:59 OUR YOUTH AND OUR YOUNG ADULTS. 15:44:02 KATIE TYSON FUND FOR YOUTH AND 15:44:04 YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES IS 15:44:05 DEDICATED TO KINDLING THE 15:44:08 SPIRITS OF LEADERSHIP AMONG UU 15:44:10 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. 15:44:11 THE FUND WILL SUPPORT 15:44:12 SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND 15:44:15 PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG 15:44:18 ADULT PROJECTS, CONFERENCES, 15:44:21 OUTREACH AND MORE. 15:44:22 WITH YOUR GENEROSITY YOUNG 15:44:25 LEADERS WILL BE EMPOWERED TO 15:44:27 LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS, TO WEAVE 15:44:30 OUR UU PRINCIPLES INTO THE 15:44:32 FABRIC OF THEIR EXPANDING LIVES 15:44:34 AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO 15:44:36 THE SAME. 15:44:40 I ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN ME NOW 15:44:41 IN MAKING A GENEROUS DONATION TO 15:44:43 THE KATIE TYSON FUND FOR YOUTH 15:44:45 AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES. 15:44:47 FOR KATIE, FOR THE YOUTH, FOR 15:44:50 OUR YOUNG ADULTS AND FOR THE 15:44:52 FUTURE OF OUR FAITH. 15:44:54 USHERS HAVE ENVELOPES FOR YOU, 15:44:57 FOR YOUR CHECKS, YOUR CASH, YOUR 15:44:59 CREDIT CARDS, FOR YOUR HEARTS. 15:45:02 THANK YOU. 15:45:10 . 15:45:02 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:45:18 >> THIS IS AN ANTHEM ABOUT MY 15:45:54 DAUGHTER, KATIE'S PHILOSOPHY OF 15:45:59 LIFE. 15:45:59 IT IS A CELEBRATION OF WHAT I 15:46:02 LIKE TO CALL INTENTIONAL -- 15:46:05 PRACTICING INTENTIONAL ACTS OF 15:46:08 LOVE AND COMPASSION, WHICH IS 15:46:10 THE WAY MY DAUGHTER LIVED. 15:46:17 ¶ FROM THE MOMENT YOU'RE BORN ¶ 15:46:23 ¶ WITH EVERY BEAT OF YOUR HEART ¶ 15:46:25 ¶ THERE'S AN ENDLESS FLOW ¶ 15:46:29 ¶ OF LOVE AND YOU KNOW EACH OF US IS A PART ¶ 15:46:33 ¶ WHEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORN ¶ 15:46:38 ¶ AND YOU SEE THE SUNRISE ¶ 15:46:40 ¶ DRAWING STRENGTH FROM THE LOVE AND THE 15:46:44 LIGHT FROM ABOVE THEN YOU 15:46:46 REALIZE ¶ 15:46:49 ¶ IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:46:51 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:46:55 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:46:58 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE IS FOR THE HEART OF 15:47:01 IT ALL ¶ 15:47:02 ¶ YES, IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:47:06 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:47:10 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE AND THE REASON WE 15:47:15 LIVE ¶ FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL 15:47:19 ¶ 15:47:19 ¶ EVERY ROAD THAT YOU CHOOSE ¶ 15:47:26 ¶ EVERY PATH THAT YOU TAKE ¶ 15:47:27 ¶ EVERYDAY AND EVERY NIGHT HOW YOU LIVE YOUR 15:47:29 LIFE, IT IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE 15:47:31 ¶ 15:47:32 ¶ EVERY HEART THAT YOU LIFT ¶ 15:47:35 ¶ EVERY BURDEN YOU EASE ¶ 15:47:39 ¶ EVERY HAND THAT YOU HOLD ¶ 15:47:46 ¶ ARE THE WAYS THAT YOUR SOUL ¶ 15:47:50 ¶ HELP THE WORLD FIND PEACE ¶ 15:47:52 ¶ IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:47:54 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:47:56 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:47:58 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE ¶ 15:47:59 ¶ IS FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL ¶ 15:48:02 ¶ I DON'T KNOW IF THE ANSWER ¶ 15:48:04 ¶ CAN EVER BE FOUND ¶ 15:48:07 ¶ BUT THE JUSTICE WE SEEK AND THE TRUTH THAT 15:48:12 WE SPEAK ARE OUR COMMON GROUND 15:48:15 ¶ 15:48:15 ¶ IN THE MOMENT OF TRUTH ¶ 15:48:17 ¶ WE MUST ANSWER THE CALL ¶ 15:48:21 ¶ GO WHEREVER LOVE GOES ¶ 15:48:25 ¶ LETTING EVERYONE KNOW IT IS FOR THE HEART 15:48:28 OF IT ALL ¶ 15:48:30 ¶ AND IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:48:34 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:48:37 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:48:39 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE ¶ 15:48:40 ¶ IS FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL ¶ 15:48:42 ¶ YES, IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:48:47 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:48:50 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:48:53 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE ¶ 15:48:55 ¶ FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL ¶ 15:49:01 ¶ IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:49:03 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:49:06 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:49:09 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE ¶ 15:49:11 ¶ IS FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL ¶ 15:49:14 ¶ YES, IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART ¶ 15:49:17 ¶ WHEN YOU ANSWER LOVE'S CALL ¶ 15:49:21 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE ¶ 15:49:23 ¶ AND THE REASON WE LIVE ¶ 15:49:24 ¶ IS FOR THE HEART OF IT ALL ¶ 15:49:29 ¶ AND THE REASON WE GIVE AND THE REASON WE 15:49:32 LIVE IS FOR THE HEART OF IT 15:49:35 ALL ¶¶ 15:49:40 . 15:49:38 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:49:48 >> YOU SAID HE WOULD WATCHING. 15:49:54 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 15:50:00 MY NAME IS ANNE REED. 15:50:25 ¶ EVERY LONG JOURNEY IS MADE OF SMALL STEPS ¶ 15:50:38 ¶ IS MADE OF THE COURAGE OF FEELING YOU GET ¶ 15:50:41 ¶ YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN WAITING, BEEN WAITING 15:50:44 FOR YOU ¶ 15:50:45 ¶ THE JOURNEY IS THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO 15:50:49 DO ¶ 15:50:50 ¶ WE CAN NOT KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH OR SEE 15:50:55 THROUGH YOUR EYES ¶ 15:50:57 ¶ WE WILL SURROUND YOU ¶ 15:51:02 ¶ THE PRIDE IN THE SKIES ¶ 15:51:03 ¶ IN ANY DIRECTION, WHATEVER YOU VIEW ¶ 15:51:07 ¶ TAKING OUR LOVE THERE WITH YOU ¶ 15:51:15 ¶ EVERY LONG JOURNEY WHAT DRIVES YOU TO GO ¶ 15:51:20 ¶ IT IS HALF WHAT YOU KNOW AND HALF WHAT YOU 15:51:23 DON'T ¶ 15:51:24 ¶ SECRET HAS BEEN WAITING ¶ 15:51:28 ¶ YOUR HEAR HAS GOT THE KEY ¶ 15:51:30 ¶ THE SECRET IS THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO 15:51:34 SEE ¶ 15:51:37 ¶ WE CAN NOT KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH AND SEE 15:51:39 THROUGH YOUR EYES ¶ 15:51:41 ¶ WE WILL SURROUND YOU ¶ 15:51:44 ¶ THE PRIDE UNDISGUISED ¶ 15:51:55 ¶ TAKING OUR LOVE THERE WITH YOU ¶ 15:51:59 ¶ AND EVERY LONG JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A DREAM, 15:52:04 A SPIRIT WITH COURAGE TO MAKE 15:52:07 IT ALL REAL ¶ 15:52:08 ¶ DREAM HAS BEEN CALLING, BEEN CALLING TO YOU 15:52:14 ¶ 15:52:14 ¶ THE DREAM IS THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO DO 15:52:20 ¶ 15:52:20 ¶ WE CAN NOT KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH OR SEE 15:52:25 THERE YOU YOUR EYES ¶ 15:52:26 ¶ WE WILL SURROUND YOU ¶ 15:52:28 ¶ THE PRIDE UNDISGUISED ¶ 15:52:36 ¶ TAKING OUR LOVE THERE WITH YOU ¶ 15:52:39 ¶ AND WE CAN NOT KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH OR 15:52:43 SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES ¶ 15:52:47 ¶ WE WILL SURROUND YOU, THE PRIDE UNDISGUISED 15:52:53 ¶ 15:52:53 ¶ ANY DIRECTION, WHATEVER YOU VIEW ¶ 15:52:56 ¶ TAKING OUR LOVE, TAKING OUR LOVE, TAKING 15:53:01 OUR LOVE THERE WITH YOU ¶¶ 15:53:07 . 15:53:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:53:08 >> THANK YOU. 15:53:20 I'M TRYING PRETTY HARD TO NOT 15:53:23 FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT MY FAITH 15:53:26 IS AS BIG AS THE SIDE OF A BARN. 15:53:30 [ LAUGHTER ] 15:53:39 ¶ THERE YOU WERE ¶ 15:53:42 ¶ THERE YOU ARE ¶ 15:53:44 ¶ KIND OF WANDERED IF YOU WOULD GET THIS FAR 15:53:46 ¶ 15:53:46 ¶ LONG DEFERRED ¶ 15:53:48 ¶ LONG GUYS BY OF A SHADOW OF A BIRD ¶ 15:53:52 ¶ ON A WIDE, WIDE WINDOW LOOKING OVER ¶ 15:53:55 ¶ A MAP DRAWN ON YOUR FACE ¶ 15:53:56 ¶ SO CLOSE YOU COULD SEE IF IT YOU TRIED ¶ ¶ 15:54:07 ¶ IT IS NOT JUST FAITH ¶ 15:54:11 ¶ SLEEPING THROUGH ¶ 15:54:13 ¶ WAKE UP LATE ¶ 15:54:15 ¶ TIME GETS SQUISHY WHEN THERE'S A LOT TO 15:54:17 WASTE 15:54:18 ¶ ¶ DREAMS NEVER TRIED ¶ 15:54:20 ¶ SNACKS YOU IN A HEAD ¶ 15:54:22 ¶ IN A NARROW HALLWAY GALLERY OF A MEMORY 15:54:26 THAT YOU FRAMED ¶ 15:54:27 ¶ THE OBJECT IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN 15:54:30 THEY SEEM ¶ 15:54:30 ¶ IT IS NOT SOME FAR AWAY PLACE ¶ 15:54:33 ¶ A BIG OLD ROCK CANYON BALL ¶ 15:54:37 ¶ BRIDGE OF A CLIFF ¶ 15:54:39 ¶ NOT PRETTY AT ALL ¶ 15:54:40 ¶ TAKE A STEP ¶ 15:54:42 ¶ CLOSE YOUR EYES ¶ 15:54:44 ¶ YOU MIGHT LEARN TO FLY ¶ 15:54:47 ¶ DUSTY TRUNK ¶ 15:54:59 ¶ HEFTY PACK ¶ 15:55:04 ¶ HEAVIER TO SEE ON YOUR BACK ¶ 15:55:06 ¶ THERE'S A KEY WITH A LOCK OF YOUR CHILDHOOD 15:55:13 ¶ 15:55:13 ¶ WIRE TRIPPING ON THE CHAIRS ¶ 15:55:16 ¶ IT IS NOT SOME FAR AWAY PLACE ¶ 15:55:19 ¶ BIG OLD ROCK CANYON BALL ¶ 15:55:23 ¶ RIDGE OF A CLIFF NOT PRETTY AT ALL 15:55:25 ¶ 15:55:26 ¶ TAKE A STEP ¶ 15:55:28 ¶ CLOSE YOUR EYES ¶ 15:55:29 ¶ YOU MIGHT LEARN ¶ 15:55:31 ¶ YOU MIGHT LEARN ¶ 15:55:34 ¶ YOU MIGHT LEARN TO FLY ¶ 15:55:50 ¶ THERE YOU WERE ¶ 15:55:51 ¶ HERE YOU ARE ¶ 15:55:52 ¶ KIND OF WANDERED IF YOU WOULD GET THIS FAR 15:55:54 ¶ 15:55:55 ¶ FAITH LONG DEFERRED ¶ 15:55:58 ¶ LIFE GOES BY LIKE A SHADOW OF A BIRD ¶ 15:56:00 ¶ ON A WIDE, WIDE WINDOW LOOKING OVER ¶ 15:56:04 ¶ A MAP DRAWN ON YOUR FACE ¶ 15:56:07 ¶ HORIZON SO CLOSE YOU COULD SEE IT IF YOU 15:56:11 TRIED ¶ 15:56:11 ¶ IT IS NOT SOME FAR AWAY PLACE ¶¶ 15:56:19 . 15:56:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:56:25 >> THANK YOU. 15:56:27 >> CHECKS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO 15:56:50 THE KATIE TYSON FUND WILL 15:56:52 CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN ALL WEEKEND 15:56:53 LONG AND STEWARDSHIP IN THE 15:56:54 BOOTH IN THE EXHIBIT HALL. 15:56:56 IF YOU WISH YOU HAD BROUGHT YOUR 15:56:57 CHECKBOOK AND KNOW YOU WILL HAVE 15:57:01 IT TOMORROW, PLEASE STOP BY. 15:57:04 FOR KATIE AND YOUTH AND FUTURE 15:57:06 OF THE YOUNG ADULTS OF OUR 15:57:08 FAITH. 15:57:09 THANK YOU KAREN AND HERB. 15:57:13 I THINK WE HAVE A REPORT COMING 15:57:15 NOW. 15:57:17 JUST GOING TO BREATHE FOR A 15:57:18 SECOND. 15:57:19 PART OF THE JOY OF THE GENERAL 15:57:21 ASSEMBLY IS LEARNING HOW 15:57:22 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS ARE 15:57:24 PARTNERING WITH OTHER PEOPLE OF 15:57:25 GOOD WILL AND BENDING THE WORLD 15:57:28 OF JUSTICE. 15:57:28 WE WILL HEAR NEXT FOR OUR 15:57:30 COMMITTEE ON SOCIALLY 15:57:31 RESPONSIBLE INVESTING FOLLOWED 15:57:32 BY A PRESENTATION ON 15:57:34 CONGRESSIONALLY BASED JUSTICE 15:57:36 INITIATIVES. 15:57:48 ¶ ¶ 15:57:58 >> THE MEANING OF LIFE IS FOUND 15:58:03 BY THOSE WHO ENTER INTO THE 15:58:06 STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN HISTORY. 15:58:10 HI, I'M GLENN FARLEY. 15:58:13 THESE WORDS BY THE GREAT 15:58:14 20th CENTURY SOCIAL JAMES 15:58:20 ADAMS GUIDES ME TO OUR SERVICE 15:58:22 IN ASSOCIATION AS CO-CHAIR ON 15:58:24 THE SOCIAL OF SOCIALLY 15:58:26 RESPONSIBLE INVESTING. 15:58:27 WE WORK IN CLOSE COLLABORATION 15:58:29 WITH THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE TO 15:58:31 MAKE SURE THAT WE INVEST THE 15:58:32 COMMON ENDOWMENT FUND, A KEY TO 15:58:34 OUR FUTURE VITALITY IN 15:58:37 ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELIGIOUS 15:58:42 VALUES. 15:58:43 CURRENTLY THE PORTFOLIO HAS SOME 15:58:45 TYPE OF MINIMAL SCREEN, WHICH 15:58:47 WE'RE COMMITTED TO INCREASING 15:58:48 OVER TIME. 15:58:50 BOTH COMMITTEES ARE IN AGREEMENT 15:58:51 THAT ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS 15:58:53 SHOULD BE EVALUATED BASED ON 15:58:55 RISK, RETURN AND VALUES. 15:58:58 MORE LONG-TERM EVIDENCE COMES IN 15:59:00 EACH YEAR THAT RESPONSIBLE 15:59:02 INVESTING DOES NOT DETER FROM 15:59:04 RETURNS BUT CAN ADD TO RETURNS 15:59:06 AND REDUCE RISK. 15:59:10 THE UUA WAS A FORERUNNER IN 15:59:12 MODERN ERROR OF RESPONSIBLE 15:59:13 INVESTING BACK IN THE 1960s. 15:59:15 HOWEVER, OUR COMMITMENT HAS 15:59:17 EBBED AND FLOWED OVER THE 15:59:19 ENSUING YEARS. 15:59:20 THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU TO TELL 15:59:21 YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 15:59:23 BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT 15:59:25 RESPONSIBLE ALLOCATION OF 15:59:26 FINANCIAL RESOURCES IS IMPORTANT 15:59:31 SO THAT TOGETHER WE WILL 15:59:32 CONTINUE TO BEND THE HISTORICAL 15:59:35 ARC OF THIS ASSOCIATION TOWARDS 15:59:36 JUSTICE. 15:59:42 . 15:59:36 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:59:45 ¶ ¶ 15:59:46 >> I'M VANESSA LOWE AND I CHAIR 15:59:51 THE COMMUNITY INVESTING WORKING 15:59:53 GROUP, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT 15:59:54 THE UUA PORTFOLIO OF HIGH IMPACT 15:59:56 INVESTMENTS CONTINUES TO PERFORM 15:59:58 WELL IN SPITE OF THE ECONOMIC 15:59:59 CHALLENGES OUR COUNTRY IS 16:00:00 FACING. 16:00:02 IN THE WORKSHOP WE SPONSORED 16:00:04 YESTERDAY, YOU HAD THE 16:00:05 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THREE 16:00:07 LONG TIME INVESTMENTS IN THAT 16:00:09 PORTFOLIO. 16:00:11 SHARED INTERESTS USES OUR MONEY 16:00:13 TO GUARANTEE LOANS TO SOUTH 16:00:15 AFRICAN BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS. 16:00:17 SINCE INCEPTION IN 1994, THEY 16:00:20 HAVE HELPED SOUTH AFRICANS 16:00:22 CREATE MORE THAN 80 -- MORE THAN 16:00:24 80,000 NEW JOBS, $1.6 MILLION -- 16:00:28 1.6 MILLION JOBS, 80,000 NEWS 16:00:31 AND 101,000 SAVE AFFORDABLE 16:00:34 HOMES, ALL AMONG THE COUNTRY'S 16:00:36 MOST ECONOMICALLY 16:00:37 DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE. 16:00:40 . 16:00:39 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:00:45 OPEN DOOR HOUSING FUND STARTED 16:00:49 BY A GROUP OF UU CHURCH MEMBERS 16:00:50 IN 1989, HAS HELPED TO CREATE OR 16:00:53 SUSTAIN THOUSANDS OF AFFORDABLE 16:00:55 HOUSING UNITS IN THE D.C. 16:00:57 METROPOLITAN AREA. 16:01:00 THEY HAVE A GOAL OF CREATING OR 16:01:04 SUSTAINING 5,000 MORE OVER THE 16:01:05 NEXT FIVE YEARS. 16:01:08 FINALLY WE HEARD FROM CALVERT 16:01:09 FOUNDATION. 16:01:11 CALVERT HAS BEEN AN INNOVATOR IN 16:01:13 BRINGING COMMUNITY INVESTING TO 16:01:15 THE MAINSTREAM FINANCIAL 16:01:17 MARKETPLACE. 16:01:19 THEIR CALVERT NOSE -- NOTES CAN 16:01:24 BE PURCHASED THROUGH ONLINE 16:01:27 TRADING PLATFORMS RIGHT ALONG 16:01:28 WITH STOCKS AND BONDS. 16:01:30 PLEASE STOP BY OUR BOTH TO LEARN 16:01:33 MORE ABOUT THESE GROUPS. 16:01:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 16:01:35 >> HI, I'M TIM BRENNAN, I'M THE 16:01:40 TREASURER OF THE ASSOCIATION. 16:01:41 THIS YEAR THE SHAREHOLDER 16:01:43 ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE PARTNERED 16:01:45 WITH RELIGIOUS INVESTORS, PUBLIC 16:01:47 PENSION FUNDS, SOCIAL INVESTMENT 16:01:51 FUNDS AND UNION PENSION FUNDS TO 16:01:53 PUSH COMPANIES TOWARD MORE 16:01:54 RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. 16:01:55 THE UUA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE 16:01:58 CAMPAIGNS TO GET COMPANIES TO 16:01:59 ADOPT POLICIES BANNING 16:02:02 DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER 16:02:03 IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION. 16:02:09 FOR TOO MANY TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 16:02:11 ARE OKAY TO HATE. 16:02:13 IT IS COMPLETELY LEGAL IN 38 16:02:15 STATES TO FIRE AN EMPLOYEE 16:02:18 SIMPLY BECAUSE OF -- SIMPLY 16:02:21 BECAUSE THEY'RE TRANSGENDER, AND 16:02:24 IT HAPPENS WITH ALARMING 16:02:26 FREQUENCY. 16:02:26 OUR RESOLUTION AT WAL-MART 16:02:30 RECEIVED 15% OF THE VOTE. 16:02:31 OUR PROPOSALS AT CONOCO AND 16:02:34 VERIZON RECEIVED ONE-THIRD OF 16:02:36 THE VOTE, AND TWO MAJOR 16:02:38 CORPORATIONS, TRAVELERS 16:02:40 INSURANCE AND HOME DEPOT, 16:02:43 TOGETHER WITH OVER 300,000 16:02:45 EMPLOYEES, AGREED TO OUR 16:02:47 PROPOSALS AND CHANGED THEIR 16:02:49 POLICIES TO BAN THIS INSIDIOUS 16:02:51 FORM OF DISCRIMINATION. 16:02:55 . 16:02:52 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:03:04 AND FINALLY THE COMMITTEE WOULD 16:03:06 LIKE TO THANK THOSE UU LEADERS 16:03:08 AND THEIR CONGREGATIONS WHO 16:03:10 REPRESENTED THE UU RESOLUTIONS 16:03:13 AT THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER 16:03:14 MEETINGS TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF 16:03:17 LOVE. 16:03:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:03:26 ¶ ¶ 16:03:32 >> NOW FOR A REPORT ON UNITARIAN 16:03:49 UNIVERSALIST AND CONGRESSIONALLY 16:03:51 BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING 16:03:56 WELCOME THIS GROUP OF FOLKS TO 16:03:58 THE STAGE. 16:03:58 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 16:04:05 I'M REVEREND MARK BELLETINI OF 16:04:13 THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF 16:04:15 COLUMBUS, OHIO AND I'M SERVED BY 16:04:17 ERIC METER AND MEMBERS MICHAEL, 16:04:22 DEBRA AND ANITA. 16:04:26 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY 16:04:27 ABOUT CONGREGATION-BASED 16:04:28 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING SUPPORTS 16:04:31 THE MISSION, THE MISSION OF OUR 16:04:33 CONGREGATION. 16:04:34 OUR MISSION STATEMENT READS "WE 16:04:38 ARE HERE TO LEARN AND PRACTICE 16:04:41 TRUE HOSPITALITY TO REVERE THE 16:04:45 REASONING MIND AND THE GENEROUS 16:04:48 HEART, TO CLAIM OUR DIVERSITY AS 16:04:50 A SOURCE OF OUR STRENGTH AND TO 16:04:53 RELINQUISH THE SAFETY OF THE 16:04:55 UNEXAMINED PRIVILEGE FOR THE 16:04:58 FREEDOM TO ENGAGE IN 16:05:00 TRANSFORMING JUSTICE. 16:05:01 OUR INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION IN 16:05:04 COLUMBUS IS CALLED BREAD. 16:05:07 ACRONYM FOR BUILDING 16:05:09 RESPONSIBILITY, EQUALITY AND 16:05:09 DIGNITY. 16:05:12 BREAD'S MISSION IS SIMPLE. 16:05:14 PEOPLE OF FAITH BUILDING POWER 16:05:17 TOGETHER TO DO JUSTICE. 16:05:20 WORKING TO LIVE OUT BREAD'S 16:05:22 MISSION GIVES NEW LIFE AND 16:05:24 BREATH TO OUR OWN CONGREGATIONAL 16:05:26 MISSION. 16:05:28 THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIPS WE 16:05:30 HAVE FORMED WE ARE WORKING TO 16:05:33 PRACTICE DEEPER HOSPITALITY 16:05:36 ENGAGING WITH JEWS AND MUSLIMS, 16:05:40 MAINSTREAM AND HISTORIC 16:05:42 AFRICAN-AMERICAN, PROTESTANT 16:05:45 COMMUNITIES, ANABAPTIST AND 16:05:48 SPEAKING CATHOLICS, MANY ARE 16:05:59 SPANISH SPEAKING CATHOLICS, MANY 16:06:01 OF WHOM ARE RECENT IMMIGRANTS. 16:06:03 WE WELCOME DIVERSE THEOLOGICAL 16:06:04 AND PRAYER PRACTICES TO LIVE 16:06:06 SIDE BY SIDE IN A WAY THAT 16:06:08 TRANSCENDS EVEN THE DIVERSITY IN 16:06:10 OUR OWN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:06:13 CONGREGATION. 16:06:14 WE WORK WITH ORGANIZERS AND 16:06:16 RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO IDENTIFY 16:06:17 REASONABLE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS 16:06:18 AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. 16:06:19 BY SO DOING WE HAVE HELPED TO 16:06:21 GET HEALTH CARE CENTERS BUILT 16:06:25 AND STOPPED THE DOWNWARD 16:06:27 SPIRITUAL OF GENERATIONAL 16:06:28 POVERTY BY LEGALLY LIMITING 16:06:30 DEVIOUS PAYDAY LENDING 16:06:32 PRACTICES. 16:06:32 WE TAUGHT OURSELVES WHAT 16:06:34 GENEROSITY REALLY MEANS AS WE 16:06:36 WORKED LONG DAYS BEHIND THE 16:06:38 SCENES TO ADDRESS THE ALARMINGLY 16:06:41 HIGH RATE OF TRUANCY IN COLUMBUS 16:06:45 SCHOOLS. 16:06:45 THAT GENEROSITY HAS SLOWED -- 16:06:49 HAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY LED TO A 16:06:51 REVERSAL OF THAT TREND. 16:06:53 OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:06:55 EMBRACE OF DIVERSITY IS A SOURCE 16:06:58 OF STRENGTH THAT WE BRING TO THE 16:06:59 ORGANIZATION, OUR RELIGIOUS 16:07:02 DIVERSITY AND OUR EMBRACE, FOR 16:07:05 EXAMPLE, OF THE GLBT COMMUNITY. 16:07:08 THE FACT THAT I'M OPENLY GAY AND 16:07:10 ACTIVE IN THAT ORGANIZATION HAS 16:07:11 INVITED ACCEPTANCE AND GROWING 16:07:13 AFFIRMATION FROM OTHER CLERGY. 16:07:16 AND BREAD STRENGTHENS THE 16:07:17 DIVERSITY OF OUR OWN 16:07:19 RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER 16:07:21 RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES ACROSS 16:07:22 RACE AND CLASS LINES. 16:07:26 WHEN WE COMMIT OUR RESOURCES, 16:07:28 OUR LEADERS, OUR TIME AND OUR 16:07:30 MONEY AND LET GO OF OUR NEED TO 16:07:33 CALL ALL THE SHOTS AND DECIDE 16:07:35 WHICH ISSUES TO WORK ON, WHEN WE 16:07:38 TAKE LEADERSHIP FROM OTHERS IN 16:07:41 BREAD, LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS 16:07:43 AND FOSTER INTERFAITH 16:07:46 COOPERATION, WE RELINQUISH THE 16:07:49 SAFETY OF OUR UNEXAMINED 16:07:52 PRIVILEGE FOR THE FREEDOM TO 16:07:54 ENGAGE IN TRANSFORMING JUSTICE. 16:07:58 . 16:07:55 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:07:59 >> AND NOW ERIC METER, OUR 16:08:06 ASSOCIATE MINISTER AND MEMBER OF 16:08:07 OUR CONGREGATION'S CORE TEAM 16:08:09 WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU HOW 16:08:11 BREAD'S MISSION IS BEING 16:08:13 ACCOMPLISHED. 16:08:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 16:08:20 PEOPLE OF FAITH BUILDING POWER 16:08:23 TO DO JUSTICE. 16:08:25 THAT'S BREAD'S MISSION. 16:08:27 LAST MONTH 2600 MEMBERS OF BREAD 16:08:32 CONGREGATIONS SHOWED UP AT 16:08:33 BREAD'S ANNUAL NEHEMIAH ACTION. 16:08:37 STATE REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTED 16:08:39 TO WORK TO CLOSE PAYDAY LENDING 16:08:40 LOOPHOLES. 16:08:42 CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AGREED 16:08:45 TO STUDY AND PLAN FOR THE 16:08:47 IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ACTIVE LAND 16:08:49 BANK. 16:08:52 COLUMBUS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT 16:08:54 GENE HARRIS AGREED TO END THE 16:08:57 PRACTICE OF SUSPENDING STUDENTS 16:08:59 OUT OF SCHOOL FOR TRUANCY. 16:09:02 YOU GOT IT. 16:09:05 SHE ALSO AGREED TO WORK WITH THE 16:09:07 BREAD ORGANIZATION TO IDENTIFY 16:09:10 AND IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE BASED 16:09:11 PRACTICES FOR DEALING WITH 16:09:14 DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN LIEU OF 16:09:16 OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AND TO 16:09:19 FIND WAYS TO FUND THE EXPANSION 16:09:20 OF PROJECT KEY, A PROVEN TRUANCY 16:09:24 REDUCTION PROGRAM. 16:09:28 THAT IS POWER. 16:09:29 HERE IS SOME FOOTAGE NOW FROM 16:09:30 OUR ACTION THIS SPRING AT WHICH 16:09:32 I WAS PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR 16:09:34 CONGREGATION. 16:09:36 ROLL IT. 16:09:36 >> RESONATORS OF THE 90 DAYS 16:09:42 LATER THIS SUMMER, 90 DAYS, TO 16:09:44 REPORT THE PRELIMINARY ROLE OF 16:09:46 THAT. 16:09:48 THANK YOU. 16:09:49 >> NOW WE MOVE ON TO YOUTH AT 16:09:53 RISK FURTHER DELAY. 16:09:59 >> GOOD EVENING. 16:10:01 >> GOOD EVENING. 16:10:02 I'M ERIC METER I'M WITH THE 16:10:05 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN 16:10:07 COLUMBUS. 16:10:08 . 16:10:07 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:10:15 THERE'S A FEW OF YOU HERE. 16:10:17 TOO OFTEN THE YOUTH OF COLUMBUS 16:10:18 ARE OUT ON THE STREETS WHEN THEY 16:10:19 SHOULD BE PRODUCTIVELY ENGAGED 16:10:21 AT SCHOOL. 16:10:26 WE KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS 16:10:28 TO GET INTO TROUBLE IN SCHOOL, 16:10:29 BUT WITH YOUTH OUT OF SCHOOL ON 16:10:31 THE STREETS, THE WAY A TEENAGER 16:10:33 CAN GET INTO TROUBLE CAN BE 16:10:34 DEVASTATING. 16:10:36 SINCE FIRST COMING TOGETHER LAST 16:10:38 FALL OUR RESEARCH TEAM THIS YEAR 16:10:41 KEPT HEARING THE PHRASE, THE 16:10:43 SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. 16:10:46 WELL, THAT PHRASE GETS YOUR 16:10:48 ATTENTION, BUT THE TRUTH IS MORE 16:10:50 ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS AN OUT 16:10:52 OF SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. 16:10:56 WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE 16:10:58 SCHOOL SYSTEM TO HELP KEEP OUR 16:11:01 YOUTH IN SCHOOL WHERE THEY 16:11:04 BELONG. 16:11:06 . 16:11:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:11:09 >> AS PART OF BUILDING POWER TO 16:11:13 DO JUSTICE, WE ARE DEVELOPING 16:11:14 LEADERS. 16:11:17 IN OUR CONGREGATION AND IN OUR 16:11:19 COMMUNITY. 16:11:19 FROM TRAINING AT WORKSHOPS TO ON 16:11:22 THE JOB TRAINING AND ORGANIZING 16:11:24 MEETINGS AND AT ACTIONS, OUR 16:11:26 FOLKS ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE 16:11:28 EFFECTIVE. 16:11:29 THE IMPACT CAN BE FELT IN THE 16:11:31 WHOLE CULTURE OF OUR 16:11:32 CONGREGATION. 16:11:34 LIKE REVEREND MARK SAID EARLIER, 16:11:37 OUR CONGREGATIONS' MISSION IS 16:11:39 ALIVE. 16:11:40 WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW YOU 16:11:43 CAN GET INVOLVED? 16:11:45 HERE'S SUSAN LESLIE, 16:11:46 CONGREGATION AND ADVOCACY AND 16:11:48 WITNESS DIRECTOR TO TELL YOU. 16:11:50 >> NOW, THAT'S JUSTICE. 16:11:58 TODAY THERE ARE NOW OVER 130 UU 16:12:01 CONGREGATIONS ENGAGED IN 16:12:03 CONGREGATION BASED ORGANIZING. 16:12:05 THE UUA AND THE UU VEATCH 16:12:10 PROGRAM AT SHELTER ROCK ARE 16:12:11 SUPPORTING CONGREGATION IN 16:12:14 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WITH STAFF 16:12:15 SUPPORT, RESOURCES AND FUNDING. 16:12:18 THE UU FUNDING PROGRAM HAS A 16:12:20 $40,000 PROGRAM FOR MATCHING 16:12:22 MEMBERSHIP GRANTS AS WELL AS 16:12:23 MATCHING GRANTS FOR TRAINING. 16:12:26 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO 16:12:27 PARTICIPATE IN THIS GROWING 16:12:29 FAITH-BASED MOVEMENT AND TO FIND 16:12:31 A CBCO NEAR YOU, VISIT OUR CBCO 16:12:36 WEBSITE UUA.ORG/CBCO. 16:12:41 YOU CAN TALK TO THE NEW 16:12:42 PRESIDENT OF THE UUA CBCO 16:12:50 PRESIDENT REVEREND LYDIA 16:12:55 FERRANTE-ROSEBERRY AND COME BY 16:12:59 THE BOOTH AND PICK UP A GUIDE 16:13:01 AND $5,000 MATCHING GRANTS FOR 16:13:04 TRAINING AND FOR FIRST YEAR DUES 16:13:05 FOR CONGREGATIONS NEW TO CBCO. 16:13:10 SO IF YOU ARE ALREADY 16:13:12 PARTICIPATING, SEND US YOUR 16:13:14 STORIES FOR CBCO NEWS AND COME 16:13:17 PICK UP YOUR CBCO CONGREGATION 16:13:20 STICKER AT THE CONGREGATIONAL 16:13:22 ADVOCACY AND WITNESS BOOTH. 16:13:24 WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR 16:13:26 YOUR WORK. 16:13:30 I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THE 16:13:31 SOUNDS OF THE INTERFAITH CHOIR 16:13:35 FROM THE BREAD ACTION. 16:13:36 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 16:13:52 ¶ ¶ 16:13:52 . 16:13:52 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:14:02 >> I'M GOING TO FOR A REPORT OF 16:14:05 THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM. 16:14:07 PLEASE WELCOME YOUR TEAM 16:14:08 CONVENER GARNER TAKASHI MORRIS. 16:14:20 THEY'RE WORKING HARD FOR US THIS 16:14:22 YEAR. 16:14:22 >> THANK YOU. 16:14:23 I WAS TO BEGIN WITH A FEW 16:14:25 HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, BUT I THINK 16:14:27 I'M GOING TO SAVE THOSE. 16:14:30 WHEN I FIRST SPOKE WITH YOU 16:14:31 WEDNESDAY EVENING, I ASSURED YOU 16:14:33 WE ARE NOT TO BE THE GREEN 16:14:35 SHIRTED BE NICE BRIGADE, AND I 16:14:37 HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN THAT IN OUR 16:14:38 WORK THUS FAR, SO I WANT TO 16:14:40 OFFER THANKS AND ALSO A 16:14:41 CHALLENGE. 16:14:42 THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR 16:14:45 TRUSTING OUR TEAM WITH YOUR 16:14:47 STORIES AND -- AND EXPERIENCES 16:14:50 AND THROUGH THAT SHOWING THAT WE 16:14:52 CAN AND DO ENGAGE AS A BELOVED 16:14:55 COMMUNITY. 16:14:57 WE'RE ABOUT TO CONTINUE A 16:14:58 CONVERSATION THAT WILL NOT BE 16:15:00 EASY, AND I CHALLENGE US TO 16:15:04 CONTINUE THAT LOVE AND HEAR EACH 16:15:06 OTHER. 16:15:08 WE CAN DO THIS SACRED WORK, SO 16:15:10 LET'S DO IT. 16:15:13 . 16:15:11 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:15:21 >> I CALL ON UUA TRUSTEE AT 16:15:23 LARGE THE REVEREND GENE PUPKY TO 16:15:32 INTRODUCE THIS SESSION OF OUR 16:15:33 BUSINESS SESSION. 16:15:33 >> THANK YOU MADAM MODERATOR. 16:15:36 ANYBODY FEELING SOME LOVE FOR 16:15:37 THE MODERATOR? 16:15:49 . 16:15:38 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:16:02 >> IT IS MY JOB HERE TO TELL YOU 16:16:08 THE IMPORTANT REASON WHY YOUR 16:16:11 BOARD BROUGHT TO YOU A 16:16:13 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT 16:16:16 OF PHOENIX IN 2012 IN RESISTANCE 16:16:21 TO ARIZONA LAW, STATE BULLETIN 16:16:25 70. 16:16:26 CLEARLY SINCE THE LAW WAS SIGNED 16:16:29 IN APRIL WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT 16:16:32 TO BE THE THIN, FRONT EDGE OF A 16:16:38 TREND TO LEGISLATE RACIAL 16:16:40 PROFILING AND POLITICAL 16:16:42 BULLYING. 16:16:44 WE KNEW THEN THAT MANY UNITARIAN 16:16:47 UNIVERSALISTS WOULD FIND THE 16:16:49 EXISTENCE OF SUCH A LAW IN 16:16:51 OPPOSITION TO OUR BELIEF IN THE 16:16:53 INHERENT WORTH AND DIGNITY OF 16:16:56 ALL. 16:16:59 OUR QUESTIONS WERE AND REMAIN 16:17:02 HOW TO ARRIVE AT A GA STILL 16:17:06 STANDING ON THE SIDE OF LOVE 16:17:08 WITH EVERYONE REPRESENTED AND NO 16:17:10 ONE LEFT BEHIND. 16:17:14 FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS WE AS A 16:17:16 CULTURE AND AS RELIGIONS HAVE 16:17:20 LEFT PEOPLE BEHIND. 16:17:24 WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO BE 16:17:25 PUSHED TO THE MARGINS AND IF 16:17:27 THERE IS A LESSON WE HAVE 16:17:28 LEARNED, IT IS THAT THEY -- THAT 16:17:31 THEY ARE HARMED AND WE ARE 16:17:33 DEEPLY IMPOVERISHED BY SO DOING. 16:17:38 AFTER ALL, WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO 16:17:40 US TO GO TO ARIZONA TO RESIST 16:17:43 OPPRESSION AND THEN CONDUCT A 16:17:46 MEETING IN WHICH WE LEFT BEHIND 16:17:50 THE VOICES OF OUR HISTORICALLY 16:17:53 MARGINALIZED BROTHERS AND 16:17:55 SISTERS. 16:17:59 IT WAS AND IT IS CRUCIAL TO OUR 16:18:02 ASSOCIATION TO BE IN RIGHT 16:18:04 RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE 16:18:05 COMMUNITIES AND NOT TO MAKE 16:18:08 CHOICES THAT ARE CONVENIENT OR 16:18:12 SIMPLISTIC. 16:18:15 JUSTICE IS A PLACE WHERE WE ALL 16:18:18 ARRIVE TOGETHER, AND YOUR BOARD 16:18:23 PLACED ITS RESOLUTION ON THE 16:18:24 AGENDA WITH FAITH IN YOUR 16:18:26 ABILITY TO SEE THAT WHAT HAPPENS 16:18:28 IN ARIZONA MATTERS TO US ALL. 16:18:32 IT IS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO 16:18:35 THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND WE 16:18:38 BELIEVED IN JUSTICE MATTERS TO 16:18:41 YOU, AND WE DID THIS FRANKLY AS 16:18:43 A WAY TO STIRRUP THE DEBATE. 16:18:48 WE GOT THAT RIGHT. 16:18:51 [ LAUGHTER ] 16:18:52 . 16:18:51 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:18:55 >> IF THE RESOLUTION DID NOTHING 16:18:58 MORE THAN INVITE US ALL INTO AN 16:19:00 IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT THIS 16:19:02 ISSUE AND OUR LEVEL OF 16:19:04 COMMITMENT TO DO THIS WORK, THEN 16:19:07 YOUR BOARD IS SATISFIED, BUT 16:19:11 THERE IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION 16:19:12 BENEATH THIS RESOLUTION. 16:19:16 CAN WE, WILL WE STUDY, WITNESS 16:19:21 AND TAKE THIS ISSUE AS OUR OWN, 16:19:24 BRINGING IT HOME WITHOUT A 16:19:28 PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEE, 16:19:31 DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED IN 16:19:33 CONGREGATION WHEREVER WE HAVE 16:19:34 COME FROM? 16:19:38 . 16:19:36 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:19:41 >> WILL WE SEE THAT 16:19:42 CONGREGATIONS NOT ABLE TO BE 16:19:44 HERE? 16:19:46 WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM BROTHER AND 16:19:48 SISTER CONGREGATIONS DOWN THE 16:19:50 ROAD, UP THE PIKE OR AROUND THE 16:19:51 ROTARY. 16:19:52 WE NEED TO INVITE THEM INTO THIS 16:19:56 CONVERSATION, AND WILL WE WORK 16:19:59 NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT 16:20:01 BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF OUR 16:20:03 CONGREGATIONS INTO OUR STATE 16:20:05 LEGISLATURES TO TURN AROUND THE 16:20:07 EXISTENCE OF SUCH HATEFUL 16:20:10 CULTURE OPPRESSING LEGISLATION 16:20:12 EVERYWHERE. 16:20:15 WILL WE TAKE UP SHARE THE PLATE 16:20:18 COLLECTIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF 16:20:20 ORGANIZING? 16:20:22 WE RAISE $1.8 MILLION FOR HAITI. 16:20:27 WHAT WILL WE RAISE FOR 16:20:29 IMMIGRATION JUSTICE? 16:20:36 . 16:20:31 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:20:37 >> AND THE QUESTION NO MATTER 16:20:40 WHAT PATH WE GO DOWN, CAN WE 16:20:43 COMMIT TO THIS WORK WITH JOY? 16:20:46 CAN WE TEACH AND MARCH AND SING 16:20:50 IT INTO BEING BECAUSE JUSTICE IS 16:20:53 A PLACE WHERE WE ALL ARRIVE 16:20:57 TOGETHER. 16:20:59 CAN WE COMMIT TO THE CIVIL 16:21:00 RIGHTS OF THESE PERSONS 16:21:04 MARGINALIZED AND STILL HONOR OUR 16:21:06 LONG, LOVING COMMITMENT TO THE 16:21:10 LGBTQI COMMUNITY RIGHT? 16:21:15 CAN WE CONTINUE OUR WORK ON 16:21:17 ANTI-RACISM WORK IN THE 16:21:22 COMMUNITIES AND DO THIS WORK SO 16:21:23 THAT WE CAN ALL ARRIVE TOGETHER? 16:21:28 CAN WE GO TO ARIZONA WHEN THEY 16:21:30 NEED US OR ARE WE ALL TOGETHER 16:21:31 TAKING UP THE COMMITMENT NOT 16:21:33 JUST TO FIGHT FB1070 BUT TO 16:21:38 FIGHT IT EVERYWHERE IT ARISES IN 16:21:44 EVERY STATE ALL THE WAY TO 16:21:46 COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION 16:21:48 LEGISLATION AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 16:21:50 PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC, RACIAL AND 16:21:53 CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. 16:22:03 . 16:21:56 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:22:05 >> I SAY WE CAN. 16:22:11 YOUR BOARD BELIEVES THAT THIS IS 16:22:14 IMPORTANT TO YOU. 16:22:16 YOU HAVE HEARD THE CALL FROM THE 16:22:17 CONGREGATIONS IN ARIZONA TO 16:22:20 COME. 16:22:21 YOU HAVE HEARD OTHERS SAY STAY 16:22:23 AWAY. 16:22:26 BOTH MEAN WELL AND MEAN TO SEEK 16:22:28 JUSTICE, BUT YOU HAVE GONE 16:22:31 BEYOND THESE HARD POSITIONS AND 16:22:34 CONSIDERED CAN WE BOTH -- CAN WE 16:22:35 DO BOTH? 16:22:36 CAN WE DO MORE? 16:22:38 THE QUESTION IS ARE WE TAKING UP 16:22:42 THIS ISSUE TOGETHER AS THE CIVIL 16:22:44 RIGHTS ISSUE TO WHICH WE WILL 16:22:46 DEDICATE OURSELVES IN THE COMING 16:22:48 DECADE? 16:22:49 ARE WE STANDING TOGETHER IN THE 16:22:51 SIDE OF LOVE ON OUR SIDE AND 16:22:54 SPEAKING TO JUSTICE IN THIS 16:22:56 WORLD TOWING AS UNITARIAN 16:22:59 UNIVERSALISTS. 16:23:00 IT IS NOT JUST 2012. 16:23:02 IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE 16:23:05 MADE REAL, AND WE CAN ONLY GET 16:23:07 THERE IF WE ARRIVE TOGETHER. 16:23:11 THANK YOU. 16:23:14 . 16:23:11 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:23:22 >> LET'S NOW HEAR FROM OUR UUA 16:23:25 PRESIDENT PETER MORALES. 16:23:35 >> I WANT TO ADD A FEW WORDS OF 16:23:38 CONTEXT. 16:23:39 JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 16:23:41 IT IS SO EASY I THINK FOR US TO 16:23:42 GET TRAPPED AS WE CONSIDER THIS 16:23:44 ISSUE INTO THINKING THAT IT IS 16:23:46 ABOUT SB1070 OR THAT IT IS ABOUT 16:23:50 PHOENIX OR THAT IT IS EVEN ABOUT 16:23:52 ARIZONA, ALTHOUGH NOW, YOU KNOW, 16:23:55 THERE'S BEEN A LAW PASSED IN A 16:23:57 TOWN IN NEBRASKA IN THE LAST 16:23:59 WEEK AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 16:24:00 HOURS I WAS READING THE NEWS ON 16:24:03 MY PHONE, AND THERE'S AN 16:24:05 INITIATIVE GETTING STARTED IN 16:24:07 FLORIDA. 16:24:08 SO THIS IS TRULY NOT ABOUT 16:24:10 ARIZONA, THIS ISSUE. 16:24:13 I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT 16:24:14 ULTIMATELY IT IS NOT ABOUT 16:24:16 IMMIGRATION. 16:24:17 AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS AND AS 16:24:19 IMPORTANT COMPREHENSIVE 16:24:21 IMMIGRATION REFORM IS, THIS IS 16:24:23 TRULY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR 16:24:26 SOCIETY, ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, IT 16:24:28 IS A STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA SOUL, 16:24:31 AND IT IS A STRUGGLE FOR THE 16:24:33 SOUL OF THE UNITARIAN 16:24:34 UNIVERSALIST MOVEMENT. 16:24:37 AND THIS IS A STRUGGLE THAT IS 16:24:38 GOING TO GO ON FOR AT LEAST 16:24:39 ANOTHER GENERATION. 16:24:43 AT ISSUE IS THE KIND OF SOCIETY 16:24:44 THAT WE ARE GOING TO CREATE AND 16:24:46 THE ROLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO 16:24:48 CREATE IN PLAYING -- IN CREATING 16:24:50 THAT SOCIETY. 16:24:52 I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A 16:24:54 HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER 16:24:57 WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AS WE 16:24:59 DID ON THAT DAY OF THAT GREAT 16:25:02 MARCH ON MAY 29th WHERE WE 16:25:05 MARCHED FOR THREE HOURS IN THE 16:25:07 HOT SUN IN PHOENIX WITH TENs 16:25:09 AND TENs AND TENS OF THOUSANDS 16:25:12 THE ESTIMATES GO FROM 30 TO 100, 16:25:15 I HAVE NO CLUE WHO WAS CORRECT. 16:25:18 THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE 16:25:18 THERE. 16:25:20 AT LEAST 100. 16:25:21 OKAY. 16:25:24 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 16:25:26 PARTNER WITH CONGREGATIONS WHO 16:25:27 HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS 16:25:29 STRUGGLE FOR YEARS, WHO HAVE 16:25:31 BUILT PARTNERSHIPS THERE ON THE 16:25:34 GROUND, AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT 16:25:36 THAN THAT, I BELIEVE THIS IS A 16:25:38 CHANCE FOR US AS A FAITH 16:25:40 COMMUNITY TO LEAD. 16:25:43 TO LEAD THE INTERFAITH 16:25:45 COMMUNITY, TO JOINTURE -- OUR 16:25:49 FORCES WITH OTHER, AND 16:25:51 MAY 29th WE WERE THE MOST 16:25:53 VISIBLE COMMUNITY MARCHING THERE 16:25:54 IN ARIZONA. 16:25:55 I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD TO 16:25:57 BE A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. 16:25:59 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 500 OF US. 16:26:01 AND WEARING THOSE BRIGHT YELLOW 16:26:03 SHIRTS. 16:26:04 . 16:26:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:26:08 >> WE'LL DISAGREE ON TACTICS. 16:26:10 THE REASON WE DISAGREE IS 16:26:11 BECAUSE, IN FACT, THERE IS NO 16:26:12 WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE WHAT 16:26:15 WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT TWO 16:26:17 YEARS. 16:26:18 SO REASONABLE PEOPLE ARE GOING 16:26:19 TO DIFFER ON THAT. 16:26:21 A LITTLE HUMILITY, I THINK, IS 16:26:23 IN ORDER. 16:26:25 THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO KEEP 16:26:26 ASKING OURSELVES AS WE DISCUSS 16:26:29 IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STAND ON 16:26:31 THE SIDE OF LOVE ON THIS ISSUE? 16:26:34 HOW DO WE STAND WITH IMMIGRANT 16:26:36 FAMILIES? 16:26:37 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STAND ON 16:26:40 THE SIDE OF LOVE AS WE HELP 16:26:42 CREATE A NEW AMERICA. 16:26:43 SO LET US KEEP OUR FOCUS. 16:26:45 WE WILL STAND ON THE SIDE OF 16:26:46 LOVE. 16:26:48 (SPEAKING SPANISH. ) 16:26:50 AND REMEMBER. 16:26:52 (SPEAKING SPANISH. ) 16:26:54 WE ARE ALL, ALL ARIZONA. 16:26:56 THANK YOU. 16:27:00 . 16:26:57 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:27:02 16:27:07 >> ON MAY 29th WHEN MANY OF US 16:27:09 WERE IN ARIZONA CHRIS AND STEVE 16:27:11 SEALLY, VIDEOGRAPHER PRESENTED A 16:27:17 VIDEO REPRESENTATION TO BRING TO 16:27:20 THIS PLENARY. 16:27:21 >> GOVERNOR BREWER, WHEN SHE 16:27:24 SIGNED SB1070, SHE BROUGHT ON 16:27:28 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR 16:27:30 THE 21st CENTURY. 16:27:31 >> LAST TIME WE HAD A COLOR THAT 16:27:33 WAS PROFILED, IT WAS BLACK AND 16:27:35 THE STATES WERE BLUE AND GRAY. 16:27:37 NOW THE COLOR IS BROWN, MY 16:27:40 COLOR, AND THE STATES ARE BLUE 16:27:41 AND RED. 16:27:41 >> WE ARE ALL IN THIS. 16:27:43 THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE, 16:27:45 AND SO WE HAVE TO STAND 16:27:46 TOGETHER. 16:27:46 WE DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE TO SAY 16:27:48 NOT MY PROBLEM, I'M NOT IN 16:27:51 ARIZONA OR I'M NOT AN IMMIGRANT. 16:27:54 >> THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT 16:27:55 TRANSCENDS HISPANICS. 16:27:57 IT IS A HUMAN ISSUE, IT IS A 16:27:59 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. 16:28:00 I THINK I FEEL A CERTAIN 16:28:02 PARTICULAR SYMPATHY. 16:28:03 I THINK MY GRANDPARENTS WERE 16:28:05 PROBABLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 16:28:08 I NEVER KNEW. 16:28:09 ¶ ¶ 16:28:12 >> RIGHT IN THE UU CONGREGATION 16:28:16 OF PHOENIX THERE ARE DRAMATIC 16:28:19 IMMIGRATION STORIES, AND NOT 16:28:20 JUST WHAT YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. 16:28:21 LORI ROSALES HAS LIVED IN 16:28:24 ARIZONA ALL OF HER LIFE AND IS A 16:28:26 LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER. 16:28:28 SHE VOLUNTEERS WITH GROUPS THAT 16:28:30 HELPS BORDER CROSSES AND LOST 16:28:32 AND STRANDED. 16:28:33 >> I NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED 16:28:35 DISCRIMINATION IN THE PAST, BUT 16:28:36 EVEN I, THE WAY I SPEAK, KNOWING 16:28:40 I AM LATINO. 16:28:42 I HAVE BEEN ASKED, ARE YOU 16:28:44 LEGAL? 16:28:45 WHEN I CROSS THE BORDERS I HAVE 16:28:48 BEEN TREATED VERY 16:28:49 DISRESPECTFULLY. 16:28:51 PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT IS NOT 16:28:53 JUST ABOUT BEING LEGAL/ILLEGAL. 16:28:58 TO ME THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY 16:28:59 DON'T LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE 16:29:01 CHANGING IN THIS PART OF THE 16:29:02 COUNTRY. 16:29:03 SO THEY'RE TARGETING ANY OF US. 16:29:05 THEY SEE US ALL AS THE ENEMY. 16:29:09 >> GOOD MORNING. 16:29:14 >> ORIGINALLY FROM COLUMBIA. 16:29:18 >> MEMBER OF CONGREGATION HERE, 16:29:19 AND CHAIR OF MEMBERSHIP 16:29:20 COMMITTEE. 16:29:20 >> SHE CAME HERE FOR GRADUATE 16:29:22 WORK AND IS AN ASSOCIATE 16:29:23 PROFESSOR AT ARIZONA STATE EVEN 16:29:25 WITH THE MAINSTREAM LIFE SHE 16:29:26 FEELS THE PRESSURE AT WORK. 16:29:28 >> IT IS TIGHT BALANCE OF BEING 16:29:31 EITHER THE TOKEN MINORITY THAT 16:29:33 WE CALL ON FOR EVERYTHING OR THE 16:29:36 SILENT PERSON THAT HAS NO VOICE, 16:29:40 AND I FEEL IT. 16:29:42 >> ANOTHER FAMILY IN THE PHOENIX 16:29:43 CHURCH KNOWS ABOUT IMMIGRATION 16:29:45 ENFORCEMENT FIRSTHAND. 16:29:47 >> ALL OF THIS TIME GROWING UP 16:29:49 EVERYONE ALWAYS TOLD ME, YOU 16:29:50 KNOW, JUST BE QUIET, DON'T SAY 16:29:52 ANYTHING, AND NOTHING WILL 16:29:54 HAPPEN TO YOU. 16:29:55 THAT DOESN'T WORK ANY MORE. 16:29:57 SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME. 16:29:59 MY MOM WAS TAKEN AWAY. 16:30:02 >> IN OCTOBER 2009 I RECEIVED A 16:30:07 PHONE CALL FROM MY HUSBAND 16:30:09 FRANTICALLY TELLING ME THEY WERE 16:30:11 TAKING HIS MOM AWAY. 16:30:14 >> THEY ASKED ME TO SIT ON THE 16:30:16 OPPOSITE COUCH AS MY MOM, SO SAT 16:30:18 HERE AWAY FROM ME, AND HAD HER 16:30:22 SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TOLD ME 16:30:24 THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE HER AND 16:30:25 GET DEPORTED, AND THEN -- 16:30:32 (CRYING. ) AND THEN I TRIED TO 16:30:38 SIT WITH MY MOM BECAUSE SHE WAS 16:30:40 CRYING. 16:30:41 SHE WAS SO SCARED. 16:30:42 SHE DIDN'T EVEN WHAT THEY WERE 16:30:44 SAYING. 16:30:44 I TRIED THE SIT NEXT TO HER, AND 16:30:46 THEY DIDN'T LET ME. 16:30:50 THEY HAD ME SIT AWAY FROM HER. 16:30:52 >> PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE LAWS 16:30:53 ARE TAKING APART FAMILIES, AND 16:30:55 NOT FAMILIES THAT HAVE A SON 16:30:56 THAT IS 24 YEARS OLD. 16:30:58 THEY'RE TAKING FAMILIES APART 16:30:59 THAT HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE ONE, 16:31:01 TWO. 16:31:03 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT NEED THEIR 16:31:04 PARENTS. 16:31:04 THAT NEED THAT MOTHER AROUND TO 16:31:07 TAKE CARE OF THEM. 16:31:08 >> DANIEL AND GERALDINE'S MOTHER 16:31:16 WAS TAKEN TO THE BORDER THE NEXT 16:31:19 MORNING. 16:31:20 ANOTHER PERSON OUTSPOKEN ON 16:31:21 IMMIGRATION LAWS, SHE OPPOSED 16:31:23 SB1070 FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. 16:31:25 >> I REALLY FEEL MY OPPOSITION 16:31:28 TO THIS BILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN 16:31:30 BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DOES TO THE 16:31:32 OFFICER ON THE STREET IS PUTS 16:31:33 THEM IN A MORE DANGEROUS 16:31:35 POSITION. 16:31:36 IT IS NEVER GOOD TO HAVE A 16:31:37 COMMUNITY IN FEAR OF LAW 16:31:38 ENFORCEMENT. 16:31:39 >> THIS IS ALSO PERSONAL FOR 16:31:40 JULIE. 16:31:42 SHE IS A POLICE WIDOW. 16:31:43 >> ON SEPTEMBER 18th OF 2007 16:31:46 MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS A PHOENIX 16:31:48 POLICE OFFICER, WAS SHOT AND 16:31:49 KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND 16:31:52 HIS MURDER WAS A CAREER FELON 16:31:55 WHO ALSO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE 16:31:57 COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. 16:31:59 IF MY HUSBAND'S MURDER WOULD 16:32:00 HAVE BEEN OF JAPANESE DESCENT, 16:32:02 WOULD THAT MAKE ME HATE 16:32:04 EVERYBODY WHO WAS ASIAN? 16:32:05 WHY? 16:32:06 YOU CAN'T TAKE ONE PERSON'S 16:32:08 ACTION AND USE THAT TO 16:32:09 CHARACTERIZE AN ENTIRE GROUP OF 16:32:11 PEOPLE. 16:32:12 WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE 16:32:13 WITH THOSE WHO ARE REALLY TRULY 16:32:15 WILLING TO LISTEN AND 16:32:17 UNDERSTAND, AND THIS ISSUE HAS A 16:32:19 LOT OF SHADES OF GRAY. 16:32:21 IT IS VERY COMPLEX, AND IN ORDER 16:32:23 TO COME TO A SOLUTION, WE NEED 16:32:25 TO UNDERSTAND THOSE DIFFERENT 16:32:27 SHADES. 16:32:27 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 16:32:30 HOPED TO DO, NOT JUST IN OUR 16:32:32 CONGREGATION, BUT OTHER IN OTHER 16:32:35 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 16:32:35 CONGREGATIONS AND OTHER 16:32:36 CONGREGATIONS IN THE PHOENIX 16:32:38 AREA IS BRING A CONVERSATION. 16:32:41 BRING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT 16:32:42 ARE THE ISSUES AROUND 16:32:44 IMMIGRATION, HOPEFULLY EDUCATING 16:32:46 PEOPLE TO DEEPEN THEIR 16:32:47 UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF 16:32:49 THIS ISSUE, THE CAUSES OF 16:32:50 MIGRATION, AND THEN THE REAL 16:32:53 HUMAN STORIES THAT PEOPLE ARE 16:32:54 LIVING WITH AND THE WAYS THAT 16:32:55 LAWS ARE BREAKING FAMILIES UP. 16:32:57 WE WANT TO BRING THAT 16:32:58 OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION AND 16:33:01 EDUCATION TO OTHER 16:33:02 CONGREGATIONS. 16:33:02 >> FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT 16:33:08 THE IMMIGRATION JUSTICE PAGE ON 16:33:11 THE UUA WEBSITE. 16:33:17 ¶ ¶ 16:33:20 . 16:33:17 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:33:22 >> I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE 16:33:27 STEVEN SEALLY. 16:33:34 STEVEN, ARE YOU STILL OVER 16:33:35 THERE? 16:33:35 PLEASE STAND. 16:33:37 THANK YOU. 16:33:37 . 16:33:37 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:33:38 >> THIS VIDEO AND MANY OTHER 16:33:39 RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE 16:33:42 IMMIGRATION WEBSITE. 16:33:43 YOU CAN TAKE THIS VIDEO BACK 16:33:45 HOME AND USE IT WITH YOUR 16:33:46 CONGREGATION. 16:33:49 BUT NOW WE ARE HERE AS PEOPLE OF 16:33:51 FAITH. 16:33:53 SO LET US DEEPEN IN REFLECTION. 16:33:57 WE WILL BE LEAD BY THE REVEREND 16:33:58 ABHI JANAMANCHI FROM CLEARWATER, 16:34:04 FLORIDA AND VICTORIA SANFORD 16:34:09 FROM MINNESOTA. 16:34:12 >> AT 3:00 A.M. ON A WARM, MUGGY 16:34:20 DAY I STOOD IN LINE FOR HOURS 16:34:24 OUTSIDE THE GATE'S OF THE U.S. 16:34:26 EMBASSY IN CHENNAI, INDIA. 16:34:30 I WAS THERE TO APPLY FOR A 16:34:32 STUDENT VISA. 16:34:35 WITH HIT AND RUNS OF OTHERS I 16:34:36 WAITED FOR THE GATES TO OPEN 16:34:39 PRAYING FERVENTLY I WOULD BE THE 16:34:44 CHOSEN FEW TO BE ALLOWED INSIDE, 16:34:48 AND ONCE INSIDE I HAD YET 16:34:50 ANOTHER LONG WAIT BEFORE MY 16:34:52 NUMBER WAS CALLED. 16:34:55 AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO THE 16:34:57 WINDOW I WAS ASKED RATHER 16:35:01 BRUSQUELY TO SHOW MY PAPERS. 16:35:04 THE VISA OFFICER THEN GROWLED AT 16:35:07 ME THAT HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF 16:35:11 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM. 16:35:14 OF COURSE, I HAD NO WAY OF 16:35:15 KNOWING THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, 16:35:17 THAT WE ARE THE WORLD'S BEST 16:35:19 KEPT SECRET. 16:35:25 BUT THEN THE OFFICER ACCUSED ME 16:35:27 OF LYING TO GET INTO THE UNITED 16:35:29 STATES OF AMERICA AND RUDELY 16:35:32 BRUSHED OFF MY ATTEMPTS TO 16:35:35 EXPLAIN. 16:35:38 YET SOMEHOW DESPITE HIS 16:35:40 DISBELIEF AND TOTAL DISINTEREST, 16:35:42 SINCE MY PAPERWORK WAS IN ORDER, 16:35:44 I WAS GRANTED A VISA. 16:35:50 A YEAR LATER MY WIFE AND INFANT 16:35:53 SON UNDERWENT A SIMILAR 16:35:55 EXPERIENCE AND ALSO WERE 16:35:56 ARBITRARILY DETAINED FOR HOURS 16:35:58 UPON RIVAL -- ARRIVAL FOR HOURS 16:36:04 IN CHICAGO. 16:36:05 AFTER GOING THROUGH MORE 16:36:05 DEHUMANIZING EXPERIENCES WITH 16:36:08 THE INS IN OBTAINING A RELIGIOUS 16:36:11 PROFESSIONAL VISA AND A GREEN 16:36:13 CARD, WE BECAME PERMANENT 16:36:17 RESIDENT ALIENS. 16:36:22 BUT WITH REGULAR PAT-DOWNS AT 16:36:25 PARENTS AND PUTDOWNS BY UNKNOWN 16:36:27 PEOPLE IN MALLS YELLING AT US TO 16:36:30 GO BACK TO IRAQ, MY FAMILY AND I 16:36:37 LIVE WITH CONSTANT REMINDERS 16:36:40 THAT WE ARE STILL OUTSIDERS, 16:36:46 FOREIGNERS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T 16:36:49 BELONG. 16:36:53 IT IS PAINFUL. 16:36:55 IT IS AT TIMES DEHUMANIZING AND 16:36:58 DEMEANING. 16:37:01 IT IS A STRUGGLE. 16:37:04 BUT WHAT HELPS ME FIND BALANCE 16:37:06 AND CALM THROUGH ALL OF THIS IS 16:37:10 MY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FAITH. 16:37:14 BY AFFIRMING MY INHERENT WORTH 16:37:17 AND DIGNITY AS A HUMAN BEING, BY 16:37:20 ACCEPTING ME FOR WHO I AM, AS I 16:37:23 AM, MY FAITH GIVES ME THE 16:37:28 STRENGTH TO WORK THROUGH THE 16:37:30 PAIN, THE FRUSTRATION AND THE 16:37:33 ANGER THAT I FEEL WHEN I GO 16:37:36 THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES. 16:37:39 BY SHOWING HOSPITALITY OF THE 16:37:41 HEART AND HAND, OUR UNITARIAN 16:37:44 UNIVERSALIST FAITH COMMUNITY 16:37:46 HELPS ME FAMILY AND ME FEEL AT 16:37:49 HOME IN THIS COUNTRY. 16:37:53 . 16:37:52 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:38:00 SO MY FRIENDS I'M HERE TO REMIND 16:38:03 YOU OF SOMETHING THAT YOU 16:38:03 ALREADY KNOW, THAT RADICAL 16:38:05 HOSPITALITY IS A CORE UNITARIAN 16:38:08 UNIVERSALIST VIRTUE. 16:38:11 AS THE REVEREND BARBARA 16:38:13 WELLS-TEN HOVE REMINDS US, OURS 16:38:16 IS A FAITH BUILT ON UNITY AND 16:38:18 LOVE. 16:38:19 A FAITH THAT UPHOLDS AND 16:38:21 PROMOTES FREEDOM AND DIGNITY OF 16:38:24 ALL HUMAN BEINGS. 16:38:29 IN OUR FAITH, THE CENTER IS 16:38:31 OUTSIDE OF ITSELF, IN THE 16:38:34 STRANGER OUR GOOD NEWS PROCLAIMS 16:38:37 THAT GOD, THE DIVINE, THE HOLY, 16:38:42 ENTERS OUR LIVES THROUGH THE 16:38:44 PRESENCE OF THE STRANGER IN OUR 16:38:45 MIDST. 16:38:46 THAT GOD LOVES DIVERSITY AND 16:38:50 PREFERS TO BE DISCOVERED THROUGH 16:38:52 DIVERSITY RATHER THAN SAMENESS. 16:38:56 AND OUR CALLING IS TO CREATE 16:38:57 HOLY COMMUNITIES OF THE SPIRIT 16:39:01 WHERE STRANGERS ARE NOT JUST 16:39:03 WELCOMED BUT ACCEPTED AND LOVED. 16:39:06 AND SO THIS CALL TO WELCOME THE 16:39:08 STRANGER, THE ALIEN, THE 16:39:10 IMMIGRANT ACROSS DIVIDING LINES 16:39:13 IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. 16:39:16 IN TODAY'S WORLD IT IS 16:39:19 DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THE UNITED 16:39:21 STATES, A NATION INFECTED BY 16:39:26 XENOPHOBIC FEARS. 16:39:31 FAILURE TO DEAL WITH FEAR AT 16:39:33 MANY LEVELS HAS LED TO SB1070. 16:39:40 TODAY'S WORLD, OUR NATION, NEEDS 16:39:42 TO SEE MORE EXAMPLES OF 16:39:44 STRANGERS SUCH AS MYSELF BEING 16:39:47 WELCOMED AS GUESTS. 16:39:49 TODAY'S WORLD, OUR NATION, NEEDS 16:39:51 RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES SUCH AS 16:39:53 OURS RESPONDING TO THE CALL TO 16:39:55 PRACTICE RADICAL HOSPITALITY AND 16:39:59 BEING BORDER CROSSERS. 16:40:05 THIS IS HOSPITALITY OF THE HEART 16:40:07 AND IT BEGINS HERE WITH US. 16:40:12 WHEN WE ACCEPT THAT WE ARE ALL 16:40:13 WANDERERS IN EXILE, ALL 16:40:15 SOJOURNERS, AND WE ARE ALL 16:40:18 INVITED INTO THE TENT TO BE PART 16:40:21 OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. 16:40:23 THIS HOSPITALITY OF THE HEART 16:40:26 COMPELS US TO STEP BACK FROM 16:40:29 OURSELVES AND VIEW OUR OWN LIVES 16:40:32 AND ACTIONS AS IF WE WERE 16:40:34 ANOTHER AND WRESTLE WITH OUR 16:40:36 CONSCIOUSES AS RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. 16:40:43 THIS HOSPITALITY OF THE HEART 16:40:46 COMPELS US TO STEP OUT FROM 16:40:48 OURSELVES AND WRESTLE AND 16:40:50 RECONCILE WITH THE STRANGER. 16:40:52 IT REMINDS US THAT THE ENCOUNTER 16:40:54 WITH THE STRANGER CAN SOMETIMES 16:40:56 BE A WOUNDING EXPERIENCE BUT A 16:40:59 WOUNDING THAT WILL HEAL AND 16:41:01 TRANSFORM US INTO NEW BEINGS. 16:41:05 THIS HOSPITALITY OF THE HEART 16:41:07 HELPS US CROSS ALL THE 16:41:10 BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS THAT 16:41:12 SEPARATE US ONE FROM ANOTHER. 16:41:14 IT CALLS US TO BE IN RIGHT 16:41:17 RELATIONSHIP WITH OURSELVES, 16:41:19 EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD, AND TO 16:41:22 RECOGNIZE AT THE SAME TIME THAT 16:41:24 IN OUR EFFORTS TO EMBRACE THE 16:41:26 STRANGER WE NEED NOT WOUND OUR 16:41:29 FRIENDS, THAT WE NEED NOT WOUND 16:41:34 EACH OTHER. 16:41:35 IN CASE WE DO THAT THERE'S 16:41:37 ALWAYS ROOM AND SCOPE FOR 16:41:38 FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION. 16:41:44 THIS HOSPITALITY OF THE HEART 16:41:46 COULD CREATE A WORLD OF 16:41:47 POTENTIAL FRIENDS THAN PROBABLE 16:41:48 ENEMIES. 16:41:49 IT CERTAINLY COULD HELP US 16:41:51 REFORM HOW WE AS A NATION TREAT 16:41:53 THE STRANGERS AMONG US, OUR 16:41:55 IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS, 16:41:57 OUR MIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED 16:41:59 WORKERS. 16:42:02 GOD HAS GIVEN US HEARTS WITH 16:42:04 MANY ROOMS, PREPARED US TO BE 16:42:06 LIVING SANCTUARIES OF LOVE, 16:42:09 COMPASSION AND ACCEPTANCE. 16:42:11 IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO US AS A 16:42:14 FAITH THAT WE ATTEND TO THE 16:42:16 SAFETY, WELL-BEING, INTEGRITY, 16:42:19 DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF ALL HUMAN 16:42:22 BEINGS. 16:42:25 SO MAY OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE 16:42:27 IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS 16:42:28 BE A TRANSFORMING POWER IN THE 16:42:30 WORLD. 16:42:31 MAY WE CHOOSE AND CHOOSE AGAIN 16:42:35 THE BLESSED PATH OF HOSPITALITY. 16:42:37 MAY WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER 16:42:39 WITH OPENNESS, COMPASSION AND 16:42:41 FORGIVENESS. 16:42:43 MAY WE FROM THAT PLACE OF DEEP 16:42:46 LISTENING OPEN OUR HEARTS AND 16:42:48 HANDS TO WELCOME STRANGER AND 16:42:51 FRIEND ALIKE. 16:42:53 MAY WE BE BOLD ENOUGH AND GENTLE 16:42:56 ENOUGH TO MAKE IT SO AND MAY THE 16:43:00 FAITH THAT HAS BECOME HOME TO ME 16:43:03 AND MY FAMILY BECOME A HOME FOR 16:43:06 ALL WHO COME SEEKING. 16:43:09 AMEN. 16:43:10 . 16:43:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:43:35 >> AN IMAGE FROM THE MARCH IN 16:43:43 MAY IN PHOENIX. 16:43:44 AN EARLY MORNING RALLY BEFORE WE 16:43:45 STARTED WALKING, TENS OF 16:43:47 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE, A 16:43:48 RAINBOW OF PEOPLE. 16:43:50 WE WERE READY TO GO. 16:43:52 TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 16:43:54 STEPPED TO THE PLATFORM AND THEY 16:43:56 SAID, GOOD MORNING, ARIZONA. 16:43:59 THEY HAD COME ALL THE WAY FROM 16:44:01 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 16:44:03 ONE SAID, WE ARE HERE WITH YOU 16:44:06 BECAUSE WE KNOW. 16:44:09 WE HAVE KNOWN FOR MORE THAN 350 16:44:11 YEARS ABOUT RACIAL PROFILING. 16:44:15 WE KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO A 16:44:17 PERSON, TO A PEOPLE, TO A 16:44:19 COMMUNITY, TO OUR COUNTRY, AND 16:44:21 WE ARE HERE TO STAND WITH YOU 16:44:23 AND SAY WE WILL NOT STAND FOR 16:44:25 IT. 16:44:29 THE SECOND WOMAN SAID, ARIZONA, 16:44:31 WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK. 16:44:32 IT WAS THE MOST ELEGANT 16:44:34 SOLIDARITY. 16:44:37 THEY WERE SPEAKING AND WE WERE 16:44:39 MARCHING THERE, NOT ONLY ABOUT 16:44:40 THE HATEFUL RACISM INHERENT IN 16:44:43 SB1070, THOUGH THAT WOULD BE 16:44:46 REASON ENOUGH. 16:44:47 THEY WERE SPEAKING NOT ONLY 16:44:48 ABOUT THE DESPERATE URGENCY OF 16:44:52 IMMIGRATION REFORM, THOUGH THAT 16:44:54 WOULD BE ENOUGH. 16:44:55 THEY WERE SPEAKING AS PETER 16:44:57 MORALES HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO US 16:44:59 ABOUT THE SOUL OF OUR NATION AND 16:45:02 THEY WERE SPEAKING AS ABHI SPOKE 16:45:05 SO POWERFULLY JUST NOW ABOUT THE 16:45:08 HUMAN SOUL. 16:45:10 A SECOND IMAGE FROM OUR LOCAL 16:45:12 PAPER HERE. 16:45:13 A PHOTO OF TWO WOMEN AT THE 16:45:15 MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL AIRPORT. 16:45:19 ONE IS HOLDING A TINY BABY. 16:45:21 THE OTHER IS WEARING HANDCUFFS, 16:45:23 AND A FACE OF ABJECT ANGUISH. 16:45:27 SHE'S REACHING FOR THE BABY, 16:45:28 SHE'S SOBBING, AND THE CAPTION 16:45:30 READS, BEFORE SHE WAS TO BE 16:45:33 DEPORTED TO NICARAGUA, NIDIA 16:45:38 VALLECILLO PLEADED WITH AGENTS 16:45:40 TO REMOVE HER HANDCUFFS SO SHE 16:45:42 COULD HOLD HER BABY SON. 16:45:43 SHE WAS ARRESTED IN HER HOUSE IN 16:45:44 THE NIGHT, TAKEN TO THE AIRPORT 16:45:47 WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER SON 16:45:48 WHO IS A U.S. CITIZEN COULD 16:45:50 STAY. 16:45:51 WITH WHOM, SHE ASKED? 16:45:54 AND THEY WERE BOTH FLOWN TO NEW 16:45:55 YORK, WHERE THEY WERE SEPARATED 16:45:57 BECAUSE THE BABY DIDN'T HAVE A 16:45:58 PASSPORT. 16:45:59 IN THE VERY LAST MOMENT A 16:46:01 TEMPORARY STAY WAS GRANTED, THEY 16:46:03 WERE REMOVED FROM THE PLANE, 16:46:05 FLOWN BACK HERE TO MINNESOTA 16:46:07 WHERE NIDIA AWAITS THE NEXT 16:46:09 KNOCK ON HER DOOR. 16:46:12 WHEN YOU LEAVE TOWN ON MONDAY, 16:46:17 SOME OF YOU WILL SEE THE BIG 16:46:18 SIGN AT OUR AIRPORT, URGING YOU 16:46:21 TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO 16:46:24 HOMELAND SECURITY. 16:46:25 WHAT COULD BE MORE SUSPECT THAN 16:46:26 TAKING A MOTHER WHO IS NOT A 16:46:28 CRIMINAL FROM HER INFANT BY 16:46:30 FORCE IN THE NIGHT? 16:46:34 NIDIA'S THREAT IS THAT SHE IS 16:46:36 HERE, SHE IS WORKING, SHE'S 16:46:38 PAYING TAXES, SHE'S RAISING HER 16:46:39 CHILD AND IN EVERY WAY, 16:46:41 EVERYDAY, SHE IS SHOWING US THE 16:46:44 FACE, THE COMPLEXION, THE 16:46:47 COMPLEXITY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL 16:46:49 AMERICA. 16:46:50 100 YEARS AGO SHE WAS IRISH, 16:46:52 ITALIAN, CHINESE, GERMAN, 16:46:56 NORWEGIAN. 16:46:57 SHE SPEAKS TWO OF THE 80 16:46:59 BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY 16:47:01 TWIN CITIES PUBLIC SCHOOL 16:47:03 CHILDREN, AND I'M TELLING YOU, 16:47:05 FRIENDS, YOU HAVE STORIES JUST 16:47:08 LIKE THIS ONE IN YOUR OWN 16:47:11 HOMETOWN. 16:47:12 WE ARE ALL ARIZONA, AND THIS IS 16:47:14 NOT ABOUT ARIZONA. 16:47:19 IT IS ABOUT FEAR. 16:47:20 . 16:47:19 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:47:22 IT IS ABOUT THE INSIDIOUSLY 16:47:25 ENTER DEPENDENT GLOBAL ECONOMY 16:47:26 OF PRIVILEGE AND POWER, AND FOR 16:47:29 US HERE IT IS ABOUT LOVE. 16:47:32 IT IS ABOUT WELCOMING STRANGER, 16:47:34 WHICH IS ABOUT PLURALISM, WHICH 16:47:35 WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT FOR A LONG, 16:47:38 LONG TIME. 16:47:39 NOW, HERE WE HAVE HARD WORK TO 16:47:42 DO. 16:47:44 OUR OLD HYMN REMINDS US 16:47:46 REVELATION IS NOT SEALED. 16:47:49 THE BORDERS OF IMAGINATION 16:47:50 CANNOT -- NEVER SHOULD BE 16:47:52 FENCED. 16:47:53 OUR FAITH IS NO GATED 16:47:56 NEIGHBORHOOD OF PROTECTED 16:47:57 CERTAINTY. 16:47:58 IT IS THIS OPEN FIELD OF 16:48:00 SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITY BECKONING 16:48:03 TO EVERY VISITOR, COME IN. 16:48:07 ENLARGE OUR THINKING, EXPAND OUR 16:48:09 PERSPECTIVE, OUR BORDER. 16:48:12 ENRICH OUR SHARED STORY, OUR 16:48:15 HISTORY WITH YOUR STORY, YOUR 16:48:16 EXPERIENCE, YOUR WAY OF SEEING 16:48:18 AND BEING A PERSON, EVEN IF AND 16:48:20 ESPECIALLY IF IT DIFFERS FROM 16:48:22 OUR OWN WAY. 16:48:23 WE SAY TO THE STRANGER, COME IN 16:48:25 HERE. 16:48:26 WE NEED YOU. 16:48:27 WITHOUT YOU, OUR CIRCLE WILL NOT 16:48:29 BE WHOLE. 16:48:34 WE ARE CALLED BY OUR FAITH TO 16:48:35 THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM, 16:48:37 SPIRITUAL FREEDOM. 16:48:37 NOT THAT I DEFEND MY OWN BUT 16:48:40 THAT I FIGHT FOR YOURS. 16:48:42 MAKING THE WIDEST WELCOME I CAN 16:48:45 FOR YOUR TRUTH, YOUR BEAUTY, 16:48:47 YOUR DIGNITY, YOUR PAIN, YOUR 16:48:50 FLOURISHING, WHICH WILL ENRICH 16:48:53 AND NEVER DIMINISH MY OWN. 16:48:58 THIS HAS BEEN HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 16:48:59 DONE THEOLOGY. 16:49:01 HARD, BRAVE COVENANT. 16:49:02 IT IS THE THEOLOGY WE WILL DO 16:49:04 RIGHT HERE NOW. 16:49:05 WHAT WE CHOOSE TO SAY THIS 16:49:06 AFTERNOON AND THEN SOON ENOUGH 16:49:07 IN PUBLIC MATTERS BUT HOW WE'RE 16:49:11 GOING TO SPEAK HERE MATTERS 16:49:14 MORE. 16:49:14 THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IS ABOUT 16:49:19 THE WAY THE PEOPLE COMMIT TO 16:49:21 MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. 16:49:22 IT IS NO STEADY STATE. 16:49:23 IT IS A LIVING COVENANT. 16:49:25 WE ARE COMPELLED HERE TO HONOR 16:49:27 MANY CRITICAL, BEAUTIFUL 16:49:29 COMMITMENTS WHICH HOLD US IN 16:49:31 RIGHT RELATION WITH THE HOLY AND 16:49:34 WITH ONE ANOTHER. 16:49:34 COVENANTS WITH IMMIGRANTS, 16:49:36 REFUGEES, SISTERS AND BROTHERS 16:49:38 OF COLOR WHO ARE AT RISK IN 16:49:40 EVERY STATE. 16:49:42 COVENANTS WITH IMMIGRANTS, 16:49:44 BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF COLOR 16:49:46 AND ALLIES WITHIN OUR OWN 16:49:49 ASSOCIATION WHO ARE CALLING OUT 16:49:52 THE RISKS, THE REAL RISKS, MORAL 16:49:54 AND PHYSICAL, OF TRAVELING TO 16:49:57 PHOENIX, AND THE TERRIBLE 16:49:58 IMPLICATION OF EXCLUSION. 16:50:01 WE ARE CALLED TO HONOR OUR UU 16:50:03 COLLEAGUES AND COMRADES IN 16:50:06 ARIZONA WHO HAVE BEEN STANDING 16:50:08 WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND 16:50:11 ARE IMPLORING US TO COME. 16:50:16 FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THE 16:50:18 ASSOCIATIONS RESOURCES. 16:50:21 THESE AND OTHER COVENANTS 16:50:22 COMPETE AND COEXIST AMONG US AND 16:50:26 INSIDE EACH OF US, AND WE WILL 16:50:28 GO FORWARD NOW AS ALWAYS, WITH 16:50:31 IMPERFECT WISDOM. 16:50:33 NOT TOWARD THE ONE TRUE RIGHT 16:50:35 OUTCOME BUT TOWARD THE MOST 16:50:36 FAITHFUL STATEMENT THAT WE CAN 16:50:38 MAKE ALL TOGETHER IN THIS 16:50:41 MOMENT, MINDFUL THAT EVERY 16:50:43 PERSON IN THIS ROOM IS 16:50:44 STRUGGLING NOW TO LIVE OUT, TO 16:50:47 LIVE INTO OUR FAITH. 16:50:50 OUR DECISION HERE IS IMPORTANT, 16:50:52 BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS WHAT WE'RE 16:50:54 GOING TO DO. 16:50:55 EVERY ONE OF US AND EVERY ONE OF 16:50:57 OUR CONGREGATIONS, STARTING 16:50:59 TUESDAY MORNING, WHEN WE'RE ALL 16:51:00 BACK HOME IN OUR BEAUTIFUL, 16:51:02 BROKEN AMERICA, WHERE THE REAL 16:51:05 STRUGGLE IS WAITING FOR OUR 16:51:08 COURAGE, OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR 16:51:10 LOVE. 16:51:14 FROM ROQUE DALTON, POET OF EL 16:51:18 SALVADOR. 16:51:19 I BELIEVE THIS WORLD IS 16:51:20 BEAUTIFUL, AND THAT MY VEINS 16:51:22 DON'T END IN ME BUT IN THE 16:51:24 UNANIMOUS BLOOD OF THOSE WHO 16:51:27 STRUGGLE FOR LIFE, FOR LOVE, FOR 16:51:31 LITTLE THINGS, LANDSCAPE AND 16:51:34 BREAD, THE POETRY OF EVERYONE. 16:51:53 . 16:51:39 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:51:55 ¶ ¶ 16:52:08 . 16:52:09 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:53:48 >> SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR 16:53:49 ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS 16:53:50 AND REFUGEES IS A CORE UNITARIAN 16:53:54 UNIVERSALISTS VALUE. 16:53:56 STARTING AT OUR FIRST GENERAL 16:53:58 ASSEMBLY IN 1961 WE PASSED A 16:54:00 RESOLUTION FOR IMMIGRANT WORKER 16:54:02 RIGHTS, AND IN 1963 WE CALLED 16:54:05 FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM. 16:54:07 THROUGHOUT THE 1970s WE 16:54:09 SPORTED MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND 16:54:11 IN THE '80s MANY OF OUR 16:54:13 CONGREGATIONS WERE ACTIVE IN THE 16:54:14 SANCTUARY MOVEMENT WITH THE UUA 16:54:17 BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH AN HONOR 16:54:22 ROLL TO AID THEM. 16:54:25 POST 2001 WE PASSED STATEMENTS 16:54:27 ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHT TO DUE 16:54:29 PROCESS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 16:54:30 REFUGEES. 16:54:31 AND IN 2006 AND 2007 THE GA 16:54:36 PASSED ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE 16:54:39 WITNESS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT 16:54:41 COMMUNITIES THAT TOOK TO THE 16:54:42 STREETS IN THE MILLIONS FOR 16:54:45 IMMIGRATION REFORM AND 16:54:45 MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL RAIDS AND 16:54:47 DEPORTATIONS. 16:54:49 WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR ALMOST 16:54:52 50 YEARS. 16:54:53 PART OF MY JOB AS CONGREGATIONAL 16:54:55 ADVOCACY AND WITNESS DIRECTOR IS 16:55:00 TO TRACK CONGREGATIONAL JUSTICE 16:55:03 ACTIVITY. 16:55:04 BY MY COUNT, AND I'M SURE I 16:55:05 HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU, 16:55:07 OVER 200 CONGREGATIONS ARE 16:55:09 CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 16:55:10 INTERFAITH COALITIONS, LOCAL 16:55:12 IMMIGRANT CHURCHES AND GROUPS. 16:55:15 MOST OF OUR 130 CONGREGATIONS IN 16:55:17 FAITH BASED ORGANIZING THAT YOU 16:55:19 HEARD ABOUT EARLIER TODAY ARE 16:55:21 WORKING WITH IMMIGRANT 16:55:23 COMMUNITIES. 16:55:23 THIS PAST SPRING 5,000UU'S STOOD 16:55:27 ON THE SIDE OF LOVE AND SENT 16:55:29 CARDS TO CONGRESS FOR 16:55:30 IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WERE 16:55:32 COLLECTED IN SERVICES ALL OVER 16:55:33 THIS COUNTRY, AND 30 16:55:36 CONGREGATIONS SENT TEAMS AND 16:55:38 PROVIDED BUSES FOR IMMIGRANT 16:55:40 PARTNERS TO COME TO WASHINGTON 16:55:41 D.C. ON MARCH 21st FOR THE BIG 16:55:44 RALLY FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM, 16:55:47 AND WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD 16:55:48 500UU'S ANSWERED THE CALL TO 16:55:50 COME TO PHOENIX, AND I'M HEARING 16:55:52 FROM SOME OTHERS OF YOU WHO ARE 16:55:54 POSING SIMILAR LEGISLATION IN 16:55:56 YOUR OWN STATES. 16:55:58 WE ARE ALSO SERVING IMMIGRANT 16:56:00 COMMUNITIES. 16:56:01 OUR CONGREGATIONS ARE PROVIDING 16:56:03 ASL CLASSES, LEGAL ASSISTANCE 16:56:06 AND SUPPORT TO REFUGEE FAMILIES. 16:56:09 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS OR SHOUT 16:56:11 OUT IF YOU ARE OR YOUR 16:56:12 CONGREGATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED 16:56:14 IN ANY OF THESE ADVOCACY, 16:56:16 WITNESS OR SERVICE ACTIVITIES I 16:56:17 JUST MENTIONED. 16:56:20 . 16:56:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:56:26 ALL RIGHT. 16:56:29 YES. 16:56:29 WE'RE BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS 16:56:31 HERE. 16:56:32 AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH 16:56:34 OUR NEIGHBORS. 16:56:35 THE UU CHURCH OF PHOENIX HAS 16:56:37 BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE PUENTE 16:56:41 MOVEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. 16:56:43 LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED THE UUA 16:56:45 SOCIAL JUSTICE BENNETT AWARD 16:56:46 WITH THE WORK WITH PUENTE TO 16:56:49 STOP THE BUSES OF SHERIFF JOE 16:56:52 ARPAIO IN MERICOPA COUNTY. 16:56:56 THIS ALLOWED THEM TO RESPOND 16:56:57 QUICKLY TOGETHER WHEN EVENTS 16:56:59 ESCALATED IN ARIZONA THIS 16:57:02 SPRING. 16:57:02 THEIR PARTNERSHIP IS ONE THAT 16:57:04 MODELS WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO 16:57:05 STAND ON THE SIDE OF LOVE. 16:57:07 REVEREND SUSAN FREDERICK GRAY, 16:57:10 MINISTER OF THE UU CHURCH OF 16:57:13 PHOENIX IS HERE TO TELL US MORE 16:57:15 ABOUT THIS JUSTICE MINISTRY. 16:57:16 . 16:57:16 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:57:27 >> THIS WORK PRECEDES MY TIME IN 16:57:30 PHOENIX, ARIZONA, IT WAS REALLY 16:57:32 AT THE BEGINNING OF PUENTE OF 16:57:34 THE PUENTE MOVEMENT THAT TWO 16:57:36 MEMBERS OUR CONGREGATION, GEORGE 16:57:39 AND JANE BEGAN GOING TO THE 16:57:42 MEETING AND GETTING INVOLVED AND 16:57:44 KEPT THE CONGREGATION CONNECTED 16:57:45 TO PUENTE. 16:57:47 WHEN I ARRIVED ALMOST TWO YEARS 16:57:48 AGO IN THE FALL OF 2008, I WAS 16:57:51 INTRODUCED TO PUENTE, AND THEN 16:57:53 IN FEBRUARY 2009 THE UUA 16:57:56 STANDING ON THE SIDE OF LOVE 16:57:57 CALLED ME TO HELP ORGANIZE UU'S 16:58:01 TO JOIN IN THIS MARCH, NATIONAL 16:58:04 MARCH AGAINST SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO 16:58:07 TO ASK THAT THE 287 AGREEMENT TO 16:58:11 ALLOW HIM TO ACT IN FEDERAL 16:58:12 IMMIGRATION -- ALLOWS HIM TO ACT 16:58:15 ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL 16:58:17 GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT TO STAND 16:58:19 AGAINST THAT AND QUICKLY WITHIN 16:58:21 A WEEK AND A HALF WE HAD 70UU'S 16:58:24 FROM PHOENIX AND TUCSON MARCHING 16:58:26 WITH OVER 10,000 PEOPLE 16:58:28 ORGANIZED BY PUENTE AND ENDLON, 16:58:33 AND WE HAVE STOPPED AND REVOKED 16:58:37 SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO287G 16:58:41 AGREEMENT. 16:58:42 . 16:58:41 [ APPLAUSE ] 16:58:48 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SB1070 16:58:50 DOES IS GIVE HIM THAT POWER 16:58:51 BACK. 16:58:52 OUR WORK CONTINUES. 16:58:54 I WAS CHANGED THAT DAY IN THAT 16:58:57 MARCH BECAUSE I SAW THE POWER OF 16:58:59 THE PUENTE MOVEMENT, NOT AN 16:59:02 ORGANIZATION BUT A HUMAN RIGHTS 16:59:05 MOVEMENT GROUNDED IN SPIRITUAL 16:59:08 DEPTH AND A COMMITMENT TO HUMAN 16:59:10 DIGNITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND A 16:59:12 COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT 16:59:14 BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE 16:59:17 CONNECTED IN HOW WE UNDERSTAND 16:59:23 REVERENCE FOR LIFE. 16:59:26 SALMA TO PHOENIX TO THE RIGHTS 16:59:27 OF MOTHER EARTH, IT IS ALL 16:59:29 CONNECTED, AND I WAS CHANGED BY 16:59:31 SEEING THAT IN THE PUENTE 16:59:33 MOVEMENT. 16:59:34 OVER OUR FOUR PLUS YEARS OF 16:59:36 PARTNERSHIP WITH PUENTE, IT HAS 16:59:38 PROVIDED FOR THE UNITARIAN 16:59:40 UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF 16:59:42 PHOENIX A POWERFUL WAY TO LIVE 16:59:44 OUR FAITH, TO DEEPLY ENGAGE WITH 16:59:47 OTHERS IN A LARGER MOVEMENT, TO 16:59:50 BE OF SERVICE TO A LARGER 16:59:52 MOVEMENT, AND MOVING OUR WORLD 16:59:55 FORWARD IN THE WAYS OF LOVE AND 16:59:57 HUMAN KINSHIP AND JUSTICE, TO 17:00:00 RESIST OPPRESSION AND TO STAND 17:00:03 ON THE SIDE OF LOVE. 17:00:06 NOW, WE ARE SOMETIMES CALLED IN 17:00:08 THOSE MARCHES THE LOVE PEOPLE 17:00:12 THERE WITH OUR BRIGHT ORANGE 17:00:13 SHIRTS. 17:00:14 . 17:00:14 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:00:19 >> AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO 17:00:21 YOU ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR 17:00:25 PUENTE WHO WE SEE AS OUR LEADER, 17:00:29 AS ONE OF OUR GUIDES, PUENTE, AS 17:00:34 ONE OF OUR GUIDES IN HOW WE CAN 17:00:36 HELP MOVE THIS MOVEMENT FORWARD. 17:00:38 SO WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE A VERY 17:00:41 BIG WELCOME TO SALVADOR REZA 17:00:46 FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND THE 17:00:47 PUENTE MOVEMENT. 17:00:48 . 17:00:48 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:01:12 >> 17:01:18 >> MADAM MODERATOR AND 17:01:21 CONGREGATION FOR THE UNITARIAN 17:01:23 UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION I WANT 17:01:27 TO THANK YOU FOR THE BOTTOM OF 17:01:29 OUR HEARTS FOR STANDING WITH US 17:01:33 SINCE SHERIFF JOE DECIDED TO 17:01:38 TAKE OVER A FURNITURE STORE IN 17:01:40 PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AND FROM THERE 17:01:42 BASICALLY TERRORIZED THE WHOLE 17:01:45 COMMUNITY. 17:01:46 FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS 17:01:51 REPRESENTATIVES WERE THERE. 17:01:53 ALWAYS SUPPORTING, NEVER WANTING 17:01:55 TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT BUT ALWAYS 17:01:57 BEING THERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH 17:02:01 US. 17:02:06 WE HAVE FELT YOUR SUPPORT FROM 17:02:08 THE BEGINNING, AND WE FEEL IT 17:02:09 TODAY. 17:02:11 I'M NOT COMING HERE TO TELL YOU 17:02:16 STORIES, THAT THERE IS COMPLETE 17:02:24 UNITY IN PHOENIX BECAUSE THERE 17:02:30 ISN'T LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE. 17:02:32 BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM 17:02:36 OUR PERSPECTIVE AND PERSPECTIVE 17:02:38 OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING 17:02:41 NETWORK, OUR PARTNER, WE DO NOT 17:02:43 FEEL THAT OUR FRIENDS CAN BE 17:02:47 BOYCOTTED. 17:02:49 WE DO NOT BOYCOTT OUR FRIENDS. 17:02:51 WE ONLY BOYCOTT HATE. 17:02:59 WE COME HERE TO INVITE YOU TO 17:03:02 COME TO ARIZONA. 17:03:03 TO COME TO ARIZONA, NOT ONLY FOR 17:03:07 ONE MOMENT FOR AN EVENT BUT TO 17:03:09 COME TO ARIZONA AND PARTICIPATE 17:03:13 IN THIS STRUGGLE THAT WE CALL A 17:03:16 HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE. 17:03:18 LIKE WE SAY, FROM SELMA TO 17:03:23 PHOENIX TO HUMAN RIGHTS TO 17:03:27 RIGHTS TO MODERN EARTH, THAT'S 17:03:31 WHAT WE HAVE IN PHOENIX TODAY, 17:03:32 BUT NOT ONLY PHOENIX, BUT 17:03:34 WORLDWIDE, CONTINENTALLY. 17:03:36 WE'RE ASKING YOU TO OPEN YOUR 17:03:39 HEART AND COME DOWN AND 17:03:41 PARTICIPATE. 17:03:43 NOT IN 2012 BUT TODAY BECAUSE 17:03:47 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PHOENIX HAS 17:03:50 A PROPORTION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 17:03:53 SALMA, ALABAMA BACK IN THE 17:03:56 1960s. 17:03:57 WHERE WE CAN CHANGE HATE AND 17:03:59 TURN IT INTO UNDERSTANDING AND 17:04:03 LOVE. 17:04:04 FOR YOU GUYS TO COME TO LOVE 17:04:07 WITH US. 17:04:13 . 17:04:08 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:04:18 >> WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PHOENIX, 17:04:19 ARIZONA IS THE BEGINNING OF 17:04:21 APARTHEID IN THE UNITED STATES 17:04:22 OF AMERICA. 17:04:24 APARTHEID THAT LEFT SOUTH AFRICA 17:04:27 IN 1990. 17:04:29 NOT EVEN THAT LONG AGO. 17:04:31 20 YEARS AGO. 17:04:33 APARTHEID THAT WAS DEFEATED TO 17:04:37 THE BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT OF THE 17:04:42 WHOLE WORLD, AND THE ARGUMENTS 17:04:46 THAT WERE HAPPENING THEN ARE 17:04:47 HAPPENING TODAY. 17:04:48 THEY SAY DO NOT BOYCOTT BECAUSE 17:04:50 IF YOU BOYCOTT YOU HEARD THE 17:04:52 PEOPLE -- HEARD THE MOST. 17:04:55 WHEN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE 17:04:56 THEMSELVES SAYING WE HAVE TO 17:04:57 STOP THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T STOP 17:04:59 IT HERE, IT IS GOING TO GO 17:05:01 EVERYWHERE ELSE. 17:05:03 BUT WE HEAR THE PEOPLE 17:05:04 THEMSELVES SAYING ENOUGH IS 17:05:05 ENOUGH. 17:05:06 WE HAVE TO STOP THIS. 17:05:08 THEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO 17:05:10 BUT JOIN THEM BECAUSE PUENTE IS 17:05:13 NOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP FROM THE 17:05:18 TOP DOWN. 17:05:19 IT IS ACTUALLY -- WE'RE ACTUALLY 17:05:24 ORGANIZED IN COMMUNITIES. 17:05:27 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TEN 17:05:28 COMMUNITIES IN PHOENIX. 17:05:30 AND EVERY ASSEMBLY WE HAVE 160 17:05:33 REPRESENTATIVES. 17:05:35 AND FROM EVERY REGION PEOPLE 17:05:37 HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, EVEN FOUR 17:05:40 MEETINGS A WEEK ABOUT WHAT 17:05:42 THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 17:05:43 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING 17:05:45 TO BE DOING IS ORGANIZING TO 17:05:47 VOTE. 17:05:49 VOTER REGISTRATION, BUT ON TOP 17:05:51 OF VOTER REGISTRATION, THEY'RE 17:05:53 ALSO ORGANIZING TO TAKE 17:05:54 PHOTOGRAPHS AND FOLLOW THE 17:05:57 SHERIFF'S AROUND AND FOLLOW THE 17:05:58 POLICEMAN THAT ARE ARRESTING 17:06:00 MOMS AND TAKING THEM AWAY FOR A 17:06:04 TRAFFIC STOP. 17:06:05 AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES LIKE 17:06:07 GUADALUPE, THEY ALREADY GOT RID 17:06:10 OF TWO SHERIFFS THAT WERE 17:06:11 RACIALLY PROFILING PEOPLE, AND 17:06:15 ALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST THEY'RE 17:06:20 BEGINNING TO DO IT. 17:06:21 EVERYWHERE ELSE THEY'RE 17:06:22 BEGINNING TO DO IT. 17:06:23 WE WANT ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES 17:06:25 BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT HAVE 17:06:26 ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES, NOTHING 17:06:27 IS GOING TO CHANGE. 17:06:29 WE'RE INVITING YOU TO BECOME 17:06:31 ORGANIZED CONGREGATIONS. 17:06:35 TO ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE SIGHT 17:06:41 OF LOVE. 17:06:43 WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 17:06:44 HAPPEN IN ARIZONA IN 2012, BUT 17:06:48 WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY 17:06:50 SO IN 2012 THE ARIZONA THAT IS 17:06:54 WITH TODAY DISAPPEARS AND A NEW 17:06:57 ARIZONA WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE 17:07:03 SHERIFF JOE DESTROYING 17:07:04 COMMUNITIES AND SETTING AN 17:07:05 EXAMPLE, BETTER EXAMPLE FOR THE 17:07:07 REST OF THE NATION. 17:07:08 WE'RE NOT HERE AS SOMETIMES BEEN 17:07:15 INSINUATED BECAUSE WE WANT TO 17:07:17 TAKE ADVANTAGE. 17:07:26 WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO 17:07:27 EXTEND A HAND TO ALL OF YOUR 17:07:29 CONGREGATIONS. 17:07:30 EXTEND A HAND TO TURNS INTO AN 17:07:32 EMBRACE OF UNDERSTANDING. 17:07:33 UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN LOVE AND 17:07:35 HUMAN RIGHTS. 17:07:38 WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. 17:07:40 WE STOP THIS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA 17:07:43 OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT 17:07:44 IT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED 17:07:47 STATES. 17:07:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 17:07:50 . 17:07:50 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:08:00 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 17:08:18 HERE. 17:08:18 I WANT TO SAY WHAT I SAID THIS 17:08:20 MORNING, STANDING ON THE SIDE OF 17:08:21 LOVE IS ORGANIZING FOR 17:08:22 JULY 29th IN ARIZONA. 17:08:24 YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE TO GET 17:08:26 INFORMATION FROM PUENTE. 17:08:35 WE ARE PEOPLE OF FAITH. 17:08:39 LET US PAUSE TO PRAY. 17:08:45 ASKED FOUR PEOPLE TO PRAY WITH 17:08:47 US TODAY. 17:08:47 REVEREND LESLIE 17:08:51 TAKAHASHI-MORRIS, REVEREND JOSE 17:08:53 BALLESTER, REVEREND ROB 17:09:01 ELLER-ISAACS AND MODERATOR GINI 17:09:05 COURTER. 17:09:06 >> MY FRIEND, I INVITE YOU TO 17:09:08 JOIN ME IN THE SPIRIT OF 17:09:09 REFLECTION AND MEDITATION AND 17:09:14 THAT SPIRIT OF DEEP OPENNESS AND 17:09:16 ASKING THAT IS PRAYER. 17:09:25 SPIRIT OF LIFE. 17:09:27 GOD OF MANY NAMES WHOSE HIGHEST 17:09:29 FORMS ALWAYS TOUCH THE GREAT AND 17:09:32 UNIFYING LOVE. 17:09:36 BE WITH US AS WE JOIN IN 17:09:39 DISCUSSING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE 17:09:42 SO THAT OUR EYES MAY BE TRAINED 17:09:45 TO SEE THE TRUTH AND ALSO 17:09:50 WILLING TO GAZE DIRECTLY ON THE 17:09:56 REAL TRUE AND TERRIBLE EVILS 17:10:00 THAT WE FACE AND SO THAT WE MAY 17:10:02 KNOW THAT OUR WORK TOGETHER 17:10:05 TODAY IS ABOUT NOTHING LESS THAN 17:10:08 TRANSFORMATION. 17:10:11 BE WITH US SO THAT OUR EARS SO 17:10:15 OPEN TO THE VOICES OF MANY MAY 17:10:19 STRAIN TO HEAR THE DEEPEST, 17:10:21 DEEPEST CRIES OF THE HUMAN 17:10:24 SPIRIT WHICH CALL ON US TO 17:10:27 LISTEN TO THOSE TIMELESS TRUTHS 17:10:33 THAT STAND BEYOND POSITIONS. 17:10:38 BE WITH US SO THAT OUR OWN 17:10:42 VOICES, OUR OWN VOICE IS STRONG 17:10:46 WHEN RAISED AGAINST INJUSTICE 17:10:49 WILL ALSO BE WILLING TO SPEAK IN 17:10:53 PLACES WHERE OUR MESSAGE MIGHT 17:10:57 NOT BE SO WELL RECEIVED. 17:11:01 AND SPIRIT OF HOPE, HELP US TO 17:11:05 ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE ARE 17:11:08 SURROUNDED BY A LEGACY OF 17:11:11 WITNESSES OUR ANCESTORS WHO LEFT 17:11:14 US AS INHERITORS OF A DOCTRINE 17:11:17 OF LOVE. 17:11:21 LOVE WHICH CALLS OUTSIDE TO KNOW 17:11:23 THAT WE MUST BOTH TRANSCEND OUR 17:11:27 FEARS AND HEAR THE FEARS OF 17:11:31 THOSE AMONG US WITH GREAT 17:11:34 TENDERNESS. 17:11:36 LOVE WHICH CALLS US TO ALWAYS 17:11:40 MOVE TOWARD OUR GREATEST IDEALS 17:11:44 WHILE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY 17:11:46 JOURNEY MUST BE TAKEN STEP BY 17:11:50 IMPERFECT STEP. 17:11:55 AND LOVE, WHICH ABOVE ALL ELSE, 17:11:59 CALLS US TO CREATE ITS KINGDOM 17:12:06 HERE IN THIS IMPERFECT AND 17:12:09 PRECIOUS WORLD. 17:12:13 MAY WE BE THE ONES TO MAKE IT 17:12:16 SO. 17:12:28 >> LAMENT DE LA RAZA. 17:12:38 CRY, MY BELOVED PEOPLE, FOR YOUR 17:12:44 WORDS HAVE TURNED TO DUST. 17:12:50 FOR YOU HAVE BECOME A PUNCH LINE 17:12:51 IN A BAD JOKE. 17:12:52 FOR YOUR CHILDREN NO LONGER 17:12:54 SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE. 17:12:56 FOR THE GASPING HAND NO LONGER 17:12:57 HAS YOURS. 17:12:59 FOR YOU HAVE BECOME A GHOSTLY 17:13:00 SHADOW. 17:13:01 CRY, MY BELOVED PEOPLE, FOR YOU 17:13:03 HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM YOUR 17:13:05 LANDS. 17:13:06 FOR YOUR LANDS HAVE BEEN STOLEN 17:13:08 FROM YOU. 17:13:09 FOR YOUR SACRED HILLS ARE 17:13:10 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. 17:13:11 FOR YOUR SONGS ARE SUNG BY OTHER 17:13:13 VOICES. 17:13:14 FOR YOUR RITES ARE 17:13:16 ENTERTAINMENT. 17:13:17 CRY, MY BELOVED PEOPLE, FOR THE 17:13:20 WATER THAT FED YOUR CROPS, NOW 17:13:22 GREENS THEIR LAWNS. 17:13:26 FOR YOUR HANDS MAKE TRINKETS FOR 17:13:28 THEIR AMUSEMENT. 17:13:29 FOR YOUR CULTURE IS REDUCED TO 17:13:32 CARICATURES. 17:13:34 FOR THEY PASS YOU BY ON THEIR 17:13:37 WAY TO PRAY. 17:13:39 FOR YOU HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN. 17:13:41 CRY, MY BELOVED PEOPLE. 17:13:43 FOR THE MIDDLE PASSAGE. 17:13:46 FOR MANIFEST DESTINY. 17:13:49 FOR GOT LANEY HILDAGO. 17:13:52 FOR WOUNDED KNEE. 17:13:55 FOR CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT. 17:13:58 FOR MANZANAR, FOR ZOOT SUIT 17:14:05 RIOTS, FOR SELMA, FOR THE BLACK 17:14:08 EMPOWERMENT, FOR THE THOMAS 17:14:10 JEFFERSON BALL, FOR PROP 187, 17:14:14 FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORT 17:14:18 WORTH, FOR PROP EIGHT, FOR 17:14:23 SB1070. 17:14:26 AMEN. 17:14:39 >> WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? 17:14:49 HOLY ONE, SOURCE OF RADIANCE AND 17:14:59 REASON. 17:15:00 THOU WHOSE LOVE ENDOWS AND 17:15:04 ANIMATES OUR LIVES. 17:15:05 WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PRESENCE 17:15:07 WITHIN AND AMONG AND BEYOND US. 17:15:14 GIVE WE PRAY TO THOSE HERE 17:15:18 GATHERED THE WISDOM AND THE 17:15:20 COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO MAKE 17:15:24 LOVE STAY. 17:15:27 OPEN OUR EARS AND OUR EYES. 17:15:33 OPEN OUR HEARTS TO ALL OF THOSE 17:15:35 INTRUSTED INTO OUR CARE. 17:15:41 REMIND US WE PRAY THAT THERE ARE 17:15:45 KNOW -- NO OTHER PEOPLE'S 17:15:50 CHILDREN. 17:15:51 TEACH US TO EMBRACE OUR 17:15:54 NEIGHBORS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 17:15:57 WE KNOW THERE ARE NO EASY 17:16:01 ANSWERS, AND SO WE PRAY THAT WE 17:16:06 MIGHT SOON SET ASIDE THE 17:16:08 LIMITATIONS OF THE OLD 17:16:09 IDEOLOGIES, AND WITH YOUR AID 17:16:14 AND THAT OF SO MANY GOOD 17:16:18 COMPANIONS, HELP BRING IN THE 17:16:21 RAIN OF MUTUAL RESPECT. 17:16:25 LEAD US THEN FROM CONFLICT INTO 17:16:28 CREATIVITY. 17:16:30 FROM NARROW SOCIAL CREED, 17:16:33 HOWEVER WELL INTENTIONED, TO A 17:16:36 BOLD NEW VISION OF WHAT 17:16:39 PROPHETIC COALITIONS MIGHT YET 17:16:42 BRING. 17:16:45 WHEN IN OUR ARROGANCE WE THINK 17:16:47 WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR OTHERS. 17:16:51 CALL US TO HUMILITY. 17:16:55 WHEN IN OUR NARCISSISM WE 17:16:59 IMAGINE WE HAVE NO NEED OF 17:17:00 STRENGTH BEYOND OUR OWN, CALL US 17:17:03 BACK TO FAITH. 17:17:07 WHEN IN OUR URGENCY, WE LOSE 17:17:10 SIGHT OF OUR ESSENTIALLY UNITY. 17:17:14 CALL US BACK TO THAT WHICH 17:17:16 REALLY MATTERS, THE PEOPLE AND 17:17:20 THE VALUES THAT WE TREASURER 17:17:22 MOST. 17:17:24 TEACH US TO PRAY. 17:17:27 HELP US MAKE LOVE STAY. 17:17:31 MAY IT BE SO AND AMEN. 17:17:45 >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. 17:17:54 GOD OF MANY NAMES AND GOD TOO 17:17:57 LARGE, TOO CHAOTIC, TOO WILD TO 17:18:02 BE CONFINED BY HUMAN NAMING. 17:18:06 WE GATHER IN A TIME OF 17:18:08 INVITATION AND DISCERNMENT. 17:18:12 WE ARE SO FORTUNATE, SO BLESSED 17:18:15 TO GATHER HERE TODAY. 17:18:19 FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 17:18:21 TO MAKE DECISIONS TO GUIDE THIS 17:18:24 FAITH COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE SO 17:18:26 DEARLY. 17:18:29 BLESSED BECAUSE DECISIONS WE 17:18:31 MAKE AND THEN GIVE OUR EFFORTS 17:18:35 TO MIGHT ACTUALLY BEND THE WORLD 17:18:38 TOWARD THE GOOD. 17:18:43 THE HATRED AND FEAR WE FACE ARE 17:18:45 OVERWHELMING AND POWERFUL AS 17:18:47 HATRED AND FEAR SO OFTEN ARE. 17:18:53 DO NOT LET US SHRINK FROM THE 17:18:56 TRUTH THAT LOVE IS POWERFUL AS 17:18:59 WELL, AND WE TOO ARE POWERFUL. 17:19:04 WHENEVER WE GATHER, WE CAN MAKE 17:19:08 CHOICES THAT ADD LOVE TO THE 17:19:10 WORLD. 17:19:14 DO NOT ALLOW US TO PRETEND AS WE 17:19:17 SO OFTEN TEMPT OURSELVES TO 17:19:20 PRETEND THAT WE ARE WITHOUT 17:19:22 POWER AND INFLUENCE. 17:19:25 TO PRETEND THAT OUR VOICES AND 17:19:27 CHOICES ARE IRRELEVANT. 17:19:29 DO NOT LET US LIE IN THAT WAY TO 17:19:32 EACH OTHER OR ESPECIALLY TO 17:19:34 OURSELVES. 17:19:36 DO NOT LET US LIE ABOUT OUR 17:19:39 AMAZING ABILITY TO SERVE AGENTS 17:19:42 OF CHANGE. 17:19:44 AND PLEASE, GOD, THROUGH OUR 17:19:46 DISCUSSION TODAY HELP US 17:19:47 REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, 17:19:50 ONE FAMILY. 17:19:52 NOW THAT WE SEE EACH OTHER 17:19:54 FACE-TO-FACE, DO NOT LET US BE 17:19:57 DIVIDED AS WE WERE SO EASILY 17:20:02 WHEN WE COULD NOT SEE THE LOVE 17:20:04 AND CARE IN EACH OTHER'S EYES. 17:20:08 HELP US BE BRAVE AND AUDACIOUS 17:20:11 WARRIORS FOR OUR FAITH WHICH 17:20:13 PROCLAIMS THAT ALL ARE WORTHY 17:20:15 AND THAT ALL ARE NAMED PRECIOUS 17:20:18 AND BELOVED. 17:20:20 NOT ONLY IN THE ARIZONAS FROM 17:20:22 WHICH WE COME BUT IN THIS HALL 17:20:26 AS WELL. 17:20:28 BY ALL THAT IS HOLY, BY ALL THAT 17:20:32 MAY YET BE MADE WHOLE, AMEN. 17:20:43 >> BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS HOLY 17:20:58 DEBATE AND VOTE, WE THOUGHT TWO 17:21:00 BEST TO SING. 17:21:04 SO I'M JOINED BY KELLIE WALKER 17:21:07 FROM THE CHURCH OF ARIZONA AND 17:21:12 SARAH DAN JONES FROM -- 17:21:18 >> GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. 17:21:19 >> GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND SHE'S 17:21:22 HERE TO LEAD US IN HER SONG. 17:21:25 SARAH DAN? 17:21:26 >> I INVITE YOU TO RISE AND 17:21:28 EMBODY YOUR SPIRIT WITH ME, 17:21:33 PLEASE. 17:21:34 WE WILL BREATH IN AND OUT. 17:21:41 WE WILL BREATHE IN. 17:21:44 AH. 17:21:45 AND OUT. 17:21:47 ONE MORE TIME. 17:21:47 WE WILL BREATH IN. 17:21:54 AH. 17:21:55 AND OUT. 17:21:58 WE ARE GOING TO SING MEDITATION 17:21:59 ON BREATHING, A CHANT OF A 17:22:01 LARGER PIECE OF MUSIC THAT I 17:22:03 WROTE ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11th. 17:22:10 WHEN I BREATHE IN PEACE, WHEN I 17:22:12 BREATH OUT, I BREATH OUT LOVE. 17:22:14 JOHN WILL LEAD THE DRONE. 17:22:16 KELLY WILL LEAD THE DESCANT AND 17:22:26 I WILL LEAD THE MELODY, AND 17:22:29 RESONATE AND KNOW YOU CAN CHANGE 17:22:33 YOUR MIND AND GO TO OTHER PART. 17:22:37 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:22:38 >> START US OUT, JOHNNY. 17:22:43 ¶ BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:22:45 ¶ BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:22:48 ¶ WHEN I'M BREATHING IN ¶ 17:22:51 ¶ I WILL BREATHE IN PEACE ¶ 17:22:55 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT, I WILL BREATHE OUTLOUD 17:23:02 ¶ 17:23:03 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ 17:23:06 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ 17:23:07 ¶ I WILL BREATHE IN PEACE ¶ 17:23:11 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:23:14 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:23:17 ¶ I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:23:19 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ 17:23:21 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ I WILL BREATHE IN PEACE 17:23:29 ¶ 17:23:29 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:23:30 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:23:33 ¶ I BREATHE OUTLOUD ¶ 17:23:35 ¶ YOU SING ¶ 17:23:36 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ 17:23:42 ¶ I BREATHE IN PEACE ¶ 17:23:44 ¶ BEAUTIFUL ¶ 17:23:46 ¶ WHEN I BREATH OUT ¶ 17:23:48 ¶ I BREATHE OUTLOUD ¶ 17:23:51 ¶ SING TOGETHER ¶ 17:23:52 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN ¶ 17:23:54 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE IN, I BREATHE IN PEACE ¶ 17:23:59 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT ¶ 17:24:02 ¶ WHEN I BREATHE OUT, I BREATHE OUT LOVE ¶¶ 17:24:13 >> MAY IT BE SO, FRIENDS, MAY IT 17:24:16 BE SO. 17:24:17 >> WE WILL NOW TAKE UP 17:24:23 CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED 17:24:24 BUSINESS RESOLUTION FOUND AT 17:24:26 PAGE 33 OF THE FINAL AGENDA 17:24:30 CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF THE 17:24:32 2012 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:24:38 WE HAVE ANOTHER COPY THAT'S OUT 17:24:40 NOW. 17:24:40 WAS IT PASSED OUT? 17:24:42 >> YES. 17:24:42 >> WILL THE CHAIR OF THE 17:24:43 PLANNING COMMITTEE PLEASE MAKE 17:24:45 THE APPROPRIATE MOTION. 17:24:46 >> NOTE THAT THE MOTION THAT I 17:24:48 WILL MAKE WILL REFER TO THE 17:24:51 HANDOUT BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON 17:24:54 PHOENIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012 17:24:57 THAT YOU RECEIVED AT THE DOOR. 17:24:58 IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, WOULD YOU 17:25:00 RAISE YOUR HAND AND WOULD USHERS 17:25:04 PLEASE PROVIDE IT TO ANYONE WHO 17:25:06 DID NOT GET IT? 17:25:08 THEY WILL GO TO THE BACK. 17:25:09 IT MAY TAKE AWHILE, BUT WHEN YOU 17:25:11 SEE USHER NEAR YOU WITH PAPER IN 17:25:13 YOUR HAND, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR 17:25:15 HAND AGAIN. 17:25:15 YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT 17:25:17 RAISED. 17:25:21 SO WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD MINI 17:25:27 ASSEMBLIES, SO THE MOTION NOW 17:25:29 DOES NOT REFER TO THE RESOLUTION 17:25:31 ON PAGE 33. 17:25:34 MOVED THAT THE RESOLUTION 17:25:37 ADOPTED BY THE MINI ASSEMBLY BE 17:25:40 SUBSTITUTED FOR THE RESOLUTION 17:25:42 ON PAGE 33 OF THE AGENDA AS 17:25:46 PRINTED AND THAT THIS SUBSTITUTE 17:25:48 RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED BY THIS 17:25:51 ASSEMBLY. 17:25:51 >> THANK YOU. 17:26:02 WE'RE ALMOST READY TO HAVE SOME 17:26:04 DISCUSSION. 17:26:05 MOMENT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE. 17:26:07 WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF HONEST 17:26:08 CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST FEW 17:26:10 DAYS. 17:26:11 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HONEST 17:26:12 CONVERSATION IN THIS HALL, SO I 17:26:14 WILL BEGIN HONESTLY AS WELL. 17:26:16 ON SOME OF THE LISTS LEADING UP 17:26:19 TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IN OUR 17:26:21 MINI ASSEMBLY HERE ON THURSDAY, 17:26:23 SOME UNKIND COMMENTS WERE MADE 17:26:27 ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT 17:26:29 WERE RAISED BY MEMBERS OF OUR 17:26:31 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 17:26:35 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT 17:26:35 WE MIGHT SAY IN THIS HALL TODAY, 17:26:39 BUT THIS WE WILL NOT SAY. 17:26:42 WE WILL NOT PRETEND THAT THE 17:26:44 BURDENS OF RACIST LEGISLATION 17:26:46 ARE FELT EQUALLY OR APPLIED 17:26:49 EQUALLY TO ALL OF US. 17:26:51 NOT ON THIS DAY, NOT IN THIS 17:26:53 HALL. 17:26:54 . 17:26:54 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:26:57 >> AND THEREFORE, WE WILL NOT 17:26:59 CALL INTO QUESTION THE COURAGE 17:27:01 OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PEOPLE 17:27:03 OF COLOR. 17:27:04 NOT IN THIS DAY, NOT IN THIS 17:27:06 HALL. 17:27:07 . 17:27:07 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:27:13 >> HERE TODAY WE WILL NOT ONLY 17:27:14 STAND ON THE SIDE OF LOVE, WE 17:27:16 WILL SPEAK AS IF WE KNOW WHERE 17:27:19 WE ARE STANDING. 17:27:21 I TURN TO THE PRO MICROPHONE. 17:27:24 >> MY NAME IS SUSAN FREDERICK 17:27:28 GRAY, I'M A MEMBER OF THE 17:27:31 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST OF 17:27:33 PHOENIX AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY 17:27:34 SUPPORT TO GO IN PHOENIX IN JUNE 17:27:36 OF 2012 FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN 17:27:39 BUSINESS AS USUAL. 17:27:41 THIS IS HISTORIC MOMENT. 17:27:42 THIS IS A HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP. 17:27:44 THIS IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS 17:27:46 MOVEMENT FOR OUR GENERATION AND 17:27:48 WE MUST NOT BE ABSENT FROM THIS 17:27:52 STRUGGLE, SO I AM INVITING THE 17:27:54 GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO COME TO 17:27:55 PHOENIX TO HAVE A JUSTICE 17:27:58 CENTERED GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:28:01 WE WILL LOOK TO -- WE WILL KEEP 17:28:02 OUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS. 17:28:04 VISION OF THIS MOTION IS TO KEEP 17:28:06 OUR HOTEL COMMITMENTS BUT TO 17:28:08 LOOK AT WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE 17:28:10 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OUR PRESENCE 17:28:11 AND DIRECT IT TO OUR PARTNERS 17:28:13 AND ALLIES. 17:28:14 WE MAY NOT GET THE CONVENTION 17:28:16 CENTER. 17:28:17 WE MAY LOOK AT LARGE BAPTIST -- 17:28:20 AFRICAN-AMERICAN BAPTIST 17:28:21 CONGREGATION WHICH IS PART OF 17:28:22 COALITION TO HOLD WORSHIP, AND 17:28:24 THE MINIMAL BUSINESS THAT IS 17:28:25 NECESSARY FOR OUR ASSEMBLY. 17:28:27 I SEE US DOING VOTER 17:28:28 REGISTRATION DRIVES, TAKING 17:28:30 TRIPS TO THE BORDER AND HAVING 17:28:31 THE MOST EDUCATED, THE STRONGEST 17:28:34 ACTIVIST ON IMMIGRATION REFORM 17:28:37 EDUCATE US AND HELP US 17:28:39 UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE 17:28:40 ISSUE THAT WERE MOVING IN THE 17:28:41 CONGREGATION. 17:28:42 I REALIZE IT WILL CREATE REAL 17:28:44 SAFETY CONCERNS AND THAT TWO 17:28:46 MAKE IT DIFFICULT AND IN SOME 17:28:47 CASES IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOME OF OUR 17:28:51 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT I 17:28:52 BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE 17:28:54 CALLED TO DO, TO LIVE OUR 17:28:56 VALUES, TO BE PRESENT IN SERVICE 17:28:58 TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN 17:29:00 PHOENIX, TO STOP THIS FEAR, STOP 17:29:03 IT IN ARIZONA, STOP IT 17:29:05 EVERYWHERE, AND FINALLY I JUST 17:29:07 WANT TO SAY DON'T WAIT UNTIL 17:29:09 JUNE 2012. 17:29:10 COME THE WEEK OF JULY 29th FOR 17:29:12 THE NATIONAL DAY OF 17:29:13 NONCOMPLIANCE WHEN SB10 GOES 17:29:15 INTO EFFECT. 17:29:16 WE WILL PUT YOU UP IN OUR HOMES 17:29:18 IN ARIZONA. 17:29:19 >> THANK YOU. 17:29:21 . 17:29:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:29:28 >> ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO 17:29:31 RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:29:32 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:29:34 >> I'M SCOTT FROM LITTLETON, 17:29:37 SPEAKING AS A PROXY FOR OFFSITE 17:29:38 DELEGATE. 17:29:39 THE REVEREND DR. RANDALL BECKER 17:29:41 FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA. 17:29:43 I RISE TO QUESTION THE 17:29:44 APPROPRIATENESS OF SUBSTITUTING 17:29:46 A NEW RESOLUTION WHICH DOES NOT 17:29:47 INCLUDE TWO OUT OF THE THREE 17:29:48 MAIN POINTS IN THE BUSINESS 17:29:49 RESOLUTION AS CONTAINED IN THE 17:29:51 AGENDA. 17:29:52 REMOVAL OF ARIZONA AND LOCAL 17:29:55 CONGREGATION TO FINANCIAL 17:29:56 SUPPORT IN THE CAUSE OF THAT 17:29:58 REMOVAL AND SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANT 17:30:01 RIGHTS GROUPS. 17:30:03 COURAGEOUS VOTE ON GA2012 FROM 17:30:05 ARIZONA. 17:30:06 IF WE WERE PLANNING ON VOTE ON 17:30:07 APPLE BUT MINI ASSEMBLY CREATED 17:30:09 A RESOLUTION ON ORANGES, DOESN'T 17:30:11 THAT VIOLATE PARLIAMENTARY 17:30:13 PROCESS? 17:30:14 THESE NOT SUFFICIENT CHANGES 2/3 17:30:17 OF THE CONTENT FROM THE AGENDA 17:30:19 RESOLUTION TO PROPOSED 17:30:20 SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION, CHANGE ON 17:30:22 ISSUE BEFORE US AND THEREFORE 17:30:23 NOT APPROPRIATE? 17:30:24 HOW MAY WE CONSIDER THE ORIGINAL 17:30:27 MOTION AT THIS TIME? 17:30:29 >> EXCELLENT. 17:30:30 LAST QUESTION IS THE QUESTION 17:30:31 I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER. 17:30:33 WE WOULD AT THE TIME OF WHICH 17:30:35 AMENDMENTS -- IT IS THE WRAPPER 17:30:37 FOR THE ENTIRE THING. 17:30:38 TIME OF WHICH AMENDMENTS ARE 17:30:39 ALLOWED WHICH WOULD BE 20 17:30:40 MINUTES INTO OUR DISCUSSION, ONE 17:30:42 OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE 17:30:43 IN ORDER WOULD BE AMENDMENT TO 17:30:45 REMOVE THIS SUBSTITUTION, THIS 17:30:48 ENTIRE SET OF AMENDMENTS, AND 17:30:50 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 17:30:52 THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS 17:30:53 RESOLUTION PLACE ON THE AGENDA 17:30:56 BY THE UUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 17:30:59 REJECTING THE ACTIONS OF MINI 17:31:02 ASSEMBLY IN TOTAL, SO REMEDY IN 17:31:04 THE HALL, SHOULD A MAJORITY OF 17:31:06 OUR DELEGATES WISH TO DISCUSS 17:31:09 INSTEAD THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION 17:31:10 PLACE ON THE AGENDA BY THE 17:31:12 BOARD. 17:31:12 I RECOGNIZE THE NEXT DELEGATE AT 17:31:15 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:31:17 >> SHAWN WELSH, CHURCH OF THE 17:31:20 LARGER FELLOWSHIP. 17:31:21 COULD SOMEONE PLEASE DEFINE FOR 17:31:23 ME WHAT THE MINIMUM BUSINESS IS 17:31:27 THAT IS CALLED FOR IN LINE 14 17:31:29 AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT THIS 17:31:30 WOULD BE A VERY MUCH SMALLER 17:31:32 GATHERING IN PHOENIX? 17:31:34 >> THOSE ARE PROBABLY TWO 17:31:36 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. 17:31:36 >> OKAY. 17:31:37 >> I'M GOING TO ASK OUR LEGAL 17:31:39 COUNCIL TO SPEAK TO THE MINIMUM 17:31:40 BUSINESS REQUIRED BECAUSE WE 17:31:41 HAVE HAD TO DO THAT A LOT 17:31:42 LATELY. 17:31:44 >> THANK YOU. 17:31:46 GOOD AFTERNOON. 17:31:48 NED, LEGAL COUNSEL. 17:31:54 BUSINESS AGENDA IS AGENDA THAT 17:31:55 IS CALLED FOR BY THE BYLAWS AND 17:31:58 RULES, AND CERTAIN MATTERS THAT 17:31:59 ARE REQUIRED TO COME UP ON OUR 17:32:01 BUSINESS AGENDA IF PROPOSED BY 17:32:03 CONGREGATIONS OR THE BOARD OF 17:32:05 TRUSTEES OR DISTRICTS, AND 17:32:08 THAT'S THE MINIMUM BUSINESS 17:32:10 AGENDA. 17:32:10 >> THANK YOU. 17:32:14 YOU HAVE A CLARIFICATION 17:32:15 QUESTION. 17:32:15 >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY. 17:32:17 COULD YOU BE MORE -- ELABORATE 17:32:19 MORE ON HOW MUCH BUSINESS THAT 17:32:20 IS? 17:32:21 I UNDERSTOOD THE MEANING OF THE 17:32:22 TERM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART 17:32:24 OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA HERE, FOR 17:32:26 EXAMPLE, WOULD BE PART OF THAT 17:32:28 MINIMUM. 17:32:28 >> HOW MUCH OF THE BUSINESS 17:32:31 AGENDA HERE WOULD BE PART OF 17:32:32 THAT MINIMUM WERE THE BOARD -- 17:32:35 CONGREGATIONS AND DISTRICTS TO 17:32:37 TAKE SERIOUSLY THIS RESOLUTION 17:32:39 AND PLACE LITTLE ON THE AGENDA 17:32:43 IF POSSIBLE. 17:32:44 THE ANSWER WOULD BE GENERALLY 17:32:45 NOTHING THAT WE VOTED ON THIS 17:32:46 ASSEMBLY. 17:32:46 IT IS A YEAR THAT WE DO NOT HAVE 17:32:48 A STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE BEFORE 17:32:50 US AND ABILITY TO CHOOSE 17:32:52 ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL STUDY 17:32:54 ACTION ISSUES. 17:32:55 MUCH OF THE BUSINESS THAT WE 17:32:56 VOTED ON AT THIS ASSEMBLY WAS 17:32:58 PLACED ON THE AGENDA, EITHER AT 17:32:59 THE REQUEST OF A COMMITTEE OR BY 17:33:01 THE BOARD OR WAS PART OF OUR 17:33:03 SOCIAL WITNESS PROCESS WHICH 17:33:04 WILL BE IN MORE OF A DOWN CYCLE 17:33:06 IN THAT YEAR. 17:33:08 THANK YOU. 17:33:09 YES, PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:33:11 >> REVEREND FROM THE UNITARIAN 17:33:16 UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF 17:33:17 CLEVELAND AND I HAVE 17:33:18 QUALIFICATIONS ON LINE 16 17:33:19 THROUGH 19. 17:33:22 SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO KNOW TO 17:33:24 WHAT EXTENT CALLING THE UUA 17:33:26 ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY FUND 17:33:28 ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE MINISTRY 17:33:29 AND TO WHAT EXTENT SUCH A 17:33:31 JUSTICE MINISTRY WOULD BE 17:33:32 RESTRICTED TO WORKING IN ONLY IN 17:33:35 ARIZONA RATHER THAN ON THIS 17:33:36 ISSUE NATIONALLY BECAUSE IT IS A 17:33:38 NATIONAL ISSUE. 17:33:39 >> THIS IS AS WRITTEN AS 17:33:47 CONSTRUCTED THE MOTION BEFORE 17:33:48 YOU IS A CHARGE TO THE 17:33:49 ADMINISTRATION WITH NO SPECIFIC 17:33:51 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, SO WE 17:33:53 WOULD IMAGINE I WOULD THINK IF 17:33:56 WE VOTED FOR THIS, WE WOULD SEE 17:33:58 A RESPONSE FROM THE 17:33:58 ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD SAY 17:33:59 THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO 17:34:01 THIS. 17:34:01 >> THERE'S NO GUARANTEE ATTACHED 17:34:07 TO IT, CORRECT? 17:34:08 >> TERMS OF FUNDING? 17:34:10 >> TERMS OF FUNDING. 17:34:11 >> IF THERE WAS, WE WOULD 17:34:13 TOMORROW BE DEBATING A BUDGET 17:34:14 RESOLUTION. 17:34:15 IT WOULD FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT 17:34:16 SET OF REQUIREMENTS. 17:34:18 >> THANK YOU. 17:34:18 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 17:34:19 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN STRAW, 17:34:26 AND I'M A DELEGATE AND A MEMBER 17:34:29 FROM THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:34:31 CHURCH OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, AND 17:34:34 WE ARE PROUD AND CELEBRATE THAT 17:34:36 WE'RE THE CHURCH WHERE GINI 17:34:40 BEGAN HER RELIGIOUS JOURNEY AS A 17:34:43 UU, AND I PERSONALLY HAD THE 17:34:46 PRIVILEGE AND ABSOLUTELY FUND TO 17:34:48 SERVE ON COMMITTEES AND ON THE 17:34:50 BOARD WITH GINI, SO HOW IS OUR 17:34:53 MODERATOR DOING? 17:34:54 . 17:34:54 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:34:57 >> HEY, JOHN. 17:34:58 >> THANK YOU. 17:35:00 >> I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT 17:35:02 WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND IF IT 17:35:05 WOULD BE HELPFUL IF SOMEONE 17:35:08 COULD READ SB1070 OR AT LEAST 17:35:12 POINT OUT SOME OF THE SALIENT 17:35:16 POINTS AS BASIS FOR STARTING THE 17:35:23 DEBATE. 17:35:23 >> YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON 17:35:24 THE CONTENT OF SB1070? 17:35:27 >> YEAH. 17:35:28 >> WE HAVE A COPY AND IT TAKES 17:35:30 AWHILE TO READ, SO PROBABLY 17:35:31 READING IT ALL INTO THE RECORD 17:35:33 OF OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD 17:35:34 NOT BE AS HELPFUL AS HAVING 17:35:36 SOMEONE WHO IS IN A POSITION TO 17:35:38 ACTUALLY GIVE A GOOD EXECUTIVE 17:35:39 SUMMARY OF SALIENT POINTS. 17:35:42 >> (OFF MIC). 17:35:48 >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 17:35:55 IMMEDIATE LETTER DOES GIVE US 17:35:57 THAT SUMMARY. 17:35:58 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY, 17:35:59 TELLERS CAN STILL PROVIDE THAT. 17:36:00 THANK YOU, DELEGATE. 17:36:02 SO TODAY WAS PINK OR YELLOW? 17:36:06 >> PINK. 17:36:06 >> TODAY PINK CSW ALERT. 17:36:11 >> ADAM MODERATOR DICK JACKIE 17:36:14 FROM CHURCH IN BELLEVIEW, 17:36:16 WASHINGTON. 17:36:17 AS I READ LINES 13 THROUGH 14, 17:36:23 IT WOULD LIMIT THE BUSINESS OF 17:36:28 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 17:36:29 >> CORRECT. 17:36:30 >> BUT I SEE NOTHING THAT WOULD 17:36:33 LIMIT THE OTHER PROGRAMMING. 17:36:35 IS THAT THE INTENT? 17:36:45 >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK TO 17:36:46 THAT? 17:36:47 >> WHOEVER. 17:36:47 THE VISION IS IT WILL CHANGE THE 17:36:49 PROGRAMMING. 17:36:49 THE PROGRAMMING WILL BE FOCUSED 17:36:51 AROUND GIVING THE 3,000 PLUS 17:36:55 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS TO COME 17:36:56 TO PHOENIX, OPPORTUNITIES TO 17:36:57 ENGAGE IN JUSTICE AND WITNESS 17:37:00 WORK. 17:37:00 WITH TRIPS TO THE BORDER, WITH 17:37:04 VOTER REGISTRATION, WORKING WITH 17:37:06 OUR PARTNER PUENTE TO DESIGN IT 17:37:09 AND ASKING HIM TO UNDERSTAND HOW 17:37:12 TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE. 17:37:14 AS WELL AS TIME FOR REFLECTION 17:37:16 AFTER WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, SO 17:37:18 DEEPENING THE WORK WE'RE DOING, 17:37:20 ENGAGING OUR FAITH IN THE 17:37:21 PROCESS. 17:37:22 THERE IS, I WOULD SEE -- LECTURE 17:37:24 FROM, YOU KNOW, A PROM ACTIVIST 17:37:27 OR SPEAKER ON THIS ISSUE. 17:37:29 I WOULD SEE A SERVICE OF THE 17:37:31 LIVING TRADITION WHERE WE ARE 17:37:32 CELEBRATING THE MINISTRY IN OUR 17:37:35 FAITH THAT CALLS US INTO THE 17:37:36 WORLD. 17:37:39 I MEAN IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T 17:37:42 HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WE WILL BE 17:37:44 OFFERING MINIMUM AND OVER 17:37:46 OPPORTUNITIES TO BE DIRECTLY 17:37:47 ENGAGED IN THE WORK IN JUSTICE 17:37:49 OUTSIDE OF OUR HOTEL ROOMS 17:37:53 OUTSIDE. 17:37:54 >> LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION IN 17:37:56 A DIFFERENT WAY. 17:37:57 THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BYLAWS 17:37:58 THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE ANY 17:38:00 PROGRAMMING, SO THIS BUSINESS 17:38:03 RESOLUTION, SO APPROPRIATELY 17:38:04 ADDRESSES THE BYLAW 17:38:05 REQUIREMENTS. 17:38:06 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 17:38:08 >> RIGHT. 17:38:09 >> THANK YOU. 17:38:10 LET'S REAL QUICKLY GET THROUGH 17:38:12 THESE BECAUSE WE'RE ANSWERING 17:38:13 QUESTIONS AND ALSO NEED TO TALK. 17:38:15 YES, MA'AM. 17:38:20 17:38:27 (INAUDIBLE. ) WOULD WE BE DOING 17:38:30 AIW'S? 17:38:31 >> THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE 17:38:33 DELEGATES WHO CONVENED THAT 17:38:35 YEAR? 17:38:36 AIW'S AND THE POLICIES BEHIND 17:38:38 THEM ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR THE 17:38:41 DELEGATES AT A SHORT MEETING TO 17:38:42 SAY WE WANT NO AIW'S OUT OF THE 17:38:47 LIVED EXPERIENCE THERE. 17:38:48 THAT'S WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE 17:38:50 DELEGATES IN 2012. 17:38:52 WE WANT PRO MICROPHONE, NOW 17:38:56 GOING TO THE CON MICROPHONE AND 17:39:00 GO BACK TO PROCEDURE. 17:39:01 >> I'M FROM INDIANA AND I WANT 17:39:05 TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF A 17:39:06 BOYCOTT. 17:39:07 I WANT TO SAY THAT FIRST AND 17:39:08 FOREMOST. 17:39:09 SECOND OF ALL, I'M AGAINST THIS 17:39:10 AMENDMENT BECAUSE I FEEL IT 17:39:12 TRIES TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. 17:39:14 THAT SOME OF US WILL GO AND DO 17:39:16 ALL OF THIS STUFF, AND SOME OF 17:39:18 US WILL STAY HOME. 17:39:19 I FEEL THAT OUR -- ALL THE 17:39:22 PEOPLE HERE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE 17:39:25 A STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST THIS 17:39:27 LAW, EITHER WE CHOOSE TO GO AND 17:39:30 DO IT FULL BORE OR WE CHOOSE TO 17:39:32 STAY HOME. 17:39:34 I FIGURE IF WE TRY TO, YOU 17:39:37 KNOW -- EXCUSE ME LANGUAGE -- 17:39:41 HALF ASS AND DO IT BOTH WAYS, IT 17:39:46 WILL WEAKEN OUR VOICES AND ANY 17:39:48 STRONG STATEMENT THAT WILL BE 17:39:49 MADE WILL BE LOST. 17:39:50 THANK YOU. 17:39:51 >> THANK YOU. 17:39:51 I FAILED TO CALL ON THE BOARD 17:39:53 MEMBER TO GIVE THE POSITION OF 17:39:54 THE BOARD, AND I NEED TO RETURN 17:39:55 AND RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE THE 17:39:59 REVEREND JAKE MORRILL. 17:40:01 I SHOULD HAVE HAD HIM SPEAK 17:40:02 FIRST. 17:40:03 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. 17:40:13 IDENTITY CAUCUSES MOVEMENT AND 17:40:17 FROM ARIZONA CONGREGATION AND 17:40:20 THURSDAY IT WAS NOT CLEAR HOW 17:40:22 UNITY WOULD BE FOUND. 17:40:23 HERE WE ARE SATURDAY AND UNITY 17:40:25 HAS PREVAILED. 17:40:26 AS THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS IT, THE 17:40:28 RESOLUTION NOW BEFORE YOU IS ONE 17:40:30 THAT BOTH COALITIONS SUPPORT. 17:40:32 DO WE HAVE A SPECIAL CONCERN FOR 17:40:34 SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY AT A 17:40:37 POSSIBLE PHOENIX GA? 17:40:39 YES, WE DO. 17:40:40 DO WE HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR 17:40:41 THOSE WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO STAY 17:40:44 HOME? 17:40:46 WITHOUT A DOUBT. 17:40:46 STILL YOUR BOARD IS IN 17:40:48 ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH 17:40:50 BOTH ARIZONA CONGREGATIONS AND 17:40:52 WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEIR 17:40:54 ALLIES. 17:40:55 WHEN THESE VOICES SPEAK AS ONE, 17:40:57 WHO ARE WE TO FIND FAULT? 17:41:00 WE HAVE OBSERVED A PROCESS WITH 17:41:02 HONESTY, TRUST AND RESPECT. 17:41:05 WHAT WE HAVE HEARD ARE THE 17:41:07 DEEPEST HELD VALUES OF OUR 17:41:09 COMMON FAITH. 17:41:10 AS MORE VOICES RISE FROM THE 17:41:12 FLOOR TODAY, WE WILL KEEP 17:41:14 LISTENING, WE WILL KEEP 17:41:16 LEARNING. 17:41:18 FINALLY YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO 17:41:20 KNOW THAT WHEN THE VOTE IS 17:41:21 CALLED, EVERY SINGLE TRUSTEE HAS 17:41:24 AGREED TO ABSTAIN. 17:41:27 THIS IS NOT AN EXPRESSION OF 17:41:31 NEUTRALITY BUT RESTRAINT. 17:41:34 MINDFUL OF THE GREAT POWER THE 17:41:36 BYLAWS GIVE OUR ROLE AND 17:41:38 RESPECTFUL OF THE WHIZ BOMB -- 17:41:42 WISDOM OF YOU, THE ASSEMBLY. 17:41:47 >> I'M THE REVEREND RICHARD 17:41:49 TOWER, SERVING OUR CONGREGATION 17:41:51 AT SERVE PARISH UNITARIAN 17:41:53 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN SCITUATE, 17:41:56 MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE WE ARE 376 17:41:59 YEARS OLD. 17:42:01 I HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, 17:42:03 AND BY DOING SO I MAY UNDERCUT 17:42:05 MY POINT. 17:42:06 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE 17:42:07 SPENT AT LEAST SEVEN OR TEN 17:42:09 MINUTES RESPONDING OR INQUIRING 17:42:12 FROM THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:42:13 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 17:42:18 >> IS IT PARLIAMENTARY SOUND TO 17:42:20 HAVE WHEN THERE IS A QUESTION 17:42:22 COMING FROM THE PROCEDURAL MIC 17:42:24 THAT THE CLOCK STOP SO THAT 17:42:25 THESE PEOPLE ON THE PROS AND CON 17:42:29 MICS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE 17:42:31 FULL TIME TO DISCUSS THE MERITS 17:42:32 OF THE MOTION? 17:42:35 . 17:42:34 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:42:35 >> WELL, ONE WOULD THINK SO, 17:42:37 SIR, BUT, IN FACT, THIS IS HOW 17:42:40 WE ARE CHOOSING TO SPEND OUR 17:42:41 TIME. 17:42:42 >> SO AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO 17:42:47 ASK FOR EXTENSION OF TIME. 17:42:48 >> WHEN WE NEED THAT, I WOULD 17:42:50 LOVE TO ASK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE 17:42:52 TIME AVAILABLE. 17:42:53 GRAB A CHAIR, SIR. 17:42:54 >> THANK YOU. 17:42:56 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 17:42:58 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 17:43:01 >> I'M INTERIM MINISTER IN 17:43:03 GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN. 17:43:06 I'M STANDING HERE ON BEHALF OF 17:43:09 THE DIVERSE AND REVOLUTIONARY 17:43:13 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:43:13 MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES. 17:43:17 WHAT IS -- 17:43:18 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:43:19 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY 17:43:22 ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO QUESTIONS. 17:43:26 WHO DEFINES OUR COUNTRY AND WHAT 17:43:28 IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 17:43:30 WHITER WORLD? 17:43:31 QUESTIONS THAT WE UNITARIAN 17:43:33 UNIVERSALISTS HAVE BEEN 17:43:34 STRUGGLING WITH FOR SEVERAL 17:43:36 YEARS. 17:43:36 WHO IS A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:43:39 OR DARE I SAY WHO IS THE UUA, 17:43:42 AND WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP 17:43:44 WITH THE WHITER WORLD. 17:43:46 THIS IS A TIME TO ADDRESS THESE 17:43:49 QUESTIONS, BUT ONLY IN A 17:43:52 RE-IMAGINED GA. 17:43:57 IT IS OKAY TO COMPROMISE SOME OF 17:43:59 OUR SAFETY FOR HUMANE RIGHTS. 17:44:01 NOT OKAY TO COMPROMISE SAFETY 17:44:03 FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL. 17:44:05 WE MUST -- 17:44:05 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:44:07 >> WE MUST SUSPEND OUR NORMAL GA 17:44:11 AND ONLY GO TO GA AS A PROPHETIC 17:44:16 IMPERATIVE. 17:44:17 FIVE YEARS AGO THE MINUTEMEN 17:44:19 WERE PATROLLING THE BORDER IN 17:44:20 ARIZONA, AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT 17:44:22 IT, I KNEW I HAD TO GO. 17:44:25 AND I TOLD TWO OF MY WHITE 17:44:27 FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND THEY SAID 17:44:29 TO ME, MITRA, YOU WILL BE 17:44:32 TARGETED. 17:44:33 THIS IS DANGEROUS. 17:44:34 THEY WERE, OF COURSE, RIGHT. 17:44:37 AND I SAID, YES, BUT IN ORDER TO 17:44:40 MAINTAIN MY FAITH IN HUMAN 17:44:43 RELATIONSHIP, I WILL COMPROMISE 17:44:45 SOME OF MY SAFETY. 17:44:48 AND THEY SAID TO ME, WE'RE GOING 17:44:52 WITH YOU. 17:44:52 AND THEY PURCHASED A TICKET AND 17:44:55 THE NEXT WEEK WE ALL FLEW TO THE 17:44:56 DESERT AND STOOD THERE WHILE 17:44:59 PEOPLE VERY ANGRY YELLED AT US. 17:45:01 >> THANK YOU. 17:45:04 THANK YOU. 17:45:05 I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:45:08 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:45:10 >> MY NAME IS KAREN WILLS FROM 17:45:15 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST IN 17:45:15 MINNEAPOLIS. 17:45:16 I'LL BE AS QUICK AS I CAN. 17:45:18 MY QUESTION IS WOULD IT BE 17:45:20 POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONSIDER 17:45:22 BETWEEN NOW AND 2012 17:45:24 ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE, EVEN 17:45:27 IF IT MEANS CHANGING THE LAWS, 17:45:29 THAT WOULD ALLOW DELEGATES TO 17:45:31 VOTE FROM OFFSITE AND HAVE THEIR 17:45:34 VOTES COUNT. 17:45:35 IF THEY CAN'T COME OR MORALLY 17:45:37 OPPOSED TO COMING. 17:45:39 THANK YOU. 17:45:39 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 17:45:40 SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION, 17:45:42 PLEASE TAKE NOTE. 17:45:44 THANK YOU. 17:45:45 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:45:46 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 17:45:47 >> SANDRA KRUL FROM LONG BEACH. 17:45:50 IT IS A QUESTION YOU MAY NOT BE 17:45:52 ANSWER TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE 17:45:53 TO HAVE IT OUT THERE ANYHOW. 17:45:55 PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO 17:45:58 PARTICIPATE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 17:46:00 AT THAT TIME, WOULD THEY STILL 17:46:03 BE WELCOME IN THE JUSTICE 17:46:05 ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR 17:46:06 THOSE DAYS? 17:46:07 >> ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION, AND 17:46:09 I'M REALLY GOING TO TURN TO THE 17:46:11 SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION TO 17:46:13 ASK ALL OF THESE, AND ASK 17:46:14 INDULGENCE FROM THE HOUSE. 17:46:16 ALL OF THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS 17:46:17 YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR GENERAL 17:46:18 ASSEMBLY EVALUATION. 17:46:19 START THEM WITH UUA BOARD COLON 17:46:22 AND PUT THEM IN THERE, AND THEY 17:46:23 WILL BE ROUTED TO US. 17:46:24 I TURN TO RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE 17:46:26 AT THE CON MICROPHONE. 17:46:28 >> THANK YOU. 17:46:30 I'M LILA PINE, FROM THE UU 17:46:32 CHURCH OF TUCSON AND ACTIVE 17:46:34 MEMBER OF NO MORE DEATHS, 17:46:36 HUMANITARIAN AID MINISTRY. 17:46:41 I AM HERE TO URGE THAT WE REJECT 17:46:43 THIS SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. 17:46:46 IN THE LAST TWO DAYS OF TOO MANY 17:46:52 ASSEMBLIES ON THIS ISSUE, I WAS 17:46:53 NOT ALLOWED ANY OPPORTUNITY 17:46:55 WHATSOEVER TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT 17:46:57 OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT CAME 17:46:59 FROM THE BOARD, THAT I HAD COME 17:47:03 TO SUPPORT. 17:47:04 EVERY TIME I GOT UP TO THE MIC 17:47:06 THEY WOULD CALL PROCEDURAL 17:47:08 THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT 17:47:12 AWAY THEY WOULD CALL FOR CLOSING 17:47:15 DEBATE IN DISCUSSION. 17:47:17 I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT JUST 17:47:18 BECAUSE I'M AN OPEN ADVOCATE OF 17:47:22 THE BOYCOTT THAT THEY 17:47:25 DELIBERATELY DID THIS WHEN THEY 17:47:27 SAW ME, BUT IT HAS THE SAME 17:47:28 EFFECT. 17:47:29 EITHER WAY THEY SUCCESSFULLY 17:47:37 SILENCED ME THREE TIMES. 17:47:38 I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE 17:47:39 FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY 17:47:42 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE 17:47:45 NATION WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR 17:47:46 MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND 17:47:47 NOT COMING UP WITH EXCUSES FOR 17:47:49 NOT CANCELING THEIR CONVENTIONS 17:47:51 OR CONFERENCES PLANNED IN 17:47:55 PHOENIX. 17:47:59 NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, AMERICAN 17:48:01 ASSOCIATION LAWYER'S 17:48:03 ASSOCIATION, ALPHA PHI 17:48:08 FRATERNITY, ASIAN JUSTICE 17:48:12 CENTER, LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON 17:48:16 CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, LEAGUE 17:48:17 OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 17:48:20 CITIZENS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 17:48:22 LAROSA, NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN 17:48:25 COMMISSION, FCIU AND UNITED FOOD 17:48:27 AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS AND WHOLE 17:48:29 HOST OF CITIES HAVE -- 17:48:30 >> THANK YOU. 17:48:33 I WOULD POINT OUT WE'RE AT THE 17:48:35 POINT WHERE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE 17:48:36 IN ORDER, AND ONE OF THE TWO 17:48:37 AMENDMENTS WOULD ACTUALLY BE 17:48:38 POSSIBLE WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE 17:48:40 SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT AND TO 17:48:43 RETURN TO ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT 17:48:44 THE BOARD PLACED ON THE AGENDA 17:48:46 THAT WE STARTED THE WEEKEND 17:48:47 WITH. 17:48:48 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, 17:48:49 YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE FOLKS OVER 17:48:51 HERE AT THE AMENDMENT 17:48:51 MICROPHONE. 17:48:53 I RECOGNIZE DELEGATE AT THE PRO 17:48:56 MICROPHONE. 17:48:57 >> SHABUTT SHALOM, MADAM 17:49:03 MODERATOR-- 17:49:04 . 17:49:04 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:49:25 >> ONLY BEGUN TO KNOW THE POWER 17:49:27 THAT IS WITHIN US. 17:49:28 IF WE WOULD JOIN OUR SOLITUDES 17:49:30 IN THE COMMUNION OF STRUGGLE. 17:49:43 EVEN AS WE ARGUE THE MERITS AND 17:49:45 PARTICULARITIES OF THE LANGUAGE, 17:49:48 I RISE TO VIRTUE OF THE PRESSES. 17:49:57 THIS IS GA AT ITS BEST. 17:49:59 BORN IN HONEST DISAGREEMENTS, 17:50:01 HONED IN PASSIONATE RESOLVE, 17:50:03 DRAFTED, REDRAFT, AND YET 17:50:08 DRAFTED AGAIN. 17:50:16 GENUINE LISTENING, A LABOR OF 17:50:18 DIVERSE OPINIONS AND COMMITTED 17:50:20 PEOPLE. 17:50:26 TAKEN A LOT OF DEEP BREAK -- 17:50:28 BREATH AND CONSTITUTIONAL 17:50:33 LOYALTIES AND WORKED TOGETHER IN 17:50:34 OUR BEHALF. 17:50:35 SUPPORT THE MAKERS OF MOTION AND 17:50:37 DESIGN, AND I URGE YOUR 17:50:39 ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF IT. 17:50:46 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 17:50:48 THE CON MICROPHONE. 17:50:50 >> THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE 17:50:53 MEDITATION OF MY HEART, 17:50:55 ACCEPTABLE IN MY SIGHT, LORD, MY 17:50:58 STRENGTH AND MY REDEEMER -- 17:51:00 >> PARDON ME, SIR. 17:51:01 >> AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SITE OF 17:51:02 YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 17:51:04 COUSINS. 17:51:04 MY NAME IS REVEREND FINLEY C. 17:51:07 CAMPBELL, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 17:51:09 MULTIRACIAL UNITY ACTION CAUCUS. 17:51:11 I STAND HERE TO OPPOSE THE CALL 17:51:14 FOR BOTH BOYCOTT OF ARIZONA FOR 17:51:16 OUR 2012 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND I 17:51:20 OPPOSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT 17:51:22 LESS THAN A COMPLETE GA. 17:51:26 NOT TO GO TO PHOENIX AND NOT 17:51:28 HAVE A FULL BODY GENERAL 17:51:30 ASSEMBLY IS LIKE JOHN BROWN 17:51:32 GOING TO KANSAS TO FIGHT AGAINST 17:51:34 SLAVERY WITHOUT GUNS. 17:51:36 WE MUST GO TO PHOENIX TO CONDUCT 17:51:41 GA BUSINESS, CELEBRATE UU 17:51:43 CULTURE AND HAVE PLENARY AND 17:51:45 WORKSHOP SESSIONS BUT I AGREE 17:51:48 WITH DRUUM IN ALL OF THIS, NOT 17:51:50 IN THE SAME OLD WAY. 17:51:52 IMAGINE THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE, 17:51:56 DEVELOPING A CALL FOR WORKSHOPS, 17:51:57 BEST WAY TO OPPOSE 17:51:58 ANTI-IMMIGRANT RACISM, THROUGH 17:52:02 RACIAL IDENTITY CAUCUSING OR 17:52:05 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM. 17:52:07 OUR PARADE INCLUDING FROM THE 17:52:10 ANTIRACIST MOVEMENT IN ARIZONA. 17:52:13 VERY UUA SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS 17:52:15 AFTER OUR GA MEETINGS CREATING A 17:52:18 VARIETY OF BEARING WITNESS 17:52:20 PROJECTS. 17:52:20 WHY SPEND $600,000 PLUS AND NOT 17:52:26 HAVE A COMPLETE GA. 17:52:28 FOR THOSE OF US WHO WOULD BE 17:52:29 AFRAID TO GO, ALL I CAN SAY IS 17:52:32 THIS. 17:52:33 PARAPHRASING, JESUS THE KRISHNA, 17:52:38 PERFECT LOVE FOR THE EXPLOITED 17:52:40 AND OPPRESSED OF THE WORLD CAST 17:52:43 ABOUT ALL FEAR. 17:52:45 SO I SAY ALL TO PHOENIX FOR A 17:52:49 FULL BODIED GA. 17:52:52 AMEN. 17:52:52 >> I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN CHURCH 17:53:04 OF LOS ALMOS, NEW MEXICO AND 17:53:07 YOUTH CAUCUS FOR MORE TIME WE 17:53:10 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR TEN MORE 17:53:12 MINUTES OF DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE. 17:53:14 >> YOU COULD ACTUALLY MOVE FOR A 17:53:16 LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THERE'S 20 17:53:18 MINUTES UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE 17:53:20 AGENDA. 17:53:21 >> LET'S DO THAT. 17:53:26 20 WOULD BE GREAT. 17:53:28 . 17:53:27 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:53:28 >> WE'LL STILL END ON TIME. 17:53:41 ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17:53:43 WE'RE LOVING THIS. 17:53:46 GO TO THE PRO MICROPHONE AND 17:53:48 TIME FOR AMENDMENT. 17:53:49 GO. 17:53:50 >> THANK YOU MADAM MODERATOR. 17:53:52 MY NAME IS KATHERINE ALLEN AND 17:53:54 I'M FROM UNITY CHURCH UNITARIAN 17:53:56 IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. 17:54:00 I'M SPEAKING BEHALF OF YOUTH 17:54:02 CAUCUS TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON 17:54:05 PHOENIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 17:54:06 2012. 17:54:07 AS IT HAS BEEN AMENDED. 17:54:09 WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CURRENT 17:54:14 SITUATION IN ARIZONA IS UNJUST. 17:54:17 ADVOCATE FOR MOVEMENT TO RAISE 17:54:18 AWARENESS AND WORK TO SOLVE THE 17:54:20 PROBLEMS IN ARIZONA TO MAXIMIZE 17:54:23 THE IMPACT WE MUST TAKE ACTION. 17:54:26 THERE WE -- THERE WERE A NUMBER 17:54:27 OF FACTORS THAT ENCOURAGED OUR 17:54:29 SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, 17:54:31 INCLUDING THE COMMITMENT WORK IN 17:54:33 ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH A 17:54:34 NUMBER OF ADVOCACY GROUPS SUCH 17:54:39 AS PUENTE AND NDLON, DRUUM, 17:54:43 LUNA, EQUAL ACCESS, TRUST AND 17:54:45 OTHERS. 17:54:47 PROTECTING PEOPLE WITH 17:54:48 MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES IS 17:54:51 IMPORTANT TO US. 17:54:51 ALSO DIRECTING OUR ECONOMIC 17:54:53 IMPACT TOWARD OUR PARTNERS AND 17:54:56 ALLIES IS STATEMENT THAT CARRIES 17:54:58 FAIR AMOUNT OF POWER. 17:54:59 FINALLY WHILE WE ARE -- WHILE WE 17:55:01 LOVE PLENARY WE RECOGNIZE THE 17:55:03 VALUE OF SPENDING MORE TIME 17:55:04 ADVOCATING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 17:55:06 WE LOVE THE IDEA OF JUSTICE, 17:55:10 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND LOOK 17:55:12 FORWARD BEING INVOLVED AS FULLY 17:55:13 AS WE CAN. 17:55:14 NOT ONLY AS PARTICIPANTS BUT 17:55:17 ALSO AS LEADERS. 17:55:20 THIS IS A RESOLUTION WE CARE 17:55:21 ABOUT DEEPLY AND GIVE FULL 17:55:23 SUPPORT TO. 17:55:23 WE AS A YOUTH CAUCUS STAND 17:55:26 BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION TO GO TO 17:55:28 ARIZONA. 17:55:29 17:55:28 [ APPLAUSE ] 17:55:38 >> I'M GOING TO THE MOMENT 17:55:40 MICROPHONE, BUT FIRST I'M GOING 17:55:42 TO THE CHAIR OF SOCIAL WITNESS 17:55:44 ON THE STAGE. 17:55:46 RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE ON THE 17:55:48 AMENDMENT MICROPHONE. 17:55:49 >> AGAIN, MY NAME IS LILA PINE, 17:55:52 I'M A MEMBER AND DELEGATE FROM 17:55:54 THE UU CHURCH OF TUCSON, 17:55:57 ARIZONA, AND LONG TIME IMMIGRANT 17:56:00 RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND MEMBER OF NO 17:56:03 MORE DEATHS. 17:56:04 THE REASON I AM MOVING TO RETURN 17:56:10 TO RECOGNIZING AND VOTING ON THE 17:56:13 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, BUSINESS 17:56:16 RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY THE UUA 17:56:19 BOARD, IS BECAUSE OF MY 17:56:22 EXPERIENCE TALKING TO MANY, MANY 17:56:25 IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT THE 17:56:28 COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN SWEPT UP 17:56:32 IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND I 17:56:36 WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 17:56:38 IF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF 17:56:41 COLOR IN ARIZONA ARE STOPPED AND 17:56:44 ASKED FOR THEIR PAPERS, IT IS 17:56:46 NOT JUST A NICE LITTLE EXERCISE 17:56:48 THE WAY IT WOULD BE WITH US 17:56:50 WHITE FOLKS. 17:56:51 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM BEING 17:56:53 IMMEDIATELY HERDED INTO LOCAL 17:56:55 JAIL, SHIPPED TO AN IMMIGRATION 17:56:59 DETENTION FACILITY. 17:57:01 USUALLY BEATEN REPEATEDLY, 17:57:04 BOUND, SOMETIMES GAGGED, PUT IN 17:57:08 SHACKLES, AND THEN BEATEN UP BY 17:57:11 FIVE OR SIX ICE AGENTS, HAVING 17:57:18 ARMS BROKEN, CLAVICLES BROKEN. 17:57:22 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY 17:57:23 INTERNMENT CAMPS. 17:57:25 THEY HAVE NO RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT 17:57:27 GIVEN ANY RIGHT TO CALL THEIR 17:57:28 FAMILIES TO TELL THEM WHERE THEY 17:57:29 ARE, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM. 17:57:31 THEY GO OFF AND THEY GET SHIFTED 17:57:34 FROM ONE JAIL TO ANOTHER, ONE 17:57:37 STATE TO ANOTHER SO THE FAMILIES 17:57:39 CAN NEVER TRACK THEM DOWN. 17:57:40 WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL FOR A 17:57:42 LAWYER, EVEN IF THEY COULD 17:57:44 AFFORD ONE, AND WE ARE NOT 17:57:45 TALKING ABOUT THE U.S. JUSTICE 17:57:47 SYSTEM THAT MOST OF US KNOW 17:57:48 ABOUT. 17:57:50 THEY HAVE -- ARE DENIED ALL 17:57:51 RIGHT. 17:57:52 >> THANK YOU. 17:57:53 THANK YOU. 17:57:54 SO THE MOTION IS AN AMENDMENT 17:57:59 THAT SUGGESTS WHAT THE PROPOSER 17:58:02 WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT DO -- 17:58:06 DEAL WITH BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON 17:58:08 PHOENIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012 17:58:10 HANDED OUT TODAY BUT INSTEAD 17:58:12 RETURN TO THE TEXT IN YOUR FINAL 17:58:15 AGENDA ON PAGE 33. 17:58:17 MAKE SENSE? 17:58:18 SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 17:58:19 PRO AND CON ABOUT RIGHT NOW. 17:58:22 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK PRO 17:58:25 AND CON ABOUT THAT, YOU WOULD 17:58:27 NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM THE 17:58:29 MICROPHONE. 17:58:30 >> DAVID FROM UU CHURCH OF 17:58:32 INDIANAPOLIS. 17:58:32 TO DISCUSS THAT AMENDMENT, THAT 17:58:34 MICROPHONE IS CURRENTLY PRO, 17:58:38 WOULD BE PRO FOR THAT AMENDMENT 17:58:40 AND THAT IS CON SO PEOPLE 17:58:43 AGAINST THE BOYCOTT GO OVER 17:58:45 THERE AND MAYBE SWITCH THE MICS. 17:58:47 ? 17:58:48 >> NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SWITCH 17:58:49 THE MICS. 17:58:51 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:58:51 >> OKAY. 17:58:53 >> WE BELIEVE IN THE INHERENT 17:58:54 AND DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON, BUT 17:58:57 EXTRA EXERCISE IN THE MIDDLE 17:58:59 PLENARY. 17:59:06 [ LAUGHTER ] 17:59:07 >> BUT IT MAY NOT BE FOR WRONG. 17:59:09 RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 17:59:10 CON MICROPHONE. 17:59:11 >> WENDY CIPOLLA, PLEASED TO 17:59:16 SERVE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND 17:59:17 CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF UU 17:59:21 EQUITY. 17:59:21 I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO TWO 17:59:24 THINGS. 17:59:24 ONE IS THE PROCESS AND OTHER IS 17:59:26 HOW THIS RESOLUTION CAME TO BE. 17:59:28 I WAS A PART OF THE GROUP THAT 17:59:30 OFFERED A PROPOSAL THAT 17:59:33 DIFFERED. 17:59:33 ONE OF THE TWO DIFFERING ONES OF 17:59:35 THE MANY ASSEMBLY. 17:59:37 FOLLOWING THAT WE WERE ASKED TO 17:59:40 JOIN WITH THOSE WHO SPOKE TO A 17:59:43 DIFFERENT SOLUTION AND I WANT TO 17:59:45 HOLD UP AS A RESULT OF THIS CAME 17:59:49 AFTER HOURS AND HOURS, NOT JUST 17:59:52 OF WORDSMITHING BUT DEEP, DEEP 17:59:57 LISTENING OF DIFFERENT GROUPS 17:59:59 THAT HAVE A LOT OF SKIN IN THIS 18:00:00 GAME LITERALLY. 18:00:02 DEEP LISTENING TIERS IN PRAYER 18:00:09 AND BROUGHT TO THE MINI ASSEMBLY 18:00:11 AND TESTAMENT THAT PEOPLE WERE 18:00:14 SHUT DOWN. 18:00:14 WILL OF THE GROUP AFTER MUCH 18:00:16 DISCUSSION TO LIMIT CONVERSATION 18:00:18 AND ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WERE IN 18:00:19 THE LINE SPEAKING FOR AND 18:00:21 AGAINST IT BUT THE PROCESS MOVED 18:00:23 ON, AND WE VOTED. 18:00:24 I URGE YOU TO DEFEAT THIS 18:00:26 AMENDMENT SO THAT WE CAN RETURN 18:00:28 TO THIS RESOLUTION. 18:00:29 THANK YOU. 18:00:31 . 18:00:29 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:00:41 >> OKAY. 18:00:42 RESPECTFULLY YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE 18:00:45 PRO IN PROPOSING FOR THE TWO 18:00:47 MINUTES AT THE AMENDMENT MIC, SO 18:00:48 YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK PRO 18:00:50 AGAIN. 18:00:51 OKAY? 18:00:52 ALL RIGHT. 18:00:52 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:00:53 >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'M CURT 18:00:57 JENSEN, DEVELOPMENT FROM THE 18:01:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST OF 18:01:02 FAIRFAX. 18:01:03 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE 18:01:05 QUESTION ON THIS AMENDMENT. 18:01:05 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE 18:01:07 TO BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY AT THE 18:01:09 PRO MICROPHONE EXCEPT YOU JUST 18:01:11 WENT OVER THERE. 18:01:12 OKAY. 18:01:14 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:01:15 >> ACTUALLY I JUST WANT TO POINT 18:01:16 OUT IF YOU HASN'T BEEN AT THE 18:01:18 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE WE WOULD 18:01:19 BE VOTING RIGHT NOW. 18:01:23 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:01:28 OKAY. 18:01:29 JUST REALITY CHECK. 18:01:30 THANK YOU. 18:01:31 DO YOU STILL WANT TO MOVE THE 18:01:32 QUESTION? 18:01:32 >> YES. 18:01:33 I BELIEVE IT IS NOT DEBATABLE. 18:01:34 >> IT IS NOT DEBATABLE, BUT I 18:01:38 CAN STILL COMMENT. 18:01:44 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ENDING 18:01:50 DEBATING ON THE AMENDMENT, 18:01:52 PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 18:01:54 THANK YOU. 18:01:54 ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED? 18:01:56 THANK YOU. 18:01:56 WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE AN 18:02:00 IMMEDIATE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. 18:02:01 THE AMENDMENT SUGGESTS WE 18:02:04 REPLACE THE HANDOUT YOU WERE 18:02:06 GIVEN IN THE HALL TODAY WITH THE 18:02:08 ORIGINAL TEXT PROPOSED BY THE 18:02:10 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 18:02:11 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF 18:02:12 RETURNING TO THE TEXT PROPOSED 18:02:13 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES -- NO, 18:02:15 I REALLY DON'T. 18:02:16 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF -- I 18:02:18 REALLY DON'T. 18:02:19 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF 18:02:21 RETURNING TO THE TEXT PROPOSED 18:02:22 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, RAISE 18:02:24 YOUR VOTING CARD. 18:02:26 ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED. 18:02:28 THANK YOU. 18:02:29 WE'RE BACK TO HERE. 18:02:31 ALSO, PLEASE DON'T YELL OUT FROM 18:02:33 THE FLOOR BECAUSE I ANSWER YOU 18:02:34 AND THEN IT DISTRACTS EVERYBODY. 18:02:36 IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME, WE 18:02:37 HAVE MICROPHONES. 18:02:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 18:02:39 SO WE'RE NOW BACK IN OUR 18:02:41 ORIGINAL ORDER FOR DEBATE, BUT 18:02:42 EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO 18:02:44 WALK AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 18:02:47 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:02:47 >> BACK ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER, 18:02:49 NOW GO CON AND RECOGNIZE THE 18:02:53 DELEGATE AT THE CON MICROPHONE. 18:02:55 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 18:02:56 I STAND IN OPPOSITION OF HAVING 18:02:57 A GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2012 18:03:00 REDUCING OUR LEADERSHIP 18:03:02 DEVELOPMENT. 18:03:02 I'M DAMIEN CHRISTENSEN, I'M A 18:03:05 MEMBER OF COUNTRYSIDE CHURCH IN 18:03:08 THE CHICAGO LAND AREA. 18:03:09 I LIVE IN A DISTRICT THAT IS 22% 18:03:11 IMMIGRANT, 11 OF PERCENT OF 18:03:13 WHICH ARE -- 11% OF MY DISTRICT 18:03:15 IS UNDOCUMENTED. 18:03:16 WE'RE HERE IN THE LAND OF CAMP 18:03:18 WELLSTONE AND AL FRANKEN AS A 18:03:21 MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS COALITION 18:03:23 FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 18:03:25 RIGHTS, I WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS 18:03:26 THAT DROVE 1500 MILES ON 18:03:31 MARCH 21st FOR THE 250,000 TO 18:03:33 400,000 PEOPLE STANDING IN 18:03:36 SUPPORT OF IMMIGRATION RIGHTS. 18:03:41 ALSO FOLLOWING UP AFTERWARDS AND 18:03:43 GOING TO LOCAL CONGRESSMAN WITH 18:03:45 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT 18:03:46 WERE LITERALLY SHAKING TO GO AND 18:03:48 TRY TO SPEAK TO OUR CONGRESSMAN 18:03:49 TO HELP MOVE FOR 18:03:51 CONGRESSIONAL -- COMPREHENSIVE 18:03:54 IMMIGRATION REFORM. 18:03:54 I HAVE BEEN MOVED BY MANY OF 18:03:56 THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS 18:03:57 THROUGHOUT HERE, BUT PART OF 18:04:00 WHAT STOOD OUT FOR ME WAS THAT 18:04:02 AS WE WERE DRIVING BACK GOING TO 18:04:03 THE COUNTRIES OF THE -- COUNTRY 18:04:06 LAND OF INDIANA, I HEARD THE 18:04:09 STORIES ON NPR OF OUR 18:04:10 EXPERIENCES IN D.C., AND WHAT 18:04:12 WAS HAPPENING ON THE BUSES 18:04:13 THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND AT THAT 18:04:15 POINT I WANTED TO QUICKLY REACH 18:04:16 OUT TO THE OTHER 80 BUSES THAT 18:04:19 WERE COMING JUST FROM ILLINOIS 18:04:21 ALONE TO TRY AND SHARE THE STORY 18:04:23 OF COMPREHENSION OF IMMIGRATION 18:04:26 REFORM. 18:04:26 AT THAT POINT I UNDERSTOOD THE 18:04:28 POWER OF IMMEDIACY AND THAT'S 18:04:30 WHAT I SPEAK TO HERE. 18:04:31 OUR POWER TODAY IS NOW. 18:04:34 OUR POWER IS TO SPEAK TO THE 18:04:35 PRESS AS A HEADLINE. 18:04:37 IF WE DO NOT REACH OUT TODAY BY 18:04:40 MOVING OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE 18:04:42 LOSE THAT ABILITY TO MAKE A 18:04:45 HEADLINE, AND IN THIS COUNTRY 18:04:46 AND THE DAYS -- AND THE 18:04:48 ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN NOW, IT 18:04:49 IS ABOUT HEADLINES. 18:04:51 WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME 18:04:53 GOALS. 18:04:54 WE ALL SUPPORT IT. 18:04:55 >> THANK YOU. 18:04:56 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 18:04:58 PRO MICROPHONE. 18:04:59 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR, 18:05:03 MICHAEL TEENO, PLEASED TO BE 18:05:07 MINISTER AT UNITARIAN 18:05:08 UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF 18:05:09 NORTHERN WESTCHESTER IN MOUNT 18:05:11 KISSCO, NEW YORK. 18:05:13 THIS RESOLUTION IS THE PRODUCT 18:05:14 OF SOME AMAZING RELIGIOUS WORK. 18:05:18 THIS WORK WAS ABOUT COVENANT, 18:05:21 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP, VALUES, DEEP 18:05:24 LISTENING, EVEN TO HARD TRUTH, 18:05:27 AND COLLABORATION FOR JUSTICE. 18:05:29 THIS RESOLUTION HONORS THE LIVED 18:05:32 EXPERIENCE OF UNITARIAN 18:05:33 UNIVERSALISTS FROM A BROAD RANGE 18:05:35 OF BACKGROUNDS. 18:05:36 INCLUDING UU'S OF COLOR, LATINO, 18:05:40 HISPANIC UU'S, ANTIRACIST AND 18:05:46 SIBLINGS IN ARIZONA WHO LIVE 18:05:48 EVERYDAY OF INCOME A STATE THAT 18:05:52 DEHUMANIZES IMMIGRANTS. 18:05:54 THIS RESOLUTION HONORS 18:05:57 PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT AND 18:05:59 ALSO THE CALLS BY THOSE ASKING 18:06:00 US TO CLOSELY EXAMINE WHERE AND 18:06:03 HOW OUR MONEY IS SPENT IN 18:06:05 ARIZONA. 18:06:07 THIS RESOLUTION HONORS OUR 18:06:09 ASSOCIATIONS' GOVERNANCE AND 18:06:11 CALLS FOR THE WORK OF 18:06:13 ACCOUNTABILITY AND 18:06:14 TRANSFORMATION. 18:06:17 I STRONGLY URGE MY FELLOW 18:06:19 DELEGATES TO VOTE YES. 18:06:24 >> I RECOGNIZE AT THE CON 18:06:25 MICROPHONE. 18:06:26 >> ROGER BREWIN, THE MINISTER OF 18:06:29 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF 18:06:30 HOBERT, INDIANA, CONSULTING 18:06:33 MINISTER IN BENTON HARBOR 18:06:35 ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN. 18:06:37 PETER AND VICTORIA TOLD US TODAY 18:06:39 THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ARIZONA, 18:06:45 AND THEY ARE CORRECT. 18:06:46 IT IS ABOUT THE HOUSE OF 18:06:47 CORRECTION IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, 18:06:49 MASSACHUSETTS WHERE LAST 18:06:50 NOVEMBER PEDRO JUAN TALVERAZ 18:06:56 DIED OF UNTREATED ILLNESS WHILE 18:06:58 UNDER EXTENDED DETENTION. 18:07:09 HE WAS ONE HUNDRED FIFTH 18:07:11 DETAINEE TO DIE IN THE LAST 18:07:13 THREE YEARS IN THAT DETENTION. 18:07:14 30,000 AMERICAN RESIDENTS GO TO 18:07:16 SLEEP EVERY NIGHT IN THAT KIND 18:07:22 OF DETENTION. 18:07:23 30,000. 18:07:23 1,000 PEOPLE ARE DEPORTED FROM 18:07:25 THIS COUNTRY EVERYDAY. 18:07:28 MANY OF THEM INNOCENT OF ANY 18:07:29 CRIME EXCEPT ADMINISTRATIVE 18:07:34 ERROR IN THE STAFF. 18:07:37 THIS SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION DOES 18:07:39 VERY LITTLE FOR THOSE OF US THAT 18:07:41 BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE DEMANDS 18:07:42 THAT WE ACT NOW ON BEHALF OF 18:07:45 THOSE VICTIMS TO UTILIZE THE 18:07:49 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE BY 18:07:51 SCHEDULING ACCIDENT TO END OUR 18:07:56 PARTICIPATION IN UNJUST SYSTEM. 18:07:58 THIS SUBSTITUTE OFFERS VERY 18:08:00 LITTLE FOR THOSE OF US FOR 18:08:03 REASONS OF CONSCIENCE OR OUR 18:08:04 IMMIGRATION STATUS OR BOTH 18:08:06 CANNOT GO TO ARIZONA, AND 18:08:09 UNFORTUNATELY THIS SUBSTITUTE 18:08:11 OFFERS A LITTLE AND ONLY A 18:08:13 LITTLE FOR THOSE OF US WHO 18:08:15 BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE DENIED IS 18:08:17 JUSTICE DELAYED. 18:08:18 PLEASE VOTE DOWN THIS AMENDMENT. 18:08:20 BOYCOTT ARIZONA. 18:08:28 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 18:08:29 THE PRO MICROPHONE. 18:08:31 >> THANK YOU. 18:08:32 MY NAME IS JIMMY LEON, MEMBER OF 18:08:35 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 18:08:36 CONGREGATION OF PHOENIX. 18:08:37 I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS 18:08:39 RESOLUTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE 18:08:41 THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO 18:08:42 SUPPORT AND HELP THE PEOPLE WHO 18:08:46 DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF 18:08:47 BOYCOTTING ARIZONA. 18:08:49 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 18:08:51 ARIZONA. 18:08:51 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF ALL 18:08:53 COLOR, BROWN, BLACK, WHITE, RED, 18:08:55 WHATEVER, WHO LIVE IN ARIZONA, 18:08:58 AND WE LOVE OUR STATE. 18:09:00 THESE ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT 18:09:01 YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO LIKE 18:09:03 GERALDINE MENDEZ, TIFFANY 18:09:05 MENDEZ, DANIEL MENDEZ, JULIE 18:09:08 EARTHLY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE 18:09:09 OPTION OF BOYCOTTING ARIZONA. 18:09:13 AS A -- I COULD MOVE TO SOME 18:09:16 PLACE LIKE HAWAII THAT'S VERY 18:09:18 APPEALING ACTUALLY BUT I FEEL 18:09:20 LIKE IF I KID THAT, I WOULD BE 18:09:23 ABANDONING MY FELLOW ARIZONANS, 18:09:26 PARTICULARLY MY LATINO 18:09:28 NEIGHBORS. 18:09:29 I WOULD RATHER STAND IN 18:09:31 ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM AND EVEN IF 18:09:33 I NEED TO, GET ARRESTED FOR 18:09:35 THEM. 18:09:36 AND I ASK MY FELLOW UU'S TO DO 18:09:39 THE SAME THING. 18:09:40 I KNOW WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS NOT 18:09:42 EASY, IN FACT, IT IS QUIET 18:09:45 DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF US. 18:09:47 WHAT I LEARNED IN THE MEMORIAL 18:09:48 DAY MARCH IS SOMETHING THAT 18:09:50 LATINOS TALK ME. 18:09:53 (SPEAKING SPANISH. 18:09:56 WE CAN DO IT, YES, WE CAN. 18:09:58 >> RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 18:10:00 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:10:02 >> I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY I 18:10:08 THINK IT IS CALLED. 18:10:09 IF IT IS VOTED DOWN WHAT A CON 18:10:12 VOTE WOULD MEAN, MEANS THAT 18:10:13 GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD GO ON AS 18:10:14 USUAL? 18:10:15 >> WE ALREADY VOTED DOWN THE 18:10:17 ALTERNATE BY NOT RETURNING TO IT 18:10:19 AS THE SUBSTITUTE. 18:10:21 VOTED THIS DOWN, WE WOULD HAVE 18:10:23 MADE NO STATEMENT. 18:10:24 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE 18:10:25 TAKEN NO STAND ON THIS 18:10:28 PARTICULAR ISSUE. 18:10:29 >> OKAY. 18:10:31 THANK YOU. 18:10:31 >> THANK YOU. 18:10:33 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 18:10:34 THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE. 18:10:37 >> SUE MULLGAR UNITARIAN 18:10:40 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN WALNUT 18:10:43 CREEK. 18:10:44 I SPEAK TO THE UNINCORPORATED 18:10:46 AMENDMENT AND MOVE THAT WE 18:10:47 RESTORE THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH 18:10:49 BUSINESS IS LIMITED TO THE 18:10:51 MINIMUM REQUIRED BY OUR LAWS. 18:10:57 WE DELETE THOSE -- I'M SORRY. 18:11:01 WE DELETE THOSE WORDS SO THAT WE 18:11:04 DO NOT LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITIES 18:11:07 FOR OUR BOARD AND PLANNERS TO 18:11:10 HAVE MORE -- TO HAVE A FULL 18:11:14 ABILITY IN PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 18:11:17 GA. 18:11:17 >> OKAY. 18:11:19 SO YOU'RE MOVING, AND I FORGET 18:11:20 TO DO THIS BEFORE, I WILL DO IT 18:11:23 THIS TIME, YOU'RE REMOVING IN 18:11:26 WHICH BUSINESS LIMITED TO THAT 18:11:28 REQUIRED BY OUR BYLAWS, AND I 18:11:30 ACTUALLY WAS WRONG BEFORE. 18:11:31 IS THERE A SECOND? 18:11:32 >> SECOND. 18:11:33 >> SECOND. 18:11:34 >> SO DO WE WANT TO DEBATE THAT 18:11:35 OR DO WE JUST WANT TO VOTE IT? 18:11:39 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT 18:11:40 IT, MOVE AWAY FROM THE 18:11:42 MICROPHONE AND MAKES ME FEEL 18:11:44 BETTER. 18:11:47 YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR 18:11:48 OF IT. 18:11:49 ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST IT 18:11:50 BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN -- 18:11:57 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:11:58 OKAY. 18:11:59 NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK AGAINST 18:12:01 IT. 18:12:02 YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. 18:12:04 GO AHEAD. 18:12:14 LET ME BE CLEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. 18:12:15 IF THERE'S NOBODY AT THE CON 18:12:17 MICROPHONE, EVEN SOMEONE AT PRO, 18:12:21 THIS STATEMENT AS PRO AND I 18:12:25 THINK WE WILL VOTE. 18:12:26 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO VOTE. 18:12:28 ARE WE GOOD? 18:12:29 YEAH, OKAY. 18:12:29 WE DON'T HAVE ONE SIDE TO DEBATE 18:12:33 ANY MORE THAN WE NEED TO. 18:12:35 MOTION IS TO REMOVE THE WORDS 18:12:37 LINE 13 AND 14 IN WHICH BUSINESS 18:12:39 IS LIMITED TO THAT REQUIRED BY 18:12:41 THE BYLAWS. 18:12:45 TO STRIKE THAT OUT. 18:12:47 ARE WE CLEAR? 18:12:49 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING 18:12:50 THOSE LINES, RAISE YOUR VOTING 18:12:52 CARDS. 18:12:55 THANK YOU. 18:12:55 ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 18:13:00 NEEDS 2/3 MAJOR. 18:13:02 >> WE WANT A RESTATEMENT IS WHAT 18:13:13 WE'RE HEARING. 18:13:14 OKAY. 18:13:15 OKAY. 18:13:15 THE PARLIAMENTARIAN CALLING FOR 18:13:17 RESTATEMENT. 18:13:18 LET ME RESTATE IT CLEARLY. 18:13:20 THE MOTION IS TO AMEND THE 18:13:23 MOTION WE HAVE BEFORE US HERE. 18:13:26 HERE WE HAVE A MOTION THAT SAYS 18:13:27 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO GA AND 18:13:30 ONLY -- LET ME SEE. 18:13:32 AND ONLY DO THE BUSINESS THAT WE 18:13:34 REALLY HAVE TO DO ON A BUSINESS 18:13:36 AGENDA SO WE CAN DO OTHER 18:13:37 THINGS. 18:13:38 THE AMENDMENT IS SAYING LET'S 18:13:40 TAKE THAT OUT SO THAT WE COULD 18:13:41 DO OTHER BUSINESS AS WELL. 18:13:44 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 18:13:46 OKAY. 18:13:53 READING THE WORDS OFF THE SHEET 18:13:56 OF PAPER HERE. 18:13:58 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- SO IF 18:14:00 YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION 18:14:01 AS IT APPEARS, YOU WILL VOTE 18:14:03 AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT. 18:14:04 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 18:14:06 DOES THAT HELP? 18:14:11 PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:14:12 >> FIRST UU RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 18:14:18 I THINK WE HAVE CONFUSION, MADAM 18:14:21 MODERATOR AND CLARIFY. 18:14:23 MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SPEAKERS TO 18:14:25 CLARIFY? 18:14:25 >> MAYBE WE COULD. 18:14:27 I WILL GO TO THE CON MICROPHONE. 18:14:29 RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 18:14:30 CON MICROPHONE SPEAKING AGAINST 18:14:32 THIS AMENDMENT. 18:14:32 >> THANK YOU. 18:14:33 MY NAME IS MISCHA FROM MICHIGAN. 18:14:41 I WAS ORIGINALLY FOR THE BOYCOTT 18:14:43 AND SUPPORT US GOING TO ARIZONA, 18:14:45 ONLY IF WE DON'T DO BUSINESS AS 18:14:46 USUAL, AND OUR BOARD NEEDS TO 18:14:48 HAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM THIS 18:14:51 ASSEMBLY ABOUT OUR EXPECTATIONS. 18:14:57 . 18:14:54 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:14:58 >> IT IS NOT OKAY TO ASK US TO 18:15:00 CROSS A PICKET LINE FOR A 18:15:02 REGULAR GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 18:15:05 WE CROSS A PICKET LINE BECAUSE 18:15:07 WE ARE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO 18:15:09 ARE HURT AND FIND OUR CENTER OF 18:15:11 SOLIDARITY. 18:15:13 WE CANNOT HAVE BUSINESS AS 18:15:15 USUAL, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS 18:15:17 IN THERE SO THE BOARD IS VERY 18:15:19 CLEAR ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS ON 18:15:21 THAT. 18:15:21 >> THANK YOU. 18:15:22 I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT THE 18:15:24 PRO MICROPHONE. 18:15:25 >> MY NAME IS PAT EMERY, MEMBER 18:15:27 OF JEFFERSON UNITARIAN CHURCH IN 18:15:31 GOLDEN, COLORADO. 18:15:33 I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE 18:15:38 THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO 18:15:40 BUSINESS AS USUAL BUT DONE MEAN 18:15:46 WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS. 18:15:47 ALL THE BUSINESS IN THE PLENARY 18:15:49 SESSIONS IS IMPORTANT, AND I 18:15:51 DON'T THINK WE WOULD NEED TO 18:15:53 LIMIT IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT 18:15:54 OUR BUSINESS IS -- PUT IT THIS 18:15:57 WAY. 18:15:58 OUR -- OUR FUTURE GENERAL 18:16:03 ASSEMBLIES, OUR ENTIRE PROCESSES 18:16:06 INVOLVING CONGREGATION INVOLVE 18:16:09 MORE THAN JUST THE MINIMUM. 18:16:11 I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE 18:16:12 PROGRAMMING SHOULD BE ABOUT 18:16:13 THIS. 18:16:13 THANK YOU. 18:16:13 >> THANK YOU. 18:16:14 >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT 18:16:18 THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE. 18:16:19 >> MADAM MICROPHONE -- 18:16:23 MODERATOR. 18:16:24 [ LAUGHTER ] 18:16:24 >> YEAH. 18:16:25 THANK YOU FOR THE MICROPHONE. 18:16:26 I'M PEGGY BOGUARD FROM THE 18:16:29 UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EVANSTON, 18:16:31 ILLINOIS. 18:16:32 I WOULD LIKE THAT WE ADD 20 18:16:34 MINUTES TO THE DEBATE ON THIS 18:16:35 MOTION. 18:16:35 >> I NEED YOU TO HOLD FOR JUST A 18:16:38 SECOND. 18:16:38 >> OKAY. 18:16:39 >> I'M CONSULTING -- REMEMBER 18:16:49 WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD MANY THINGS 18:16:50 IN ONE COMMUNITY. 18:16:51 OUR CHILDREN'S CHOIR HAS BEEN 18:16:53 REHEARSING ALL WEEK TO PERFORM 18:16:55 FOR US. 18:16:55 WE HAVE TO BE OUT OF THIS HALL 18:16:58 VACATED IN THE NEXT 14 MINUTES 18:17:01 SO THAT THEY CAN SET UP FOR OUR 18:17:03 CHILDREN. 18:17:04 WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE THIS 18:17:05 DEBATE TOMORROW IF WE NEED TO, 18:17:07 BUT I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE NOT 18:17:08 TO EXTEND DEBATE MORE THAN 18:17:09 10-MINUTE AS A COURTESY TO THE 18:17:11 PLANNING COMMITTEE, OUR TECH 18:17:13 DECK AND OUR CHILDREN. 18:17:15 >> I WILL GO FOR TEN MINUTES, IF 18:17:17 I MAY. 18:17:18 >> ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF 18:17:20 EXTENDING DEBATE TEN MINUTES 18:17:21 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 18:17:22 THANK YOU. 18:17:23 ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED. 18:17:27 THAT FAILED. 18:17:28 SO WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF OUR 18:17:31 TIME FOR DEBATE. 18:17:32 WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF OUR 18:17:34 TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 18:17:35 SO LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE 18:17:37 GOING TO VOTE ON AND IN WHAT 18:17:39 ORDER. 18:17:39 WE HAVE AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF 18:17:41 US. 18:17:41 WE HAVE HEARD CON SPEAKER AND 18:17:45 PRO SPEAKER. 18:17:47 ARE WE CLEARER ABOUT THE 18:17:49 AMENDMENT NOW? 18:17:49 OKAY. 18:17:50 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE 18:17:52 AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE WORDS IN 18:17:54 WHICH BUSINESS IS LIMITED, RAISE 18:17:56 YOUR VOTING CARDS. 18:17:58 ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED. 18:18:02 OKAY. 18:18:02 THE MOTION CLEARLY FAILS. 18:18:04 NOW, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE 18:18:07 VOTING ON BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON 18:18:09 PHOENIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012. 18:18:13 OKAY? 18:18:13 AS PRESENTED WHEN YOU WALKED 18:18:15 INTO THE HALL TODAY. 18:18:17 ARE WE READY? 18:18:20 ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE 18:18:21 RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS. 18:18:27 . 18:18:23 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:18:27 >> THANK YOU. 18:18:27 ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 18:18:30 THE MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES. 18:18:34 . 18:18:33 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:18:51 >> OKAY. 18:18:52 PLEASE WE'RE STILL IN GOOD TIME, 18:18:54 IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. 18:18:57 I HAVE ASKED JOHN HUBERT TO LEAD 18:18:59 US IN A SONG. 18:19:00 I NEED TO SING. 18:19:01 WHO ELSE NEEDS TO SING? 18:19:03 . 18:19:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 18:19:04 >> JOHN, HELP US SING TOGETHER, 18:19:06 PLEASE. 18:19:06 >> WOW, WE DID IT. 18:19:21 LET'S SING SPIRIT OF LIFE. 18:19:31 SPIRIT OF LIFE ¶ 18:19:37 ¶ COME UNTO ME ¶ 18:19:40 ¶ SING IN MY HEART ¶ 18:19:46 ¶ ALL THE STIRRINGS OF COMPASSION ¶ 18:19:52 ¶ GO IN ¶ 18:19:58 ¶ RISE IN OUR SEA ¶ 18:20:01 ¶ MOVE IN THE HANDS GIVING LIFE THE SHAPE OF 18:20:10 JUSTICE ¶ 18:20:11 ¶ SET ME FREE ¶ 18:20:22 ¶ SPIRIT OF LIFE, COME TO ME, COME TO ME ¶¶ 18:20:37 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 18:20:42 WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, LET US HOLD 18:20:44 EACH OTHER TENDERLY, LET US HOLD 18:20:48 EACH OTHER VERY, VERY WELL. 18:20:53 I NEED TO HAVE ONE QUICK 18:20:55 ANNOUNCEMENT SO THAT YOU KNOW 18:20:56 WHERE TO GO TOMORROW FOR THOSE 18:20:58 OF YOU WHO ARE READY TO GO TO 18:21:01 WORK ON THE CSAI ON IMMIGRATION. 18:21:04 OUR SECRETARY, TOM LOCKERY. 18:21:07 >> THE HEARING ON THE CSAI FOR 18:21:12 TOMORROW IS SCHEDULED 10:30 TO 18:21:14 11:45, AND IT IS GOING TO BE IN 18:21:17 ROOM 201 HERE IN THE CONVENTION 18:21:19 CENTER. 18:21:20 10:30 TOMORROW MORNING TO 11:45 18:21:23 IN ROOM 201. 18:21:26 >> IS THAT IT? 18:21:29 >> THAT'S IT. 18:21:29 >> THANK YOU. 18:21:30 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS 18:21:31 TO COME BEFORE US IN 18:21:33 ANTICIPATION OF A FULL DAY 18:21:35 TOMORROW AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH 18:21:37 THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN YOUR 18:21:38 FINAL AGENDA, I DECLARE THAT 18:21:40 THIS PLENARY SESSION OF THE 18:21:41 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL STAND IN 18:21:42 RECESS UNTIL SUNDAY, JUNE 27th 18:21:47 2010 AT 10:45 A.M. 18:21:55 GO LOVE, BE LOVED. 18:21:57 GO WELL. 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