Every UU member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is encouraged to send delegates to the annual General Assembly (GA) each year, either physically or virtually. The 2025 GA runs from June 18 – 22. Delegates will vote on various proposals presented during the several days of business meetings.
Each certified congregation is allowed a member delegate for every 50 members. HUUC is allowed four member delegates. We will also have a religious professional delegate in Laci Adams as our DLFD.
In our congregation, the board selects the member delegates from volunteers. This year the delegates will be:
- Rebecca Pace – online
- Bill Lyon – in person
- Barbara Barnes – online
- Open
If you would like to volunteer for the open slot, contact a HUUC Board Member by June 8, 2025.
Our congregation’s practice is to allow these delegates to vote their mind and conscious. However, most delegates would like to hear what the congregation feels about the issues they will be voting on as our delegates. Items requiring votes are potential business resolutions, AIWs (Acts for Immediate Witness), CSAIs (Congregational Study Action Issues), and potential bylaws amendments.
At the time of this publication, there is no information on a potential business resolution although time is dedicated to its discussion on the current draft of the GA 2025 business agenda.
According to UUA.org, an AIW is a statement about a significant action, event, or development in the world that necessitates immediate engagement and action among UU member congregations and groups. Unlike a Statement of Conscience, an AIW does not carry the full authority of the UUA; rather, it expresses the conscience and carries the authority of the delegates at the GA at which it is passed. The Final AIWs will be determined June 6.
Currently, five AIWs are proposed for GA. Delegates will discuss and vote on the five proposals listed below and three will advance to the General Sessions for voting at GA. Click on the links below for more information on each proposed AIW.
Bringing a Feminist and Womanist Lens to Resistance and Activism – (https://tinyurl.com/dbmuez7z)
Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism: Reaffirming Our Covenants for Democracy and Freedom – (https://tinyurl.com/yyjcnhjr )
Funding Global LGBTIQ Freedom Amid Crisis: A Call for Immediate Action and Solidarity – (https://tinyurl.com/yb4bje7e)
Voter Justice and Racial Equity for the Citizens of the Nation’s Capital – (https://tinyurl.com/y58pujdf)
We Declare and Reaffirm: All People Have Inherent Worth and Inalienable Rights -( https://tinyurl.com/39jwyf87)
According to UUA.org, CSAIs “are issues selected by Unitarian Universalist member congregations for three years of study, reflection and action. The purpose is to provide member congregations of the Association with an opportunity to mobilize energy, ideas and resources around a common issue. The end result will be a deeper understanding of our religious position on the issue, a clear statement of Association policy as expressed in a Statement of Conscience, and a greater capacity for congregations to take effective action.”
The proposed CSAIs for 2025 and their associated website links are as follows:
- Abolition is Faith Formation – https://www.uua.org/action/process/abolition-faith-formation-2025-csai
- Fat Liberation: Building Justice and Inclusion for Larger Bodies – https://www.uua.org/action/process/fat-liberation-building-justice-and-inclusion-larger-bodies
- Housing: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – https://www.uua.org/action/process/housing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-2025-csai
At the time of this publication, there is little information about proposed bylaw amendments. The current information from the Bylaws Renewal Team 2024-2026 Work Plan suggests pre-GA info sessions; however, the current draft of the GA business agenda dedicates time to potential bylaws amendments discussion.
Check https://UUA.org/ for the most current information on both AIWs and proposed bylaws amendments as time approaches the 2025 GA. If you have specific opinions about what is up for a vote on at GA, please your feelings with our HUUC 2025 GA delegates.
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