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Jim Key: I now call to the
order the fifth general session

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of the 53rd General Assembly
of the Unitarian Universalist

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Association.

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I hope you all got to walk
outside on the way to the dunk

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this morning and
didn't come through all

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the overhead passageways.

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Is it not the most perfect
day in the world out there?

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And how you feeling on this
fourth day of General Assembly?

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Energy level still high?

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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First of all, I want to
acknowledge your frustrations

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with our ongoing schedule
problems of yesterday.

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You've been very attentive
to that and appreciative

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for the most part.

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The young adults took the hit
on that with their GA talk

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coming so late that most of
you were out of the hall.

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And I apologize for that.

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But they will be back with
another GA talk tomorrow.

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Morning.

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So I hope you'll
listen closely to that.

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Do you remember
the conversation,

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I believe it was yesterday,
I'm losing track of days,

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that Faithify was mentioned
as a crowd-funding site where

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passionate folk follow, share,
and fund innovative ministries?

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One of the perks of
being a moderator

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is you get all sorts of swag.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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And what I want to
report is that as

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Of I Think It Was
7:00 PM last night,

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Faithify had raised $16,600.

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So I think that's really cool.

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I'm glad you're all
here this morning.

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But I believe the
Right Relations Team--

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I bet they do have a
report because they're

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standing right to my right.

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Come on up.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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Phoebe Masterson-eckhart:
Good morning.

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We are your Right
Relationship Team.

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This is our morning report.

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My name is Phoebe
Masterson-Eckhart.

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Halcyon Westall: And my
name is Halcyon Westall.

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Phoebe Masterson-eckhart:
We all came here

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with different
expectations, and we all

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bring our past experiences, both
the joys and the pains with us.

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We are still learning how
to live in Beloved Community

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together.

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Our relationships with
our faith are beautiful,

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but can also be complicated.

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We don't leave our past
and those relationships

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at the door.

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We've been here a few days
now, and in our growing comfort

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we may be tempted
to make assumptions

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about our similarities.

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How we communicate with
each other is important.

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Language has the power to
harm and the power to heal.

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It takes mindfulness to
live in Beloved Community.

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Mindfulness about sharing
space and about making room

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for each other.

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Let us endeavor to take the time
to be gentle with one another.

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Despite the
accessibility challenges

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of Providence and
these facilities,

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we want to lift up
with appreciation

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those who are practicing
new ways of being

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in right relationship.

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We give thanks to
those who are mindfully

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making space for
those among us who

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use assistive devices such
as scooters and walkers

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to move through the narrow
halls and crowded rooms.

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Halcyon Westall: We are thankful
for the ushers and volunteers

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who work tirelessly to make
sure that General Assembly runs

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as smoothly as possible.

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We have noticed
as we have become

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more comfortable in
this space that we

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seem to be forgetting
that we are guests.

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We ask that you take extra
care to check around your seat

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whenever you leave
a room, and make

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sure you are taking
your trash, compost,

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and recyclables to
their proper bins.

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While we're talking
about seats, we

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want to lift up with
appreciation three women who

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mistakenly sat in the young
adult section yesterday

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morning.

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These three were
wonderfully gracious

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when asked to move in order
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sit together en masse.

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This is just one reminder
that while we may sometimes

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make mistakes, we can always
return to right relationship.

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We've got to tell you
that our phone was ringing

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off the hook all day yesterday.

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Many of these calls were
reports of a successful return

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to right relationship.

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We love to hear these stories.

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These are the stories
that assure us

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that you are taking
the initiative

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to repair relationships
on your own,

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coming to the right
relationships team

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when you are unsure of
how to approach someone

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or need a companion
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And we want to say thank you
to the people who are simply

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stopping us to say thank
you for our service.

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We really appreciate it.

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Knowing that you are engaging
in the work of keeping

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the love alive in our Beloved
Community warms our heart

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and gives us hope.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Jim Key: Thank you
for that report.

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Now's the time in
our agenda where

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we vote to admit potential
actions of immediate witness

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to the agenda for
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We're going to do some
more of that this morning.

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So I call on Susan
Geckler, once again,

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to give us a report on potential
actions of immediate witness

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and a little overview
of the process for this.

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Susan Geckler: Thank you.

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Before I start, I
just want to ask

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you to join me in
thanking all those who

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have proposed actions
of immediate witness.

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They worked hard.

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They are passionate.

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They were committed.

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And whether their
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or will be selected
or not, they have

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raised our awareness
of important issues.

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So please join me
in thanking them

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for all their hard work
and their commitment.

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[APPLAUSE]

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We had nine possible
actions of immediate witness

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that were submitted to the CSW
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All of them gathered the
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The UUA bylaws state in
section 4.16c3 on page 108--

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I did that for you, Jim-- that
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submitted, the CSW shall select
six that meet the criteria

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for a General Assembly
action of immediate witness.

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The criteria that the CSW
considered were immediacy,

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is that something that
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Specificity.

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So it's too narrow a topic to be
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action issue.

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The grounding in UU
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Whether congregations could
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on this issue.

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And whether there was
opportunity for Unitarian

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Universalists to become
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in the public dialogue.

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Based on that and the
need to limit it to six,

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the ones that we selected
are in your program

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today on the blue sheet.

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So Moderator Key, the
Commission on Social Witness

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submits to the
delegates for a vote

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to select three proposed
actions of immediate witness

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to add to the final agenda
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on Sunday the
following six issues.

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A, support the faith summit
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B, support a fair, ambitious,
and binding 2015 Global Climate

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Treaty.

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C, affirming
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to gun violence prevention.

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D, stop arresting victims
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E, calling for
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of violence in Syria.

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And F, Unitarian
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support for Uganda new
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to safely extract LGBT people
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Jim Key: So are
we clear on that?

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We're going to now
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of the process for adopting
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Bylaw section 4-16 on page
108 of your program book

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provides that not more
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of immediate witness
may be admitted

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to the agenda for
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And that 2/3 of
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support the admission of
each one to the agenda.

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Delegates have
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to pick up a copy of the
blue sheet, the proposed

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actions of immediate witness.

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And if there's any
delegate without a copy,

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raise your voting card,
and tellers will make sure

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that each delegate
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So you've gotten the summaries.

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You've heard what the
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And I want to call
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got on your ballot attached
to your delegate card

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a voting stub with
letters A through F on it.

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And you're going
to check-- listen

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clearly-- three of those
blocks before we're through

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here this morning.

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But don't vote yet.

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We have six groups
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that there are some issues that
the delegates need to consider.

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It will be up to
you this morning

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based on the rules found in
the bylaws 4.16 on page 108

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to narrow these
six down to three.

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Tomorrow, you'll vote on the
actual language of those.

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This is important.

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Today, you are voting
on the three topics

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that you feel are worthy
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that you want to spend
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in mini assemblies and
tomorrow in general session

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to see about actually
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as a body of delegates.

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So here's the process.

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You get this alert, and
you look at the summaries

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that are printed there.

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They're random in order.

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They're not in any
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The letters that
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to the letters on your ballot
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A is the support
for the faith summit

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on stopping deportations,
and so on down the sheet.

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At the mini assemblies this
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and Ballroom E, you'll
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to look at the full
statements and then make

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decisions about whether you want
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But don't vote yet.

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We're going to hear statements
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of these issues.

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Each one has two minutes to
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But before recognize, I see no
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but I do see folks at
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Yes, I recognize the delegate
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David Anderson: Thank you.

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David Anderson, University
Unitarian Church in Seattle.

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You said vote on three.

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I'm just making clear that we
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Jim Key: Absolutely.

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A very good question.

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You could go on one.

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You can vote on two.

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You can vote on three.

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If you vote on four,
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If you vote the same
one-- A, A, A-- that gets

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thrown out as well.

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So A, A,B, A,B, C,
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Thanks.

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I recognize the delegate
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Richard Bock: Richard Bock,
Unitarian Universalist

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Congregation at Shelter Rock.

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Jim, you are referring
to ABC, et cetera.

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The blue sheet has
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Would you give us instructions?

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Jim Key: You noticed.

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You noticed that.

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Very good.

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Richard Bock: I certainly did.

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Jim Key: See, we
do these things.

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As your moderator, I
do these things just

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to see if you're
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I see that you are.

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Thank you for that.

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So let's go through that.

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Thank you.

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Richard Bock: Thank you.

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Jim Key: The one called
one on your blue sheet.

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You really need the blue sheet.

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You could take a pen and
mark that A as I have done.

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And then I want to
step you through this.

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This is proposed AIW two
would be B. And C and D and E

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and F. We good with that?

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Excellent.

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So I recognize the delegate
at the pro microphone.

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Melissa Carvill-ziemer: My
name is Melissa Carvill-Ziemer.

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I serve as the minister of
the Unitarian Universalist

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congregation of Kent in Ohio.

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Like many people, I have been
heartbroken to see the photos

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and read the stories of
unaccompanied immigrant

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children crossing into
our country on a quest

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to save their lives.

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Border Patrol has already
picked up almost 50,000 children

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this year.

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And even more are
expected next year.

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The United Nations reports that
more than half of the children

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would likely qualify
for refugee status.

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But without adequate
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I fear that many will
face deportation instead.

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President Obama has
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a humanitarian crisis.

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However, it cannot be understood
apart from the larger crisis

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caused by ongoing deportations.

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Over 1,000 deportations
each day, over two million

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in the last five years.

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The epidemic of deportations
is separating families,

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traumatizing children, and
fracturing communities.

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There is widespread
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of voices calling
on President Obama

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to take executive action to
respond to this crisis too.

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Immigration activists,
faith leaders,

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even members of Congress
have called upon Obama

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to halt the deportations
until Congress enacts

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comprehensive
immigration reform.

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We had been invited to add our
voices to this urgent call.

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From July 31 to August
1, our interfaith

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and immigrant justice partners
will host a faith summit

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on stopping deportations
in Washington, DC.

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They need us to turn out and
to consider participating

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in planned civil disobedience
as a faithful response

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to this crisis.

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This action of immediate
witness is a call

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to support the faith summit--
to go yourself or send

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a delegation from your
congregation to DC if you can.

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And if you can't,
to find a way to add

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your voice to the chorus of
people calling for another way.

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We may be heartbroken,
but we are not helpless

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and we are not hopeless.

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Jim Key: Thank you.

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I recognize the delegate
at the pro microphone.

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Doris Marlin: Good morning, GA.

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I'm Doris Marlin from All
Souls Church in Washington, DC.

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Steve Buckingham: And
I'm Steve Buckingham

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from the Goodlow Memorial
Unitarian Universalist

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Congregation in Bowie,
Maryland, and co-chair

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of the Unitarian Universalist
Legislative Ministry

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of Maryland.

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UUs understand that
climate change is real.

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And we can and we
accept the human role

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in creating greenhouse gases
that are the root cause.

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We know the tragic
consequences that

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are already
affecting our planet.

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And we know that the window to
take remedial action is closing

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and time is short.

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This is the time to act.

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This is a simple proposal.

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All individual UUs
and congregations

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can and have acted to
take remedial action

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to mitigate climate change.

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We also know that
they have acted

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at the state and local level
to take action as well.

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But we need the
world to agree to

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a fair, ambitious, and binding
treaty in Paris next year.

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This is the time.

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Only such a treaty will
hold nations accountable.

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And since the US is the largest
producer of greenhouse gases,

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one of the largest, active
American participation

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and support is essential.

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Why should other
nations participate

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if we don't agree
to do our part?

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As people of faith
this, is the time for us

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to speak out and call
on our government

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to make a global
agreement happen.

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This is a moral stand
that we're asking you

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and your denomination to take.

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And worldwide action
is needed now.

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This is the time.

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Keep in mind that
voting for this AIW

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must only be the first
step that you take.

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It's imperative that we
pledge each of us to act.

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If you vote for
this AIW, we expect

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you to contact
lawmakers and become

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a personal advocate
for the cause.

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You've never done this before.

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There are plenty in UUs circles
who are willing to help.

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But this is the time.

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This is the time to take
a stand to bear witness

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to the immorality
of future inaction.

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Jim Key: Thank you very much.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Jim Key: I recognize the
delegate at the pro microphone.

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The tall delegate at
the pro microphone.

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Bob Hatfield: And the
helpful person next to me.

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Jim Key: Takes a
village, doesn't it?

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Bob Hatfield: Mr. Moderator,
my fellow delegates,

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I am Bob Hatfield from
the UU congregation

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of Fairfax, Virginia.

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I feel honored and
humbled to give voice

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to the thousands who
sadly never had, never

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will have the opportunity.

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AIW three or C is titled
Affirming Congregational

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Commitment to Gun
Violence Prevention.

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Once you get past the several
because and whereas statements,

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you see that it has one clear
and definitive purpose--

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to motivate and inspire our
1,028 congregations to each

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adopt their own resolution or
statement of conscience to work

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for gun violence
prevention taking ownership

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for the critical
resource that can make

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a difference, a broad,
faith-based coalition

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of committed advocates.

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I won't take your time telling
you what you already know,

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the devastating carnage
of gun homicides,

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the powerful industry-funded
opposition of the NRA,

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the cowering legislators
more dedicated

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to protecting their
seat than the public.

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When my Northern
Virginia advocacy group

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was founded a month after the
Newtown, Connecticut Sandy Hook

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School tragedy, we
adopted the mantra

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of our partner, Newtown Action
Alliance, to honor with action.

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A more recent tragedy
at UC Santa Barbara

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has sadly provided another
mantra from Richard Martinez

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the father of a 20-year-old
son killed there.

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At the end of his impassioned
plea for sensible gun

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legislation Richard
cried, not one more.

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Please say it with me.

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Not one more.

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Not one more.

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We could do this.

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It is in your hands
to make a difference.

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You won't be alone.

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The three Northern
Virginia congregations

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have passed resolutions standing
ready would guidance as needed.

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Jim Key: Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Jim Key: I recognize the
delegate at the pro microphone.

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Thank you.

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I am the Reverend Amy
Zucker Morgenstern

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of the UU Church of Palo Alto
and the UU Abolitionists.

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And I woke up this morning
with my mind-state on freedom.

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20 to 30 million
people worldwide

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are enslaved, held
against their will,

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and compelled by threat of
violence to work without pay.

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This most appalling
violation of human rights

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occurs in every country,
including the US.

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To add trauma to trauma,
when the police act

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against trafficking
situations, they often

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treat trafficked people not
as the victims of a crime,

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but as criminals.

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Right now sex
trafficked children

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are being handcuffed and
thrown into juvenile hall.

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Adults are being transferred
from sweatshops to prisons.

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Immigrants of all
ages who thought

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they were being rescued
from their traffickers

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are instead languishing
in detention camps

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or being deported.

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This must stop!

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We can stop it.

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Legislation is pending in
42 states, the District

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of Columbia, and the US Congress
that would prohibit the arrest

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and detention of human
trafficking victims,

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and in many cases,
offer help instead.

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Our UU values and history
exhort us to pass these laws

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and support the survivors
of modern slavery

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in securing justice and
rebuilding their lives.

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The words of our
four mother Frances

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Ellen Watkins-Harper, the 19th
century Unitarian abolitionist

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in her poem, "Bury Me in a
Free Land" ring in our ears

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this morning.

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All that my yearning
spirit craves

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is bury me not in
a land of slaves.

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She saw her people
liberated, and yet this land

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is tainted by the suffering
of 21st century slaves.

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Will we heed her prophetic cry?

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Will we hear theirs?

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The need is urgent.

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The opportunity for
action is immediate.

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And the cause is
ours-- the cause

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of justice, dignity,
and freedom.

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Thank you.

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Jim Key: Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Jim Key: I recognize the
delegate at the pro microphone.

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Ann Johnson-lundberg:
I'm Ann Johnson-Lundberg

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from Westport, Connecticut,
the Westport Unitarian

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Church in Connecticut.

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Syria, 10 million people
driven from their homes.

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We may have a wrong impression
from the websites of World Food

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Program or UNICEF
showing aid to Syria.

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They are not
reaching the warzone.

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That's because
sovereign governments

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pay for the UN and
Assad forbids aid

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to the rebel-held territories.

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And that's where the bombing is.

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The chlorine gas,
the starvation,

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that makes Syria hugely
different from homelessness

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in other places like Iraq.

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In Syria, the
government blocks aid.

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The second misimpression
comes from TV

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that a family reaching
Jordan, Lebanon, or Turkey

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gets one of those
huge fluffy tents

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and stands in food
lines that are

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serviced by CARE, for example.

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Instead, 80% of
the Syrian refugees

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are turned away
from bursting camps.

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They live on the streets.

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And that's terrible for the
fragile countries receiving

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the refugees, 9,400
of them a day.

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And yet, Syrian immigrants
are not welcome in the EU

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or in the United States.

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5,000 in Germany.

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31 in the United States.

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Pope Francis says there is a
globalization of indifference

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to the Syrians.

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UUs believe in the inherent
dignity of every person.

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We need to publicize in the
media the unknown story of how

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UN organizations cannot
reach the warzones,

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that neighboring countries take
in only 20% of the refugees

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into camps, and that the
United States needs to increase

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the number of vetted immigrants.

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Above all, we need to
make humanitarian programs

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a priority, for
example, the UUSC trauma

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program for Syrians in
Lebanon, and to partner

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with our community
Muslim friends

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whose refugee organizations
are effective in getting help

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into Syria.

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Jim Key: Thank you.

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The moderator recognizes the
delegate at the Pro microphone.

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Sara Huisjen: My
name is Sara Huisjen.

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I'm honored to serve the
Unitarian Universalist

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Church of Ellsworth, Maine.

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If ever there was a
crisis that deserved

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being named an action of
immediate witness, it is this.

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Even as we speak, gays,
lesbians, transgender,

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and bisexual people
and their allies

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are being hunted down
and killed in Uganda.

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In February, 2014, the
Ugandan Parliament approved

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and President Museveni signed
a new law criminalizing

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00:28:26,030 --> 00:28:29,470
homosexuality with sentences
up to and including

507
00:28:29,470 --> 00:28:31,310
life imprisonment.

508
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,060
The law makes
aiding and abetting

509
00:28:33,060 --> 00:28:36,080
homosexuality a criminal
offense carrying

510
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,970
a sentence of up to
seven years in prison.

511
00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:43,760
Since the law passed, a tax
on lesbians, gays, bisexuals,

512
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,210
and transgender
people have increased.

513
00:28:46,210 --> 00:28:49,450
In fact, in the last
two weeks, LGBT people

514
00:28:49,450 --> 00:28:52,050
and their supporters
are being rounded up

515
00:28:52,050 --> 00:28:55,000
and killed at an
escalating pace.

516
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,900
A Quaker group has formed
Friends New Underground

517
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:00,090
Railway.

518
00:29:00,090 --> 00:29:01,900
In the past week,
the group reports

519
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:05,350
in two different incidents in
two different locations they've

520
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:10,380
had 58 LGBT people evicted
from their safe houses

521
00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:12,610
and running for their lives.

522
00:29:12,610 --> 00:29:15,030
This follows on the
heels of suicides

523
00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:17,780
by two people who lost
hope of getting out.

524
00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:21,830
And also with the names of
LGBT folk who are being hunted

525
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:23,720
read over the radio.

526
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,730
Due to some extraordinary
acts of heroism

527
00:29:26,730 --> 00:29:29,160
on the part of several
of their conductors,

528
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,720
the 58 are now in two separate
locations and temporarily out

529
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,240
of harm's way.

530
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,710
The group has been successful in
moving people to Kenya and then

531
00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:41,400
to shelter in several
countries in Europe.

532
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,690
The UUA and the UU
Service Committee

533
00:29:43,690 --> 00:29:48,020
have proud histories working
to rescue persecuted people

534
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,270
in harm's way.

535
00:29:49,270 --> 00:29:53,610
This action of immediate
witness calls on us to speak out

536
00:29:53,610 --> 00:29:55,280
and to act again.

537
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,120
What could be a better
symbol of love reaching out

538
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,630
than to stand with
the Quakers in support

539
00:30:00,630 --> 00:30:03,139
of the new underground railway?

540
00:30:03,139 --> 00:30:03,930
Jim Key: Thank you.

541
00:30:03,930 --> 00:30:08,925
[APPLAUSE]

542
00:30:08,925 --> 00:30:10,300
Jim Key: I recognize
the delegate

543
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,570
at the procedure microphone.

544
00:30:12,570 --> 00:30:13,970
Speaker 1: Yes, Mr. Moderator.

545
00:30:13,970 --> 00:30:17,680
I believe you indicated that
the votes were more than one,

546
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,340
a duplicate selection is
made, would be discarded?

547
00:30:21,340 --> 00:30:26,010
I would move to amend
that, that ballots on which

548
00:30:26,010 --> 00:30:30,100
is more than one mark is by
one selection should be counted

549
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,430
simply as one vote
for that selection

550
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:35,090
and that the ballot
not be discarded.

551
00:30:35,090 --> 00:30:36,590
Jim Key: That would
be out of order,

552
00:30:36,590 --> 00:30:37,860
but let me make a suggestion.

553
00:30:37,860 --> 00:30:40,690
If you put the wrong letter
in and you want to change it,

554
00:30:40,690 --> 00:30:42,670
just cross it out
very carefully.

555
00:30:42,670 --> 00:30:45,680
And put the letter that you
really wanted beside it.

556
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,200
And we'll count those votes.

557
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,740
Speaker 1: I'm just concerned
that those who do it out

558
00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:54,170
of emphasis rather
than selection

559
00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:56,830
would then be disenfranchised.

560
00:30:56,830 --> 00:31:00,150
Jim Key: We'll be fine as
long as people aren't voting

561
00:31:00,150 --> 00:31:03,409
for four or three
for the same one.

562
00:31:03,409 --> 00:31:04,950
But we'll be fine
when we count them.

563
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:05,820
I'm pretty sure.

564
00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:09,180
Thanks.

565
00:31:09,180 --> 00:31:12,511
We don't have time for any more
comments at the pro microphone.

566
00:31:12,511 --> 00:31:13,010
I'm sorry.

567
00:31:13,010 --> 00:31:16,660
We've heard from
the six proponents,

568
00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:21,190
passionate and persuasive
proponents of these AIWs.

569
00:31:21,190 --> 00:31:23,780
And so you've got an
overview of these six.

570
00:31:23,780 --> 00:31:25,250
So now's the time to vote.

571
00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:28,890
Take out a pencil, a
pen, a crayon, something

572
00:31:28,890 --> 00:31:31,230
you can write with
and select up to three

573
00:31:31,230 --> 00:31:33,870
that you would like
to see move forward.

574
00:31:33,870 --> 00:31:35,890
As I said earlier, if
you do more than three,

575
00:31:35,890 --> 00:31:37,350
your ballot will be invalid.

576
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:38,800
These are our rules.

577
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,810
If you select one three
times, that will be invalid.

578
00:31:42,810 --> 00:31:47,940
You can check just one or just
two, but no more than three.

579
00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:52,740
Then you're going to tear
this stub off ever so gently.

580
00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:55,240
And this is going to be passed
down the aisle to the ushers.

581
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,160
And they're going
to collect them.

582
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,364
And we're going to continue
doing that quietly.

583
00:31:59,364 --> 00:32:00,780
You don't need to
raise your card.

584
00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:03,310
Just pass your
votes to the ushers.

585
00:32:03,310 --> 00:32:06,540
They'll be up and down the
aisles with their baskets.

586
00:32:06,540 --> 00:32:08,220
So are we good?

587
00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:09,290
We good?

588
00:32:09,290 --> 00:32:13,820
OK.

589
00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:17,640
I get to welcome Eric Cherry.

590
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,620
And I would suggest he might
start moving to the podium.

591
00:32:21,620 --> 00:32:23,890
Eric is the Director of
International Office.

592
00:32:23,890 --> 00:32:29,330
And he gets to go to all this
cool places around the world.

593
00:32:29,330 --> 00:32:33,621
Welcome Eric Cherry to make some
important introductions to us.

594
00:32:33,621 --> 00:32:34,120
Eric?

595
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:47,420
[APPLAUSE]

596
00:32:47,420 --> 00:32:51,220
Eric Cherry: Unitarians and
Universalists and Unitarian

597
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:55,760
Universalists have had unique
and important relationships

598
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,620
with Japanese religious
partners since the end

599
00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:02,430
of the 19th century.

600
00:33:02,430 --> 00:33:05,870
But in the 1970s,
new relationships

601
00:33:05,870 --> 00:33:08,470
began to form through
the International

602
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:12,200
Association for
Religious Freedom.

603
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560
One of those relationships
is with Konkokyo,

604
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:22,130
a Japanese Shinto sect
which shares many values

605
00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:25,330
with Unitarian Universalism.

606
00:33:25,330 --> 00:33:32,780
And especially with the Konko
Church of Izuo in Osaka, Japan.

607
00:33:32,780 --> 00:33:37,350
The founder of that church,
Reverend Toshio Miyake,

608
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:41,650
was a close colleague
of many UUA leaders

609
00:33:41,650 --> 00:33:45,760
in the interfaith
struggle for world peace.

610
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,180
And today, the
leader of that church

611
00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:51,930
and the current president of
the International Association

612
00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:57,710
for Religious Freedom is here
to share a word with all of us.

613
00:33:57,710 --> 00:34:01,800
Please welcome the most
Reverend Mitsuo Miyake.

614
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:07,201
[APPLAUSE]

615
00:34:07,201 --> 00:34:10,090
Reverend Mitsuo
Miyake: Good morning.

616
00:34:10,090 --> 00:39:55,120
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Thank you very much.

617
00:39:55,120 --> 00:40:46,440
[APPLAUSE]

618
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:50,440
Eric Cherry: The global
Unitarian Universalist story

619
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:55,340
has a long history with
many peaks and valleys

620
00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:59,230
that occurred in
many historical eras.

621
00:40:59,230 --> 00:41:03,600
And it's been terrific to
have leaders of Unitarian

622
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,740
and Unitarian
Universalists communities

623
00:41:05,740 --> 00:41:08,850
from around the world with
us at General Assembly

624
00:41:08,850 --> 00:41:13,200
this year from places
where the global UU

625
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:18,650
story has roots and wings.

626
00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:23,090
Representatives from
our global partners

627
00:41:23,090 --> 00:41:31,417
have good news to
share this morning.

628
00:41:31,417 --> 00:41:33,000
Derek Mcauley:
Building a better world

629
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,050
is surely what we're all about.

630
00:41:35,050 --> 00:41:38,090
And I'm pleased to report
that British Unitarians

631
00:41:38,090 --> 00:41:42,000
and free Christians were at
the forefront of the campaign

632
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,930
same sex marriage
which was introduced

633
00:41:44,930 --> 00:41:48,240
in March this year
in England and Wales.

634
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,740
We built a coalition.
[END PLAYBACK]

635
00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:57,310
[APPLAUSE]

636
00:41:57,310 --> 00:41:59,640
Derek Mcauley: We built a
coalition of liberal faith

637
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,110
groups that had a real
impact in breaking down

638
00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:07,060
barriers and promoting a more
inclusive and tolerant society.

639
00:42:07,060 --> 00:42:15,458
[APPLAUSE]

640
00:42:15,458 --> 00:42:17,570
Lara Fuchs: Liberal
religion is alive, well,

641
00:42:17,570 --> 00:42:21,040
and growing in Switzerland.

642
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,090
Unitarian Universalist
congregations

643
00:42:23,090 --> 00:42:27,430
in Geneva and Basel
are healthy and active.

644
00:42:27,430 --> 00:42:31,190
We've been blessed with a
steady stream of gifted visiting

645
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:36,320
ministers and traveling UUs
whose visits enrich our worship

646
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,120
and enhance our
developing community.

647
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:40,130
Keep coming.

648
00:42:40,130 --> 00:42:40,960
We welcome you.

649
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:57,780
[APPLAUSE]

650
00:42:57,780 --> 00:43:01,100
Gizi Nagy: We come
from Unitarian Churches

651
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:03,220
in Transylvania.

652
00:43:03,220 --> 00:43:09,940
In [INAUDIBLE], we established
a special program for families

653
00:43:09,940 --> 00:43:17,000
with children younger
than 14 and young couples

654
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:21,580
as a direct result of
the Second International

655
00:43:21,580 --> 00:43:24,920
Convocation of Unitarian
and Universalist

656
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:30,000
Women in [INAUDIBLE] 2012.

657
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:37,201
The meetings, until now,
involved over 200 participants.

658
00:43:37,201 --> 00:43:45,060
[APPLAUSE]

659
00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 2: Standing in for
Vyda Ng, the Canadian Unitarian

660
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,680
Council Executive Director.

661
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,130
We have new priorities
to guide our work,

662
00:43:54,130 --> 00:43:57,780
including fostering innovation
in the growth and development

663
00:43:57,780 --> 00:44:00,400
of UU communities in Canada.

664
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,290
The Canadian Unitarian
Council Board

665
00:44:02,290 --> 00:44:08,288
is also undertaking a process to
revisit our vision and mission.

666
00:44:08,288 --> 00:44:15,250
[APPLAUSE]

667
00:44:15,250 --> 00:44:17,350
Darihun Khriam: In the
northeast of India,

668
00:44:17,350 --> 00:44:20,180
we have a special
event each year

669
00:44:20,180 --> 00:44:24,590
which is called the Anniversary
Day, which is the founding

670
00:44:24,590 --> 00:44:27,370
day of the Unitarians
in the northeast.

671
00:44:27,370 --> 00:44:32,300
And it is on the
18th of September.

672
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:36,090
Recently, the government
declared a local holiday

673
00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:40,640
where every Unitarian would
go to church, worship,

674
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:46,550
have feasts, and have fun
dancing through the night.

675
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:51,750
[APPLAUSE]

676
00:44:51,750 --> 00:44:54,280
Guests, like everybody,
is having fun

677
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:55,990
because it's a holiday.

678
00:44:55,990 --> 00:45:01,760
But Unitarians are
having the greatest fun.

679
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,750
And we have just closed our
special closing ceremony

680
00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:10,220
for 125th anniversary
which was last year.

681
00:45:10,220 --> 00:45:11,089
Thank you.

682
00:45:11,089 --> 00:45:19,156
[APPLAUSE]

683
00:45:19,156 --> 00:45:20,530
Dorcy Erlandson:
Three years ago,

684
00:45:20,530 --> 00:45:22,990
for the second time
in our history,

685
00:45:22,990 --> 00:45:26,520
the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Paris

686
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,120
was asked to leave
a rental space

687
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,400
in a French Protestant
Church because a few members

688
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,750
of the church
council did not find

689
00:45:34,750 --> 00:45:37,880
us appropriately Christian.

690
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:42,030
Luckily, after a long search, we
found a Protestant neighborhood

691
00:45:42,030 --> 00:45:45,720
center that is dedicated
to welcoming all

692
00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:49,820
and whose leaders agreed to
rent us space for our worship.

693
00:45:49,820 --> 00:45:52,260
In addition to
having a home, we now

694
00:45:52,260 --> 00:45:54,360
have a place where
we can participate

695
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,239
in local social
justice activities.

696
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:04,910
[APPLAUSE]

697
00:46:04,910 --> 00:46:06,850
Speaker 3: Good morning.

698
00:46:06,850 --> 00:46:09,400
We European Unitarian
Universalists

699
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,620
are best known for our
two annual retreats, one

700
00:46:12,620 --> 00:46:14,810
in the spring and
one in the fall.

701
00:46:14,810 --> 00:46:18,410
These weekend retreats offer
deep intellectual and spiritual

702
00:46:18,410 --> 00:46:23,360
community that we
experience in many ways.

703
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,920
Participation in our
retreats is growing.

704
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,730
And we are looking
forward to celebrating

705
00:46:27,730 --> 00:46:32,536
our first European
GA in June of 2017.

706
00:46:32,536 --> 00:46:34,024
[APPLAUSE]

707
00:46:34,024 --> 00:46:37,500
Thank you.

708
00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:40,100
And we would be very happy
to welcome any of you

709
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:42,402
at any of our retreats.

710
00:46:42,402 --> 00:46:49,470
[APPLAUSE]

711
00:46:49,470 --> 00:46:52,780
Jim Key: In Kenya, the
Unitarian Universalist Church

712
00:46:52,780 --> 00:46:56,660
is developing congregations
and outreach efforts.

713
00:46:56,660 --> 00:46:59,590
We got also adapting to
their problem of the climate

714
00:46:59,590 --> 00:47:03,880
change, which has caused the
food production to decrease.

715
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,310
This has made people to
shift from maize farming

716
00:47:07,310 --> 00:47:11,764
to [INAUDIBLE] farming to meet
their food and financial needs.

717
00:47:11,764 --> 00:47:18,520
[APPLAUSE]

718
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,710
Jim Key: In Prague,
the Unitarians

719
00:47:20,710 --> 00:47:25,430
overcame the occupation by the
Nazis, then by the communists.

720
00:47:25,430 --> 00:47:29,110
After some time of looking
around and preparing

721
00:47:29,110 --> 00:47:32,440
our grounds, we firmly
hold the chalice,

722
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,410
share the song of
hope, and welcome

723
00:47:35,410 --> 00:47:39,860
anyone who will share the
light with the new generations

724
00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:41,493
of Unitarians.

725
00:47:41,493 --> 00:47:51,360
[APPLAUSE]

726
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:55,330
Jim Key: The UU Church of the
Philippines, founded in 1954,

727
00:47:55,330 --> 00:47:59,480
is an association
of 27 congregations.

728
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,760
With the exception of one
congregation in Manila,

729
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:07,160
all are located in the rural
parts of Negros, many of whom

730
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,980
are led by Christian
faith healers, animists.

731
00:48:10,980 --> 00:48:15,360
In metro Manila is the UU
congregation of Bicutan,

732
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:19,230
founded in 2005, a
theist congregation

733
00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:23,460
of about 70 members
comprised of about 70%

734
00:48:23,460 --> 00:48:30,146
youth located in the
shanties of Taguig City.

735
00:48:30,146 --> 00:48:38,100
[APPLAUSE]

736
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:41,880
Eric Cherry: The global UU story
may have had its beginnings

737
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,150
many centuries ago,
but as you can see,

738
00:48:45,150 --> 00:48:48,210
it continues to
be written today.

739
00:48:48,210 --> 00:48:53,450
Its chapters include worship
and theological exploration,

740
00:48:53,450 --> 00:48:57,730
organizing and social
action, and all the varieties

741
00:48:57,730 --> 00:49:05,370
of church work and outreach
work that all of us do.

742
00:49:05,370 --> 00:49:08,080
Jim Key: The future
of the global UU story

743
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,130
will also be shaped
by our engagement

744
00:49:10,130 --> 00:49:12,770
with many interfaith
and social justice

745
00:49:12,770 --> 00:49:14,620
partners around the world.

746
00:49:14,620 --> 00:49:16,960
We are so grateful
that representatives

747
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,120
of three of our global
interfaith and social justice

748
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,660
partners are with us this
year at General Assembly,

749
00:49:23,660 --> 00:49:26,410
including Reverend
Mitsuo Miyake, who

750
00:49:26,410 --> 00:49:28,870
spoke to us a few minutes ago.

751
00:49:28,870 --> 00:49:32,098
He is joined by
his two daughters.

752
00:49:32,098 --> 00:49:38,910
[APPLAUSE]

753
00:49:38,910 --> 00:49:42,660
Jim Key: Also from Tokyo, Japan,
please welcome Reverend Waichi

754
00:49:42,660 --> 00:49:48,060
Hishina, Ms. Hiroyo
Murayama, and Ms. Ikuye Ikase

755
00:49:48,060 --> 00:49:50,300
representing our
historic interfaith

756
00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:52,343
partner, Rissho Kosei-kai.

757
00:49:52,343 --> 00:50:03,460
[APPLAUSE]

758
00:50:03,460 --> 00:50:06,670
Cathy Cordes: The coalition of
UU international organizations

759
00:50:06,670 --> 00:50:11,850
can help you find yourself
in the global UU story.

760
00:50:11,850 --> 00:50:17,730
And help you shape
the story's future.

761
00:50:17,730 --> 00:50:21,460
The UU International coalition
is a low-overhead network

762
00:50:21,460 --> 00:50:26,060
of UU organizations with
UUA constituents involved

763
00:50:26,060 --> 00:50:33,580
in various kinds of
international engagement.

764
00:50:33,580 --> 00:50:34,990
Speaker 4: Is this thing on?

765
00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:37,362
Hello.

766
00:50:37,362 --> 00:50:41,140
I'm a critic, and I
have something to say.

767
00:50:41,140 --> 00:50:43,150
While I'm sure that's
all well and good,

768
00:50:43,150 --> 00:50:45,085
but I remember a
powerful Ware Lecture

769
00:50:45,085 --> 00:50:49,490
a few years ago about the
global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

770
00:50:49,490 --> 00:50:53,720
Was I the only one listening?

771
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:56,480
Peter Smith: That was
a very powerful speech.

772
00:50:56,480 --> 00:51:00,600
In response, we formed the
UU Global AIDS coalition.

773
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:02,240
And have been
working every since

774
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:08,150
to engage UUs in addressing
the devastation caused by AIDS.

775
00:51:08,150 --> 00:51:11,540
And supporting the
work of UU Red Ribbon

776
00:51:11,540 --> 00:51:14,220
congregations on the ground.

777
00:51:14,220 --> 00:51:23,905
Find out about us at
www.UUGlobalAIDS.org.

778
00:51:23,905 --> 00:51:26,280
Speaker 5: Well, I'm very
concerned about the human right

779
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:33,000
to water and workers' rights
and humanitarian crises after

780
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,730
natural disasters happen.

781
00:51:34,730 --> 00:51:38,930
Don't you understand
that these things matter?

782
00:51:38,930 --> 00:51:42,600
Brock Leach: Well, as a
matter of fact, we do.

783
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,190
And that's why the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee

784
00:51:45,190 --> 00:51:47,310
works with partners
around the globe

785
00:51:47,310 --> 00:51:51,810
to make sure that every person,
regardless of race, religion,

786
00:51:51,810 --> 00:51:54,720
gender, or sexual
identity, has access

787
00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:58,230
to the fundamentals of clean,
safe, affordable water,

788
00:51:58,230 --> 00:52:02,800
healthy food, a fair wage, and
essential protection from harm

789
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,640
and exploitation.

790
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:09,360
For almost 75 years, UUSC
has put UU values into action

791
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,860
so that no one is left out.

792
00:52:11,860 --> 00:52:16,468
And together, we can realize the
full potential of our humanity.

793
00:52:16,468 --> 00:52:22,460
[APPLAUSE]

794
00:52:22,460 --> 00:52:27,800
Speaker 6: Why aren't we doing
anything at the United Nations?

795
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:29,050
Bruce Knotts: Are you kidding?

796
00:52:29,050 --> 00:52:31,322
[LAUGHTER]

797
00:52:31,322 --> 00:52:33,530
Bruce Knotts: We have been
part of the United Nations

798
00:52:33,530 --> 00:52:34,530
from the very beginning.

799
00:52:34,530 --> 00:52:36,760
And in fact, it
was a Unitarian who

800
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:38,720
drafted the language
of the Universal

801
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:41,330
Declaration of Human Rights.

802
00:52:41,330 --> 00:52:44,120
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

803
00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:47,240
John Peters
Humphrey, a Canadian.

804
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:51,330
We have been at the forefront of
leading the faith-based caucus

805
00:52:51,330 --> 00:52:54,410
for the establishment of the
International Criminal Court.

806
00:52:54,410 --> 00:52:57,220
We have overcome apathy
at the United Nations

807
00:52:57,220 --> 00:52:59,020
with regard to
sexual orientation,

808
00:52:59,020 --> 00:53:00,730
gender identity, human rights.

809
00:53:00,730 --> 00:53:03,120
Often we are the
only voice there,

810
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:07,800
but we are growing in numbers.

811
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,080
We take care of all
aspects of human rights

812
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:11,400
and lead on this issue.

813
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,770
We also lead on the
issue of climate change

814
00:53:13,770 --> 00:53:17,439
and sustainable development
at the United Nations.

815
00:53:17,439 --> 00:53:23,120
[APPLAUSE]

816
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:25,700
Speaker 7: Why do we need
all this international stuff?

817
00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:29,420
Aren't UUs UUs around the world?

818
00:53:29,420 --> 00:53:34,500
Aren't we all just the same?

819
00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:38,130
Steve Dick: Well
Jill McAllister, we

820
00:53:38,130 --> 00:53:40,460
need to stick together.

821
00:53:40,460 --> 00:53:42,920
There are less than
half a million of us

822
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:45,870
in the world at the moment.

823
00:53:45,870 --> 00:53:50,580
Actually, Unitarian
Universalists, Unitarians,

824
00:53:50,580 --> 00:53:54,900
and some of the don't even
share that name differ greatly

825
00:53:54,900 --> 00:54:00,980
in practice, story, and culture
in the more than 35 countries

826
00:54:00,980 --> 00:54:05,430
around the world where we are.

827
00:54:05,430 --> 00:54:09,690
The UUA is one member,
just one member,

828
00:54:09,690 --> 00:54:14,660
of the International Council of
Unitarians and Universalists,

829
00:54:14,660 --> 00:54:20,190
the global network of liberal
faith encouraging collaboration

830
00:54:20,190 --> 00:54:23,080
between UU national
organizations

831
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,180
and fostering emerging
progressive faith

832
00:54:26,180 --> 00:54:28,680
communities in new places.

833
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,140
And its conferences
and gatherings

834
00:54:31,140 --> 00:54:35,590
are open to individual
Unitarian Universalists as well.

835
00:54:35,590 --> 00:54:38,247
So come along and join us.

836
00:54:38,247 --> 00:54:44,710
[APPLAUSE]

837
00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:47,230
Speaker 8: So didn't
Unitarians form

838
00:54:47,230 --> 00:54:50,680
some kind of international
interfaith group

839
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:54,760
a long time, 1900 or
something like that?

840
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:56,870
Whatever happened to that?

841
00:54:56,870 --> 00:54:59,440
Hal French: Oh, freedom!

842
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,520
Oh, freedom!

843
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:04,840
The International Association
for Religious Freedom

844
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,550
works globally for
religious freedom,

845
00:55:07,550 --> 00:55:10,060
the key to all other freedoms.

846
00:55:10,060 --> 00:55:12,120
And it's a big problem today.

847
00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:15,210
Come to Birmingham, England
this August and help

848
00:55:15,210 --> 00:55:19,526
us overcome limits
on religious freedom.

849
00:55:19,526 --> 00:55:25,810
[APPLAUSE]

850
00:55:25,810 --> 00:55:28,250
Speaker 9: And one
more thing, there

851
00:55:28,250 --> 00:55:32,650
was a big gathering of
Unitarian Universalist women,

852
00:55:32,650 --> 00:55:37,340
an international gathering
in Houston, Texas in 2009,

853
00:55:37,340 --> 00:55:42,730
what happened after that?

854
00:55:42,730 --> 00:55:45,200
Tina Huesing: I'm
glad you asked.

855
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:47,950
A new international
women's organization

856
00:55:47,950 --> 00:55:51,430
called the Women's
International Convocation

857
00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:54,480
was founded after
that huge meeting.

858
00:55:54,480 --> 00:56:00,240
And it is planning a small
gathering in Bolivia in 2015

859
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:05,950
and another large in
California in 2017.

860
00:56:05,950 --> 00:56:10,710
IWC also works with
international women's projects,

861
00:56:10,710 --> 00:56:14,390
including A leadership
school in Transylvania

862
00:56:14,390 --> 00:56:18,556
and microfinance in Uganda.

863
00:56:18,556 --> 00:56:25,530
[APPLAUSE]

864
00:56:25,530 --> 00:56:28,870
Speaker 10: Are there
really still churches in

865
00:56:28,870 --> 00:56:31,830
other parts of the world that
are looking for partners?

866
00:56:31,830 --> 00:56:36,214
I thought everybody
had one already.

867
00:56:36,214 --> 00:56:37,880
Cathy Cordes: The
Partner Church Council

868
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,250
is here to help
you find a partner.

869
00:56:41,250 --> 00:56:44,440
There are Unitarian and
Unitarian Universalists

870
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:50,110
churches in England,
Hungary, Transylvania, India,

871
00:56:50,110 --> 00:56:52,080
and the Philippines
that are looking

872
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:55,660
for US and Canadian
partners right now.

873
00:56:55,660 --> 00:56:59,892
Maybe they're waiting
for your church.

874
00:56:59,892 --> 00:57:06,590
[APPLAUSE]

875
00:57:06,590 --> 00:57:10,450
Speaker 4: Hi, me again,
one more question.

876
00:57:10,450 --> 00:57:17,562
Why doesn't the UUA help
any of you do this stuff?

877
00:57:17,562 --> 00:57:19,514
Eric Cherry: Thank
you [INAUDIBLE]

878
00:57:19,514 --> 00:57:24,400
from the international
office at the UUA.

879
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:28,610
The UUA is deeply supportive
of all of these organizations,

880
00:57:28,610 --> 00:57:32,230
and especially the work that
all of these organizations

881
00:57:32,230 --> 00:57:34,160
do collaboratively.

882
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:39,280
Most important of all, we want
to help your congregation know

883
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:44,680
how it is a part of
the global UU story.

884
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:49,070
But you don't have to
remember each organization,

885
00:57:49,070 --> 00:57:51,020
we'll do that for you.

886
00:57:51,020 --> 00:57:54,790
All you have to do
is visit all of us

887
00:57:54,790 --> 00:57:59,220
online at UUinternational.org.

888
00:57:59,220 --> 00:58:00,550
That's it.

889
00:58:00,550 --> 00:58:06,010
There you'll find invitations,
inspirations, guides, tools,

890
00:58:06,010 --> 00:58:09,250
and resources for
just about any kind

891
00:58:09,250 --> 00:58:14,210
of UU international engagement.

892
00:58:14,210 --> 00:58:15,710
Thank you very much.

893
00:58:15,710 --> 00:58:19,575
And please visit our
coalition online.

894
00:58:19,575 --> 00:58:26,700
[APPLAUSE]

895
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:27,640
Jim Key: Thank you.

896
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:29,060
Let me put you at ease.

897
00:58:29,060 --> 00:58:31,212
Yes, we're over our
schedule, but we're

898
00:58:31,212 --> 00:58:32,420
going to change the schedule.

899
00:58:32,420 --> 00:58:33,600
So I'm going to ask you to stay.

900
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,060
We're going to
run a little late.

901
00:58:35,060 --> 00:58:38,660
We're going to hear from Susan
Ritchie about our Distinguished

902
00:58:38,660 --> 00:58:39,830
Service Award.

903
00:58:39,830 --> 00:58:42,050
And then we're going
to hear about the AIWs.

904
00:58:42,050 --> 00:58:43,259
And we have no announcements.

905
00:58:43,259 --> 00:58:44,591
And then we're going to adjourn.

906
00:58:44,591 --> 00:58:45,430
So stick with this.

907
00:58:45,430 --> 00:58:47,830
You will not be late for
your 10-15 workshops.

908
00:58:47,830 --> 00:58:49,390
OK?

909
00:58:49,390 --> 00:58:53,962
Let's hear Susan.

910
00:58:53,962 --> 00:58:56,420
Susan Ritchie: It's my pleasure
this morning to welcome you

911
00:58:56,420 --> 00:59:00,970
to the presentation of the 2014
Distinguished Service Award

912
00:59:00,970 --> 00:59:03,660
to the Cause of
Unitarian Universalism.

913
00:59:03,660 --> 00:59:07,540
This award is the highest
honor that this association

914
00:59:07,540 --> 00:59:08,980
can bestow.

915
00:59:08,980 --> 00:59:12,780
It's given annually to the
lay or professional leader who

916
00:59:12,780 --> 00:59:15,330
over a considerable
period of time

917
00:59:15,330 --> 00:59:18,300
is deemed by the UUA
Board of Trustees

918
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,290
to have made extraordinary
contributions

919
00:59:21,290 --> 00:59:24,040
to the strength of
this association.

920
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:27,360
It is to go to someone who
exemplifies the highest

921
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:29,740
values of our shared faith.

922
00:59:29,740 --> 00:59:32,860
This year, my fellow trustees
is Lew Phinney and Rob

923
00:59:32,860 --> 00:59:35,570
Eller-Issacs have served
on this committee.

924
00:59:35,570 --> 00:59:38,090
It has been my privilege
to chair this group.

925
00:59:38,090 --> 00:59:41,730
And this year, we are
delighted to bestow this award

926
00:59:41,730 --> 00:59:44,700
upon the Reverend
Kenneth MacLean

927
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:45,480
The Reverend--

928
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:54,390
[APPLAUSE]

929
00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:57,780
The Reverend Marlin Lavanhar
will offer the citation.

930
00:59:57,780 --> 01:00:00,110
We will hear a few words
from Reverend MacLean,

931
01:00:00,110 --> 01:00:10,930
and then we will officially
bestow the award.

932
01:00:10,930 --> 01:00:13,800
Reverend Marlin Lavanhar:
Kenneth Torquil MacLean,

933
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:19,010
preacher, teacher, pastor,
prophet, husband, father,

934
01:00:19,010 --> 01:00:24,550
partner, organizer, advocate,
and institution builder.

935
01:00:24,550 --> 01:00:29,600
Over the course of your
extraordinary 54 year career,

936
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:33,240
you have ministered to your
colleagues, congregations,

937
01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:35,590
and the wider
community and have been

938
01:00:35,590 --> 01:00:39,040
outstanding in your efforts
to establish and strengthen

939
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:42,050
the organizations
and associations that

940
01:00:42,050 --> 01:00:46,160
will sustain Unitarianism
and Universalism in America

941
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:50,240
and around the world
for generations to come.

942
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:54,640
A graduate of Brown University
and Harvard Divinity School,

943
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:56,610
you were introduced
to this faith

944
01:00:56,610 --> 01:00:59,850
by your wife, Harriet, who
encouraged and supported

945
01:00:59,850 --> 01:01:01,930
you to become a minister.

946
01:01:01,930 --> 01:01:04,850
Ordained and
fellowshipped in 1960,

947
01:01:04,850 --> 01:01:08,790
you were called to the Rosalind
and West Roxbury Churches.

948
01:01:08,790 --> 01:01:12,670
And during your tenure,
you reunited these two

949
01:01:12,670 --> 01:01:14,880
historic churches.

950
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:18,450
In 1964, you were called
to the Tennessee Valley

951
01:01:18,450 --> 01:01:20,640
Church in Knoxville
where you helped

952
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:24,650
to establish the first chapter
of the American Civil Liberties

953
01:01:24,650 --> 01:01:27,710
Union in that state.

954
01:01:27,710 --> 01:01:31,210
In 1972, you were called
to Cedar Lane Unitarian

955
01:01:31,210 --> 01:01:36,040
Church in Bethesda, Maryland,
one of our largest churches.

956
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:39,330
And you served for 20 years
before becoming their Minister

957
01:01:39,330 --> 01:01:40,920
Emeritus.

958
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:45,480
In 1999, you began what grew
to become an 11-year ministry

959
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,020
to the Church of the Desert
in Rancho Mirage, California,

960
01:01:49,020 --> 01:01:52,800
and led them to build a
beautiful new church home.

961
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:55,240
You also spent many
memorable summers

962
01:01:55,240 --> 01:02:00,170
as a visiting preacher for our
church in North Hatley, Quebec,

963
01:02:00,170 --> 01:02:03,620
While you are renowned for
your long and successful parish

964
01:02:03,620 --> 01:02:06,970
ministries, your
unfaltering devotion

965
01:02:06,970 --> 01:02:09,520
to establish and
support institutions

966
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,060
that sustain and uphold
our faith, nationally

967
01:02:12,060 --> 01:02:15,040
and internationally,
makes you stand out

968
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:18,910
as one who is fostered
our faith for the future.

969
01:02:18,910 --> 01:02:20,460
You were the founder
and organizer

970
01:02:20,460 --> 01:02:23,680
of the Senior Ministers of
Large Unitarian Universalist

971
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:27,770
Congregations, which to this day
serves to support the ministers

972
01:02:27,770 --> 01:02:31,897
and ministries of our
association's largest churches.

973
01:02:31,897 --> 01:02:34,480
You have served as the president
of the Unitarian Universalist

974
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,330
Minister's Association.

975
01:02:36,330 --> 01:02:39,560
And in that role, were
instrumental in helping

976
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:42,430
establish the Office of
Church Staff Finances

977
01:02:42,430 --> 01:02:46,380
to help churches and ministers
address questions of salary,

978
01:02:46,380 --> 01:02:50,400
health care, pensions, and
equitable compensation.

979
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:53,720
And also established a
foundation grant to supplement

980
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,970
the income of retired
ministers and their widows

981
01:02:56,970 --> 01:03:01,190
who are living on less
than $10,000 a year.

982
01:03:01,190 --> 01:03:03,200
As the Minister's
Association president,

983
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:05,610
you also worked with the
Reverend David Weisbard

984
01:03:05,610 --> 01:03:09,110
and leaders of the Liberal
Religious Educators Association

985
01:03:09,110 --> 01:03:10,900
to support the
ordination of ministers

986
01:03:10,900 --> 01:03:13,010
of religious education.

987
01:03:13,010 --> 01:03:16,330
You served two
terms on the Board

988
01:03:16,330 --> 01:03:20,220
of the Unitarian Universalist
Association, during which time

989
01:03:20,220 --> 01:03:25,254
you established the
UUA's Task Force on AIDS.

990
01:03:25,254 --> 01:03:27,670
You also served on the board
of the Unitarian Universalist

991
01:03:27,670 --> 01:03:29,020
Service Committee.

992
01:03:29,020 --> 01:03:31,800
And for five years, you worked
as the special assistant

993
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:34,955
to the president of our
Association for International

994
01:03:34,955 --> 01:03:39,230
and Interfaith Affairs under
President John Buehrens.

995
01:03:39,230 --> 01:03:41,850
In this role, you
worked tirelessly

996
01:03:41,850 --> 01:03:44,450
to strengthen our
heritage worldwide

997
01:03:44,450 --> 01:03:47,340
and helped organize the founding
meeting of the International

998
01:03:47,340 --> 01:03:50,300
Council of Unitarians
and Universalists.

999
01:03:50,300 --> 01:03:52,970
The International Council has
since played an essential role

1000
01:03:52,970 --> 01:03:55,620
in connecting,
supporting, and training

1001
01:03:55,620 --> 01:03:58,490
UU communities in
Africa, Asia, Europe,

1002
01:03:58,490 --> 01:04:01,090
and North and South America.

1003
01:04:01,090 --> 01:04:04,020
On behalf of our
association, you traveled to

1004
01:04:04,020 --> 01:04:06,470
and lent your support to
our churches and partners

1005
01:04:06,470 --> 01:04:10,170
in the Philippines, India,
Japan, New Zealand, Hungary,

1006
01:04:10,170 --> 01:04:14,030
Romania, Canada, the
United Kingdom, and beyond.

1007
01:04:14,030 --> 01:04:16,800
You've helped our
coreligionists and others

1008
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:20,390
in far-off and
sometimes remote places

1009
01:04:20,390 --> 01:04:25,790
who were battling discrimination
or deprivation or dictatorship.

1010
01:04:25,790 --> 01:04:28,380
In Prague, you worked
for many years,

1011
01:04:28,380 --> 01:04:32,060
even when others were
convinced the cause was futile.

1012
01:04:32,060 --> 01:04:35,250
And you ultimately prevailed
to rescue the Church of Norbert

1013
01:04:35,250 --> 01:04:40,810
Capek from people who had
seized illegal control of it.

1014
01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:44,910
Even as you have worked on a
world stage for the betterment

1015
01:04:44,910 --> 01:04:47,820
of the human
condition, you are also

1016
01:04:47,820 --> 01:04:51,670
well-known among your colleagues
as a pastor to pastors.

1017
01:04:51,670 --> 01:04:53,700
Colleague after
colleague, as well as

1018
01:04:53,700 --> 01:04:57,010
congregant after congregant,
tell stories of times

1019
01:04:57,010 --> 01:04:59,820
you ministered to them as
they were bearing burdens

1020
01:04:59,820 --> 01:05:03,410
too hard and too
heavy to bear alone.

1021
01:05:03,410 --> 01:05:07,030
For decades, you have also
mentored young ministers

1022
01:05:07,030 --> 01:05:09,520
who've gone on to serve
our faith well, here

1023
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:11,490
and in other countries.

1024
01:05:11,490 --> 01:05:16,440
Indeed, the reach of your more
than half a century of ministry

1025
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:18,770
has touched and
strengthened our faith

1026
01:05:18,770 --> 01:05:21,400
to the far corners of the earth.

1027
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,050
You've given your
vision and leadership

1028
01:05:23,050 --> 01:05:26,730
to fortify the individuals
and institutions of Unitarian

1029
01:05:26,730 --> 01:05:28,480
Universalism.

1030
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:32,370
It is, therefore, with
deep gratitude, admiration,

1031
01:05:32,370 --> 01:05:36,440
and pride in your 87th year
and in your home state of Rhode

1032
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:41,050
Island that we confer on you
our highest honor, the Award

1033
01:05:41,050 --> 01:05:43,910
for Distinguished Service
to the Cause of Unitarian

1034
01:05:43,910 --> 01:05:45,720
Universalism.

1035
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,800
It is our intention
that your name

1036
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:53,050
be inscribed among
those who from ages past

1037
01:05:53,050 --> 01:05:57,890
have stood out as the
exemplars of this tradition.

1038
01:05:57,890 --> 01:06:00,480
Your ministry has
provided a standard

1039
01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:04,710
for succeeding generations
to aspire to as they, and we,

1040
01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:08,950
seek to sacrifice for
and give our lives

1041
01:06:08,950 --> 01:06:11,810
to the faith of our
forebearers, the betterment

1042
01:06:11,810 --> 01:06:16,700
of the human condition, and the
pursuit of freedom and justice

1043
01:06:16,700 --> 01:06:18,480
for all.

1044
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:19,192
Congratulations.

1045
01:06:19,192 --> 01:07:00,640
[APPLAUSE]

1046
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:09,840
Reverend Kenneth
Maclean: Thank you.

1047
01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:16,340
My friend Marlin, my
new friend Moderator Jim

1048
01:07:16,340 --> 01:07:26,220
Key, all my fellow
Unitarian Universalists,

1049
01:07:26,220 --> 01:07:32,060
and the close people
I love over here,

1050
01:07:32,060 --> 01:07:40,305
this is an overwhelming
moment that takes me back

1051
01:07:40,305 --> 01:07:44,190
to growing up in the Washington
Park Methodist Church

1052
01:07:44,190 --> 01:07:51,770
about three miles from here.

1053
01:07:51,770 --> 01:07:59,420
I left after Brown,
hitchhiked to California,

1054
01:07:59,420 --> 01:08:06,430
and as you've heard, I married
Harriet Johnston, Director

1055
01:08:06,430 --> 01:08:11,650
of Religious Education
at the Providence Church.

1056
01:08:11,650 --> 01:08:16,010
Harriet said there are two
things, I don't do shirts,

1057
01:08:16,010 --> 01:08:17,836
and I do go to the
General Assembly.

1058
01:08:17,836 --> 01:08:25,819
[APPLAUSE]

1059
01:08:25,819 --> 01:08:29,180
The general what?

1060
01:08:29,180 --> 01:08:35,279
I agreed to her conditions.

1061
01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:38,750
And I was halfway
through divinity school

1062
01:08:38,750 --> 01:08:47,970
when she told me she had always
planned to marry a minister.

1063
01:08:47,970 --> 01:08:55,100
I have to think of early
mentors, friends, colleagues,

1064
01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:58,930
people like Brad
Gale, and Joe Barth,

1065
01:08:58,930 --> 01:09:06,750
and Ralph Norman Helverson,
who was a great inspiration

1066
01:09:06,750 --> 01:09:10,250
and mentor to me.

1067
01:09:10,250 --> 01:09:13,000
I think of the
colleagues and friends

1068
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:18,960
all along the way,
the luck I had

1069
01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:23,960
in serving terrific churches.

1070
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:31,149
I was asked by a search
committee for Cedar Lane, Mr.

1071
01:09:31,149 --> 01:09:35,250
MacLean, we've talked
to some ministers who

1072
01:09:35,250 --> 01:09:38,479
say it's a mistake
for the minister

1073
01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:41,779
to have close friends
in the congregation.

1074
01:09:41,779 --> 01:09:44,640
It causes problems.

1075
01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:48,290
What do you think?

1076
01:09:48,290 --> 01:09:51,910
And I said, I think
they're probably right,

1077
01:09:51,910 --> 01:09:53,560
but the trouble
is I need friends

1078
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:57,388
so bad I can't be picky
about where I find them.

1079
01:09:57,388 --> 01:10:07,860
[LAUGHTER]

1080
01:10:07,860 --> 01:10:15,310
And that has worked out well.

1081
01:10:15,310 --> 01:10:23,400
Ministry is an
incredible profession,

1082
01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:27,480
especially in this movement.

1083
01:10:27,480 --> 01:10:33,590
We talk a great deal
about freedom of thought.

1084
01:10:33,590 --> 01:10:40,190
We don't talk so much
about freedom in ministry,

1085
01:10:40,190 --> 01:10:45,920
but it is real and
it is important.

1086
01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:53,450
And each of us has
great leeway in choosing

1087
01:10:53,450 --> 01:10:58,560
the ways we will
shape our ministry,

1088
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:04,740
how we will spend our
time, what organizations

1089
01:11:04,740 --> 01:11:10,490
we will try to be part
of, what social injustices

1090
01:11:10,490 --> 01:11:14,570
we will try to respond to.

1091
01:11:14,570 --> 01:11:19,430
That is a tremendous freedom.

1092
01:11:19,430 --> 01:11:26,350
For me, I felt the
criminal justice system

1093
01:11:26,350 --> 01:11:41,270
was one of the most glaring
programs that cut people off

1094
01:11:41,270 --> 01:11:47,120
from the rest of society as
though they did not exist.

1095
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:54,840
There are human beings
in those prisons.

1096
01:11:54,840 --> 01:12:00,210
And in Knoxville, we
were fortunate in being

1097
01:12:00,210 --> 01:12:06,840
able, after a year of work,
to bring five young men out

1098
01:12:06,840 --> 01:12:10,080
of the penitentiary
after they had

1099
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:16,930
served part of a 25-year
sentence for a scuffle

1100
01:12:16,930 --> 01:12:27,770
in a car in which nobody
suffered lasting injury.

1101
01:12:27,770 --> 01:12:36,680
Early in my ministry, to be
involved in racial questions

1102
01:12:36,680 --> 01:12:40,230
meant the first Fair
Housing Committee

1103
01:12:40,230 --> 01:12:46,570
within the city of Boston.

1104
01:12:46,570 --> 01:12:51,230
For the five years in which
I worked for John Buehrens

1105
01:12:51,230 --> 01:13:00,990
at the UUA, I had tremendous
opportunities making friends

1106
01:13:00,990 --> 01:13:07,480
around the world,
friends for the UUA.

1107
01:13:07,480 --> 01:13:10,080
And I had the great
experience of going to India

1108
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:15,820
with Kathy Sreedhar five
times to meet the people who

1109
01:13:15,820 --> 01:13:21,585
were benefiting from the
Holdeen India program, some

1110
01:13:21,585 --> 01:13:27,490
of the poorest of the poor,
people called untouchable,

1111
01:13:27,490 --> 01:13:32,210
bonded laborers, women.

1112
01:13:32,210 --> 01:13:37,880
That program is one of the very
best things this organization

1113
01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:43,940
has ever done, and it may be
one of the best kept secrets.

1114
01:13:43,940 --> 01:13:52,080
But it won't be a secret if you
go to its celebration today.

1115
01:13:52,080 --> 01:14:02,860
I have to say that becoming
a Unitarian before merger

1116
01:14:02,860 --> 01:14:10,810
and then the Unitarian
Universalist minister

1117
01:14:10,810 --> 01:14:17,520
gave me a life, a
life of challenge,

1118
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:24,470
a life that always
seemed worthwhile.

1119
01:14:24,470 --> 01:14:29,040
You became my people.

1120
01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:37,090
I could not be more
honored by your validation

1121
01:14:37,090 --> 01:14:45,240
of the choices I made along the
way, the things I tried to do,

1122
01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:54,990
the benefit, and friendship,
and collegiality I received.

1123
01:14:54,990 --> 01:14:58,580
I have nothing but gratitude.

1124
01:14:58,580 --> 01:15:05,430
And after all, isn't that
the basis of our religion?

1125
01:15:05,430 --> 01:15:07,587
Thank you.

1126
01:15:07,587 --> 01:15:51,500
[APPLAUSE]

1127
01:15:51,500 --> 01:15:54,104
Jim Key: Now, aren't you
glad you stayed for that?

1128
01:15:54,104 --> 01:15:56,910
[APPLAUSE]

1129
01:15:56,910 --> 01:15:58,520
I want to welcome
back Susan Goekler

1130
01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:02,620
to tell us so what actions
of the immediate witness

1131
01:16:02,620 --> 01:16:04,810
might to move to the
final agenda tomorrow.

1132
01:16:04,810 --> 01:16:07,010
So Susan?

1133
01:16:07,010 --> 01:16:08,310
It's the last item of business.

1134
01:16:08,310 --> 01:16:21,179
So just take a deep breath.

1135
01:16:21,179 --> 01:16:22,220
Susan Goekler: Thank you.

1136
01:16:22,220 --> 01:16:26,820
And again, I want to thank all
the proposers and all those who

1137
01:16:26,820 --> 01:16:29,050
worked with them on
gathering signatures.

1138
01:16:29,050 --> 01:16:31,010
All were important issues.

1139
01:16:31,010 --> 01:16:33,320
It was a hard choice.

1140
01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:35,610
The votes were close.

1141
01:16:35,610 --> 01:16:39,310
But those three that you
selected for consideration--

1142
01:16:39,310 --> 01:16:41,480
remember, they're
not adopted yet.

1143
01:16:41,480 --> 01:16:46,890
There will be mini assemblies
after this in rooms 552, 553,

1144
01:16:46,890 --> 01:16:51,310
and Ballroom E. And I'll
tell you which one is which.

1145
01:16:51,310 --> 01:16:54,710
And tomorrow, you
will actually vote

1146
01:16:54,710 --> 01:16:57,480
to decide whether
to adopt these.

1147
01:16:57,480 --> 01:17:00,630
At the mini assembly
today, if you

1148
01:17:00,630 --> 01:17:03,640
decide that you are
interested in a particular one

1149
01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:07,580
but you'd like to change the
language, all you've seen,

1150
01:17:07,580 --> 01:17:10,350
right now are the
summary statements.

1151
01:17:10,350 --> 01:17:13,150
At the mini assemblies,
you'll get the full text.

1152
01:17:13,150 --> 01:17:15,540
And that's the only
opportunity you'll

1153
01:17:15,540 --> 01:17:17,620
have to propose
amendments or changes

1154
01:17:17,620 --> 01:17:22,560
to those texts of the
full AIW statements.

1155
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:27,370
Those that were selected
are number one or A

1156
01:17:27,370 --> 01:17:29,480
on deportations.

1157
01:17:29,480 --> 01:17:39,390
And that will be in room
Ballroom E. The second one is

1158
01:17:39,390 --> 01:17:43,520
number three or C on
preventing gun violence.

1159
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:50,180
And that mini assembly
will be in room 553.

1160
01:17:50,180 --> 01:17:54,630
And the final one
is number six or F

1161
01:17:54,630 --> 01:17:57,960
on the Underground
Railroad in Uganda.

1162
01:17:57,960 --> 01:18:07,580
And that will be in room 552.

1163
01:18:07,580 --> 01:18:08,860
Thank you.

1164
01:18:08,860 --> 01:18:11,260
So admitting them to the
final agenda for consideration

1165
01:18:11,260 --> 01:18:13,740
tomorrow requires a 2/3
vote of the delegates.

1166
01:18:13,740 --> 01:18:15,930
So all those in
favor of admitting

1167
01:18:15,930 --> 01:18:19,110
the first issue,
which was it, Susan?

1168
01:18:19,110 --> 01:18:21,180
Bring the paper back
so I know which one

1169
01:18:21,180 --> 01:18:25,390
we're voting on, as do they.

1170
01:18:25,390 --> 01:18:29,811
I don't know that it's up there.

1171
01:18:29,811 --> 01:18:30,310
OK.

1172
01:18:30,310 --> 01:18:34,810
A. Those in favor of admitting
A to the agenda tomorrow,

1173
01:18:34,810 --> 01:18:37,630
please raise your voting card.

1174
01:18:37,630 --> 01:18:39,130
Hands down.

1175
01:18:39,130 --> 01:18:41,040
Those opposed.

1176
01:18:41,040 --> 01:18:44,020
Clearly, that will come
to the agenda tomorrow.

1177
01:18:44,020 --> 01:18:47,790
C. Those in favor,
raise your arm.

1178
01:18:47,790 --> 01:18:49,050
Aha.

1179
01:18:49,050 --> 01:18:50,380
Hands down.

1180
01:18:50,380 --> 01:18:51,690
Those opposed?

1181
01:18:51,690 --> 01:18:53,700
That will clearly come
to the agenda tomorrow.

1182
01:18:53,700 --> 01:18:56,730
And the last one, F. Those
in favor of admitting them.

1183
01:18:56,730 --> 01:18:58,440
Oh, I think I know
the answer to this.

1184
01:18:58,440 --> 01:18:59,530
Cards down.

1185
01:18:59,530 --> 01:19:00,870
Opposed?

1186
01:19:00,870 --> 01:19:02,990
All three of those will
go to the agenda tomorrow.

1187
01:19:02,990 --> 01:19:05,730
And you can attend
those mini assemblies

1188
01:19:05,730 --> 01:19:09,250
to have some impact on
the language of those.

1189
01:19:09,250 --> 01:19:13,400
For the last item of business
is to remind you, once again,

1190
01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:14,970
to let the scooters leave.

1191
01:19:14,970 --> 01:19:18,790
We're quite aware that this
is a difficult hall to exit.

1192
01:19:18,790 --> 01:19:21,010
We're going to hear
some music while we

1193
01:19:21,010 --> 01:19:23,530
let the people in
scooters and others go.

1194
01:19:23,530 --> 01:19:25,200
So relax a few more minutes.

1195
01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:27,780
Listen to the great
music from our musicians.

1196
01:19:27,780 --> 01:19:31,640
And then you can move on to
your 10-15 mini assemblies

1197
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:32,530
and workshops.

1198
01:19:32,530 --> 01:19:35,390
Thank you very much.

1199
01:19:35,390 --> 01:19:38,010
There being no further
business to come before us,

1200
01:19:38,010 --> 01:19:38,860
I stand in recess.

1201
01:19:38,860 --> 01:19:40,410
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1202
01:19:40,410 --> 01:20:33,743