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Speaker 1: I now call to order
the second general session

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of the 53rd General Assembly
of the Unitarian Universalist

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Association.

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Are the delegates ready
to do the business

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of this association
of congregations?

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[APPLAUSE]

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Now, you might think as the
Chief Governance Officer,

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that this is the best part
of general assembly for me.

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But you'd be wrong.

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What we just experienced
is what I live for

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and what I come back year
after year after year for.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Enjoying worship with
so many thousands

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of Unitarian Universalists
every year in this big hall

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calls me back to the
work that I try to do.

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And I suspect you as well.

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The worship arts committee that
have been putting these worship

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services together have
just been marvelous.

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That was one of the more
lively and beautiful services

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I've experienced in my decades
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Assembly.

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So I very much appreciate
the worship committee.

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[APPLAUSE]

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And you would think that would
be the highlight of the week,

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but there are others to come.

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So you don't want to miss
any of the worship services.

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8 o'clock is early,
but you'll want

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to start the day off this
way, I think, every day.

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There's no better way to do
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than corporate worship.

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I need to call out Mark
Job from South Carolina.

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Is he in the hall?

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He better be.

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During the tweeting
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challenged me to
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He and I come from the
same state, South Carolina.

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And I just wanted to
give him a shout out.

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But he's apparently slept in.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So if you see him, let him know
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have evaporated.

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But let's start the
business this morning.

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And our first report is from
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And do you have anything
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I think they do.

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So let's hear from them.

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Speaker 2: Being in
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is about radically loving one
another and the connections

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we have.

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The Right Relationship
team exists

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to help this General Assembly
stay in healthy relationship

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with one another.

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If you find yourself
falling out of love

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with what other
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and would like help returning
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we can help.

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Our team will support you
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those with whom you are
out of relationship.

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Right relationship, it is easy
to say, harder to achieve.

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Each and all of us
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and chances are
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are going to feel stretched
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this week.

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General Assembly is an
extensive experience.

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It's physically,
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exhausting at times.

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The schedule offers
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to keep us busy from morning
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There will be
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hot or tired or hungry
and distracted, and not

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attentive to the fact
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we have is a chance to practice
being in right relationship.

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We are going to make mistakes.

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Speaker 3: Making mistakes
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mean that you will be out
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Stopping in the moment
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or someone else's discomfort
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Set aside your desire
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Listen to what each
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And take the time
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The Right Relationship
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to help you find a
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back on the side of love.

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You can easily find
a member of our team

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by stopping by our office hours
in convention center room 550b.

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We'll Be There From 11:00
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Or stop any one of us wearing
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Barb and
the Right Relationships team.

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Let me introduce now the
GA planning committee.

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So let's welcome Bart Frost,
chair of the General Assembly

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planning committee, or GAPC
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and director of
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at First UU in New Orleans.

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Bart Frost: Good
morning, friends.

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Sorry, I'm a little
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Singing with 4,000 people
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Before I introduce the members
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planning committee, we have
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If you were at General
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you may remember that we had
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We had them again
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Part of being in
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is acknowledging
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is hard to be together
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I encourage you to make it
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questioning whether someone
is in the correct restroom.

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Trust that they are where
they need to be just like you

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are where you need to be.

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If you have questions about
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feel free to find a member
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team, a chaplain, or
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First, before we even
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two groups of volunteers
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the program in your book.

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The program development
group selects the workshops

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and programs for General
Assembly, and new to this year,

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the worship arts team
planned and put together

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the worships you'll
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including the one that started
this session that was so good,

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and the one last night that
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If you like their
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find a member of that
team and say thank you.

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There's a metric ton
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who are currently
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So if you see someone with
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kind of like right here,
smile and say thank you.

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Without these volunteers,
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be a General Assembly.

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Some of these volunteers
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right now, way back there,
actually sorting out trash

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into recycling
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as part of our greening efforts.

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And they will be back
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So what happens is
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in the Dunkin' Donuts center
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100% compostable,
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That means it doesn't
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But what happens in this space
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the staff comes in, they sweep
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and then they take it out back
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So if you could help us
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with you to our sorting
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that would be fantastic.

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But you know what
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Let's all give them a really big
thank you back there right now.

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[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]

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This is our collective
congregation.

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Let's work together to
keep it clean and green.

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As chair of the General
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I have the pleasure of being
a part of one of the best

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committees in the entire UUA.

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Each person behind me serves our
faith by putting in long hours

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to create a welcoming, inviting,
worshipful, musicful and

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inspirational General Assembly.

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They do it because
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is a living embodiment
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and an event that changes
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saves lives.

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From the up and coming leaders
practicing their leadership

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skills with the youth
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and the attendees
experiencing General Assembly

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for either the first
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to our ministers
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General Assembly is a community
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our faith and values as one.

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And here is this
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planning committee, Debra Boyd,
[APPLAUSE] the Reverend Chip

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Roush, [APPLAUSE] Kathy
Charles, [APPLAUSE] Gregory

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Boyd, [APPLAUSE] Mary Alm,
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Langston Daley, [APPLAUSE]
Ila Klion, [APPLAUSE] Kevin

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Debeck, [APPLAUSE] Tim Murphy,
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coordinator Beth
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and last but not least,
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because she's doing,
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work than we are, but all of the
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services staff, including the
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Thank you all.

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If you'd like to
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we'll be in the exhibit
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You can stop by the
feedback table there.

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Or we'll be sitting
up front in this area.

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Or in your new GA
mobile app, there's

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this wonderful feedback thread
that we're actually following.

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So come and say hi and
have a great GA everybody.

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Speaker 1: Thank you
to our GA planning

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committee and all
the volunteers.

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You just have no idea.

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We'll give them all their
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but they're just
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that pull all of this together.

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The Commission on Social Witness
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articulated in our
bylaws in Article five

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on page 110 of
your program book.

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The commission's
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are detailed in Article
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for those making notes.

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Now, please welcome the
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on Social Witness,
Doctor Susan Goekler.

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Susan Goekler: Thank you.

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Between the 2013 and
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of the Unitarian
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the Commission on
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also fondly known as
CSW, solicited proposals

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for new congregational
study action issues

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that delegates could consider
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Assembly for four years
of study and action.

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Congregations submitted
seven proposals.

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We recommended that two
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which the proposers agreed to.

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The CSW accepted
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plus the remaining
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for inclusion in the
congregational poll.

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Of the congregations
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to vote in the
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82% voted either yes, no,
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of those six issues.

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As a result of the poll, the
CSW submitted the following five

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issues for inclusion
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And they are found starting on
page 87 in your program book.

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Each of these received
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plus abstain votes.

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Escalating inequality, gun
violence- a public health

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issue, renewing and securing
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ending the war on terror, and
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reconsidered.

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Those interested in finding out
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or finding how they can be
supportive should attend

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The Mini Assembly Today
At 12:30 in the convention

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centers room 551.

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There will be a vote to
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for four years of
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and it will occur at the
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Following that plenary, the
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on the newly selected issue,
which we invite you to attend.

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In addition, the CSW
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comments on the current
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issue, which is
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You can find
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on reproductive justice
on the UUA website.

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And if you have comments
that you would like to share,

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you can do so at the
CSW booth in the exhibit

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hall, which is booth number 823.

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Commissioners also revised
information on the UUA website

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that explains the
CSAI process and judge

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submissions for the Social
Witness sermon contest

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that the CSW co sponsors with
the Unitarian Universalist

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Minister's Association.

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The sermon contest winner will
lead a worship service tomorrow

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At 2:30 in the Omni
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and we invite you to attend.

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In addition to facilitating
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and if you are a delegate,
you received this morning

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which tells about all
the menu of initials.

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We also provide
help to those who

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are proposing actions of
immediate witness, or AIWs.

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And These Must Be Posted By
5:00 today at the CSW booth

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in the exhibit hall.

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And then proposers have
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to collect the required
number of signatures.

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Saturday morning at
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will decide which three of the
actions of immediate witness

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they want to add to the
final agenda for a vote

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to adopt at the morning
plenary on Sunday.

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Mini assemblies, which
are the only place

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you can propose amendments
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well immediately follow the
Saturday morning plenary.

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In addition, we're going to
share activities implemented

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on the statement of
conscience, immigration

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as a moral issue, that was
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Assembly.

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And we are hosting a workshop on
Immigration Saturday At 12:30.

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I'd like to introduce the
other members of the Commission

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on Social Witness, who can be
found by looking for these hats

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and at the front of
the plenary hall.

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And they are Reverend
Doctor Breeden.

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Would you stand up please?

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Caitlin Cotter, the
Reverend Christina Sillari,

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and the Reverend CJ McGregor.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Susan.

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The next presenter is
not in your final agenda,

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but we do need to hear from
the Presidential Search

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Committee, a committee of
the association authorized

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by article five of our bylaws.

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So please welcome Liz Jones
and the Presidential Search

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Committee.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Liz Jones: Good morning.

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I'm Liz Jones, and the other
members of our Presidential

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Search Committee are Alandria
Williams, Jackie Williams,

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Joanna Fontaine-Crawford,
Matthew Johnson, Michael Tino,

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and Wayne Arneson.

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You will be able to identify is
throughout GA, because we will

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be wearing buttons with
large eyes on them.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Our charge is to nominate
at least two candidates

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for the presidency of the
Unitarian Universalist

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Association.

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To do our work in service
of a healthy association

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and accountable to you, the
members of this association,

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we have begun by developing
a value statement which

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reads as follows, in part.

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We are stewards
of a process, not

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advocates for a
particular outcome.

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We acknowledge that there
is value in diversity

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of leadership, and we also
maintain that in our process,

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we will consider people with
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We are committed to
engaging in conversation

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about what kind of leader
our time calls for.

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We will be relying heavily
on Unitarian Universalists

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to be the eighth member
of our committee,

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helping identify
qualified leaders

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and encouraging them to apply.

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We invite people to
nominate diverse candidates

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for this position in the
context of our commitment

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to becoming an anti-racist,
anti-oppressive, multicultural

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association.

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We have also begun
creating a job description.

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We will be presenting that
draft and seeking feedback

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at our workshop to be held at
12:30 in Omni-Narragansett A

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and B. If you are unable
to be with us there,

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you can find the full text
of the value statement

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and the draft job
description following

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our workshop in the
Commission on Social Witness

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booth number 823 in
the exhibit hall.

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We also have created a
process for giving us

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your feedback in a way that
will ensure that we all

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hear what you have to say.

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We are reaching out to
you in the spirit of love

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as we look to the future
of this association.

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We want to hear from you.

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Let us know what you want in the
president of our association.

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And then when we announce
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encourage people to apply
to be nominated or send

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their names to us
and we will ask them.

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We are relying on you.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Speaker 1: Thanks
for that report.

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Another of report you need to
hear from this morning that

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is not in your agenda is
the Appointments Committee.

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So I'll welcome Chris Bell
to the stage and his team.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Chris Bell: Good morning .

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As you've already
seen this morning,

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in addition to our great staff,
the Unitarian Universalist

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Association depends
upon the talents

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of many devoted and skilled
volunteers, some of whom

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are elected by you,
the General Assembly,

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with others appointed by
the UUA board of trustees

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with the assistance of the
newly formed Appointments

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Committee, which replaces the
delightfully named Committee

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on Committees.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I'm sorry to see it go, myself.

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[LAUGHTER] Among the committees
that we find appointees for

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are the audit committee, the
various investments committee,

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journey toward wholeness,
election campaign and practices

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committee, the presidential and
moderator search committees,

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the commission on appraisal
and the GA planning committee.

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And I want to introduce you to
the members of the appointments

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committee.

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Neil Anderson, Tim Adkins,
Hope Johnson, Carol Montgomery,

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Annie Vote, not present, Duncan
Teague, and our new member,

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Marsha Bowman.

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If you are curious-- [APPLAUSE]

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Oh, thank you.

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Good.

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If you're curious about
volunteer leadership

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at the national
level, you are invited

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to a reception,
which we've cleverly

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disguised as a workshop,
this Very Afternoon At 4:00

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in ballroom E of the
convention center.

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Come and enjoy drinks
and hors douvres

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with the members of the
appointments committee

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and the nominating
committee, and discover

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the many opportunities to serve.

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Please look for all hearts on
deck in your program guide.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Chris.

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And now it's time to
bring on the Secretary

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of our association, the
Reverend Doctor Susan Ritchie.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Susan Ritchie: Jim's acting
like he doesn't know me.

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So I'm delighted to
share with you what

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I'm sure it's going
to be the sleeper

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hit of GA 2014,
the announcements.

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Please handle your excitement
with appropriate self care.

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At the General
Assembly orientation

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yesterday, wrong
information was shared

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about the time on the vote for
the fossil fuel divestment.

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That vote will actually
take place Saturday

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afternoon and not on Sunday.

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All of you who are
delegates should

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have voting cards
with your name on it.

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If you don't have your
name on the voting card,

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please take time to do that now.

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It's much easier for us
to return a lost card

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than it is to replace it.

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And also a reminder
that you should only

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vote with the card
with your name on it.

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If you are a delegate and
cannot be present for a vote,

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you cannot simply hand that
card off to an alternate.

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A couple notes about our exits.

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We've had some traffic jams,
especially at this exit located

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next to the tech deck, that
is our accessibility exit.

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So if you could be especially
mindful when going through that

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exit not to stop and chat
at that particular point.

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That would be lovely.

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Also the youth and young adult
areas reserved for seating,

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they really are for
those constituencies.

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So please be mindful
of not sitting there.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Wow.

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Easy to please crowd.

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I love it.

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There's an interfaith
rally today

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for fair wages for workers.

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This will take place at
the Renaissance Hotel

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At 11:30 to 12:30.

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And that's at Five
Avenue of the Arts.

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Support low wage hotel
and fast food workers

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seeking economic
stability and dignity

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for themselves and
their families.

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Fast food workers
across the country

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are courageously calling for
a living wage of $15 an hour.

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And hotel workers in
Providence are speaking out

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against the abuses they
face at work, poverty level

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wages, exposure of pregnant
women to dangerous chemicals,

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unsustainable workloads, and
termination if they speak out.

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Our faith calls us to
respond to these injustices.

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The UUA and the UUSC are
sponsors of this rally,

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along with the Local
Faith Labor Coalition

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to support the hotel
workers at the Renaissance.

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The Reverend James Ford from
the First Unitarian Church

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Providence will be speaking.

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And the Reverend Amy
Carol Web will be singing.

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Food trucks will be nearby.

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[APPLAUSE] And this
from the phone.

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The Unitarian Universalist
commission on appraisals

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is excited to announce that our
next study topic will be class.

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We hope to increase
understanding

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of how class structures
in our society

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impact us as we build
the beloved community.

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Over the next three
years, we'll examine

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how class affects our
movement with an emphasis

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on intersectionality, inclusion,
congregational culture,

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and how different
class roles can

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aid our work for
justice and liberation.

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We'll explore how our
theology is a class

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and examine how classism and
structures of class privilege

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might create barriers to
the depth of our faith.

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If you have any
questions, we expect

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this to be a conversation.

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You could join us
in that conversation

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by attending our workshop
today At 12:30 in room 554.

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That said, I hope you have
a beautifully informed day.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Speaker 1: Susan
never disappoints.

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You know, Susan has
a new book published

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by Skinner House,
Children of the Same God-

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the Historical Relationship
Between Unitarianism, Judaism,

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and Islam.

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I just finished reading it.

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And it breaks new ground
about our multi faith origins.

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And if Oprah can
have a book club,

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I think the moderator can too.

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So I commend the book to you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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In tomorrow's general
session, in a spirit

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of restorative
justice and healing,

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we will hear a report
addressing the issue

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of clergy sexual misconduct
within our association.

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I know this is a
difficult subject,

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and it is necessary for us
as a community to address it

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together.

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Please know that your GA
chaplains and Right Relations

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Team are standing
by as resources.

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But I wanted you to be aware
of tomorrow's programming.

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Now I want you to meet our
head teller, Denise Rimes.

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Come on out the Denise.

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[APPLAUSE] Now, I
have to say that she

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was selected by the
previous moderator.

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You may remember her.

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That would be Gini Courter.

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[APPLAUSE] But I couldn't
be happier with the choice.

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Denise is the president of
the Southeast district, which

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I have a little bit
of connection to,

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and a member of the first UU
Church of Richmond, Virginia.

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A congregation--
[APPLAUSE] very good--

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a congregation that has been
agitating the Confederacy

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since 1830.

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[APPLAUSE] But Denise,
I noticed there's

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something going on in
the back of the hall.

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Could you check what's
going on back there?

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Denise Rimes: I think there
are some maybe smaller people

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out there that want to come in.

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Speaker 1: Should we let them?

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Denise Rimes: They
look harmless to me.

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Speaker 1: Let them in.

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Come on in.

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[APPLAUSE] I have been
told by Michelle Richards,

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the GA children's
day camp director,

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that the fourth
through eighth graders

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will be gathering while you
and I are in general sessions

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and attending workshops.

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As a part of a this
experience, they

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will be exploring issues
of identity and oppression

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and engaging in projects
to bring awareness

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around this topic.

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How good is that?

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[APPLAUSE]

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Today's exploration--
today's exploration

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is of racial and
cultural identity,

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and it seemed like a
natural fit to connect them

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with the Ribbons Not Walls
project, a Fabric Arts

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project for immigrant rights
and culture sponsored by the UU

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humanists and created by some
40 artists around the country.

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These panels depict migrant
workers, border walls,

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and other themes
to bring awareness

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to the oppression of
immigrants in our country.

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The Ribbons Not
Walls project has

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been touring at UU
congregations, district

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meetings, and humanist groups
since the spring of 2013

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and has been viewed so far by
something like 3,500 people.

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It was featured at the humanist
booth at the GA in Louisville

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and is here this week
at the exhibit hall.

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So please stop by booth
416 to view the art

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and to participate in the
creation of the latest

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part of this project,
a commemorative ribbon

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for until recently anonymous
victims of the 1948 Loss Catos

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plane crash.

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Both kids and adults are
welcome to add a small panel

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to the final work.

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So we thank the kids
for coming by, Thanks

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to Michele for organizing
our day camp so families

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can participate in GA.

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How good is that?

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[APPLAUSE] Thank you.

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Don't you love the timing?

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I'm going to draw
this general session

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to a close in a few moments.

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But I wanted to-- you can tell
that these are aisle ways,

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as you saw last night,
are fairly narrow.

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So I'm going to encourage
the folks on scooters,

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if they want to make
their way out earlier.

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And the rest of you stay
behind and do some singing.

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David has graciously agreed
to lead us in some singing

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while people with
mobility issues

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can get out ahead of the
crowds in these narrow aisles.

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Would that work for you?

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We're always ready
to sing aren't we?

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There being no further business
to come before us in accordance

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with the schedule set
forth in your program book,

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I declare that this general
session of the General Assembly

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Shall Stand In Recess Until
8:30 tomorrow morning.

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Be there.

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[APPLAUSE]

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David: Thank you, Jim.

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I grew up in a domination where
we often told one another,

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be careful that you are
not so Heavenly minded,

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that you are no earthly good.

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[LAUGHTER] We grew up in
the same faith movement.

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So as we sing this
next song, I encourage

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you to remember to keep
our eyes both up and down

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and around as we
are welcoming one

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another in our
various abilities.

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[SINGING]

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[APPLAUSE] [PIANO PLAYING]

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