We continue to navigate these turbulent times together, guided by our shared values. For up-to-date information and resources refer to Side With Love: specifically their Minnesota Resource Kit and their new article Six Questions Congregations Need to Answer about Community Safety in This Moment. Additionally, the UUWorld's homepage is an excellent resource for timely articles and more. 

As always, your New England Region is here for you - for listening, collaboration, brainstorming, and resource sharing. Drop a line, anytime.

Let’s connect! We are offering a new gathering of small New England UU congregations. We will convene on Tuesday, February 24 from 7:00 to 8:30pm. Join with your small congregation neighbors in New England to share ideas, questions, concerns, and support. We expect to meet about three times per year.

This gathering is open to all staff and leaders in New England UU congregations ~120 members or less.

The Zoom link will be sent to all staff and leaders in small congregations. To ensure receipt, please check that all information for your congregation on my.uua.org is current and correct. Latecomers and early departures are welcome.

We look forward to gathering with you!

March is Small Congregations Month! The UUA’s Congregational Life Smallers Team is hosting a month of learning. We will be hosting a webinar each week in the month of March for small congregations on a variety of topics:

Registration is required and available on a sliding scale. Registration closes on Tuesday, March 24 or at maximum capacity. Webinars will be recorded.

Save the date for Saturday, April 18! Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary returns.

This upcoming online event includes a keynote presentation given by a transgender/gender nonconforming person, workshops from and for the trans community only, as well as additional workshops for cisgender people who are ready to learn more about how to be an ally. This event creates a space and time where transgender people, allies, advocates, and accomplices can bravely (and with more safety than usual) explore, learn and grow, bear witness, and be witnessed. Attendee registration details are coming soon.

Our keynote speaker will be Logan Grendel (Instagram). Bio coming soon!

Interested in being a host site for this event? Sign up on the interest form (Wufoo) for more information. Signing up on this form is neither a commitment to host nor approval to host, but an expression of interest in hosting. We will forward your information to your regional staff, and they will reach out to you with next steps.

Seeing Me in the World is a teen-led and adult-supported learning experience at UU Urban Ministry (UUUM) that invites youth to step into Roxbury, MA with curiosity and care. Co-guided by trained teen facilitators and UUUM staff, the program uses a youth-led walking tour as a core component of a broader experience focused on place, history, identity, power, and belonging. Through guided reflection, dialogue, observation, and shared learning, participants are encouraged to see themselves as connected, capable, and active in shaping a more just world. Seeing Me in the World typically runs March through October. Learn more and explore scheduling options on the UUUM website.

Join Side With Love’s monthly event to strengthen your spirit, make sense of the threats to democracy, and take meaningful action alongside others! We have two live versions every month, and you can watch or share the recording with your congregation afterwards.

The Gathering is on the second Monday monthly at 8:00pm ET. Register for the upcoming event on Monday, February 9. This month join for Stories of Faith Over Fear. The Wednesday following, Now What will convene UU congregational staff and board members. Join Wednesday, February 11 from 1:00 to 2:15pm.

Find this and many more events from Side With Love on their website.

Taproot is a national bimonthly BIPOC space. This space is explicitly for people identifying as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC). This year's theme is Leadership as Spiritual Practice. Registration is required. The next gathering is Thursday, February 19 from 8:00 to 9:15pm ET.

This month join for Restorative Justice Practices in UU Congregations with Aisha Hauser on Tuesday, February 24 from 7:30 to 9:00pm ET.

Registration is free and required. Please note, registration is only required once for the series.

The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans/nonbinary children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people. The next gathering is on Sunday, March 1 at 4:00pm ET. Registration is required. Find out more on the UUA website.

Ministers who are not fellowshipped with the Unitarian Universalist Association and are serving UU congregations are invited to gather monthly with MidAmerica’s Regional Lead. We will gather on the second Tuesday monthly, from 3:00 to 4:00pm ET. Registration is required.