Equal Rights - ULC Blog

June is Pride Month, a time for LGBTQIA+ people to celebrate their identities and their rights as citizens. It commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots when patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back against police brutality. ...

Category: Equal Rights

Life is a series of ups and downs for everyone, but the easier it is for you to overcome hardships, the more privilege you are likely to have. Society may give lip service to equality, but its systems were originally des ...

Category: Equal Rights Social Equality

One of the main goals of the church is to welcome people who are looking for a community with which to explore their faith. Many organizations are starting to recognize the importance of offering inclusion training for t ...

Category: Equal Rights Morality

June is Pride Month, and this means that there are probably multiple events in your city celebrating the diversity and inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community. Many straight people in your faith community may want to get inv ...

Category: Equal Rights Freedom Human Rights Morality

Running and walking are great for your health. They're also excellent ways to raise awareness and money for causes that are important to you. If you have been running for a while, you may have participated in Race for th ...

Category: Equal Rights Health and Wellness

Many LGBTQIA+ Christians struggle to reconcile their gender or sexual identities with their desire to join a faith community. If you are looking for a place to worship, you may be wary of congregations that seem friendly ...

Category: Equal Rights Religion

The year 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race riot, which is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the United States. Sadly, even people who grew up in Oklahoma often haven’t studie ...

Category: Equal Rights Freedom Human Rights

The largest African American museum in America is the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. If you can’t get to the nation’s capital, you may want to che ...

Category: Equal Rights Science

Artists have long used creative works to support civil rights and peace. Music has often driven change and supported the hard work of activists. Here are some musicians and groups who have published music that in some wa ...

Category: Equal Rights Politics

News of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minneapolis who died while being detained by a police officer, quickly spread across the United States and the world, leading to widespread outrage an ...

Category: Equal Rights Human Rights Religion Social Justice