• William Sinkford Installed as Seventh UUA President in General Assembly Closing Ceremonies; Diane Olson Becomes Moderator
• William G. Sinkford Elected as Seventh President of Unitarian Universalist Association - First African American to Lead Historically White Denomination
• A statement from the Rev. Diane Miller, on the election of Rev. William Sinkford as UUA President, June 23, 2001
• New UUA President and Moderator Speak to Press and Delegates
  
• Remarks of William Sinkford following his election as UUA President
• Diane Olson Elected Unitarian Universalist Association Moderator to Succeed Denise Davidoff - Additional continental election race results also announced

• Protesting the Misappropriation of Native American Terms and Images by the Cleveland Baseball Team
• Post Opening Ceremony: Anti-Racism Vigil
• Wetness Witness at the Cleveland Indians Stadium

07/05/01 Man leads church he once left
By Kristina Goetz, The Cinncinatti Enquirer:

07/02/01 Spreading the Good News: First Black President of Unitarian Universalists by Matthew Valliad, Diversityinc.com (an online source).

GA Hometown Press Release

Press Release: Unitarian Universalists Elect New President
Black Minister to Lead Liberal Denomination

06/30/01 Unitarians value human dignity; Wahoo devalues it

Letter to editor of Cleveland.com, sent by Heather Janules convention delegate from the Arlington Street Church in Boston.

06/23/01 Faithful few fight with a loud voice, and left jabs
by David Briggs, The Plain Dealer

6/23/01 New president says liberal church will be voice of justice
The Associated Press

6/25/01 Unitarian-Universalists Elect First Black President
by Gustav Niebuhr, The New York Times
(access to this article will be free for one week, and available for a slight charge after that)

• Live from Cleveland: Ambience Photos
• President Buehrens Bids UUA Board Farewell in pre-GA Meeting
• Volunteers Gear Up for GA 2001
• GA Journal, by Ann Woldt

• Ministers Discuss Issues of Racism and Oppression in pre-GA Session
• Bentley and Moore on the Spiritual Care of Men
• Creating Rituals of Remembrance in a Culture of Denial Rev. Sarah York
• Reckless Borrowing or Appropriate Cultural Sharing?
• Helping our Young Men Come of Age
• Congregational and Leadership Assessment
• 2001 Berry Street Essay (essay by Rev. C. Leon Hopper)

1020 Youth Caucus Business Meeting I
1026 Opening Celebration and Plenary I

2002 Friday Morning Worship (sermon by Rev. David Gyero)
2003 Plenary II (President's Report) (COA Report)
2008 The Meanings of Membership
2010 Becoming a Fair Compensation Congregation
2011 Creating Effective Committees on Ministry - Part II
2013 Overworked, Overspent, Overwhelmed
2016 Transformational Leadership: Skills and Knowledge
2018 How UU Pamphlets Serve Us and How They Could Better
2023 All about the UU Funding Program
2026 Ignite Locally: Young Adult/Campus Ministry Justice Workshop
2027 Candidates Forum
2030 Is Responsible Consumption Rational Economics?
2031 Making the Annual Pledge Drive Obsolete
2034 President's Colloquium on Victims/Survivors of Ministerial Misconduct
2036 On Being a Board Religiously
2038 Cultural Appropriation: Reckless Borrowing or Appropriate Cultural Sharing
2040 Drug Policy Alternatives: What Are the Options?
2041 Coming of Age - A District-Wide Program
2045 Life in the Trenches
2048 Award-winning Adult Sermon and Intergenerational Worship
2049 Social Witness in Worship
2055 A Unitarian Universalist Family and the Death Penalty
2051 From Categories to Specialties: New Directions in Ministry
2072 Friday Evening Worship (sermon by the Rev. Judith Meyer)
2075 Is There a Future for Men in UUism?
2079 Lifecraft: The Art of Meaning in the Everyday
2082 On the Path: Being a Good Ally
2100 Youth Worship

3002 Saturday Morning Worship (sermon by Rev. Dr. Sarah Oelberg)
3003 Plenary III
3009 The Black Empowerment Controversy Video History Project
3011 District Support for Campus and Young Adult Ministry
3015 Jefferson's Pillow
3018 Creating a Dynamic Newsletter
3019 The Cross-Border Connection
3020 Campus Ministry: Any Congregation Can Do It
3024 Envisioning a New UU Christian Congregation
3025 Presentation of Skinner Award-Winning Social Justice Sermon
3028 The Minister/Congregation Covenant
3031 "Alternative to the 'War on Drugs'": Monitoring Progress
3032 The Burning Times Revisited: Rekindling Feminist Fires
3037 Congregational Self Assessment
3041 Congregational and Leadership Assessment
3042 Miracle in Cheyenne
3046 Swinging from the Garden Gate
3049 The First 40 Years of the UUA
3058 The CUC and the UUA, What's the Story?
3059 New Staff? Let's Do a Start Up!
3061 Religious Pluralism in America Today
3062 In Whose Honor: Indian Mascots in Sports and Advertising
3073 New Horizons in UU Ministry...Community Ministry
3074 Bridging Ceremony
3075 Youth Council Restructuring Task Force Hearing
3077 Evolving Partnership: The Rise of Universalism Since Merger
3084 Preserving Our Past: Maintaining Church Archives
3085 A UU Christian Church in 10 Easy Steps
3088 Liberal Theology and the Problem of Evil
3092 UUA at UN World Conference on Racial Discrimination
3093 Church of the Larger Fellowship Worship Service
3095 Youth Caucus Business Meeting III
3098 The Last Man Jailed for Blasphemy
3099 Making the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography
3100 Helping Our Young Men Come of Age
3105 IARF: Religious Freedom - Unveiling New Plans
3113 Closing Worship to Campaign

4003 Service of Living Tradition (sermon by Richard S. Gilbert)
4004 Plenary IV
4004 Financial Advisor's Report
4015 Fulfilling the Promise Final Report
4017 Youth Caucus Business Meeting IV
4024 Starr King President's Lecture
4032 APF & UUMA 2001 Sermon Award (sermon by Rev. Victoria Safford)
4035 Ware Lecture
4036 All-GA Youth Worship
4050 Canadians and the UUA

5005 The Practice of Spiritual Disciplines in the Liberal Church
5014 Clarence Darrow Lives!
5017 What I Didn't I Say in My Report
5019 Make Planned Giving Work for You
5021 The Role of Technology in the General Assembly
5025 Start, Nurture and Grow your YRUU Youth Group!!
5026 Building Effective Boards in UU Congregations
5031 Youth Caucus Business Meeting V
5032 Whither Decentralization?
5035 New Visions for Large Congregations
5041 Conducting a Public Ministry
5048 Monday Afternoon Worship
5051 Making the Web Work for You
5052 Scouting Tears UU Consciences - Continued
5058 Closing Celebration
5059 Rock 'n Roll Dance

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