UUA Office of Information & Public Witness

Our Mission: To increase awareness of Unitarian Universalism as a force for good in the world; to raise the visibility of UUism in the public arena; to preserve the legacy of the past and demonstrate its relevance for the present.

The IPW Office manages the UUA's Electronic Press Room. Members of the media and other interested individuals are invited to visit the site and to print or download any useful materials. Resources in the Press Room include an electronic media kit, official UUA press releases, selected news articles from the national press, and an overview of some of the UUA's current Public Witness issues.

	John Hurley, Director of Communications The Director of Communications coordinates all relationships with the media, arranges interviews with the UUA President and other key leaders, convene the Association's Public Witness Teams, and manages the UUA's public presence in the wider world.  (617) 948-6131
	Janet Hayes, Information Officer The Information Officer performs proactive media outreach, develops resources for ministers and congregations, and consults with constituents on dealings with the media. (617) 948-4386
	Erika Nonken, Public Information Assistant The Public Information Assistant serves as the first point of contact for general inquiries to the Association, maintains the office's print and electronic clippings archives, arranges for tours of 25 Beacon Street, and performs basic historical research. (617)948-4652

Resources:

Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF: Some resource materials are availabe as a PDF file (PDF format allows documents to be viewed and printed on most computers). Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print PDF files and is free to download by clicking here.

• Sharing the Good News: A Public Relations Manual for Congregations:  A step-by-step handbook for communications committees.  The manual may be downloaded and printed in its entirety or one chapter at a time.
• Heritage Trips: Planning a Trip to Boston with Young Teens
• Virtual Tour of the UUA's Boston Headquarters
• "Unitarian Universalist Origins: Our Historic Faith," an online pamphlet which includes a recommended reading list.
• Historical photographs of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist leaders.
• "A Guide to Preserving Historic Unitarian Universalist Churches", by Elaine Stiles (21 pgs, 481KB)
• Resources for Preserving Congregational Archives (31 pgs, 9.3 MB)

Historical Documents: The UUA's Boston headquarters maintains a limited onsite archive, including small files on Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States.  The vast majority of the UUA's historic documents are now housed at the Andover Harvard Theological Library  (AHTL) at Harvard University's Divinity School. The UU Collection  includes publications, institutional records and an extensive historical archive of files on deceased ministers  from the Unitarian, Universalist and UU traditions.

Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon St. | Boston, MA 02108 | 617-742-2100