The Unitarian Universalist theologian James Luther Adams (JLA) famously reworked the words of Jesus, changing "By their fruits you shall know them" to "By their groups shall you know them." Unitarian Universalism has a long history of small and large local, regional, national, and international organizations. This rich tradition of voluntary associations coupled with a propensity towards initialism and acronyms often creates an alphabet soup that is a barrier to researchers. This page is a non-exhaustive list of community UU organizations and their initials/acronyms.
This is a growing list and please help us grow it by telling us what we missed. You can email us at library@meadville.edu
The UUA also maintains a list of Related and Associate Member Organizations.
ARE: Allies for Racial Equity
AUUA: Association of UU Administrators
AUUMM: Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries
BLUU: Black Lives of Unitarian Universalists
CALM: Chicago Area Liberal Ministers
CAUUC: Chicago Area UU Council
CUUPS: Covenant of UU Pagans
DRUUMM: Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries
EqUUal Access: UU Disability Justice Group
GA: UU General Assembly
ICUU: International Council of Unitarian Universalists
LREDA: Liberal Religious Educators Association
LUUNA: Latina/o UU Networking Association
MLTS: Meadville Lombard Theological School
MFC: Ministerial Fellowship Committee
MFN: Ministerial Formation Network
NYSCU: New York State Convention of Universalists
OWL: Our Whole Lives (Sexual Health Education Curriculum done through a partnership with UU-UCC).
PTE: Panel on Theological Education
SKSM: Starr King School for the Ministry
TRUUST- Transgender Religious Professional Unitarian Universalists Together
UU GMN: Unitarian Universalist Small Group Ministry Network
UUA: Unitarian Universalist Association
UUAMP: Unitarian Universalist Association of Membership Professionals
UUHA: UU Humanist Association
UUMA: Unitarian Universalists Ministers Association
UUSC. UU Service Committee
UUSCM: Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries
UUSN: UU Studies Network
UUTRM – UU Trauma Response Ministry
UUWF: UU Women’s Federation
UUWR: UU Women and Religion
AUA: American Unitarian Association
UCA: Universalist Church of America
WUC: Western Unitarian Conference
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