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.
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
CER: Central East Region
CLF: Church of the Larger Fellowship
CUUPS: Covenant of UU Pagans
CUUSAN: Coalition of UU State Action Networks
DRUUMM: Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries
DUUB: Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
EqUUal Access: EqUUal Access (UU Disability Justice Group)
IARF: International Association for Religious Freedom
ICUU: International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
ICUUW: International Convocation of UU Women
IUUWAN: Iowa UU Witness Advocacy Network
JLAF: James Luther Adams Foundation
LREDA: Liberal Religious Educators Association
LUUNA: Latina/o UU Networking Association
MAR: MidAmerica Region
MFC: Ministerial Fellowship Committee
MFN: Ministerial Formation Network
MLTS: Meadville Lombard Theological School
MUUC: Midwest UU Conference
MUUF: Midwest UU Foundation
MUUSA: Midwest UU Summer Assembly
MUUYC: Midwest UU Youth Camp
NER: New England Region
NYSCU: New York State Convention of Universalists
OWL: Our Whole Lives (Sexual Health Education Curriculum done through a partnership with UU-UCC)
PEACE: UU Peace Education Action Community Environment Fellowship
PNWD: Pacific Northwest District
PTE: Panel on Theological Education
PUC: Pennsylvania Universalist Convention (see TPUC)
PUUF/PACUUF: Pacific UU Fellowship
SKSM: Starr King School for the Ministry
SMR: Society for Ministerial Relief
SR: Southern Region
SWUUW: Southwest UU Women
TPUC: Trustees of the Pennsylvania Universalist Convention
TRUUsT: Transgender Religious Professional Unitarian Universalists Together
TXUUJM: Texas UU Justice Ministry
USPS: Unitarian Service Pension Society
USSS: Unitarian Sunday School Society
UU: Unitarian Universalist
UUA: Unitarian Universalist Association
UUADP: UUs for Alternatives for the Death Penalty
UUAM: UU Animal Ministry
UUAMP: UU Association of Membership Professionals
UUBF: UU Buddhist Fellowship
UUCF: UU Christian Fellowship
UUCL: UU Congregational Life
UUFP: UU Funding Program
UUHA: UU Humanist Association
UUJA: UUs for Jewish Awareness
UUJEC: UUs for a Just Economic Community
UUJME: UUs for Justice in the Middle East
UUMA: UU Ministers Association
UUMFE: UU Ministry for Earth
UUMHN: UU Mental Health Network
UUPF: UU PEACE Fellowship
UUPMI: UU Prison Ministry of Illinois
UUPMN: UU Peace Ministry Network
UURISE: UU Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education, Inc.
UURN: UU Religious Naturalists
UUSC: UU Service Committee
UUSCM: UU Society for Community Ministries
UUSDN: UU Spiritual Direction Network
UUSGMN: UU Small Group Ministry Network
UUSJ: UUs for Social Justice
UUSN: UU Studies Network
UUTRM: UU Trauma Response Ministry
UUUM: UU Urban Ministry
UUWF: UU Women’s Federation
UUWR: UU Women and Religion
YAYA: Youth and Young Adult
YEA: Youth and Emerging Adult
AUA: American Unitarian Association (merged with the UCA in 1961 to become the UUA)
AYS: About Your Sexuality (RE program replaced by OWL)
BAC: Black Affairs Council
BAWA: UUs for Black and White Action
BUUC: Black UU Caucus
COIC: Commission on Institutional Change (2017-2020)
FULLBAC: Full Recognition and Funding of the Black Affairs Council
MTS: Meadville Theological School (merged with Lombard College to become MLTS)
MUC: Midwest Universalist Conference (merged with the WUC in 1961 to become the MUUC)
PNUUGF: Pacific Northwest UU Growth Foundation (now the Cascadia Growth Fund)
SLM: Society for the Larger Ministry
UCA: Universalist Church of America (merged with the AUA in 1961 to become the UUA)
UUHHS: UU History and Heritage Society (now the UUSN)
UUHS: UU Historical Society (now the UUSN)
UUMN: UU Musicians Network (now AUUMM)
UUU: UU University (UUCL program from 2006-2009)
WACH: Worship Arts Clearing House
WUC: Western Unitarian Conference (merged with the MUC in 1961 to become the MUUC)
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