June 22-26, 2022

GA Registration Rates Increase Sunday, May 1.

Please join us virtually or in-person for the 61st annual UUA General Assembly. Register now before registration rates increase on Sunday, May 1.

The 2022 Ware Lecture with Dr. Ibrahim X. Kendi will be available to GA registrants only. In-person registration is required to attend the event in Portland, Oregon. In-person or full virtual registration is required to live-stream the event on June 25, or access the video on-demand where it will be posted for a limited time after GA.

Announcing GA Featured Speaker adrienne maree brown

adrienne maree brown is the writer-in-residence at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute, and author of Grievers (the first novella in a trilogy on the Black Dawn imprint), Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements and How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office. She is the cohost of the How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia’s Parables, and Emergent Strategy podcasts. adrienne is rooted in Detroit.

This featured program, exclusively for GA registrants, will be on Thursday, June 23 at 1:45 p.m. PT. It will be a virtual presentation with an in-person screening in Portland.

Banners at GA

The Banner Parade is a GA institution, and this year the tradition will be reimagined for a multi-platform audience. Banners will be displayed in the General Session Hall and the celebration will be live streamed for virtual GA attendees. This year, participants will be dropping off their banners before the event begins. Volunteers will decorate the hall before the celebration, allowing attendees to enjoy the event without having to wait in line for a processional.

Please bring your congregation’s banner to General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, or submit a high-resolution photo of your congregation’s banner by the extended deadline of Friday, May 6. Both in-person and virtual banners will be incorporated into the Opening Celebration. In-person banner drop-off will begin on Tuesday, June 21 and continue until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 22. Banner pickup will take place on Sunday, June 26 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Pack light! As there is no processional, you do not need to bring your banner poles! Also, if you cannot drop your banner off by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday and/or pick up your banner on Sunday between 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., please submit a photo of your banner instead.

Housing Reservations Are Still Available!

The cut-off date for making reservations with the GA Housing Reservation System is May 23. After this time you can still modify or cancel an existing reservation on the housing website, however, room cancellations after this date are subject to a non-refundable $50 cancellation fee for each reservation (in addition to any hotel policies). If you need any assistance with your reservation please contact the General Assembly Housing Call Center at 702-476-6976 or email TravelPortland@connectionshousing.com.

GA Delegate Credentials

Congregations are responsible for assigning their member delegate credentials using the online Credential Manager. Next week, the UUA will email all certified congregations with a secure access link to the Credential Manager. In the meantime, congregations can access credentialing by logging into MyUUA with their congregational user ID and password.

Religious professionals may use the GA self-service portal to retrieve their delegate credentials.

Child Care at GA

General Assembly is pleased to offer child care (6 months – 4 years) and day camp (5 – 13 years) during the five days of GA. Advance registration will be available soon. Child Care will be provided at a nearby hotel by a professional nanny service, in collaboration with Unitarian Universalist Religious Educators and adult GA volunteers. Vaccination will be required for children 5 and up. Children 2 years and up must be masked to participate.

Digital GA Program Book

Consistent with our sustainability improvements, we will save trees by printing less. This includes GA 2022 program books, which will again be available digitally for all attendees. There will be no printed program books available on-site in Portland. The Accessibility Services desk will have a printed copy which can be checked out by registrants who may have trouble accessing the online Program PDF.

Governance at General Assembly

The UUA Board of Trustees leads the governance process each year at General Assembly (GA).

Pre-GA Webinars Led by the Board

Each year, the Board of Trustees hosts a series of webinars to help delegates and GA attendees understand how the business at GA will work. We invite you to pre-register for a webinar.

Business Resolutions for GA 2022

The following two business resolutions will be up for discussion and vote at GA 2022:

Discussion Forum

After you’ve participated in the webinar on the business resolutions (or watched the recording which will be posted on this page soon), the Board of Trustees invites you to engage with them in discussion about the two business resolutions linked above. Register for the forums and share your thoughts.

Business Mini-Assembly

This year, the business mini-assembly will take place before GA begins on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. MT / 1 p.m. PT. Delegates will access the mini-assembly via the delegate platform.

Important Dates:

May 1 – Deadline to email Actions of Immediate Witness (AIW) topic and description to the Commission on Social Witness (CSW).

May 7 – CSW will share any potential collaborators’ contacts with proposers.

May 15 – Deadline to email a draft AIW to the CSW.

May 25 – Final business agenda posted (30 days beforehand).

June 1– CSW will provide feedback on drafts AIWs. The team writing the AIW should incorporate feedback ASAP and resubmit updated version.

June 8 – Proposed amendments to business items are due to the Board.

June 9 – Moderator/Mod Squad reviews submitted amendments.

June 1–15

June 15 – Deadline that teams proposing AIWs should email the CSW a revised (nearly final) draft of AIWs.

June 15 – Board posts final text of business items with incorporated amendments.

June 17 – CSW will provide final feedback. Proposers should respond promptly with any revisions.

June 20 – CSW posts final drafts of AIWs. No additional revisions after this date.

Call for Virtual Volunteers

Contribute 18-20 hours before or during GA and receive a fully funded virtual registration. Virtual volunteer teams are forming now:

Safety + Wellness in Portland

In compliance with UUA and Oregon Convention Center guidelines, entry to General Assembly 2022 in Portland, OR is open to people who are fully vaccinated. UUA staff and GA volunteers will be responsible for verifying proof of vaccination for all guests at or before the time of in-person registration at General Assembly. Face masks are required indoors at the Oregon Convention Center, except while eating and drinking in designated spaces.

View our new Safety + Wellness at General Assembly webpage

Youth and Young Adult Financial Support

People who’ve competed 9th grade (or the homeschool equivalent) up to those who are 35 years old can get a scholarship in the form of a discount code they apply during the registration process.