10 Ways to Fight Hate -- action ideas from the Tolerance Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
"This guide sets out 10 principles for fighting hate along with a collection of inspiring stories of people who acted, often alone at first, to push hate out of their communities. Our experience shows that one person, acting from conscience and love, can neutralize bigotry. A group of people can create a moral barrier to hate."
"Every day ...
at least eight blacks, three whites, three gays, three Jews and one Latino become hate crime victims. "
Principles are fleshed out well with stories and concrete ideas: Act -- Unite -- Support the Victims -- Do Your Homework -- Create an Alternative -- Speak Up -- Lobby Leaders -- Look Long Range -- Teach Tolerance -- Dig Deeper
Includes a printable version to download, in Acrobat file format.
Leadership Without Easy Answers
by Ronald A. Heifetz
If you read just one book on Leadership, this is it. As the title indicates, you won't find quick fixes or easy answers here, just a way of framing the concept and practice of leadership in a way that's ethical and consistent with the worth and dignity of every member of an organization.
His ideas are practical, nevertheless, just not simplistic -- which means that they're far more likely to be effective.
A Harvard professor (John F. Kennedy School of Government), Heifeitz looks at issues of authority, values and change, using leaders like Martin Luther King, jr., and Mahatma Gandhi to illustrate his points.
Heifetz is also a musician, and his metaphors and analogies from that field enrich the presentation.
Amazon.com: buying info: Leadership Without Easy Answers
Unitarian Universalist congregations have many similar organizational issues to those in Ethical Societies. This very complete resource is now available online.
Includes many nuts-and-bolts ideas -- from by-law suggestions, effective meetings, programming ideas, social justice and religious education resources, congregational planning and budgeting, and financial and property issues. Some sections are specific to UU congregations, but most are either applicable to an Ethical Society, or can be easily "translated."
The Congregational Handbook
How to Develop and Sustain
Your Unitarian Universalist Congregation
The UUA Congregational Handbook - Table of Contents