[DWeiner@uua.org: [UUA-L] Peter Morales Elected Eighth President of Unitarian Universalist Association]
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:13:25 -0400
From: Deborah Weiner <DWe...@uua.org>
To: uu...@lists.uua.org
Subject: [UUA-L] Peter Morales Elected Eighth President of Unitarian
Universalist Association
(June 27, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah) - Rev. Peter Morales, senior minister of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, Colorado, today was elected to be the eighth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) at the Association's General Assembly in Salt Lake City.
Morales received a total of 2061 votes, 1020 of which were cast as absentee ballots. His opponent, Rev. Dr. Laurel Hallman, formerly senior minister of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas, received a total of 1481 votes, 827 of which were absentee ballots. �Morales' margin of victory was 580 votes.�
Speaking of his aspirations for Unitarian Universalism, Rev. Morales said, "I want to grow our faith, to reach all those people who are looking for non-dogmatic, liberal religious community. I look forward to working with partners in many other progressive and justice-seeking religious groups. There are tremendous issues that we'll be facing in the coming years and we're going to need one another."
Rev. Morales, the first Latino leader of the UUA, will be installed in a ceremony which concludes the General Assembly, at 6:30 PM (MDT) on Sunday, June 28. Rev. Morales will succeed Rev. William G. Sinkford who has served two four-year terms as President of the UUA.
See http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/144235.shtml for the complete story on Morales' election. For uuworld.org's coverage of the Morales election, see http://uuworld.org/news/ga .
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