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January 31, 2026

Rev. Ashley in Mother Jones news video

Rev. Ashley Harness, Assistant Minister at First U, along with Rev. Ashley Horan, a First U member and Vice President for Programs and Ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Association, were interviewed by Mother Jones Magazine while offering chaplaincy at the Whipple Building.

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November 13, 2025

This is who we are, not simply what we do.

The Sanctuary and Resistance Team began during John Cummins’ ministry at First Universalist, focused then on asylum seekers and immigration. The threat is higher now, and we’re experiencing trans refugees seeking shelter and services across state lines in Minnesota.

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A message from Rev. Jen Crow, Senior Minister
August 21, 2025

We carry each other

Two Tuesdays ago, I responded to a call from a local attorney to our interfaith immigration network asking supporters to show up at Courtroom 7B at the federal district court in St. Paul. The case of Antonia Aguilar Maldonado was going to be heard—and they wanted witnesses there as they…

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