Showing posts with label UUAWOL Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UUAWOL Index. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2019

UUAWOL Index - 100,000 undocumented immigrant children scheduled to graduate from High School in U.S. this year


From Washington Post 04/26/19

"Nearly 100,000 undocumented immigrants are estimated to graduate from U.S. high schools every year, a new report says, although many do not have the same protection against deportation and other benefits that the “dreamers” do.
The report, based on census data, was published by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, a D.C. think tank that does research and analysis to improve immigration and integration policies.
It says that some 98,000 undocumented immigrants are estimated to graduate from public high schools annually — with 44 percent living in two states: California (27 percent) and Texas (17 percent). That estimate is far higher than the 65,000 that has been cited for nearly two decades."
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Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.

Monday, April 8, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index


UU A Way Of Life ministries index is a regular feature which appears on Mondays.
  • Biggest deficit ever posted to U.S. budget occured in February, 2019 = 234 Billion
  • Percentage deficit has increased so far in 2019 over previous year = 40%
  • Percentage of change in corporate tax revenue since Republican tax cut = -32%



  • Increase in hate crimes in counties hosting Trump rallies in 2016 compared to other counties = 226%



  • Percentage of Americans between 18 - 34 who say they don't have a steady romantic partner in 2019 = 51%
  • In 2016 = 45%
  • In 2004 = 33%

Monday, April 1, 2019

UU A Way Of Life Index


UU A Way Of Life ministries index is a regular feature which appears on Mondays.
  • Percentage of 364 convictions overturned because of DNA evidence since 1992 = 70
  • Percentage of those cases overturned which were convicted based on eyewitness testimony when witness and suspect were of different races = about 50%

  • Number of troops U.S. military now plans to keep in Syria = 1,000
  • Number of troops President Trump said would be kept in Syria 3 months ago = 0

  • Percentage of Americans expected to bet on outcome of "March Madness" basketball games = 20%
  • Amount of money expected to be bet on those games = $8.5 billion.

  • Of 100 million traffic stops, percentage of Caucasions found with contraband like guns and drugs according to Stanford University study = 36%
  • Percentage of blacks = 32%
  • Percentage of Latinos = 26%

Monday, March 25, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Results of survey as of 03/24/19


The UU A Way Of Life ministries index appears on Mondays.
  • Number of people who have answered the UU A Way Of Life survey as of 03/24/19 = 3
  • Number of hetero males who have answered the survey so far = 3
  • Number of people with Master's degrees who have answered the survey = 3
  • Number of people who stated they were caucasion = 2/3
  • Number of people who stated they were "pink" = 1
The UU A Way Of Life survey will continue until 03/31/19. Please complete it if willing.

Monday, March 18, 2019

UUAWOL Index - Gambling addiction and lottery tickets

UU A Way of Life index is a regular feature of the UU A Way Of Life ministries blog and appears on Mondays.



  • Percentage of lottery ticket buyers who have a gambling addiction = 10 - 15%
  • Percentage of $73 billion in lottery sales in US purchased by people with gambling addiction = 80%
  • Place where most lottery tickets are sold = higher poverty areas.

Monday, March 11, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Sharing the faith

The UU A Way Of Life ministries index is a regular feature which appears on Mondays.
Barna research group did a study of the willingness of Christians to share their faith in different generations: Millenials, Gen X, Boomers, and Elders. Reading the results of this research got me wondering about UUs.


  • Percentage of Christians who said "Part of my faith means being a witness about Jesus?" 95-97%
  • Percentage of Christians who said they know how to respond if someone asked them about the faith? 86-92%
  • Percentage of Christians who said they were gifted in sharing their faith with others? 56-73%
  • Percentage of Christians who said it is wrong to share one's personal beliefs with someone of a different faith in hopes that they will one day share the same faith? 19 - 47%
  • Percentage of Christians who said if someone disagrees with you, it means that they're judging you. 9-40%
So how would UUs answer these questions:


  • Part of my faith is the importance of sharing our UU living traditions with others?
  • It would be a good thing if more people became UU?
  • If someone asked about Unitarian Univeralism, I could explain it satisfactorily?
  • I am gifted at sharing my UU faith with others?
  • It is wrong to share my UU faith with someone of a different faith?
  • I am worried that I might be judged negatively for my UU faith?

Monday, February 25, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index


The UU A Way Of Life ministries index is a regular feature which appears every Monday.
  • The number of richest Americans with more wealth than 150 million of Americans poorer = 400
  • Price paid at Trump International Hotel in Washington DC during the inaugueration in 2017 for rooms that normally would have rented for $175,000.00 per day = $700,000.00
  • Number of people on the planet Earth = 7.5 billion
  • Percentage of wild animals which have dissapeared from the earth in the last 40 years = 50%

Monday, February 11, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Infant morality in US compared to other first world countries

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Monday, February 4, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - People shot in the U.S. in January, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index will appear on Mondays.




  • Number of people shot in the U.S. in January of 2019 = 3,321
  • Number of people shot fatally in U.S. in January of 2019 = 1,211
  • Number of fatally shot people in the U.S. in January of 2019 under 18 years old = 248


Source  - Gun Violence Archive

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - school lock downs in the U.S. 2017 - 2018


  • Number of children who experienced school lock downs in the U.S. 2017-2018 = 4 million
  • Number of school lock downs in the U.S. 2017 - 2018 = 6,200
  • Number of school lock downs, on average, per day in U.S. schools 2017 - 2018 = 16

Source - Washington Post as reported in The Week on 01/11/19

Editor's note:
There is growing evidence that school lock down drills are very traumatizing to children which raises the question of whether the benefit of such practices are worth the psychological and social costs.

These statistics also make one pause and consider what kind of a society we have become as a result of our love of freely available guns and what kind of a society we want for our future.

Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion and human relations. How does this second principle apply to this situation?

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Saturday, January 12, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - increase in rate in gun suicides


  • The rate of increase in gun sucides in the U.S. since 2008 = 22%
  • The rate of increase in gun suicides in the U.S. by those who own guns since 2008 = 3x


Source: Bloomberg, com as reported in The Week, January 11, 2019, p.16

Friday, December 28, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Stats on guns

What is the cause of the rise of gun deaths in the U.S. and in South America? Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote the acceptance of of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth. To what extent is the gun problem in the US a symptom of spiritual poverty in the U.S.?


 

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - abortion rates in US


  • Abortion rate in U.S. in 2015 = 188/1,000 live births (lowest rate on record)
  • Reasons for low abortion rates in U.S. = more effective contraception such as IUDs and implants

Monday, December 17, 2018

UU AWOL ministries index - More Wiccans in the U.S. than Presbyterians


  • Number of Presbyterians in the U.S. = 1.4 million
  • Number of Wiccans in the U.S. = 1.5 million
  • Number of Unitarian Univeralistis in the U.S. = 200,000

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

UU AWOL ministries index - Organizational dysfunction in Catholic Church


  • Number of Roman Catholic bishops who have been accused of inadequately handling accusations of sexual misconduct in their dioceses during their careers = 160.
  • Number of Roman Catholic bishops who have been accused of sexual misconduct themselves = 15


Source, The Week, November 16, 2018 quoting the Boston Globe

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

UU AWOL ministries idex - Responsibility for extermists deaths in the U.S.


Percentage of extremist related deaths in the US perpetrated by white supremists between 2008-2017 = 71%
Percentage of extremist related deaths in the US perpetrated by Islamic  extremists between 2008 - 2017 = 26%

Source, The Week, November 16, 2018 quoting New York Times

Saturday, December 1, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Rate of suicide for veterans by age and sex


  • Rate of suicide for veterans age 18-34 = 45/100,000
  • Rate of suicide for veterans 55 + = 58.1/100,00
  • Rate of suicide for non veteran females in U.S. 2000-2010 = 5.2/100,000
  • Rate of suicide for veteran and in service females in U.S. 2000-2010 = 28.7/100,000
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