{"id":11924,"date":"2025-06-24T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=11924"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:35:08","slug":"reflecting-on-uu-hill-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/reflecting-on-uu-hill-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on UU Hill Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside our partners at UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ) and the UU Service Committee (UUSC), UU Ministry for Earth facilitated justice movement chaplaincy at Capitol Hill on June 17, 2025. 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