The Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), Gini Courter, UUA Moderator, and Tom Loughrey, Secretary of the UUA, issued a joint statement. It begins, ‘The UUA Board of Trustees and Administration have agreed to seek outside expertise to assist with the alignment of the Association’s programs with the vision of what we want to accomplish through our Association, as expressed in the Ends.’