Dozens of UU congregations are participating in new sanctuary coalitions and are encouraging other congregations to join. If your congregation is not already participating, you may want to consider doing so. In addition to offering physical sanctuary, congregations can be part of the sanctuary movement by working to stop deportations, and by assisting people in sanctuary and the churches that are providing it.
Saturday, January 23, 7:30pm Cedar Lane UU Church 9601 Cedar Lane Bethesda, MD Details to come
Please ask your federal legislators to prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against LGBT people globally by becoming an Original Cosponsor of the International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015.
Responding to the realities of the environmental crisis we are currently experiencing and the lived experiences and needs of Unitarian Universalists, the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Green Sanctuary Program has been revised and the new version is now available online.
MetroTeenAIDS can now provide free individual and group therapy sessions to lgbtq youth and young adults who have been victims of crime thanks to a grant from the DC Office of Victim Services.
The Smarter Sentencing Act, introduced in July 2013, is a bipartisan bill that would deal a landmark blow to mass incarceration. The UUA is part of an interfaith coalition urging the Senate to make this bill a priority!
Virginia has not passed the Dream Act but Attorney General Herring has issued a legal opinion stating VA colleges and universities should allow Dreamers to pay in-state tuition!
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College-age young adults get powerful, summer-long placements with UUA and UUSC partners around the world
High school youth gain inspiration through a terrific combination of justice theory and hands-on experience
