A Word about UUSJ… For nearly 25 years at UUSJ, we have been building our strength for this fight, even if we did not know it was coming during our lifetimes. As a UU faith movement, we have grappled with injustice and pejorative politics. Our history of defying oppression goes back even further if we … Continue reading Opening Remarks by Pablo DeJesús, January 27, 2025
[maxbutton id=”1″ ] [maxbutton id=”2″ ] [maxbutton id=”3″ ] [maxbutton id=”4″ ] Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters in the mid-Atlantic Now! The Reeb Voting Rights Project and UUs for Social Justice have pooled resources and talents to hire Kelsey Cowger jointly for the 2020 election season as our Reeb/UUSJ Voting Campaigns Organizer. Kelsey will help mobilize and engage UUs … Continue reading Reeb / UUSJ – Voter Mobilization Project 2020
I am a longtime committed climate activist from California who joined many other Unitarian Universalists in Washington, DC this fall at an historic conference to advance economic and climate justice and build a Green New Deal (GND). Interacting and networking with so many environmentally committed UUs was life-changing. (See a summary HERE.) The successful well-organized … Continue reading Cindy Piester Calls UU Climate Change Conference Life-Changing
Conference Summary by UUJEC Washington DC, September 15-September 17 For more on UUSJ’s: Advocacy Corps program, Write Here! Write Now! program or issue Priorities. See the speaker agenda. View a blog post by our partner UU Ministry for Earth. Read an account in UU World by participant Lily Hartzell Photos of conference activities HERE and HERE. What We Did – … Continue reading Create Climate Justice: Building a Movement for a Green New Deal
UUSJ’s ninth Social Justice Awards Benefit Celebration lifts up our social justice Awardees and provides an opportunity to learn from one another about how best to promote and advance UU values in these challenging times. *Photos courtesy of Art Stevens, UU Church of Arlington 2019 Theme: The theme this year was Jazzed for Social Justice … Continue reading 2019 UUSJ Social Justice Awards Gala
UUSJ Social Justice Award Categories – 2019 After reviewing the categories below, start the nomination process here (http://bit.ly/UUSJ_2019Gala_Nominations). The nominator will select one of the categories listed below which best describes their nominee. UUSJ may elect not to award in every category based on the total submissions in a category. The judges’ decisions are final. … Continue reading UUSJ Social Justice Award Categories – 2019
NEW CONGRESS: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE More than ever, it is time for UUs to come together to work for the progressive changes that we seek in our struggle to make our country just and peaceful. To back this effort, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, a 17 UU Congregation strong regional alliance will … Continue reading NEW CONGRESS: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
updated February 23, 2019 We offer periodic information session on the UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps. See information below for the next scheduled sessions. Our Advocacy Corps makes regular visits to Members of Congress and their staff on the second Tuesday of the month at 9:30am-12:30pm on priority issues of immigration, environmental and climate justice, … Continue reading UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps Information Sessions
Want to Bring Performances of SWEAT To Your UU Church This Fall? The Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee and the Chalice Theatre at the UU Church in Arlington (UUCA) are collaborating on a staged reading of the Pulitizer-Prize-winning play SWEAT, by Lynn Nottage, to be directed by Bruce McConachie, UUCSS. After its opening weekend … Continue reading Bring Performances of SWEAT to your Church
Repeal of the “Johnson Amendment” may be included in the Omnibus Spending Bill which must pass by March 23. Call and email your Senators NOW Call your Senators by using the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Ask them to support the current law that prohibits all tax-exempt organizations from endorsing and opposing candidates. Page Contents (click on a … Continue reading Keep Houses of Worship Nonpartisan
