UUA SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK

The Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) social justice framework can be categorized into 8 categories: (1) Side with Love, (2) UU the Vote, (3) Economic Justice, (4) Environmental Justice, (5) Immigrant Justice, (6) LGBTQ Justice, (7) Racial Justice, and (8) Reproductive Justice. 

For more information and education, https://www.uua.org/justice

Resources to Learn More about UUA’s Social Justice Work

The mission of the UU College of Social Justice is to inspire and sustain effective and spiritually grounded activism for justice. UUCSJ was created in 2012 as a collaboration between the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). The programs and collaborations are designed to help people cross boundaries, gain insight, imagine new ways, and learn new skills to make a difference in the world. The work is intimately and ultimately relational. 

 

One of the most important items taught and facilitated at UUCSJ is VOLUNTEERISM. Their program is “designed to be a powerful opportunity for individuals who are willing to lend their time, compassion, and skills to leave a meaningful impact...also provides a framework to help volunteers deepen their understanding of systems of injustice and reflecting on one’s personal connection to justice work.”  Moreover, UUCSJ holds true that volunteering is a place where:

♥ We strive to place the needs of our partners first

♥ We strive to move at the speed of trust

♥ We strive to constantly reflect on and dismantle the saviorism often inherent in cross-cultural volunteer work.

 

Learn more by downloading UUCSJ’s Grounding Framework: The Volunteer Journey - Lighting the way to Right Relationship.

 

UUCSJ also offers Immersion Learning Journeys. These trips are open to anyone of any religious affiliation (or none at all) interested in exploring the intersections of spirituality and social justice issues by traveling to communities and countries to learn firsthand about widespread injustices from impacted individuals. They offer journeys specifically tailored for youth between 14 and 18, adults of all ages, and religious professionals.

“If you hunger for spirituality without dogma, if you long to put yourself to work healing a suffering world, if you want a faith community that helps you deepen into life’s questions even when there are no final answers, Unitarian Universalism may be your religious home.” -Rev Kathleen McTigue