On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, NY UU Collaborates was honored to host a profound forum, “Fighting Climate Change- Student Movements Globally.” The event was facilitated by Ember Kelley, Director of Religious Education at Fourth Universalist in New York City, and held a grounding opening prayer by Rev. Jennifer “Jo” VonRue (she/her/hers) Minister at May Memorial […]
Now that we have all had time to process this year’s GA, I thought it would be useful to share thoughts on the experience some weeks later. I decided to volunteer this year with UUMFE because I am passionate about environmental work and demanding attention from large organizations on the topic. This was my very […]
Guest Spotlight: Reflections from Charleston, by Richard Hayes, he/him/his, Unitarian Church in Charleston, home of the Kusso Indigenous peoples The Unitarian Church in Charleston (UCC) is a Green Sanctuary Church. We practice green in our Church as a way of being. The reality of Climate Change inspired us to go beyond ourselves into the wider […]
Protect the Livable Plant We Love: Addressing the Climate Impacts of Military Emissions Cindy Piester is a peace and justice organizer, is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, and serves on the board of Unitarian Universalist for a Just Economic Community. Cindy is the key author of the proposed 2022 Action of […]
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UUYACJ Movement Training Workshop Series Saturday, March 26th Saturday, April 2nd Saturday, April 9th This workshop series was inspired by this year’s Spring For Change theme, “Get Rooted, Get Ready.” It is a space for young adults who are looking to deepen their connection to activism and build tangible skills into their justice work. […]
A report from Jim Smith, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton: The Healing Justice group at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton (www.uufbr.org) is supporting the Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org) in its Stop the Burn Campaign in Florida. Friends of the Everglades (www.everglades.org) recently signed on to the campaign. Its aim is to convince state […]
Out with the old and in with the new! This will be my last blog entry as the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth Board Chair. As you may already know, my time as chair has come to an end. Betsy Tomic and Dr. Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert are now serving as Interim Co-Chairs while my attention […]
Hello all! My name is Zoë Johnston and I’m the new Network Coordinator for UU Young Adults for Climate Justice. I’ve been a participant of the network for over a year and am eager to hold this role. I currently attend Arcadia University outside of Philadelphia and am majoring in International Studies with a minor […]
NOTE: This first message originally appeared in the Create Climate Justice newsletter. UUs showed up for climate justice in deep ways at this year’s virtual General Assembly (stay tuned for recordings to be made public after Labor Day) — including an impressive and emergent rapid response mobilization from Young Adults, building off of decades of […]
