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 […]
Help UUYACJ Choose New Leadership! Calling all UU Young Adults! Be part of the next wave of leadership for the growing Young Adults for Climate Justice Network! Learn more about the Network Roles open to Young Adults (ages 18-35), and the selection process, which will use sociocracy. Any UU Young Adult (ages ~18-35) can be […]
Hundreds of UUs were among the more than 2,000 water protectors and allies who joined the Treaty People Gathering over June 5-8. Over this powerful weekend, the Multifaith Delegation heeded the call of Anishinaabeg water protectors to bring shared prayer, witness and direct action to help stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in northern […]
Since the UU Drawdown Initiative got underway this spring, many UUs are exploring a wider range of possible climate solutions. One of the solutions that have captivated many UUs is the creation and application of biochar, a kind of charcoal that sequesters carbon and also helps mitigate soil nutrient depletion. Gary Piazzon, a member of […]
Stacy Craig will serve as one of the chaplains at the upcoming Intergenerational Spring Seminar, co-hosted by the UU Office of the United Nations and UUMFE – (register here before March 18!). Craig arrives at the seminar, and to the broader UU faith community, grounded in a specific calling: to offer climate chaplaincy for young […]
Legislation introduced in the Minnesota State Legislature attacks First Amendment rights, including the right to protest fossil fuel infrastructure – can you take five minutes to urge Minnesota state officials to stop this bill? With water protectors on the ground right now fighting the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, protecting the right to resist is crucial […]
As the light began to fade this fall, I found myself craving different forms of warmth. When I saw that a new climate anthology was getting published, and that the editors would support circles coming together in deep discussion, this felt like a kind of sustaining fire I – and the UUYACJ network – needed. […]
As UUs mobilize for this important decade of climate action, grounding in intergenerational wisdom is a powerful tool. UU lay and professional leaders and social/eco justice activists are invited to participate in intergenerational dialogue to share wisdom, stories, memories and lessons of social movements past and present. The first session will take place on Friday, […]
The outpouring of demonstrations for Black lives this past summer made the Black Lives Matter movement the biggest movement in US history. Unitarian Universalists have long been showing up for racial justice, but the work is far from over; with 10 years left to dramatically curb carbon emissions, this decade is all about fighting for […]
Are you passionate about food justice, global justice and climate justice? Next year’s seminar will take place all online April 9-11, 2021, and builds off of this year’s climate justice theme to focus on the connections between food and climate justice. I really enjoyed working on this year’s spring seminar as part of the Trajectory […]
