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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inviting All People of Color to Work on Climate (In)Justice Climate change promises not to be kind on anyone, least of all on us in the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Time and time again, we have witnessed the disproportionate and disastrous impacts of climate change on communities of color – whether […]
Over the past eight weeks, UUs have been listening, learning and reflecting together on the deep wisdom of Movement Generation’s Course Correction: Just Transition in an Age of Covid-19. Grounding participants physically, emotionally and intellectually in the stakes of this current moment, the course provided a clear analysis of systemic challenges as well as space […]
UU Ministry for Earth is thrilled to announce that closed captioning is now available for all future online film screening events of The Condor & The Eagle! This option, along with a Spanish subtitle option, will automatically be included for all future online screening events. Thank you very much to the friends & members […]
We have become very accustomed to poison. We’re poisoning ourselves and each other; poisoning the sky, land, and water; and poisoning some communities more than others based upon their relative-wealth and skin color. Babies are exposed to industrial poisons in the wombs of their mothers before they even have their first breath of air. We […]
One of the ways Unitarian Universalist congregations foster a free and responsible search for truth and meaning (one of our UU principles) is to engage as a community in congregation-wide book reads, establish book libraries in the congregation, or reflect on books together as part of small group ministry or covenant groups. The below books […]
UU Ministry for Earth is a source for actions, tools, stories, and connection to the global climate justice movement. Explore the major issue areas UUMFE focuses on, using a racial and economic justice-informed framework of environmental justice. Front-lines Solidarity for Climate Justice, Social Justice & Human Rights, Food Justice, Climate Change Ecology & Rights of […]
