UU MINISTRY FOR EARTH CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT CHAPLAINS
UUMFE has a team of Climate Justice Movement Chaplains who support climate justice activists and anyone impacted by climate change. Our Intern Chaplain, Chelsea McCoy, is a seminarian with lived experience in social movements as a Black woman, and this internship is helping her train to offer that wisdom in the form of interfaith spiritual care to the broader community. Learn more about UUMFE’s approach to Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy here.
Chelsea is available to meet with people 1-on-1 and in small groups, such as a congregation’s Green Team. Click here to schedule time on her Calendly.
Schedule a free session with Chelsea
You can read more about Chelsea and her background in this blog post. If you’d like to schedule an appointment with her, she is available to meet via Zoom, Google Meet, or Signal.
Note from Chelsea
“Movement chaplaincy is an opportunity for me to provide spiritual support, presence, and guidance pertaining to anything social justice oriented. Experiencing climate anxiety? I can support with that. Worrying about the state of the world adding weight to your shoulders? I can support with that. Want to increase your understanding and awareness of different social justice issues? I can support with that too!”
Simply put, Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy provides spiritual and emotional support to people who are affected by climate change (that includes all of us!) or engaged in justice work. UU Ministry for Earth Climate Justice Movement Chaplains help you:
- articulate your faith reasons for acting for climate justice
- prepare for the action with tools to harmonize your bodies and spirits (when we are tense, our effectiveness is diminished)
- process your anxiety and grief around climate change
- sustain your advocacy and activism by providing support and care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—during and after the action or meeting
CLIMATE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
UUMFE’s Acting Director, Rev. Lauren Levwood, and our team of UUMFE Movement Chaplains, are working alongside UUMFE Movement Chaplain Intern Chelsea to co-facilitate a weekly drop-in Climate Grief Support Group on Fridays from 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT over Zoom.
If you are concerned about the state of our world, worry about how current events are intersecting with climate disturbance, are a parent or grandparent concerned about the coming generations, or a young adult with anxiety about the future of our living world, this Climate Grief Support Group will provide a space for you to process your experiences with others in a ritualized, trauma-informed, and mindful way.
We will meet on Fridays from 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT over Zoom.
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It is increasingly clear that there is an emotional and spiritual cost of participating in the enduring work for justice. The climate crisis, in particular, creates grief, fear and anxiety. Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy offers the opportunity to debrief, process, and restore.