{"id":11956,"date":"2025-07-09T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:05:47","slug":"uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"UUs for Social Justice: &#8220;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UU Ministry for Earth Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/2025\/06\/24\/reflecting-on-uu-hill-day-2025\/\">published<\/a> pictures of myself and other UU\u2019s in front of the US Capitol for&nbsp;<strong>UU Hill Day<\/strong>. Led by the&nbsp;<strong>Unitarian Universalist Service Committee<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uusc.org\/\">UUSC<\/a>), the&nbsp;<strong>Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uusj.net\/\">UUSJ<\/a>), and the&nbsp;<strong>Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth<\/strong>&nbsp;(UUMFE), over 100 UU&#8217;s gathered on Hill Day in&nbsp;hopes of slowing, stalling, or even stopping the course of what has come to be known as the &#8220;Big Bad Bill.&#8221; Alarmingly, this bill has now been passed. For those expressing our&nbsp;concern, the&nbsp;passing of this bill was a shock that turned stomachs and knotted nerves. While some celebrate this bill, it did not make my own Fourth of July any happier. I\u2019m concerned for our country, for the people of the future, and our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pablo DeJesus, Executive Director of Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice<\/strong>&nbsp;issued <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/press-release-statement-on-the-passage-of-h-r-1-budget-reconciliation-in-the-house\/\">the following press release<\/a> on Thursday, July 3rd. (If you are interested in following Pablo and UUSJ\u2019s leadership in the future, their website is here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uusj.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.uusj.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days and years to come, UUs are called to action. We are called to uphold our Shared UU Values and Principles, which challenge us to create justice and equity for all. We are change-makers&#8230; all of us. This is one of the secrets of life. In the words of Octavia Butler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All that you touch,<\/em><br><em>You Change.<\/em><br><em>All that you Change,<\/em><br><em>Changes you.<\/em><br><em>The only lasting truth<\/em><br><em>is Change.<\/em><br><em>God is Change.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are Unitarian Universalists. We side with love &#8211; always, love,&#8221; Pablo DeJesus writes. &#8220;And we will persist in this commitment, even in the face of this injustice and its aftermath.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe this, friends. And I believe in the power of showing up, of talking to one another, and of leaning into our collective power to galvanize hope and strategize for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When hope awaits at e&#8217;vry turn, I know we will go on.&#8221;<br><em>~I Know I Can,<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/farfringe.com\/2017\/12\/03\/stj1015-i-know-i-can\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Singing the Journey, hymn #1015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yours in love and service,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rev. Lauren Levwood, UUMFE Board Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UU Ministry for Earth Community, A few weeks ago, I published pictures of myself and other UU\u2019s in front of the US Capitol for&nbsp;UU Hill Day. Led by the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Service Committee&nbsp;(UUSC), the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice&nbsp;(UUSJ), and the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth&nbsp;(UUMFE), over 100 UU&#8217;s gathered on Hill Day in&nbsp;hopes of slowing, stalling, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UUs for Social Justice: &quot;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&quot; | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UUs for Social Justice: &quot;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&quot; | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UU Ministry for Earth Community, A few weeks ago, I published pictures of myself and other UU\u2019s in front of the US Capitol for&nbsp;UU Hill Day. Led by the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Service Committee&nbsp;(UUSC), the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice&nbsp;(UUSJ), and the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth&nbsp;(UUMFE), over 100 UU&#8217;s gathered on Hill Day in&nbsp;hopes of slowing, stalling, or [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RoseGallogly_PCM-119-copy-e1509543580724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UU Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UUMFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UUMFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UU Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03\"},\"headline\":\"UUs for Social Justice: &#8220;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/\",\"name\":\"UUs for Social Justice: \\\"This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations\\\" | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UUs for Social Justice: &#8220;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"description\":\"Respect Life. Restore Earth. Renew Spirit.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/UUMFE_logo-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/UUMFE_logo-01.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uuministryforearth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/UUMFE\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03\",\"name\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/author\\\/uumfe-comms\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UUs for Social Justice: \"This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations\" | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UUs for Social Justice: \"This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations\" | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","og_description":"UU Ministry for Earth Community, A few weeks ago, I published pictures of myself and other UU\u2019s in front of the US Capitol for&nbsp;UU Hill Day. Led by the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Service Committee&nbsp;(UUSC), the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice&nbsp;(UUSJ), and the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth&nbsp;(UUMFE), over 100 UU&#8217;s gathered on Hill Day in&nbsp;hopes of slowing, stalling, or [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/","og_site_name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/","article_published_time":"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4201,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RoseGallogly_PCM-119-copy-e1509543580724.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UU Ministry for Earth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UUMFE","twitter_site":"@UUMFE","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UU Ministry for Earth","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/"},"author":{"name":"UU Ministry for Earth","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03"},"headline":"UUs for Social Justice: &#8220;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&#8221;","datePublished":"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/"},"wordCount":371,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/","name":"UUs for Social Justice: \"This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations\" | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-09T18:11:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T15:05:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uus-for-social-justice-this-will-reverberate-for-decades-if-not-generations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UUs for Social Justice: &#8220;This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/","name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","description":"Respect Life. Restore Earth. Renew Spirit.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization","name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UUMFE_logo-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UUMFE_logo-01.png","width":400,"height":120,"caption":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UUMFE"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03","name":"UU Ministry for Earth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UU Ministry for Earth"},"url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/author\/uumfe-comms\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11959,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11956\/revisions\/11959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}