From the UUA Website Congregation Based Community Organizing (also called Faith-Based or Broad-Based) is a movement that seeks to establish inter-faith, cross class, multi-ethnic and multi-racial grassroots organizations for purposes of increasing social integration and power in civil society and for making civic, regional and state-wide changes for social improvement. By “civil society,” we mean the voluntary sector, including religious institutions. […]
Worship Resources
Beatitudes for Justice Builders (32K PDF) by the Rev. Lindi Ramsden. There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about. (6K PDF) Ask “What’s possible?” not “What’s wrong?” Keep asking… From “Turning Toward One Another” by Margaret J Wheatley
Worship Resources for Water
Who Carries Their Water? Excellent Sacramento Bee article on toxic pollution of water sources in the Tulare basin and Salinas Valley, 2012. Who Owns the Water? By Rev. Darcey Laine, 2007 Selected passages from the Rev. Thomas Starr King’s Writings on God, Humans, and Nature, including “Living Water from Lake Tahoe” (116K PDF file) Water: Sacred and Profane by Mary Evelyn Tucker (Excerpt […]
Links to Organizations that Work on Water Justice
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water’s (EJCW’s) mission is to educate, empower, and nurture a community-based coalition that will serve as a public voice and be an effective advocate of environmental justice issues in California water policy. EJCW recently issued “Thirsty for Justice: A People’s Blueprint for California Water” a comprehensive overview of the environmental […]
LGBTQI Equality Resources
“8” – A Reader’s Theater Play Uncover the truth about marriage for gay and lesbian Americans. See the video of George Clooney, Martin Sheen and Jane Lynch perform a one-night-only benefit reading of “8,” the new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) that chronicles the landmark federal trial of California’s Prop. 8 using the […]
Immigrant Justice Resources
UULMCA Immigrant Justice Guiding Principles 2013 Immigrant Justice Webinar Slides January 2013 Immigrant Justice Webinar Slides November 2012 Immigrant Justice Webinar Slides “Ground Hog Day” February 2013
CA UU Justice History
In development: content coming soon.
Justice Resources Available
Congregational Based Community Organizing Suggested Reading California Interfaith Coalitions More Resources Welcome to the rapidly-developing collection of Justice Resources for UULMCA.
UULMCA Immigrant Justice Guiding Principles Statement
The World Wide Context of Migration To adequately understand migration to the United States and to respond as Unitarian Universalists to the issues surrounding this phenomenon, we need to recognize the most powerful force fueling the world wide movement of people from region to region: economic globalization. (continued) Read the full text of Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of California statement of Immigrant […]
Can my Congregation Really be Involved in the Democratic Process?
Legal Guidelines for Religious Involvement in the Political Process Can candidates for election speak from your pulpit? Can your congregation take a position and/or organize around a ballot proposition that involves issues that are important to your community? The following publications offer information to guide congregations as they seek to engage their congregations in the democratic process, advocate effectively […]