Twenty years ago, we were a handful of Unitarian Universalists dreaming about our values and California’s public policies. After two years of meeting and organizing, a collective of UU justice leaders met in December of 2002 at Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena and formed the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry.
Today, we have been transformed into the UU Justice Ministry of California and are a statewide community committed to making California a more just state. No longer outsiders, dreaming about what is possible, we are justice builders cultivating that dream.
- We are in the halls of the State Capitol, with faith-based and other community partners, bringing our shared vision of justice into reality.
- We are committed to provide resources to local communities at our U.S. Southern Border.
- We are bringing awareness and education about immigrant, reproductive, and queer rights, and oppression.
- We are working to protect our planet against climate change through environmental justice.
- We are assisting our California UU congregations to be a larger voice in their local communities.
- We are developing programming to support young leaders in their justice ministries.
For the past 20 years, we have provided spiritually grounded justice leadership training, creating forums for experiential learning and advanced justice in California. We are inviting you to become a 2023 UUJMCA Partner by sharing your Time, Talent, and Treasure.
Your gift in 2023 will propel us into the next 20 Years of Justice and bold activism, rooted in Unitarian Universalist values and principles, and supporting Immigrant, Queer & Reproductive Rights as well as Climate and Environmental Justice. Let us celebrate the past and look forward to the future. Together, we will strengthen our voices, nurture young leaders, and act on the dreams we share.
- Time – UUJMCA succeeded in growing justice across California for 20 years now. Hundreds of volunteers have given thousands of hours to phone bank, organize, march, publicize, and help with the administration of the UUJMCA.
There are numerous ways to get involved in 2023! We invite you to join us as we build a cottage home in Tijuana, return to Turn the Tides in August, support our California UU congregations, develop ways to communicate our work to promote justice initiatives in local communities and statewide, and continue to develop new ways to engage younger UUs to engage in justice work
We will be asking you to share your time this year in support of these efforts and more as we grow justice across California.
- Talent – As we move into 2023, and our next 20 Years of Justice, we are continuing to develop new models of leadership in UUJMCA. Several teams will be developed to work in specific areas such as communications, outreach, and finance. We will begin this new leadership model in early 2023 by reenvisioning our Justice Action Teams to lead our justice campaigns;
- Treasure – UUJMCA is funded through three primary sources ~ individual contributions, congregational support, and grants from organizations that share our UU values. We are grateful for all the contributions that you have made over the years. We ask that you consider increasing your contribution for 2022 and make a pledge for 2023 by December 31st.
Together, we are committed to bringing our Unitarian Universalist values to the front of the public square to create a brighter future for California. We sincerely thank you for your support to UUJMCA throughout the years. We hope that we can count on your support in 2023.
Betty
Rev Dr Betty Stapleford
Twenty years ago, we were a handful of Unitarian Universalists dreaming about our values and California’s public policies. After two years of meeting and organizing, a collective of UU justice leaders met in December of 2002 at Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena and formed the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry.
Today, we have been transformed into the UU Justice Ministry of California and are a statewide community committed to making California a more just state. No longer outsiders, dreaming about what is possible, we are justice builders cultivating that dream.
- We are in the halls of the State Capitol, with faith-based and other community partners, bringing our shared vision of justice into reality.
- We are committed to provide resources to local communities at our U.S. Southern Border.
- We are bringing awareness and education about immigrant, reproductive, and queer rights, and oppression.
- We are working to protect our planet against climate change through environmental justice.
- We are assisting our California UU congregations to be a larger voice in their local communities.
- We are developing programming to support young leaders in their justice ministries.
For the past 20 years, we have provided spiritually grounded justice leadership training, creating forums for experiential learning and advanced justice in California. We are inviting you to become a 2023 UUJMCA Partner by sharing your Time, Talent, and Treasure.
Your gift in 2023 will propel us into the next 20 Years of Justice and bold activism, rooted in Unitarian Universalist values and principles, and supporting Immigrant, Queer & Reproductive Rights as well as Climate and Environmental Justice. Let us celebrate the past and look forward to the future. Together, we will strengthen our voices, nurture young leaders, and act on the dreams we share.
- Time – UUJMCA succeeded in growing justice across California for 20 years now. Hundreds of volunteers have given thousands of hours to phone bank, organize, march, publicize, and help with the administration of the UUJMCA.
There are numerous ways to get involved in 2023! We invite you to join us as we build a cottage home in Tijuana, return to Turn the Tides in August, support our California UU congregations, develop ways to communicate our work to promote justice initiatives in local communities and statewide, and continue to develop new ways to engage younger UUs to engage in justice work
We will be asking you to share your time this year in support of these efforts and more as we grow justice across California.
- Talent – As we move into 2023, and our next 20 Years of Justice, we are continuing to develop new models of leadership in UUJMCA. Several teams will be developed to work in specific areas such as communications, outreach, and finance. We will begin this new leadership model in early 2023 by reenvisioning our Justice Action Teams to lead our justice campaigns;
- Treasure – UUJMCA is funded through three primary sources ~ individual contributions, congregational support, and grants from organizations that share our UU values. We are grateful for all the contributions that you have made over the years. We ask that you consider increasing your contribution for 2022 and make a pledge for 2023 by December 31st.
Together, we are committed to bringing our Unitarian Universalist values to the front of the public square to create a brighter future for California. We sincerely thank you for your support to UUJMCA throughout the years. We hope that we can count on your support in 2023.
Betty
Rev Dr Betty Stapleford
President, Board of Trustees
AJ
Pastor AJ Blackwood, MDiv
Executive Director
