As I have done on a number of occasions through my work with the Immigrant Justice Action Team of the UU Justice Ministry of California, this past weekend I took an incredible group of travelers on a Justice Journey to Tijuana as part of our UUBorders program to learn firsthand the injustices of the US immigration laws. The six UU […]
From their June 2018 uuBorders trip, four U.S. teens created portraits of people they met there – an activist, two deported mothers and a U.S. veteran. A film by Carter Beardmore, India Brittenham, Jake Grode and Sam Slye created during HW Go!: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Harvard-Westlake School and Peace Works Travel. Executive producers Cheri Gaulke, Jackson […]
Listen Here! …to the conversation from our most recent UUJM Roundtable…an online webinar, sponsored by the UUJM-CA Immigrant Justice Action Team from July 9, 2018 Roundtable
Today the UU Justice Ministry of California, through our Immigrant Justice Action Team, endorsed the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE. For some people the proposal to ‘abolish’ a part of our government seems a step too far. For others it is long overdue. I want to speak to those who consider the abolition of […]
Thank you to Reverend Beth Banks and Kathy Robertson for participating in the February UUJM Roundtable! Rev. Beth is minister and Kathy is a congregant at UU Church of Davis. We wanted to learn more about the work that they and their church are doing related to supporting DACA students at UC Davis. This was the third webinar on the […]
We would like to thank those individuals and congregations who have made our work possible in 2017. Your generous support helped us raise over $20,000 during our 2017 end-of-year campaign! We would also like to thank the following organizations that contributed to UUJM’s work in 2017: Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Pacific Central District, […]
2017 was a profound legislative year for immigrant communities and pro-immigrant policies. Come to the Capitol on May 14, be a moral witness and support the impacted community as they speak to our legislators to advance and strengthen this work. Policy agenda, developed by California Immigrant Policy Center, includes: Access to Health Care & Public Benefits Fighting Mass Detentions & […]
Sunday, March 4, 2018, 5pm Our communities are under attack and we are resisting in many ways. TPS, DACA, Sanctuary – things change fast and we have to sort out how to really listen to what is needed from us. Join Katia Hansen of UU Refugee & Immigrant Services & Education (UURISE) and UUCSJ Program Leader Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario for an […]