UU Justice Ministry of California

Building Homes, Creating Community
2024-04-04 15:00 - 2024-04-07 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
HAPPENING NOW! Click HERE for current images and messages from “Building Homes, Creating Community”, our 2024 House Build project that is currently underway in Tijuana Mexico. This link will take you to our “30 Days of How to get Involved in Immigrant Justice” page, which includes live updates from Tijuana from April 5 – April 7, 2024.

Photos from 2023

In partnership with Casas de Luz & UU Refugee & Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE), we are excited to offer a new in-person immersion experience for UUs and UU-aligned individuals interested in engaging with the realities of immigration at the California border.

During our visit we will be working together to make real impact for one family in an emerging community just south of our California border in Tijuana.

Contact: Jan Meslinmeslinjan@gmail.com

Detailed Schedule

April 4 – Arrival and Welcome

3:00 PM – Meet in San Diego and leave for Tijuana

5:00 PM – Welcome

April 5 – House Build

8:30 AM – Opening Ceremony, Build!

10:00 AM – Frame, truss, cut, paint progress

12:00 PM – Walls Up

1:00 PM – Lunch

3:00 PM – Drywall and Exterior Trim

5:00 PM – Clean-up for the Day

6:30 PM – Dinner and Social

April 6 – House Build

6:30 AM – Breakfast

8:30 AM – Leave for site

9:00 AM – Interior Trim

10:30 AM – Roof

12:00 PM – Decorating and Furnishing

2:00 PM – Key Ceremony

4:00 PM – Leave Site

5:00 PM – Dinner

6:00 PM – Debriefing

7:00 PM – Social

April 7 – Worship and Fellowship

10:00 AM – Breakfast

11:00 AM – Leave for Friendship Park

1:00 PM – Binational Border Church @ Friendship Park

3:00 PM – Leave for San Diego

7:30 PM – Arrive in San Diego

Cluster Conversation - San Francisco, Silicon Valley & So Bay
2024-04-03 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - OC & South Bay
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - Sacramento Valley
2024-03-06 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - Inland Empire
2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - NorCal & North Bay
2024-02-07 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - Greater Los Angeles
2024-01-24 19:00 - 21:00

Cluster Conversation - East Bay
2024-01-10 19:00 - 21:00

Immigrant Justice Action Team
2023-11-20 19:00 - 20:30

Vision & Values Team
2023-11-13 18:00 - 19:30

Board of Trustees
2023-10-24 19:00 - 20:30

Vision & Strategies Meeting
2023-10-21 10:00 - 12:00

Immigrant Justice Action Team
2023-10-16 19:00 - 20:30
Zoom link

UUJMCA Board Meeting
2023-09-26 19:00 - 21:00

Listening Circle
2023-09-25 19:00 - 20:30
Are you interested in Justice for all people in California? Join us on Monday, September 25 at 8:30 PM (PDT) to share what you believe are your most important justice concerns in California. Your input will help UUJMCA build its priorities for the coming 2024 church and legislative year.

UUJMCA Justice Listening Circle
2023-05-31 18:30
May 31 at 6:30 PM (PDT)

Are you interested in Justice for all people in California? Join us next week May 31st at 6:30 PM (PDT) to share what you believe are your most important justice concerns in California. Your input will help UUJMCA build its priorities for the coming 2023 – 2024 church and legislative year.

Contact: Pastor AJ Blackwood MDiv, Executive Director

REGISTER HERE FOR MAY 31

UUJMCA Justice Listening Circle
2023-05-29 19:30
May 29 or 31 at 6PM (PDT)

Are you interested in Justice for all people in California? Join us next week May 29th or May 31st at 6:30 PM (PT) to share what you believe are your most important justice concerns in California. Your input will help UUJMCA build its priorities for the coming 2023 – 2024 church and legislative year.

Contact: Pastor AJ Blackwood MDiv, Executive Director

REGISTER TODAY FOR May 29th

UUJMCA Justice Listening Circle
2023-05-29 18:30
May 29 or 31 at 6PM (PDT)

Are you interested in Justice for all people in California? Join us next week May 29th or May 31st at 6:30 PM (PT) to share what you believe are your most important justice concerns in California. Your input will help UUJMCA build its priorities for the coming 2023 – 2024 church and legislative year.

Contact: Pastor AJ Blackwood MDiv, Executive Director

REGISTER HERE FOR MAY 29

UUJMCA Youth Listening Circle (May)
2023-05-22 18:00 - 2023-05-24 21:00
Are you between the ages of 13-18 and interested in Justice for all people in California? Join us next week, on any evening or all of May 22rd to May 24th at 6:00 PM (PT) to share what you believe are your most important justice concerns in California. Your input will help UUJMCA build its priorities for the coming 2023 – 2024 church and legislative year.

Contact: Pastor AJ Blackwood MDiv, Executive Director

Photo by Helena Lopes on Pexels.com

REGISTER TODAY

House Build
2023-04-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Pilgrimage to the Border (April 2023) – House Build

“It was so amazing for our family to have what we desired and thank you to Casas de Luz, our dream was made into a reality. We are so happy in our new home!”— Cristal G

“It was a beautiful experience watching people who build a home for others without even knowing them. It was beautiful to see that they were helping us have somewhere to live and spend time as a family in our own home.”— Adela C

In partnership with Casas de Luz & UU Refugee & Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE), we are excited to offer a new in-person immersion experience for UUs and UU-aligned individuals interested in engaging with the realities of immigration at the California border.

During our visit we will be working together to make real impact for one family in an emerging community just south of our California Border in Tijuana.

Orientation and Information Gathering (click here to learn more)

General Information

We will caravan from San Diego to Tijuana on Thursday afternoon to setup our accommodations. We will be staying at Casa Hogar La Gloria, a local orphanage, where we will be provided dinner and breakfast each day. From Casa Hogar La Gloria, we will make our way back and forth from the home build site and Border Church at Friendship Park.

* Each participant will be asked to bring their bedding (sleeping back, pillow) and other personal sundries.

Click here to learn how you canparticipate and contribute financially

Contact

Location

Pilgrimage Schedule

April 13 – Arrival and Welcome

3:00 PM – Meet in San Diego and leave for Tijuana

5:00 PM – Welcome

April 14 – House Build

8:30 AM – Opening Ceremony, Build!

10:00 AM – Frame, truss, cut, paint progress

12:00 PM – Walls Up

1:00 PM – Lunch

3:00 PM – Drywall and Exterior Trim

5:00 PM – Clean-up for the Day

6:30 PM – Dinner and Social

April 15 – House Build

6:30 AM – Breakfast

8:30 AM – Leave for site

9:00 AM – Interior Trim

10:30 AM – Roof

12:00 PM – Decorating and Furnishing

2:00 PM – Key Ceremony

4:00 PM – Leave Site

5:00 PM – Dinner

6:00 PM – Debriefing

7:00 PM – Social

April 16 – Worship and Departure

10:00 AM – Breakfast

11:00 AM – Leave for Friendship Park

1:00 PM – Binational Border Church @ Friendship Park

3:00 PM – Leave for San Diego

4:00 PM – Arrive in San Diego

Building Homes, Creating Community - Orientation (Jan 28)
2023-01-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Prepare for our2023 Pilgrimage to the Border (April 13-16)at our January, 28 Orientation

In partnership with Casas de Luz & UU Refugee & Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE), we are excited to offer a new in-person immersion experience for UUs and UU-aligned individuals interested in engaging with the realities of immigration at the California border.

During our visit we will be working together to make real impact for one family in an emerging community just south of our California border in Tijuana.

Please join us on January 28th @ 10am for an orientation program to learn more about how you can join us in this justice work. During the orientation, we will have an opportunity to witness the effect of US Immigration policies from both sides of the border, deepen our faith connection to issues and efforts around immigration justice, and to connect with communities directly impacted by our broken immigration system.

Click here to learn more about the “Building Homes, Creating Community” Pilgrimage

Contact

Location

Orientation Schedule

10:00 AM – Welcome

Welcome and Orientation

Session 1 – Border Realities

Presentation from Katia Hansen, President & CEO @ UURISE

Session 2 – The Big Picture

Presentation from Kathy Faller, Founder @ Casas de Luz

Session 3 – Building a Home

Presentation from Immigration Justice Action Team @ UUJMCA

Closing Question and Answer

Youth Worship (Jan 14)
2023-01-14 18:00 - 19:30
ALL Middle and High School Youth are Welcome!

The Mountain Top: A BIPOC UU Community, Colorado UUs United for Racial Justice, and UU Justice Ministry of California present monthly Youth Virtual Worship.

Contact

To join this worship and receive this month’s welcome packet in the mail, please register by January 10th.

If it is past January 10th, please still register and we will get the invitation and information as soon as possible.

If you’re a UU youth – middle or high school – you’re invited to our first online youth worship of the year, and the theme this month is cats!

(This is UU youth worship in a space that is meant to be youth-led. It’ll be fun. It’ll be dynamic. It’ll be engaging. It won’t be boring. We promise.)

Yes, you are invited – nay, encouraged! – as always, bring a cozy drink to sip, show up in your jammies if you like… Just come as you are and be comfortable. You are invited to log in individually or as a youth group. Come meet or reconnect with other UU youth from around the Pacific Western Region. Post-covid, let’s rebuild strong UU youth culture in PWR, talk about the topics YOU want to talk about, and have a good time doing it.

What to Expect!

Each month we are gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month @6pm (PT) with youth from across the US to share together in community from the comfort of our homes.

Yes, feel free to wear your comfiest jammies!

The evening will consist of half an hour of worship and ritual, followed by discussion and activity groups. We will have fun, build community, and learn about our faith and ourselves.

Youth Worship (Nov 12)
2022-11-12 18:00 - 19:30
ALL Middle and High School Youth are Welcome!

The Mountain Top: A BIPOC UU Community, Colorado UUs United for Racial Justice, and UU Justice Ministry of California present monthly Youth Virtual Worship.

Contact

To join this worship and receive this month’s welcome packet in the mail, please register by November 8th.

If it is past November 8th, please still register and we will get the invitation and information as soon as possible.

If you’re a UU youth – middle or high school – you’re invited to our first online youth worship of the year, and the theme this month is cats!

(This is UU youth worship in a space that is meant to be youth-led. It’ll be fun. It’ll be dynamic. It’ll be engaging. It won’t be boring. We promise.)

Yes, you are invited – nay, encouraged! – as always, bring a cozy drink to sip, show up in your jammies if you like… Just come as you are and be comfortable. You are invited to log in individually or as a youth group. Come meet or reconnect with other UU youth from around the Pacific Western Region. Post-covid, let’s rebuild strong UU youth culture in PWR, talk about the topics YOU want to talk about, and have a good time doing it.

What to Expect!

Each month we are gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month @6pm (PT) with youth from across the US to share together in community from the comfort of our homes.

Yes, feel free to wear your comfiest jammies!

The evening will consist of half an hour of worship and ritual, followed by discussion and activity groups. We will have fun, build community, and learn about our faith and ourselves.

Arc Benders Worship (Sep 2022)
2022-09-10 18:00 - 19:30
ALL Middle and High School Youth are Welcome!

The Mountain Top: A BIPOC UU Community, Colorado UUs United for Racial Justice, and UU Justice Ministry of California present monthly Youth Virtual Worship.

Contact

To join this worship and receive this month’s welcome packet in the mail, please register by September 8th.

If it is past September 6th, please still register and we will get the invitation and information as soon as possible.

You heard me – cat worship. If you’re a UU youth – middle or high school – you’re invited to our first online youth worship of the year, and the theme this month is cats!

(This is UU youth worship in a space that is meant to be youth-led. It’ll be fun. It’ll be dynamic. It’ll be engaging. It won’t be boring. We promise.)

Yes, you are invited – nay, encouraged! – to bring your cat. And as always, bring a cozy drink to sip, show up in your jammies if you like… Just come as you are and be comfortable. You are invited to log in individually or as a youth group. Come meet or reconnect with other UU youth from around the Pacific Western Region. Post-covid, let’s rebuild strong UU youth culture in PWR, talk about the topics YOU want to talk about, and have a good time doing it.

What can we learn about life and even spirituality from cats? Planned by youth, this worship will include cat songs, cat check-in, cat-centered meditation, and of course, a communal purr. Worship will be around 30 minutes, and then there will be time for games and conversation.

What to Expect!

Each month we are gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month @6pm (PT) with youth from across the US to share together in community from the comfort of our homes.

Yes, feel free to wear your comfiest jammies!

The evening will consist of half an hour of worship and ritual, followed by discussion and activity groups. We will have fun, build community, and learn about our faith and ourselves.

Superhero Summer (June 2022)
2022-06-17 18:00 - 2022-06-19 17:00 | Zoom
Kick off Weekend

Save the Date

Immigration Sunday Worship
2022-04-03 10:30 - 11:30 | Zoom
“No Borders, No Walls”

Join members of our UU Justice Ministry community who are attending our Virtual Pilgrimage to the Border over the weekend of April 1-3 for this wonderful Worship Service.

All are Welcome!

Pastor AJ Blackwood and our Immigrant Justice Team will be joined by Francisco Ruiz, Director of Music from the UU Church of Long Beach as we journey together in reflection and create a deeper spiritual foundation for our ministry of immigrant justice in California.

During this hour together, we will challenging our current models for celebrating and engaging diverse theologies, language and culture.

We will be posing the question: What does it mean to welcome our immigrant siblings to our community tables not only as a matter of justice but also as a fully participating members of our community.

Contact

Location

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84973972190

By making an offering to UUJMCA, you will be supporting the justice ministry of UUJMCA as well as the efforts of our UU local communities across the State of California.

Virtual Pilgrimage to the Border (April 2022)
2022-04-01 18:00 - 2022-04-03 18:30 | Zoom
No Borders, No Walls

Attendees of UUJMCA’s November 2019 UUBorders at the GaryMar Academy

In partnership with Via International & UU Refugee & Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE), we are excited to offer a new online immersion for UUs and UU-aligned individuals interested in learning and engaging with the realities of immigration at the California border.

Through online virtual visits, attendees will have an opportunity to witness the effect of US Immigration policies from both sides of the border, deepen our faith connection to issues and efforts around immigration justice, and to connect with communities directly impacted by our broken immigration system.

Contact

Location

Registration

Covers program costs and “love offerings” to the communities hosting our virtual visits.

$25 Youth Registration (Scholarships are available)

Finances should never be a deciding factor in participating in UUJMCA event or activity.

Schedule

Friday, Apr 1, 20226:00 – 8:00 pm – Orientation 8:00 – 9:00 pm – FellowshipSaturday, Apr 2, 20229:30 – 10: 00 am – Centering Worship10:00 – 11:30 am – Site Visit 111:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (on Own)1:00 – 2:30 pm – Site Visit 22:30 – 3:00 pm Break3:00 – 4:30 pm – Reflections4:30 – 4:45 pm Break4:45 – 5:30 pm – VespersSunday, Apr 3, 202210:30 – 11:30 – Worship11:30 – 1:00 pm – Lunch (on Own)1:00 – 2:30 pm – Border Church & Binational Communion2:30 – 3:00 pm – Break3:00 – 4:30 pm – Site Visit 34:30 – 5.00 pm – Break 5:00 – 6:30 pm – Closing Ceremony

Participants will:

engage in shared reflection and spiritual deepening,deepen our understanding of our faith’s call to transform existing policies and practices,attend a bi-national worship service on the border;connect to the realities of our broken immigration system on both sides of the US Border;visit with several groups providing support to deportees;meet with community organizers in Tijuana, share in faith development around immigration;learn what we can do as social justice makers and faith activists when we return home;take concrete next steps in creating immigrant and immigration justice.

Arc Benders Worship (Mar 2022)
2022-03-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
ALL Middle and High School Youth are Welcome!

The Mountain Top: A BIPOC UU Community, Colorado UUs United for Racial Justice, and UU Justice Ministry of California present monthly Youth Virtual Worship.

Contact

To join this worship and receive this month’s welcome packet in the mail, please register by March 6th.

If it is past March 6th, please still register and we will get the invitation and information as soon as possible.

The theme for the next several months will be the five senses.

What to Expect!

Each month we are gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month @6pm (PT) with youth from across the US to share together in community from the comfort of our homes.

Yes, feel free to wear your comfiest jammies!

The evening will consist of half an hour of worship and ritual, followed by discussion and activity groups. We will have fun, build community, and learn about our faith and ourselves.

Arc Benders Worship (Feb 2022)
2022-02-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
ALL Middle and High School Youth are Welcome!

The Mountain Top: A BIPOC UU Community, Colorado UUs United for Racial Justice, and UU Justice Ministry of California present monthly Youth Virtual Worship.

Contact

To join this worship and receive this month’s welcome packet in the mail, please register by Feb 6th.

If it is past Feb 6th, please still register and we will get the invitation and information as soon as possible.

The theme for the next several months will be the five senses.

We’re kicking this theme off with sound. What are the sounds that mean community to you? Which sounds are soothing to you? What kind of music makes you happy? What songs bring people together? Join us, and come prepared to groove.

What to Expect!

Each month we are gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month @6pm (PT) with youth from across the US to share together in community from the comfort of our homes.

Yes, feel free to wear your comfiest jammies!

The evening will consist of half an hour of worship and ritual, followed by discussion and activity groups. We will have fun, build community, and learn about our faith and ourselves.

Turning the Tides: Online Justice Leadership Summit
2020-08-24 12:00 - 2020-08-30 20:00
The UU Justice Ministry of California is proud to present our eighth Justice Leadership Summit, “Turning the Tides” (formerly known as “Walking the Walk”). While we will not be able to meet at Camp de Benneville Pines this year, we WILL be gathering online for a series of workshops, actions, and gatherings to connect, collaborate, and create collective liberation!
Justice-seeking UUs of all ages are invited to register for this FREE* multi-day offering of webinars, workshops, worships, and justice collectives as we continue to adapt our lives for organizing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Offerings will be spread throughout the week of August 24-29 (Monday thru Saturday), and will be recorded for distribution to registered “attendees.” See the detailed schedule and register here!
