Opening Day at RI Legislature 1-02-23 in support of EACA - Equal Access Care for All
Gail Burchard, Etta Zasloff, Rev. Denis Letourneau Paul, and Cathy Solomon
Social Justice Advisory Board: Cathy Solomon, Chair, Penny Hall, Etta Zasloff and Nancy Richman, UUCSC Board Liaison.
UUCSC Social Justice Team
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said …
“There comes a time when we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in.”
Justice is at the core of our faith. UU congregations are called to make a positive difference in our wider communities. At UUCSC, we work with community groups that both work to pull local people out of the river and those that work upstream to address the root causes of inequalities such as poverty, homelessness and racism. We are guided by a vision for positive systemic change at the local level, such as advocating for affordable housing and an anti-racist policy in our public schools.
A survey of the congregation in May 2022 prioritized climate justice, racial justice and women’s justice as the top three social issues, which guide our present focus.
RACIAL JUSTICE
We currently have an Anti-Racism Group that meets twice monthly on Zoom on Mondays at 7pm to learn about the effects of racism in our society and explore ways to overcome it. Anyone is welcome to join or drop in for a visit anytime. The Zoom link can be found on the UUCSC Calendar. Racial justice at UUCSC – Some history.
CLIMATE AND WOMEN’S JUSTICE
The Social Justice Advisory Team follows climate and women’s justice issues, sharing information and activities through the weekly UUCSC News and Updates newsletter. If anyone in the congregation has an interest in facilitating a regular discussion group for either topic, please contact Cathy Solomon.
Many of us on the Team and in the congregation are individually connected with and/or support local activist groups as well as community support groups. Important information from these organizations will be shared as well. Below is a list of organizations with which we have some connection. If there is an organization that you want to bring to our attention, let us know.
For more information about how the Social Justice Team operates, see the Job Description.
For recent activities of the Social Justice Team, see the current Annual Report.