UUCSR Blog Collection

written by Jim Smith, convener, Racial Justice subcommittee, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at...

We are Down Home One of our Veatch grantees in North Carolina, We are Down Home, recently updated supporters on continued needs in the...

Veatch grantee Black Voters Matter was featured in the New York Times on September 16 for expanding its nonpartisan voter engagement this...

This year, ahead of the November General Election, UUCSR’s Social Justice Committee is hosting a postcard campaign in North Carolina,...

Last month, the Power Up Harris County Campaign—a coalition of groups that includes two Veatch grantees, the Texas Organizing Project and...

Jane McAlevey, renowned labor organizer and movement strategist, died on Sunday, July 7 after entering hospice care at her home in...

Each year, a delegation of Veatch Governors leads a site visit to a location around the country to learn about the work of Veatch grantees...

UUSC REPORT 5/2024 2023 Activities & Accomplishments From accelerating impacts of the climate crisis to ongoing military brutality in...

While media attention quickly wanes following natural disasters, the work of many Veatch grantees active in these communities continues...

New York City has long struggled with low voter turnout, but Veatch grantee GoVoteNYC—a donor collaborative founded in 2021—is helping...

There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which...

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR) are excited to announce the winners of TWO 2024 Edward Miller...

We’ve been thinking together about pluralism this month. We’ve had sermons and blog posts and even some linguistically and culturally...

I was invited to participate in a recent Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) learning trip to Poland so that I could visit...

Our group Exploring Earth-Centered Spirituality met on Saturday to consider the neo-Pagan holidays centered around May Day. My own...

In our garden, every plant relies on the others around it—roots intertwine, and life-giving resources like water and nutrients are...

Last month, Veatch grantee One Fair Wage—a national organization seeking to end subminimum wages for service workers in the United...

When I was in seminary, I took an ethics class—it was required for the obvious reasons. Of the many important things I was told, one...

For nearly 30 years, the Kingsbridge Armory—thought to be the largest in the world—has sat empty, despite multiple attempts to...

A public friend, a member of the clergy from another religion, once kidded with me that Unitarian Universalists must have it easy around...

As we close Women’s History Month, we are happy to share news from a New Jersey-based grantee that organizes immigrant workers, the...