Social Justice Articles

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Dr. Ramin Pirouz Presentation Medical & Humanitarian work with Non-profit Palestinian American Medical Association

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

Report from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), May 2024

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

We Gather On Native Land

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock is located in Shelter Rock, New York, the ancestral home of the Matinecock...

The Situation in Haiti

Claire Deroche received this email from Cassandra Ryan of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC in answer to her query about...

UUA Opens Its Hearts and Its Home

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with The United Way, the Black Refugee & Immigrant Community Coalition,...

Justice and Equity, by Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore

So often we worry about “fairness.” We want everyone to be treated the same. To have equal opportunities. But the reality is that we...

Eighth Principle Study Group

Did You Know That There Is a National UU Eighth Principle Study Group That Meets Online Monthly? Wednesday, February 21 | 7:00 pm It’s...

Asking the Clergy: LGBT Inclusiveness in Your Faith

Published in Newsday, January 21, 2024 Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday In December, Pope Francis took a small but significant step toward...

Hero (Just for One Day)

Laura is a hero everyday. She is a Math teacher. The kind of teacher I hated in school; the kind that wanted me to learn and be better...

The Eighth Principle in Practice

The Eighth Principle calls on us to perform specific actions to confront racism and other oppressions. One way we can do that as members of...

Annual Women’s Group Cookie Baking with Two Special Groups

See an album of photos from the day HERE. As I looked up to greet the first group of attendees, I felt someone hugging my leg. I...

Thoughts for the Long Dark Nights

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. I wish I could show you, when you are...

Thinking about Shelter Rock’s Eighth Principle of Unitarian Universalism in a Time of War

Members of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock endorsed an Eighth Principle as a core value of Unitarian Universalism: Journeying toward...

A National Day of Mourning observed by the United American Indians of New England

Each year of the fourth Thursday in November, indigenous people of the eastern United States, led by the Wampanoag, observe the arrival of...

A Message from Eastern Europe

From Zsofia Sztranyiczki Dear supporters of our fundraising efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees and the internally...

Join Reclaim Our Vote

Reclaim Our Vote (ROV) is a project of the not for profit, nonpartisan organization, Center for Common Ground (CCG) based in Virginia. ROV...

UUCSR Announces $325,000 in Grants to Address Refugee Crisis on Long Island

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR), Manhasset, is pleased to announce disbursement of grants to three...

Publisher’s Weekly Review of Robert P. Jones new book, “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy”

Note: Robert P. Jones has spoken at UUCSR on two recent occasions. Until 2023, Robert Jones was CEO of Public Religion Research Institute...

June is PRIDE Month

Shared directly from the UUA: Each of us has worth and dignity, and that worth includes our gender and our sexuality. As Unitarian...

Volunteer Opportunity at the Roosevelt Community Garden

Are you looking for a hands-on opportunity to be of service? Are you wondering how UUCSR will enact the Eighth Principle? This might be the...

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