Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice

A skeleton hand with a post it note. At the top of the peach page is: It’s easy to spend precious time probing the latest “can you believe it” cruelty. Instead, try to temper your news addiction and turn your attention to an issue – any issue – where you can make a difference. On the post it note is a QR code and: Scan the QR Code or Use the Link to Check Out Our Newsletter, And Get Involved! https://uusj.salsalabs.org/enews_dec2025_v1 At the bottom right corner is the UUSJ logo

It’s easy to spend precious time probing the latest “can you believe it” cruelty. Instead, try to temper your news addiction and turn your attention to an issue – any issue – where you can make a difference.

Check Out Our Newsletter, And
Get Involved!
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YouTube video by BBC News US immigration: Families face separation as Haiti TPS scheme ends | BBC News

Freedom Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz

Noelle Damico, Director of Social Justice, is interviewed on the weekly vigils outside this detention center in FL. that have brought thousands to its gates in opposition to ICE abductions, detentions, and deportations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2oIidckBA

World AIDS Day 2025: A Faith Call to Healing and Justice · Live Free USA # World AIDS Day 2025: A Faith Call to Healing and Justice **Presented by LIVE FREE USA, The Prophetic Convening, and The Black Church Freedom Fund** Join us on **Monday, December 1, 2025, at 7 PM ...

🕯️ World AIDS Day 2025
Leaders are called to healing, not silence.
📅 TONIGHT - Monday, December 1 | 7 PM EST
💻 Virtual Broadcast
🔗 Register: bit.ly/worldaidsday2025
Refuse stigma.
Choose compassion.
Fight for justice.
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ICE is detaining people indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one. How the Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of detention other than death or deportation.

ICE is arresting, detaining, and refusing to release far more people than ever before.

How the Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of immigration detention other than death or deportation.🧵

Indeed! Here in greater New Orleans, progressive organizers are gathering regularly in UU congregations, and so many other spaces, religious & secular alike. We are everywhere!

When you support uusj , you’re not just writing a check.... You’re helping ordinary people become extraordinary advocates. We can’t do it without you. Please Donate Today! https://uusj.salsalabs.org/20252026Donation/index.html

When you support @uusj.bsky.social
you’re not just writing a check....
You’re helping ordinary people become extraordinary advocates.
We can’t do it without you.

Please Donate Today!
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When you support UUSJ, you’re not just writing a check....

You’re joining a community that believes love and justice belong at the center of public life.
We can’t do it without you.

Kim Rebecca-Murray, @uusj Development Committee

Please Donate Today:
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This time of year is hard for a lot of people. If you’ve been feeling adrift, look for community. 🩵
#uucwf #unitarianuniversalistcongregation #unitarianuniversalist #uuchurch #sidewithlove❤️ #oregoncity

UUSC Statement on Extending TPS for Burma UUSC calls on DHS to remain committed to democracy, human rights, and religious freedom by extending Temporary Protected Status for Burma.

We are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to immediately reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Burma. The decision to terminate TPS is based on false information and hands a dangerous victory to one of the world’s most brutal military regimes.

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In gratitude to you, of you, for you....
Happy Thanksgiving from @uusj.bsky.social

In gratitude to you, of you, for you....
Happy Thanksgiving from @uusj.bsky.social

How Queer Organizers Feed Their People, from New York to Atlanta About 42 million Americans depend on monthly SNAP benefits. Halting those electronic payments hurt childhood nutrition and distressed family budgets

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#LGBTQ
#Hunger

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Blue, Purple, and Red background. At the top: No Thanks Given: Jone a local protest to demand Avelo Airlines cancel their contract with ICE! Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest: Sunday, November 30 Find an Event: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/no-thanks-given-join-a-local-protest-to-demand-avelo-airlines-cancel-their-contract-with-ice Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Boycott Evil, Boycott Avelo

No Thanks Given: Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest:
Sunday, November 30th, 2025

As UUs, we know that each person deserves respect and dignity. We reject the violence of policing and punishment and imagine a world where safety is rooted in care, not cages.

actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Image: The capital at night against a dark sky. When you support UUSJ, you’re not just writing a check.... You’re fueling campaigns that fight for climate justice, protect democracy, and stand up for marginalized communities.... Kim Rebecca-Murray UUSJ Development Committee Please Donate Today: https://uusj.salsalabs.org/20252026Donation/index.html

When you support UUSJ,
you’re not just writing a check....

You’re fueling campaigns that fight for climate justice, protect democracy, and stand up for marginalized communities....
Kim Rebecca-Murray
UUSJ Development Committee

Please Donate Today:
uusj.salsalabs.org/20252026Dona...

Blue, Purple, and Red background. At the top: No Thanks Given: Jone a local protest to demand Avelo Airlines cancel their contract with ICE! Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest: Sunday, November 30 Find an Event: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/no-thanks-given-join-a-local-protest-to-demand-avelo-airlines-cancel-their-contract-with-ice Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Boycott Evil, Boycott Avelo

No Thanks Given: Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest:
Sunday, November 30th, 2025

Find an Event:
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Check Out Side With Love's Planning Event:
Monday, November 24th,
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Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded Thursday that...

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in D.C. is unlawful and ordered it to end.

Trump administration ordered to halt ‘unlawful’ Guard deployment in D.C. A judge granted an injunction in D.C.’s lawsuit against Trump’s National Guard deployment, but it won’t take effect for 21 days so that the government can appeal.

“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt its National Guard deployment to Washington while a lawsuit over the matter plays out in court… writing that the administration has ‘exceeded the bounds of [its] statutory authority.’” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"
--e.e. cummings
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance,
We mourn the lights that are no longer shining....

Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November

Last Night We Talked About Militarization, Tonight, we put it all together!

US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk w/ Brett Heinz,

Thursday, November 20
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT• 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
RSVP: bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...

Solidarity with Sudan – UUSC In Sudan grassroots networks known as Emergency Response Rooms are saving lives. Learn how UUSC is mobilizing resources through mutual aid.

In Sudan, communities are keeping each other alive through Emergency Response Rooms: networks rooted in nafeer, the call to care for your neighbors.

Alongside our partners in the Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan, recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative, we are mobilizing direct support.

Culture as Resilience: Pacific Voices on Unmeasurable Loss and Self-Determined Solutions -- Climate Justice Resilience Fund As the climate crisis intensifies, communities across the Pacific continue to experience devastating losses that cannot be measured solely in monetary terms: losses of culture, identity, land, and ways of life. These profound, non-monetary impacts are w...

We recently hosted our #PacificRising convening, where Pacific partners shared what climate loss truly means: loss of memory, culture, and place.
Climate justice must center their leadership and lived experience.

Learn more with Climate Justice Resilience Fund's spotlight of our collective:

#COP30 update: Indigenous resistance outside the venue pushed authorities to close the main entrance this past few days. Inside, negotiations are still dragging on loss & damage and gender.

Meanwhile, our frontline movements are pushing for justice, reparations, and human rights.

Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November

And Check Out Tomorrow's Expert Briefing:
US Airstrikes in the Caribbean & Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk w/ Brett Heinz

Thurs, Nov 20
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT• 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization

An hourglass with green sand running from the top to the bottom with the UUSJ Logo over the sand at the bottom of the glass Join the November No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law Not Martial Law Wednesday, November 19 7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT bit.ly/ActHour-November This Event Dovetails with the Webinar: US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization

Social Justice Double Header!

Tonight:
Join the No Frills Action Hour:
Constitutional Law not Martial Law
Wednesday, November 19
7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT
bit.ly/ActHour-November

The cover of Micheal Ansara's book: The Hard Work of Hope. A Black and white picture of Michael Ansara wearing a leather jacket and locking arms with other activists. On the top of the cover The Hard Work of HOPE in light yellow with A memoir in black on the lowest leg of the "E."

Tonight!

Michael Ansara: Lessons for Today's Movement Organizers
Tuesday, November 18
7:00 p.m. ET • 6:00 p.m. CT • 5:00 p.m. MT • 4:00 p.m. PT

Register: uusj.salsalabs.org/michaelansar...

Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November

US Airstrikes in the Caribbean & Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk w/ Brett Heinz

Thurs, Nov 20
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT• 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...

Dovetails w/No Frills Action Hour:
http: bit.ly/ActHour-November

Are UU Ready?

Michael Ansara: Lessons for Today's Movement Organizers
Tuesday, November 18
7:00 p.m. ET • 6:00 p.m. CT • 5:00 p.m. MT • 4:00 p.m. PT

Register: uusj.salsalabs.org/michaelansar...