Social Justice
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA's) Social Justice pages, maintained by the Advocacy & Witness staff group. We exist to represent Unitarian Universalist (UU) values in public discourse and to help congregations be more effective in their social justice work.
Our Top Resources
- Standing on the Side of Love: a campaign to mobilize UUs and allies in response to identity-based violence, exclusion and oppression
- The Real Rules (PDF 20, pages) (Word): IRS Guidelines on Congregational Advocacy, Lobbying, and Election Work
- Inspired Faith, Effective Action (PDF 31, pages) (Word): a handbook on more effective congregational social justice
- Social Justice Empowerment Workshop: Weekend workshop led by trained UU facilitators to start, strengthen, and grow congregational social justice ministries; handbook available online.
- Congregation-Based Community Organizing (CBCO): diverse grassroots organizing that increases social integration and improvement
- Socially Responsible Investing: to ensure that our investments are reasonably consistent with our values
- Calendar: important dates for social justice and diversity
Additional materials can be found on our Resources page, as well as from the Office of International Resources, and the Holdeen India Program.
Take Action Now
- Action Center: for actions on a number of our issue priorities
Issue Priorities
We work on a number of social justice Issues, of which our top priorities are:
- Bisexual Gay Lesbian Transgender Equality
- Environmental justice
- Immigration Justice
- Reproductive Justice with a focus on Comprehensive Sex Education
Social Justice Statements & Process
Search the Social Justice Statements that UU congregations have approved over the years, and participate in our ongoing Social Witness Process. The two current issues are Peacemaking and Ethical Eating.
More Ways to Connect
- Subscribe to our Justice Action News Lists.
- Read our staff blog, Inspired Faith, Effective Action.
- Become a fan of our A&W Facebook page.
- We're on Twitter!
For more information contact socialjustice @ uua.org.
Last updated on Thursday, July 15, 2010.
