Social Justice
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA's) Social Justice pages, maintained by the Multicultural Growth & 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
Additional materials can be found on our Resources page.
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 Ethical Eating and Immigration.
More Ways to Connect
- Subscribe to our Justice Action News Lists.
- Read our staff blog, Inspired Faith, Effective Action.
For more information contact socialjustice @ uua.org.
Last updated on Thursday, August 26, 2010.
