Side with Love
Unitarian Universalists affirm unconditional, universal love as a foundation and grounding for our actions in the world. We strive to be of service to our communities and advocate for change on local, state, national, and international levels.
Through our Side with Love campaign (formerly “Standing on the Side of Love”) we amplify the voices of the oppressed through online media; we show up in partnership at justice events across the country; we lobby national leaders on immigration reform, racial justice, equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, religious freedom, and more; and above all we work to make love real in the world.
Over eighty percent of Unitarian Universalist congregations, and many more individual UUs and others who care about justice, have become a part of Side with Love.
Mahatma Gandhi did it. Mother Theresa did it. Martin Luther King, Jr., did it.
We do it. How do you reach out in love?
Recently on Side with Love
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A new year always invites reflection and resolve. As we step into 2026 together, we do so in a world that feels tender, fragile, and full of possibility all at once. At Side With Love, we enter this new year rooted in the same truth that has always guided us: love is not passive. Love shows up.
Newsletter | December 16, 2025 | From Side with Love -
Thank you for taking the time for the ritual of lament together on Monday. If you missed it, we hope you will make time for your own ritual with the recording. As one participant said, “I appreciated the depth of the reflective process that, with such simplicity, led me to some routes to connect…
Webinar | December 9, 2025 | From Side with Love -
In times when it can seem hard to identify joys and successes, celebration is an act of resistance and reimagining.So let’s celebrate your congregation’s climate justice work!We invite all to join us on Wednesday, January 28 at 1pm HT — 3 AKT — 4 PT — 5 MT — 6 CT — 7pm ET for our Green Sanctuary…
Newsletter | December 4, 2025 | From Climate JusticeTagged as: Climate Justice -
Last week, we celebrated the bold action of Illinois UUs who anchored protests outside AT&T, calling on the company to end its contract with ICE. On December 12, we’re partnering with UU Justice NC for a national call advancing the campaign to stop Avelo Airlines from carrying out deportation
Newsletter | November 25, 2025 | From DemocracyTagged as: Voting Rights -
You may have heard that Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Avelo Airlines’ customer base is folks, perhaps like you, who are traveling next week to visit friends and family. As Unitarian Universalists, we know that each person
November 21, 2025 | From DecriminalizationTagged as: Criminal Justice -
On November 19, we gathered at our Green Sanctuary 2030 Community Meeting to learn how the Boise UU Fellowship has committed to become Carbon Neutral by 2050 as part of their Green Sanctuary 2030 commitments.Engaging the entire congregation in a 2023 special appeal “Imagining A Carbon Neutral
Webinar | November 20, 2025 | From Climate JusticeTagged as: Climate Justice -
This time last year, congregations were deep in the joy of Reimaginging Together a future where all communities thrive. Thousands of UUs in over 400 UU congregations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the Virgin Islands engaged in the first-ever UU Climate Justice Revival.
Newsletter | November 5, 2025 | From Climate JusticeTagged as: Climate Justice -
Over 7 million people joined the No Kings protests across the country — one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history.
Newsletter | October 24, 2025 | From DemocracyTagged as: Voting Rights -
On October 15, 2025, UU Georgia Legislative Action Network offered their learnings on how to make good trouble for climate justice with their current campaign: reminding the Georgia Utility Commissioners and Elected Officials that people have the power to choose a just and moral path for our ener…
Webinar | October 17, 2025 | From Climate JusticeTagged as: Climate Justice -
We are witnessing further consolidation of authoritarianism in the U.S. with 35,000 US troops deployed domestically. This increase in militarization at home and abroad doesn’t make anyone safer. We know UUs are showing up in this moment to resist.
Newsletter | October 9, 2025 | From DecriminalizationTagged as: Criminal Justice