Social Justice Statement Chronological Listing: 1961 to present

2020

• Amen to Uprising: A Commitment and Call to Action

  2020 Action of Immediate Witness

  Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties
• Address 400 Years of White Supremacist Colonialism

  2020 Action of Immediate Witness

  Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Indigenous Rights

2019

• Build the Movement for a Green New Deal

  2019 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice
• Support Our First Amendment Right to Boycott on behalf of Palestinian Rights

  2019 Action of Immediate Witness

  International Human Rights & Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties
• Protect the Rights of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers

  2019 Action of Immediate Witness

  Immigration, Solidarity in Immigration Justice, International Human Rights & Justice
• Our Democracy Uncorrupted

  2019 Statement of Conscience

  Religious & Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, UUA Governance & Management

2018

• End Family Separation and Detention of Asylum Seekers and Abolish ICE

  2018 Action of Immediate Witness

  Immigration
• Dismantle Predatory Medical Care Practices in Prisons and End Prisons for Profit

  2018 Action of Immediate Witness

  Criminal Justice
• We Are All Related: Solidarity NOW with Indigenous Water Protectors

  2018 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Racial Justice

2017

• Escalating Economic Inequity

  2017 Statement of Conscience

  Economic Justice

2016

• Build Solidarity with our Muslim Neighbors

  2016 Action of Immediate Witness

  Immigration, International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
• Stop the Hate: Protect and Support our Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Family

  2016 Action of Immediate Witness

  LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Anti-Oppression
• Some Guns, All Guns: Legislating Appropriate Restrictions

  2016 Action of Immediate Witness

  Religious & Civil Liberties
• Thanksgiving Day Reconsidered

  2016 Business Resolution

  Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Anti-Racism
• Reaffirmation of Commitment to Racial Justice

  2016 Responsive Resolution

  Anti-Racism, Racial Justice, UUA Governance & Management

2015

• Support the Black Lives Matter Movement

  2015 Action of Immediate Witness

  Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice
• Support a Strong, Compassionate Global Climate Agreement in 2015: Act for a Livable Climate

  2015 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice
• End Immigrant Child and Family Detention Now

  2015 Action of Immediate Witness

  Immigration, Immigration Reform, Solidarity in Immigration Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice
• Reproductive Justice

  2015 Statement of Conscience

  Sexually Healthy Faith Communities, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health

2014

• Affirming Congregational Commitment to Gun Violence Prevention

  2014 Action of Immediate Witness

  Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health
• UUA Support for 'Uganda New Underground Railroad' to Safely Extract LGBTQ People from Persecution in Uganda

  2014 Action of Immediate Witness

  LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues
• Support the “Pray for Relief” Faith Summit on Stopping Deportations

  2014 Action of Immediate Witness

  Immigration, International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice, Criminal Justice
• Fossil Fuel Divestment

  2014 Business Resolution

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Energy Justice

2013

• Immigration as a Moral Issue

  2013 Statement of Conscience

  Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice, Immigration
• Amend the Constitution: Corporations are not Persons and Money is not Speech

  2013 Action of Immediate Witness

  Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Corporate Responsibility, Election Reform
• Consider Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry

  2013 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Energy Justice, Climate Change, Socially Responsible Investing
• Condemn the Racist Mistreatment of Young People of Color by Police

  2013 Action of Immediate Witness

  Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties, Due Process & Civil Liberties
• Deepen Our Commitment to an Anti-Oppressive, Multicultural Unitarian Universalist Association

  2013 Responsive Resolution

  Racial Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries

2012

• Sobre la Doctrina del Descubrimento

  2012 Responsive Resolution

  Racial Justice, Immigration
• The Doctrine of Discovery

  2012 Responsive Resolution

  Racial Justice, Immigration

2011

• Ethical Eating: Food & Environmental Justice

  2011 Statement of Conscience

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Reproductive Health, Agriculture in Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Reproductive Health, International Engagement & Building Peace, Climate & Environmental Justice
• Responsive Resolution Regarding Report of President Peter Morales

  2011 Responsive Resolution

  Beliefs & Principles
• Responsive Resolution To The Report Of The President

  2011 Responsive Resolution

  LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality
• Responsive Resolution

  2011 Responsive Resolution

  International Human Rights & Justice, Beliefs & Principles, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Immigration
• Protest Representative Peter King’s Hearings on “Muslim Radicalization”

  2011 Action of Immediate Witness

  International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Racial Justice, Church & State, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious Pluralism
• Support Southern California Supermarket Workers’ Struggle for Decent Wages and Benefits

  2011 Action of Immediate Witness

  Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Gender Justice
• Oppose Citizens United—Support Free Speech for People

  2011 Action of Immediate Witness

  Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Economic Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Election Reform

2010

• A Reminder to Support Our Youth and Young Adult Groups

  2010 Responsive Resolution

  Beliefs & Principles, Children & Youth Reproductive Justice
• Oppose Anti-Immigrant Measures at the State Level (Arizona Law SB 1070 and the Like) and Hasten Federal Immigration Reform

  2010 Action of Immediate Witness

  International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration
• Creating Peace

  2010 Statement of Conscience

  International Peace & Conflict
• Phoenix General Assembly 2012

  2010 Business Resolution

  General Assembly, Immigration, Solidarity in Immigration Justice
• The Green Revolution in Religion

  2010 Business Resolution

  Climate & Environmental Justice
• Gulf Coast Environmental and Economic Justice 2010

  2010 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate & Environmental Justice
• Clean Up the Clean Energy Bill

  2010 Action of Immediate Witness

  Climate & Environmental Justice, Energy Justice
• Confronting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

  2010 Business Resolution

  LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
• Responsive Resolution Regarding 2012 General Assembly

  2010 Responsive Resolution

  Racial Justice, Beliefs & Principles, Immigration
• Responsive Resolution on Right Relationships

  2010 Responsive Resolution

  Racial Justice, Beliefs & Principles

2009

• U.S.-Sponsored Torture: A Call for a Commission of Inquiry

  2009 Action of Immediate Witness

  International Human Rights & Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Religious & Civil Liberties, Religious & Civil Liberties
• Oppose Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Based Violence in Iraq

  2009 Action of Immediate Witness

  International Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, LGBTQ Issues, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Gender Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties, International Peace & Conflict
• Responsive Resolution on Barriers to Inclusion in Outreach to African UU and Other Progressive Religious Congregations

  2009 Responsive Resolution

  International Human Rights & Justice, Religious & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries