What Does Social Justice Do?

what does social justice do
SUUS members participate in the 2nd Women’s March in Hartford and NYC

In the fall of 2017, the Social Justice Coordinating Team (SJCT) sponsored a three-day workshop for the congregation to help us select the areas of justice work we find most compelling.  From that powerful weekend, we developed four new task forces:

  • The Environmental Team (Green Team) has targeted several areas of interest:  Supporting the town-by-town fracking waste ban, one use plastic bag ban, and making SUUS a Green Sanctuary.  Contact Jere Armen
  • The Gender Issues Justice Team goal is to improve gender relationships and gender dynamics at SUUS and beyond. They work on the issues of reproductive rights, sexual harassment, domestic violence pay inequality, and other issues.  To date, they have organized members to attend the March for Women in Hartford, organized a legislative mailing to our state senators in regards to reproductive rights, provides support to the food pantries and IRIS with feminine product donations once a month, and has created safe sex information/condom packets for distribution at SUUS.  Contact Nancy Stanwood
  • The Food Insecurity Team is working to alleviate hunger in our community including the at risk youth enrolled in Emerge Youth Build. Our work continues at the Community Dining Room, Shoreline Food Pantries and assists in the distribution of feminine products to the pantries and to IRIS.  Contact Barb Francese
  • Supporting Low-Income Youth/EMERGE – is reorganizing and will report back soon.

Organizations SUUS has supported in recent years:

Covenant to Care, IRIS, CROP WalkHawkwing; KIVA,  Jewish Voice for Peace, Tree of Life; UUSC; Call To Care UgandaShoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantry,  Guilford Food Bank; Branford Community Dining Room, Center for Domestic Violence ServicesGuilford Youth Feminist Alliance – Period Project.

what does social justice do
SUUS members & friends beginning their march in NYC for women’s rights and equality on 1/21/17

Share the Plate Sundays and Outreach Offering Support:

  • EMERGE
  • CT Women Education & Legal Fund
  • Clifford Beers Clinic
  • IRIS
  • Planned Parenthood
  • CT Fund for the Environment
  • Black Lives UU
  • Shoreline Soup Kitchens
  • Hurricane Relief for Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico
  • Branford Community Dining Room
  • Hawkwing (based in CT/serving the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Reservation)
  • Fuel assistance in Madison, Branford, Clinton and Guilford
  • Covenant to Care
  • RE-MEMBER (serving the Pine Ridge Reservation)
  • UUSC for response to Ebola virus epidemic
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
  • National Resources Defense Council
  • UUSC for earthquake relief in Nepal
  • Youth Service Opportunities Project

 

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