Social Justice

Thanks to the generosity of our members and friends, we were able to donate $667.30 to Operation Fuel, so that no one has to worry about keeping the lights on and the house warm. You’re terrific, all of you!

Faith Formation will once again be collecting food for our neighbors at Amistad Catholic Worker House in East Haven, CT, where Luz Catarineau and her husband Mark Colville have been feeding the homeless since 1994. Now more than ever they need our help, and even in a global pandemic they continue to provide breakfast and lunch to …

Food Drive at SUUS Read More »

The Peace, Affirmation & Justice Committee at Guilford First Congregational Church is working with the First Church UCC and Paradise Valley UU Church of Phoenix, AZ to provide meals to asylum-seekers at the Phoenix Welcome Center on Saturdays, when otherwise there would be no meal provided.  Because the Welcome Center has no health-board approved facilities for …

April Share the Plate: Providing Meals to Asylum-Seekers Read More »

Thanks to your generosity, we were able to donate $649.14 to the Poor People’s Campaign from your offerings in February. Thank you for helping the campaign in its efforts to end the five interlocking injustices of poverty, racism, militarism, ecological devastation, and religious nationalism, and to help the marginalized poor in our society so that …

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Our Fourth Sunday collection of personal and feminine care products is back!  Please bring feminine care products and deposit them in the outside bin. You may also order them online and have them sent directly to SUUS, with a note that it is a donation. Our Food Insecurity Team will distribute these items to our …

It’s That Time of Month Again! Read More »

In March, we will share the plate with Operation Fuel, a statewide organization that provides help to people in paying their fuel and utility bills because “nobody should have to worry about keeping the lights on and their house warm.” Operation Fuel currently is serving more than 5.000 households and 18,000+ persons in Connecticut and …

March “Share the Plate” Recipient: Operation Fuel Read More »

Since the service that the Racial Justice Group led last fall (2020), the Racial Justice Group contributed to the Martin Luther King Day service in January, and we have been reading and discussing “Widening the Circle of Concern,” which is a June 2020 report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change. “Widening the Circle of Concern,” …

Racial Justice Group Update – January/February 2021 Read More »