It is time to think about our Annual Backpack collection! From August 4 through August 25, the Social Justice Coordinating Team (SJCT) will be collecting school supplies and backpacks for students in need. The need is quite general: pencils, notebooks, folders, crayons and markers, etc. and any size or style backpack. Thank you for helping […]
Deadline for School Supplies – August 25 Read More »
Our summer Share the Plate offering will be dedicated to KIVA. SUUS’s connection with KIVA began in the summer of 2015 with a $1500 “seed grant” from the Fred Keefe Endowment Fund (the “Love Fund”). The KIVA micro-loan project of the Social Justice Committee has, to date, loaned out more than $5000. These short-term, low-interest
Share the Plate for JULY & AUGUST: KIVA Read More »
We were able to donate $502.50 to EMERGE Connecticut, Inc. to help in their work supporting formerly incarcerated persons and at-risk youth. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
Thanks for your generosity! Read More »
To all SUUS members: The Social Justice Coordinating Team has created a draft calendar for the 2019-20 year of sharing. If you have an organization you would like SJCT to consider, please fill out this brief form by clicking here. We will forward it to one of our task forces, if appropriate or consider it
SHARE THE PLATE NEEDS YOUR INPUT! DEADLINE JUNE 30 Read More »
Join the Gender Issues Justice Team after coffee on Sunday, June 23rd to watch the Oscar winning documentary short about women leading a quiet sexual revolution in India. Discussion will follow. “The film follows a group of women in Hapur India, as they learn how to operate a machine that makes low-cost, biodegradable sanitary pads,
THIS SUNDAY: June 23 @ Noon – Period. End of Sentence. Read More »
Social Justice invites everyone to film by Jewish filmmaker Alice Rothchild, with shorts and discussion on Wednesday, May 29, from 2-4:30pm at the Guilford Library (67 Park Street). Highlights: Refugee/immigration issues for Jews and Palestinians through the Nakba (forced eviction of Palestinians from their land), a 102-yr-old refugee crisis in which one refugee group was
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Meet the most recent recipients of micro-loans through KIVA. Farhan of Multan, Pakistan is a 24-year-old man who opened a school believing that he could help the disadvantaged gain a strong foothold in this society by providing a quality education. He has a total of 179 students enrolled in his school; 57% are female students. He
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The Gender Issues Justice Team has selected the CT Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) to be the May recipient of our Share The Plate Offering. We will have a representative from CWEALF at our service this Sunday and will be at coffee hour to answer any questions. It is a statewide nonprofit organization that
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The Gender Issues Justice Team encourages our members and friends to attend the Women’s Health and Rights Lobby Day in Hartford on Wednesday, May 1 at the Legislative Office Building. This event is sponsored by Planned Parenthood. Click here for more info.
TODAY – Women’s Health Rally Read More »