UUA Social Justice Action of the Month

December's Action of the Month focuses on Peace.

Visit www.uua.org/socialjustice to find out what the Washington office recommends for this month's actions.

Would your congregation like to help bend the arc of the universe towards justice by participating in denomination-wide social justice campaigns?  Would you like comprehensive action resources delivered monthly to your church and your email inbox?  Would you like actions spread throughout the entire year on a schedule? If so, we have just the opportunity for you! 

The Unitarian Universalist Association’s Advocacy and Witness staff group is launching an exciting initiative called Action of the Month.  Each month, the UUA will implement robust action campaigns that aim to engage congregations and individual UUs.  Actions of the Month will focus on accomplishing concrete policy objectives that reflect our faith values.

We will be building action campaigns around the following objectives this year:

• January Action of the Month: Living Wage - This month’s action will help bring the minimum wage closer to a living wage by supporting the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign to raise the federal minimum wage to $10 in 2010.

• February Action of the Month: BGLT Equality - Join UUs across the nation in Lobbying for BGLT Equality.  Visit your Representative or Senator’s district or national office and ask them to support BGLT equality.

• March: Action of the Month: Comprehensive Sex Ed - The March Action of the Month will coincide with our annual Sexuality Education and Advocacy Training, which teaches members how to be effective advocates for comprehensive sexuality education.

• April - Environomental Justice
• May - Immigration
• June - General Assembly
• July - GA Follow Up
• August - Gulf Coast

Here’s what you can expect…

• A one-page description of the Action of the Month in the UUA's monthly congregational mailing;
• Emails with resources, action opportunities, and congregational stories. To receive these emails, sign-up for Advocacy News and Social Action Chair News at www.uua.org/socialjustice;
• Actions that range from “anyone can do it” (sign a petition!) to “very committed.” (come to D.C. for a rally!);
• UUA.org web coverage of the actions; and
• Blog posts about the monthly action on http://uuasocialjustice.blogspot.com/.

For ongoing updates about our Actions of the Month, visit www.uua.org/socialjustice or email us at socialjustice at uua.org.