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  • Kim Duncan

    The Second Time Around: A Return Visit to Haiti

    The following post was written by Kim Duncan, a return participant on the May 2013 UUCSJ service-learning trip to Haiti. While they say you can’t go home again, that’s only partly true as most of us know. So, my second trip to visit the Papaye …

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    Food for Thought

    The following post was written by Ariel Jacobson, senior associate for UUSC’s Economic Justice Program and program leader for the upcoming UUCSJ Food for Thought program. Some say Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle changed the world. Sinclair’s depiction of Chicago in 1906 was of a city …

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    Insight for a Lifetime

    The following post was written by Carly Moulis, age 17. A student at Albemarle High School, in Charlottesville, Va., Moulis was a participant in the 2012 UUCSJ summer youth program. Carly Moulis, far left, and other participants in the 2012 Youth Justice Training, Rosie Cohen, …

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    Haiti Program Alumni Headed to Washington, D.C.

    The following post was written by Kara Smith, UUSC’s associate for grassroots mobilization. UUSC is all geared up to host a dedicated group of UU College of Social Justice Haiti program alumni in Washington, D.C., for an upcoming lobby day! April 6–8 is going to …

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    The Motivation to Take On Anything

    The following post was written by Rosie Cohen, age 17. A student at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., Cohen was a participant in the 2012 UUCSJ summer youth program. A few days into my week at UUCSJ’s National Youth Justice Summit (NYJS), we …

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  • Youth Justice Training participants and leaders

    Love and Justice

    The following post was written by Elizabeth Nguyen, a program leader of the 2012 UUCSJ summer youth training. Nguyen will be leading the 2013 Boston Youth Justice Training, which will take place June 30–July 21. On July 11, partway into last year’s youth justice program, …

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  • MPP Haiti Spotlight

    Celebrating 40 Years of Empowerment in Rural Haiti

    Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, founder and executive director of the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), a UUSC partner in Haiti, has a favorite saying: “Men anpil chay pa lou” (in English: “Many hands make the burden light”). From its humble but determined beginnings in 1973 through its growth to …

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  • A Complicated Reality

    The following post was written by Rev. Lisa Bovee-Kemper, assistant minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, N.C. She recently took part in the February 2013 BorderLinks: Immigration Justice Tour with the UU College of Social Justice. Today is day three of our delegation. …

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    Youth Programs for Summer 2013

    This summer, the UU College of Social Justice is hosting three transformative programs for youth and young adults. Answer the call for justice!   Boston Youth Justice Training This transformative three-week social justice training for high school youth offers interactive social justice education and real-world …

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  • Fundraising for Your Youth Program

    Though it may seem overwhelming at first, you can afford to take part in youth programs with the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ)! How? Fundraising — a key skill for social justice work. Being able to talk about money and how it can express …

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