Author: Heather Vickery

Visiting Across Borders

November 20, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Immigration, Sanctuary and Solidarity
Gina Collignon is UUCSJ’s Senior Associate for Immersion Learning. She recently led a group from the Bethesda, MD/Washington DC area (that included members from the Cedar Lane, All Souls Unitarian in DC, and Davies Memorial UU churches) to the Arizona/Mexico Border. Manual at the Border Wall “People used to visit here,” Manuel told us. “They would […]

UUCSJ By The Numbers

October 27, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, First Nations, Florida, General Assembly, Haiti, Immigration, India, Internship, Nicaragua, Racial Justice, RAICES, Religious Professionals, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering, West Virginia, Young Adult, Youth
The UU College of Social Justice was jointly founded in the summer of 2012 by the UUA and UUSC, so this year we are celebrating a big anniversary. We are grateful for all of our alumni and supporters who have made our work possible! In honor of of all of you and our anniversary, here […]

Beyond Fair Trade: Building Just Relationships

October 20, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Nicaragua
Jan Taddeo (writer) and JenJoy Royal (photographer) travelled with UUCSJ to Nicaragua in February 2017 for our Beyond Fair Trade: Building Just Relationships immersion journey. We partner with Equal Exchange for this journey to explore the power of fair trade to improve the lives of producers and help consumers live their values. To learn more about this journey […]

How UUCSJ Spent Our Summer Vacation

September 6, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Immigration, Internship, Racial Justice, Young Adult, Youth
Equipping Youth Leaders to Change the World Activate Boston Participants with Climate Justice Banner They Made In August, UUCSJ wrapped up a full summer of youth programming with Activate Climate Justice, which brought a passionate group of young climate justice leaders together to Boston. Over the course of the week, the group went on a […]

There Has To Be A Better Way

August 30, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Immigration, RAICES, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering
In June 2017, Nancy Jacobsen volunteered with the Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) through the UU College of Social Justice. Hear about their experiences below. If you, or someone you know, are interested in volunteering and are either fluent in Spanish or have legal expertise, learn more and sign up at https://uucsjstaging.wpengine.com/raices/ In early […]

A Mother and Daughter Helping Families at the Border

August 23, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Immigration, RAICES, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering, Young Adult
In June 2017, mother and daughter Judy and Jasmine Elliot travelled to San Antonio to volunteer with the Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) through the UU College of Social Justice. Hear about their experiences below. If you, or someone you know, are interested in volunteering and are either fluent in Spanish […]

Volunteering at Karnes Detention Center

August 16, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Immigration, RAICES, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering
Sandra Rumbler is from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Luis Obispo in California and in June, 2017 volunteered with RAICES in San Antonio Texas through the UU College of Social Justice. If you speak Spanish or have legal expertise and would like to volunteer with RAICES through UUCSJ this Fall, go to uucsjstaging.wpengine.com/raices to learn more and […]

Activating the Next Generation

July 28, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Economic Justice, Florida, Immigration, Youth
Deva Jones, Senior Associate for Service-Learning and Volunteer Placements, led a group of youth on one of UUCSJ’s newest programs Activate Florida: Solidarity with Migrant Farmworkers this April. To learn more about this program visit https://uucsjstaging.wpengine.com/florida/  What do you think of when you hear, “Florida”?  For many, the first words that come to mind are beaches, […]

But Have You Cried Together?

July 21, 2017 | Heather Vickery | General Assembly, GROW, GROWRJTC, Racial Justice, Young Adult
Mara Iverson is a young adult from the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, VT who recently participated in UUCSJ and the UUA’s GROW Racial Justice 2017 in New Orleans. Mara is a member of Central Vermont SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and is the co-chair of the diversity and inclusion working group on the university […]

The Path To Sanctuary

June 9, 2017 | Heather Vickery |
Norman Allen is the intern minister at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda Maryland. In October 2016, Norman and 14 others from the Bethesda area and beyond, travelled with UUCSJ to Tucson to learn more about immigration justice through immersion. Read his reflection below on how that journey motivated the congregation around immigration justice. Walking the […]