Author: Heather Vickery

It All Makes A Difference

June 7, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Nicaragua, Religious Professionals

Guardians of the River: Climate Justice for Theologians 2016 group Jacquline Brett is a recent graduate of Meadville Lombard’s Masters of Divinity program (MDiv) and will be at Meadville for another year for the Master of Arts in Leadership Studies (MALS) program. She has participated in UUCSJ’s 2015 Religious Professionals Journey to the Border and […]

We Keep Coming Back

June 5, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Immigration, Religious Professionals, Sanctuary and Solidarity

Rev. Beth Banks is the Senior Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis. She journeyed with other UU Religious Professionals to the Arizona-Mexico border in 2014. Below is her reflection of how that journey helped her energize her congregation around immigration justice. 2014 Religious Professionals Border Witness Participants In November of 2014, the College […]

Hear About Activate Justice Trainings from Participants

May 10, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Environmental Justice, Racial Justice, Youth

Are you a high school aged youth who is wondering how to engage more fully in social justice work? We at UUCSJ have the program for you this very summer! But don’t take our word for it, hear about Activate Youth Justice Trainings from youth who have not only already participated in one Activate training, […]

So Goes West Virginia…

April 11, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, West Virginia, Youth

In mid-July of 2017, a group of teenagers and adults from the UU Church of Delaware County will visit West Virginia on a UUCSJ Youth Service Journey. In part of the preparation for this pilot program, last week I had the immense pleasure of visiting West Virginia, and meeting with a host of congregations, faith […]

Shift With Us at Grow Racial Justice

March 21, 2017 | Heather Vickery | GROW, Racial Justice, Young Adult

by Chris Casuccio “White supremacy is an overwhelming crisis for humanity, one that is making it impossible for any human to evolve in right relationship with the planet and the species. It has not, and will not, be resolved merely by Black and other non-white people fighting for a change – it must be unlearned, […]

What Would FEM Do?

February 6, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Economic Justice, Nicaragua

Kirsten Hunter is the Director of Religious Education at South Church in Portsmouth, NH and journeyed to Nicaragua with a small group from the church in January, 2017. I have been back from Nicaragua for a little over a week now. Such an astounding moment – to leave As Trump was preparing to take office […]

Buena suerte to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lake Chapala and vaya bien

January 31, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Pastoral, Religious Professionals

Reverend Gary Kowalski, Minister, Unitarian Congregation of Taos, NM embarked on a sabbatical leave to Lake Chapala, Mexico with the help of a UUCSJ sabbatical grant. Thirty miles south of Guadalajara, the small town of Ajijic rests on the northern shore of Mexico’s largest body of fresh water, Lake Chapala. Flanked by high mountains, pelicans […]

Let’s Get Ready – to March, to Resist, to Declare Our Conscience!

January 19, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, First Nations, Immigration, Pastoral, Sanctuary and Solidarity

by Angela Kelly Ready or not, here we are, on the eve of an Inauguration so many of us are dreading. We are painfully aware of the threats posed by the incoming President to the rights, safety, and dignity of so many, to the future of our planet, and to values we cherish deep in […]

The Days Here are Full, and Fuller Are Our Minds

January 18, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Nicaragua

by Eleanor Kane Ellie Kane is a member of South Church Unitarian Universalist in Portsmouth, NH. She is currently in Nicaragua with nine others from her church on an immersion journey of spirit and solidarity with out partner FEM. If the first aspect of Nicaragua that left us stunned was warm air, green trees, and […]

Let’s Get Ready: Finding Our Way Through Our Fear

January 6, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Pastoral, Sanctuary and Solidarity

by Rev. Kathleen McTigue As we move into the new year in this fraught political moment, many of us are coping with new levels of anxiety. There is a lot to worry about, as each day the headlines seem to hammer us with more bad news. It can feel like we’re in the midst of […]