Author: Heather Vickery

260 White Crosses

December 8, 2015 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Immigration
This post was written by Pat Caren from the UU Fellowship of Marion County Borderlinks trip in November 2015. To cross a desert on foot is to risk your life. In Cochise County, Arizona, more than 260 people have perished this way since 2009. Every Tuesday evening in the border town of Douglas, the Healing Our Borders […]

Labor Rights on Labor Day

September 23, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice
The following post was written by Evan Seitz, Senior Associate for Service-Learning Programs at the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ).  How did you honor workers this Labor Day? For seven UUs, the answer was to attend a rally with labor leaders at the historic Pullman Factory in Pullman, Illinois. That’s not all the group […]

Camaraderie at Camp for Urban Youth

September 11, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Maris Nyhart, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at Tufts University, Nyhart served as an intern at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. As my first summer living in Boston and my first summer living on my own, these […]

Practicing What We Preach: Interning with UUCSJ

August 28, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Joe Gayeski, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at University of Edinburgh studying International Relations, Gayeski served as an intern at UUCSJ’s headquarters.   We do a lot of preaching in the United States. If you’re like me and were raised Unitarian Universalist and attended […]

The Simple Gift of Interning in London

August 22, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Michael Hassin, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at the College of New Jersey studying economics, Hassin interned this summer with SimpleGifts Unitarian Centre for Social Action in London, England. Working at SimpleGifts has been an intense, high-speed ride that’s as fun as it is eye-opening. […]

The Future Starts Now: Reflections on the National Youth Justice Training

August 15, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Youth
The following post was written by Sierra Rother, age 16. A student from Northampton, Mass., attending St. Mark’s School, Rother was a participant in this summer’s Youth Justice Training in Boston. I honestly did not know what I was getting myself into when I hit the “submit” button on my application to the Boston Youth […]

Talking, Listening, and Learning: An Internship in Kenya

August 7, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post and video were provided by Abie Troen, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at Brandeis University majoring in Film Studies, Troen is serving as multimedia intern with the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT). This internship is the most challenging, difficult, and wonderful project […]

Haiti Program Alumni Headed to Washington, D.C.

March 28, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Haiti
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 be an exciting three days full of training, conversation, and […]

The Motivation to Take On Anything

March 25, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Youth
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 were all gathered for a leadership training session that, to […]

Love and Justice

March 20, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Youth
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, our group packed up our sunscreen and water bottles from […]