Author: Intern

Migration is a Human Right- A message from Kathleen McTigue

July 11, 2019 | Intern | Immigration
Despite all that we already knew about the profound injustices inflicted on migrants and asylum seekers by current government practices, we have been stunned by the details emerging in news reports during the past few weeks. They document the horrific conditions in detention centers for migrants, not only in a few isolated places at the […]

Meet our 2019 General Assembly Spark Leaders!

June 5, 2019 | Intern | General Assembly, Young Adult
At this summer’s General Assembly, UUCSJ is excited to offer our third annual stipended leadership opportunity to alumni of our programs and related justice and leadership initiatives to support their engagement in social justice education, action, and outreach at GA. Read on to meet the team of awesome young adult justice-makers who will help “spark” […]

Love Made Visible

August 24, 2018 | Intern | Internship, Young Adult
The UUCSJ office does not feel like an office. Perhaps it is better described as a plant haven with desks, or a living room/library hybrid.  A splotch of green adorns every windowsill and table. Colorful photographs, posters, and cloth hang on the walls. A bilingual bookshelf filled with poetry, biographies, manifestos, meditations, and more sits […]

Winds of Change in Mexico: Observing the 2018 Election

July 10, 2018 | Intern | Program Leader, Volunteering
In 2006, I lived in Mexico City for several months and by the end of my time there, I had undeniably fell in love with the largest city in North America. While there, I had spent several months writing, directing, and editing a documentary film which captured the labor rights struggle of gas station attendants […]

Insights from our RAICES Interns

July 3, 2018 | Intern | Internship, RAICES, Young Adult
This summer, two of our Global Justice Interns are working with RAICES. In the past few weeks, RAICES has been in the national spotlight for the work they have been doing to help reunite separated families. Thanks to a viral Facebook fundraiser, they have raised more than $20 million dollars to continue fighting for immigration […]