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Saying Goodbye to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice

June 12, 2025 | JeKaren Bell |
by Ashana Bigard, Amplify Justice/Liberation Collective Ashana Bigard of Amplify Justice/Liberation Collective will be leading the Theme Talk for Faith Development Week on Star Island July 13 – 20, 2025: Collective Courage: Navigating Relationships and Justice As I sit down to bid farewell to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice, I find myself grappling […]

Statement supporting student activism on Gaza

May 6, 2024 | JeKaren Bell | Young Adult, Youth
The UU College of Social Justice, in collaboration with Side with Love and the Youth and Emerging Adult team of the Lifespan Faith Engagement office joins in solidarity with Unitarian Universalist young adults and students across the globe who are protesting the ongoing assault in Gaza. These protests are a response to the moral urgency […]

Message from UUCSJ Director

June 9, 2022 | Deva Jones |
It is a joy and a gift to join the College of Social Justice (CSJ) team as Director of Justice Education for the UUSC! I want to honor the commitment of the CSJ beloveds who have tended to the web of relationships – inspiring, equipping, and sustaining spiritually grounded activism – through a long pandemic […]

UUCSJ COVID-19 Response

March 13, 2020 | Deva Jones |
Dear UUCSJ Community, As news of the  COVID-19 virus unfolds, we at the College of Social Justice are assessing next steps. While we are all in a state of uncertainty, we are acting with caution for the well-being of our participants, partners, staff, and most vulnerable community members. With the guidance of the UUA, UUSC, and recommendations from the CDC, and in communication […]

Critical Connections in the UU Universe

September 12, 2019 | Deva Jones | Congregational Trip
Did you know that there are twenty-two established UU State Action Networks (SANs) and more forming as we speak (find out if your state has a SAN here)? Did you know that there is a Coalition of Unitarian Universalist State Action Networks (CUUSAN) that acts as a central “meeting place” and seeks to support their […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Creating Space to Grow Racial Justice

September 1, 2016 | Deva Jones | General Assembly, GROW, Pastoral, Racial Justice, Young Adult
It had happened again. Another black man had been shot dead by police, another life lost to the brutality of racism, another painful reminder of the urgency of the Movement for Black Lives. News of Philando Castile’s death in Minnesota came less than a day after the police shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. They […]