Saving Seed
Rebecca Hennessy lives in Portsmouth, NH and traveled to Nicaragua as a member of South Church in cooperation with the UUCSJ. She is a mother and a garlic farmer. She owns a small value-added food business, Backyard Garlic, coaches ultimate frisbee and likes exploring...
Lenten Reflection, Honduras
Praying the “stations of the cross” is a longstanding Lenten tradition all over the Christian world, during which believers are reminded of the last moments Jesus lived through as he carried his own cross to the crucifixion. Throughout Latin America, the Way of the...
Letter From Susan Frederick-Gray to Religious Professionals
Dear Colleagues, As we enter a new year, we are more determined than ever to mobilize our UU communities around the core justice values that make our faith so relevant to the current political moment. Among these core values is our commitment to the worth and dignity...
Carlos and the Guardians
Rev. Paul Langston-Daley is the Senior Program Leader for Justice Building at UUSC. In November 2016, he travelled to Nicaragua on UUCSJ's Guardians of the River: Climate Justice for Theologians journey specifically for religious professionals (ministers, seminarians...
Answering the Call for Solidarity and Action in Honduras
In early January I received an email that began with these words: We are writing you on behalf of Padre Melo, the Jesuit priest who has accompanied the Honduran people for more than 20 years. He is appealing to the international community for an emergency delegation:...
Reflections for Martin Luther King Day
Today we remember the leadership of Martin Luther King in his own chapter of the struggle for racial justice. But we’re living through our own chapter of that struggle today, in which the rise of overt white supremacy and the support it receives from the White House...
Summer Internships with UUCSJ
For the seventh year, UUCSJ is thrilled to partner with organizations across the country to offer summer internships to individuals ages 18 to 25 who want to explore the relationship between social justice and their own spiritual development. Interns don’t just spend...
Post Hurricane Harvey Houston Update
In early December, our Director, Kathleen McTigue, and UUSC consultant, Syma Mirza met with four grassroots groups in Houston, Texas: the Fe y Justicia Worker Justice Center, the Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS), and the Living Hope Wheelchair...
A New Year’s Message
As a new year dawns, everything is the same – The world bound into its history and struggles, as we ourselves are bound. Yet it’s also true that we stand at a threshold, the new year not yet shaped, leaving a great forming power in our hands: what shall we do with...
Interning at Rural & Migrant Ministries
Melissa Rodney was a summer 2017 intern with Rural & Migrant Ministry and is a graduate of American University (Class of 2017). If you are interested in interning with UUCSJ, fill out out 2018 Internship Interest Form. This summer I had the wonderful privilege to sit...
