The UUCSJ Volunteer Program is designed to be a powerful opportunity for individuals who are willing to lend their time, compassion, and skills to leave a meaningful impact with one of our partner organizations; however, this volunteer program also provides a framework to help volunteers deepen their understanding of systems of injustice and reflecting on one’s personal connection to justice work.
How UUCSJ understands volunteering:
- We strive to place the needs of our partners first
- We strive to move at the speed of trust
- We strive to constantly reflect on and dismantle the saviorism often inherent in cross-cultural volunteer work
Click the button below to read UUCSJ’s grounding framework: The Volunteer Journey: Lighting the Way to Right Relationship [PDF]
Interested in volunteering? Check out the opportunities below
Please note: UUCSJ is currently NOT organizing any in-person or virtual volunteer cohorts. To volunteer, you must reach out to the organizations directly.
Al Otro Lado
Volunteer with Al Otro Lado here: https://alotrolado.org/volunteer
Al Otro Lado (AOL) is a bi-national, U.S. and Mexico, organization offering direct legal services to underserved deportees, migrants, and refugees. They welcome volunteer attorneys, accredited representatives, paralegals, law students, health care workers, social workers, interpreters, translators, and other individuals who are passionate about immigrant rights! Some of their projects include:
- Border Rights Project – Tijuana
- Otay Mesa Detention Center Release Project – San Diego
- Deportee Program – Tijuana + Los Angeles
- Family Reunification Project
- Remote Legal Team
Annunciation House
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY IN EL PASO! Shelters are beyond capacity and hundreds of individuals are being dropped in the streets of El Paso. Volunteers are needed to staff temporary and current shelters. On September 12, 2022 over 900 refugees were released. About 300 were released into the street. Recent releases have been between 600-900 per day.
If you have time and resources to get to and stay in El Paso, please support! Spanish fluency is not required. Annunciation House prefers volunteers who can stay for a minimum of two weeks, and longer is great!
Contact Annunciation House at volunteercoordinator@annunciationhouse.org to sign up!