Act for Justice
As Unitarian Universalists, we are committed to creating a more compassionate, just, and sustainable world. Here are some of the things we are doing and some of the ways you can help us.
Friday Morning Collections
Almost every Friday morning, 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon, UUFR members collect food and other items to help some of our most vulnerable neighbors. Action is happening every Friday from 10:30am-noon in UUFR’s back parking lot. Please refer to The Chalice, our weekly e-newsletter for current information on collections and ways to get involved – please join us!
Change the World with Us!
Help us feed the hungry and house the homeless.
We support several programs to feed the hungry with donations and volunteers, including Urban Ministries Food Pantry, Urban Ministries Helen Wright Center, the Martin Street Market, Grocery Bags for Seniors, Backpack Buddies, and Blount Street Community Engagement Center. For more information about any of these, contact Jude Oliveri-Burde at joburde@yahoo.com.
Twice a year, we participate in the construction of a house through Habitat for Humanity. For more information, contact Jim at jim.hurdis@gmail.com .
Help us support farmers of color and women farmers.
Subscribe to regularly receive a box of produce and support local agriculture through our Community Supported Agriculture project. For more information, contact Dona at thedorans1@gmail.com .
Help us work for systemic justice in our wider community.
For more information about our Immigrant and Refugee Justice Ministry Team, contact Pat at pat.vista.mclaughlin@gmail.com .
For more information about our Environmental Justice Ministry Team, contact Russ at rjoutcalt@yahoo.com .
For more information about our Reproductive Justice Ministry Team, contact Marilyn at mclayton26@gmail.com .
Our ONE Wake Organizing Team facilitates our involvement in ONE Wake, a community organizing effort of more than 40 other congregations working to address affordable housing, mental health, and public transportation in Wake County. For more information, contact onewake@uufr.org .
Donation Drive Item Collection at UUFR
UUFR collectively donates needed items to local social justice organizations on occasion. Donation Drives may be organized by members or friends, ministry teams, or other UUFR groups. If you would like to coordinate a Donation Drive Collection, please submit the Donation Drive Request Form to the Justice Council for approval.
Contribute on one of our Social Justice Sundays
Each month the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh collects donations for one justice organization doing great work in the community. Donations are accepted online all month here or in the offering plate in-person on the below dates.
July 16, 2023: Carolina Abortion Fund
August 20, 2023: UUFR fund to support and increase our work with the Helen Wright Center
September 17, 2023: Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
October 15, 2023: UUFR fund to support and increase our work furnishing apartments for refugees
November 19, 2023: Interfaith Food Shuttle
December 24, 2023: St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church shelters
January 21, 2024: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
February 18, 2024: Shaw University Center for Racial and Social Justice
March 17, 2024: Rural Advancement Foundation International
April 21, 2024: Partners for Environmental Justice
May 19, 2024: Blount St. Community Engagement Center
June 16, 2024: LGBT Center of Raleigh
July 21, 2024: Common Cause NC
You can donate to our Social Justice Sunday recipients at any time here.
Read our Congregational Statements of Conscience
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh occasionally adopts statements of conscience on particular social issues, which allows the congregation’s leadership to advocate on these issues on behalf of the congregation as a whole. To read a list of our statements of conscience, click here.