Social Justice

Thanks to you, we were able to donate $657.67 to the meals for asylum seekers program run by the UU and UCC churches of Phoenix, AZ. With this assistance they can provide a hot meal to asylum seekers on the weekends when there otherwise is no food available. Thank you for your generosity of giving.

In May, we will share our plate with Sunrise Movement Connecticut, which is part of a non-profit organization whose membership spans many colors and creeds, from all parts of the country. They are dedicated to stopping climate change, principally through a Green New Deal, and creating millions of good-paying jobs in the process. All members

Earth Day resources shared during our worship service: Doug Tallamy, Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019. (Available in hard-cover, paperback and Kindle formats) And this website, which concentrates on plants native to southeastern PA, where Tallamy lives: http://backyardsfornature.org/?tag=doug-tallamy https://www.audubon.org/native-plants/search?zipcode=06443. Plants native to the area from the

Thanks to the generosity of our members and friends, we were able to donate $667.30 to Operation Fuel, so that no one has to worry about keeping the lights on and the house warm. You’re terrific, all of you!

Faith Formation is collecting food for our neighbors at Amistad Catholic Worker House in East Haven, CT, where Luz Catarineau and her husband Mark Colville have been feeding the homeless since 1994. Now more than ever they need our help, and even in a global pandemic they continue to provide breakfast and lunch to those in need.

The Peace, Affirmation & Justice Committee at Guilford First Congregational Church is working with the First Church UCC and Paradise Valley UU Church of Phoenix, AZ to provide meals to asylum-seekers at the Phoenix Welcome Center on Saturdays, when otherwise there would be no meal provided.  Because the Welcome Center has no health-board approved facilities for

Thanks to your generosity, we were able to donate $649.14 to the Poor People’s Campaign from your offerings in February. Thank you for helping the campaign in its efforts to end the five interlocking injustices of poverty, racism, militarism, ecological devastation, and religious nationalism, and to help the marginalized poor in our society so that