Archive: Social Action News

  • Heart to Heart Conversations About Abortion April 11, 2023 - Join facilitators from the Unitarian Universalist Church and Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!) for powerful, compassionate conversations about abortion.
  • LGBTQ+ Welcome Team: Pizza and Planning March 29, 2023 - Do you identify as an LGBTQ+ UU? Or as an Ally? Would you like to meet others, possibly help plan social events, and/or worship services and educational programming for UUCUC?
  • LGBTQ+ Welcome Team: Meet & Greet & Plan March 21, 2023 - Are you interested in helping plan educational programs or worship services related to LGBTQ topics? We encourage allies and our youth to participate as well- what would you like to know? What SHOULD folks at UUCUC know about the LGBTQ+ world?
  • PROTEST Anti-Abortionists in Springfield! – Tuesday, March 21 March 7, 2023 - Illinois is a relative beacon for reproductive rights, honoring abortion rights, early childhood education, LGBTQ rights, and other basic rights far more than the states around us.
  • Postcards to Voters March 7, 2023 - A challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban will likely go before the Wisconsin Supreme Court later this year.  A swing seat on the Court is up for election on April 4.
  • Immigrant Justice Team January 12, 2023 - The Immigrant Justice Team is exploring the impact of human trafficking in our local area. If you know of anyone with a story related to this topic let us know.
  • Free Pantry Moving to UUCUC – Volunteers and Donations Needed November 1, 2022 - The UUCUC Social Action Committee is excited to announce the arrival of a Little Free Pantry at our Green Street building.
  • Living and Dying: A Love Story October 25, 2022 - The local chapter of Compassion and Choices, a national group that advocates for options in end of life care, is showing this film at the Urbana Free Library on Saturday, November 5, at 10:00 a.m.
  • Leaning into Our Faith – What is Beloved Community? October 11, 2022 - The 8th Principle calls for UU’s to “journey toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions.”
  • Funeral Consumers Alliance of Champaign County Annual Meeting October 11, 2022 - My Loved One Just Died Now What? Bring your questions for the panel as we discuss various scenarios of passing, both expected & unexpected.