Social Justice
Unitarian Universalists have a proud history of being advocates
of issues of social justice. It is
essential to be active in the community as advocates for social justice.
In one church, we conducted a member survey
and included a question inquiring about what social justice and charitable activities
outside of the church the person was involved in.
We discovered that a great majority of members were, in fact, actively involved
in social justice and charitable community activities.
We then decided to hold a Social Justice Fair after worship on
Sunday and asked members to bring signs and applications from their organizations
so others could join. We also decided
to have a “Special Offering for Social Justice” once a month instead of the regular
church offering. A member, then, stood
up and informed the congregation about the activities of the organization and what
the money would be used for. That offering
raised from 10 to 20 times what was normally donated and the members discovered
what each other was involved in.