COLLECTIVE Activism at UUSM
We come together for more than ourselves. For generations, our congregational covenant has affirmed that "service is our prayer." Living our values in the world and working for peace, human rights, and social and environmental justice are central to our faith and identity as Unitarian Universalists. Many of our families make these UU values intergenerational through wholehearted living, service, and activism.
UUSM’s Faith in Action Commission and its various committees and activities offer multiple ways for people of all ages and abilities to reflect on their values and their relationships with others, engage, and serve. Whether it’s taking to the streets at downtown marches and the Pride Parade, supporting local campaigns for workers’ rights, greening our lives, writing postcards to voters, packing lunches for the unhoused, studying issues together, or initiating your own passion project, no action is too big or small and there’s something for everyone.
UUSM was recognized in 2003 as a Welcoming Congregation for LGBTQ+ individuals and families, a Green Sanctuary in 1997, a Peace Site in 1986, and most recently adopted the 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism as part of our commitment to dismantling racism.
We have a legacy of “deeds not creeds.” Our work for a better world calls us to unexpected places as we harness love’s power to stop oppression. From grassroots community organizing to interfaith state, national, and corporate advocacy; in protest marches, prayer vigils, and press conferences; in homeless shelters and in prisons, Unitarian Universalists put our faith into action.
