Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

With the help of our supporters, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) advances human rights and social justice around the world.

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Fueled by racism, the Dominican Republic has revoked the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent and is planning mass deportations. People will lose their homes. Families will be torn apart. We can stop it.

Take action today! Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Make the plight of Haitians in the Dominican Republic a top U.S. human rights priority before it gets any worse. Condemn the deportation plan, and push for a new way forward.

Then share the URL: uusc.org/haltdeport.

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Check out a few photos from the totally awesome GROW (Grounded and Resilient Organizers' Workshop) Climate Justice training that the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice just put on as part of Commit2Respond (which UUSC is a founding member of)! There were 18 participants from all over, including California, Massachusetts, Texas, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Canada, and they are all dedicated to advancing climate justice and defending the human rights of the people most affected by climate change. 

Oh, and the mattress? Part of an exercise in identifying and understanding the pillars that support any given institution — so you can figure out how to dismantle oppressive ones!

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A utility would be better off if it were to make or to proffer an affordable bill, because it would both collect more revenue and it would spend less in the process of collection. And we have found that to be the case time and time and time again over the last 30 years.

Roger Colton, economist, at recent Forum on Water Affordability in Detroit 

We've been working with Colton to defend the human right to water in Detroit and beyond! 

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The silence that surrounds global warming not only means that we don’t understand the causes and impacts of climate change (which, to be fair, are superconfusing) but also that we don’t understand each other and how we view this issue as individuals and a nation.

Test your knowledge on climate change by taking this quiz — then commit to taking action for climate justice by joining Commit2Respond! 

We must defend the human rights of the people most affected by climate change as we move forward. 

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Join our team today!

ICYMI: we’re hiring! 

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It is unconscionable to imprison children simply because their mothers are trying to find a better life for them.

LA Times editorial

We couldn’t agree more. Keep updated on our work to #EndFamilyDetention at uusc.org/immigration. 

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#TBT to a 2011 rally at the California State House in support of the human right to water. The best part? In 2012, California passed the landmark Human Right to Water Act!

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We’re hiring! Passionate about human rights? Got the skills we’re looking for? Check out our open positions and apply today!

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Don't forget to celebrate International #YouthDay! The youth who take part in Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice programs inspire us every summer. Tell us about the young people who inspire you!

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Happy International Youth Day! The Bright Educators of Delmas, a UUSC partner in Haiti, is a group of some of the most inspiring youth we know. Check out their work promoting food sovereignty and sustainability in Port-au-Prince!

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The engagement and participation of youth is essential to achieve sustainable human development.

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Happy International Youth Day! Check out some of our favorite inspiring youth who are advancing food sovereignty in Haiti. 

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UUSC is working with the Foundation for Education and Development (FED) in Thailand to support Rohingya families, who face myriad challenges as they seek safety from ethnic persecution.

Read more about how we are supporting Rohingya refugees with FED.

Photo courtesy of FED.

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Learning about the resilient zone in a training on trauma resiliency skills that we partnered with the Trauma Resource Institute to offer to the teachers of Chetana Nepal and other community organizations as they recover from the devastating earthquake. We had 45 participants, who will in turn be able to return to their communities and teach the skills to others, including schoolchildren! Chetana participants did a community-based field training with the kids at the Sri Krishna School in Dhapakhel.

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Great video from ACLU of Michigan that explains why water assistance isn't cutting it in Detroit. Read more about the need for water affordability in our interview with Maureen Taylor of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO), UUSC partner, at uusc.org/waterinterview.

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Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! Check out an overview of our work with the Sipakapense people in Guatemala, who are going up against an international gold mining operation to defend their human right to water.

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William Schulz: The UUSC stands with those in need

The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is marking 75 years of helping people worldwide.

Don’t miss this piece from the Christian Science Monitor on UUSC’s history!

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Why should the court or we as citizens and human rights advocates believe DHS's statements now? The inhumane treatment and incarceration of asylum-seeking vulnerable parents and children has already been ruled illegal, based on the earlier Flores case.

UUSC President and CEO Bill Schulz, in response to the appeal that the Department of Homeland Security filed in the case that might determine the future of family detention. 

Read more of UUSC’s response and the need to end family detention.