Synopsis of recent Social Action Initiatives

Our mission
In keeping with the Seven Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association, the mission of the Social Action Committee is to recommend, promote, and initiate social action or justice projects and programs of concern to our congregation, our community, and the world at large. We seek to cooperate and collaborate with other Unitarian Universalists and social justice organizations (faith-based and secular) in working together to promote peace, justice, and sustainability in our local and global communities.

SAC organizes opportunities for UUTC members and friends to participate in social justice on many levels, including monetary contributions, helping with service projects, and engaging in long-term activism on issues such as racial and economic justice, affordable housing, living wage, peace, and social justice for the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) community.

How to Get Involved
The Social Action Committee encourages members and friends to join existing SAC project groups. We also encourage them to create NEW projects around issues they have a personal interest in addressing. These projects may connect individuals who feel strongly enough about an issue that they are willing to make a commitment to take action. Individuals seeking to establish a social action project are encouraged to talk with members of the Social Action Committee. They may then complete a Social Action Committee Project Application Form and submit it to the committee. Project groups may apply to us for limited funding or other support to carry out their goals involving the UUTC congregation and the larger community.

Do you have an issue you would like to work on in the coming year? Do you know of local organizations with which you and others at UUTC might like to be more involved? The Social Action Committee would love to hear your ideas. Download the Social Action Committee Project Application Form where you can detail what you would like to do.

Committee Meetings
Regular meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, at 4:00, at UUTC, 24 Varsity Street at South Broad Street. The meetings are open — everyone is welcome! For further information, please contact the Social Action Chair.