You will find here our invitation to you to join others in the hard but rewarding work of justic making.

A moment of justice is better than seventy years of worship in which you keep fasts and pass the nights offering prayers and worship to Allah.―Jami' Al-Sa'adat (the Collector of Felicities) by Muhammad Mahdi Ibn Abi Dharr Al-Naraqi

Justice Making

For our current justice activities, click here and/or read the UU Santa Fe Weekly eNewsletter.

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UU Santa Fe Justice Teams
What we do matters. Ours is a theology of engagement. We draw inspiration and truth from experiencing each other and the world around us. In doing so, we necessarily witness both the beauty and brokenness of our larger community and environment. Not everyone is suited for rolling paint or standing in a protest line, but there are many ways of engaging in this vital work: service, education, organizing, advocacy, lobbying and witness. UU Santa Fe members engage in all of these. You can too. Our justice teams are guided by our Justice Covenant.

Our justice initiatives are led by our Justice Issue Teams, supported by the Justice Council, comprised of Justice Issue Team leaders below as well as a few members-at-large. Join any team at any time or put your passion to work by forming a new team! Our current issue teams: 

• Immigrant & Refugee Justice Team led by Gale Wasserman and Laura Brockington
• Environmental Justice Team led by Jean Darling
• Domestic Violence Prevention Team led by Leona Stucky-Abbott
• UUs United Against Gun Violence Task Force led by Carrie Morgan Cannella & Kathryn Holladay​
• First Sunday Giving Task Force (seeking new leadership)
• Legislative Advocacy Task Force led by Kitty Sherlock
• RESULTS Hunger & Poverty led by Kitty Sherlock

Justice Making All Hands On Deck Meetings
These meetings are scheduled two to three times per year. They are a great opportunity to learn what initiatives we are committed to and how you can be part of UU Santa Fe's justice work. Watch for details in the UU Santa Fe Weekly ENewsletter and/or the UU Santa Fe News and Events web page. 

New Sanctuary Pledge

Webinar Series
Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves: Anti-Racism Practice for Sanctuary, Accompaniment, and Resistance

UU Santa Fe is a Signatory of the New Sanctuary Pledge
At the February 3 Special Meeting of UU Santa Fe, voting members approved UU Santa Fe becoming a community signatory of the New Sanctuary Movement Pledge. 

New Sanctuary Movement - New Sanctuary Pledge 
“As people of faith and people of conscience, we pledge to resist the newly elected administration’s policy proposals to target and deport millions of undocumented immigrants and discriminate against marginalized communities. We will open up our congregations and communities as sanctuary spaces for those targeted by hate, and work alongside our friends, families, and neighbors to ensure the dignity and human rights of all people.”​

​There is no Going Back. "Our engagement with our role in the systems of oppression has been fitful, painful, divisive, and uncomfortable. Given our demographic base—whiter, richer, and more privileged than most Americans, as a group—it was never going to be an easy ride. We are an unfinished work."―Rev. Tom Schade

"More is asked of us that we could have imagined. The beauty of life is such that it will not let us go until we have offered the blessing we have to give. So let the beauty we have seen become the good that we do, and let us not wrest ourselves free from the claim that life places upon us until we, in faith with all those who have gone before us, place ourselves among those who bless the world."―Rev. Rebecca Parker