What We Do Matters

UU SANTA FE JUSTICE COUNCIL WORKGROUPS

 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.

Our justice initiatives are led by our Justice Teams and Workgroups, supported by our Justice Council.​ The Justice Council meets the first Tuesday of each month from 5 pm for a Zoom meeting.

Join any team at any time or put your passion to work by forming a new team! Our current justice workgroups are:
  • Advocacy and Democracy Workgroup: Contact Gayle Boyd
  • Environmental Workgroup: Contact Jean Darling​
  • WIDER Workgroup: Contact Diane Brown
Engaging | Guiding Questions
  • What makes me come alive?
  • What gifts do I have to bless the world with?
Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them, he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?" God said, “I did do something. I made you."―Sufi saying

JUSTICE-MAKING • WORK TO CHALLENGE YOU

Become a Citizen of the World • Justice-Making is What We Do
Purpose-filled people create mission-driven communities. We are called to put our Unitarian Universalist values and faith into action to fashion a world that is peaceful, compassionate, just and sustainable. Our Principles are more than something we are committed to, more than shared values―they are a call to action. Come, help us make the world worthy of its children.
See our current Justice activities here​ and/or read the UU Santa Fe Weekly eNewsletter.

Advocacy and Democracy

Advocacy and Democracy led by Gayle Boyd. Advocacy and Democracy brings opportunities to advocate for legislation and regulations that reflects our UU values at the federal, state, and local levels, support our democracy, and learn about relevant social justice and democracy-related issues.  Workshops on advocacy and special speakers on relevant topics are being planned. If you would like to be on a mailing list and receive updates from this group, please contact Gayle Boyd via our Office.​
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'―Isaac Asimov
UUSJ Monthly News (that’s Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice), the UU presence in Washington DC that focuses on legislation and policies that reflect our UU values. UU Santa Fe is a partner congregation with UUSJ and we will now start giving you access to the UUSJ Monthly News Letter. Just follow this link.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  • ​Climate Crisis. If you are interested in UU responses to the Climate Crisis, you can get on the email list for the UU Ministry for Earth here. 
  • Faith and Climate Change—Blessed Tomorrow resources addressing the negative impacts of climate change on the suffering of our neighbors and damage to the natural world.​​
To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.―Rachel Carson