Founded in 1998, the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR)’s mission is to educate and empower low-income residents to protect and improve our own communities through collective action. We provide educational and leadership development opportunities for our residents, support for housing redevelopment, and community organizing events across the seven...
Following the example of the UU Ministry for Earth, our group began recognizing members of our congregation who demonstrated leadership and service on behalf of the environment either within the church or in the wider world in 2010. Our Eco Heroes, in order: Sharon Baiocco & Deborah Judson-Ebbets, 2010 Nancy...
A message from PACEM Executive Director, Jayson Whitehead: This time last year we were in the middle of our 16th PACEM shelter season. In many ways, it felt like any other season. We numbered almost 40 guys a night and nearly a dozen women. Every night, we offered a...
Love Gardening? Join the Environmental Action Group and help expand our congregation’s Vegetable Garden! Food for food pantries Regenerative methods for carbon drawdown Adaptive to climate change with rainwater capture & storage Help us make plans for… Composting Clearing beds and planting Fencing Rain barrel installation Later this spring we...
Join Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville Friends, Steve Lucas from the Thomas Jefferson Soil & Conservation District and Melanie Feldman from Piedmont Master Gardeners to Begin Your Adventure in Securing the Future of Our Species. The 2020 documentary Kiss the Ground shows how, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can stabilize...
Reserve your space now for a long-awaited outing on campus with UU friends! Join former UU Charlottesville Eco-Heroes and the current Environmental Action Group for a Sacred Tree Walk through our Green Sanctuary Arboretum to celebrate Earth Day on Sunday, April 25. Ten years ago, we identified special trees on...
IMPACT's Nehemiah Action is on March 25th from 6:30 to 8pm. Online, we’ll gather with over 1000 people from 25 congregations to press local leaders for COMMITMENTS to change.
As excitement builds for the March 25th Nehemiah Action, here’s how even our children can help our neighbors and families who struggle to find or keep an affordable place to live. LUMINARIAS! The IMPACT research committee recommends that on Sunday March 21, we light hundreds of luminarias around the community...
Calling all County Residents! The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will be voting on the updated Housing Policy on Wednesday, March 17, at their 6 p.m. meeting. This policy establishes a Housing Trust Fund and creates a Housing Advisory Committee that can help to identify housing priorities to be addressed...
African American Teaching Fellows works to support and develop current and prospective African American educators to serve local schools. Donate here from Mar 21-April 20. Our Fellows become invaluable role models and help prepare all young people to thrive in a diverse world. We support the education of African American...