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...
Each year the Social Justice Committee organizes the new year of Social Action Collections on the third Sunday of each month (most months.) If you know of a great non-profit in the area who does great work, who would (traditionally) receive a donation from our congregation of between $1500 and...
The most important IMPACT event before the Action on March 25th is TUESDAY IMPACT’s annual RALLY* is Tuesday, March 2nd, from 6:30 to 8pm, via Zoom. All 25 IMPACT congregations will gather to hear updates on our housing and education work, and a majority of city councilors will be there...
The Blue Ridge Abortion Fund and the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville share a powerful mutual commitment to ensuring people have the support they need to make decisions about their lives. Your commitment includes being at the source of this work in the 1990’s because of your belief in social justice...
Our UU community has been a vital part of IMPACT for years, and struggling local individuals and families need us more than ever now. Here’s an update on the two justice crises we’re tackling this year.
2020 was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of our neighbors without jobs and struggling to provide food and shelter for their families. Over the past six months, Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville have contributed generously to six local non-profits whose social justice purposes are in...
Donate to Sin Barreras here. Over seven years, Sin Barreras has become one of Central Virginia’s preeminent Hispanic non-governmental organizations. We have benefitted from the generosity of the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville for three years, and having this support come from concerned-citizen donors means as much to us as the actual...
Read the letter here: 12.11.20 Letter to UUCharlottesville from UUA Susan Gray