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
Statement to the Media from Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles I am disappointed that the Police Chief of Charlottesville made unfair accusations in a press conference December 10 about our church and about the people trying simply to bring a matter of concern to the Police Department. How sad that...
To : UU Congregation of Charlottesville Re: Report of Charlottesville Police Department From: Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, Interim Lead Minister Following an incident on Rugby Road in October, when a church member was stopped and questioned by a number of police officers, the Board of Trustees of the UU...
We know that this historic election is highly contentious, and there are many fears about what might happen in the days and weeks following its conclusion. UUCville ministers, Board and staff have been considering how we might be supportive to our community should civil unrest arise. Your ministers have been...