The Nehemiah Action is the largest interfaith gathering in Charlottesville, organized by the group IMPACT that UUCville helped to establish. This year’s social justice priorities are affordable housing and public transportation. Local politicians will attend and will be amazed at how many of us gather. At UUCville, Kelsey Cowger is...
Keep up to date with UUCville's Ministry for Earth with this new newsletter.
At Cultivate Charlottesville we believe FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT. We engage youth and community in building equitable, sustainable food systems through garden-based experiential learning, growing and sharing healthy food, and amplifying community leaders while advocating for food justice. Our approach centers racial equity as we grow with students, neighbors, and...
The Ministry for Earth invites you to learn how to cook sustainably. It is our great fortune to have a local vegan restaurateur – Ryan Becklund, owner of Botanical Fare and Bar Botanical – offer to teach a series of three classes for people who want to learn how...
This month, we invite you to consider giving to support the work of our Interfaith Organizing initiative – IMPACT. IMPACT is a multi-faith coalition of more than 30 local congregations, organizing to empower citizens to create significant change through direct action. This year IMPACT is focusing on housing, childcare and...
UUCville Ministry for Earth Legislative Advocacy The VA General Assembly only meets for 60 days (Jan 10 – Mar 10) so your advocacy is needed NOW! Here are pending bills of interest organized by topic. You can write to your legislators to ask for their support (some organizations provide ready...
Plan to join us on Sunday January 21st after the Service for our first Sustainable Eating Potluck!! As individuals we can’t save the Earth – but we can each do our small part to help. In support of our 7th principle (Respect for the interdependent web of life), the Ministry...
Click here to donate during January Founded in 1998, the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) mission is to educate and empower low-income residents to protect and improve our own communities through collective action. The Board has always been majority Black, and is the local non-profit governed by low-income...
“Honoring the Dream” Sunday, January 21, 2024 5:00 pm Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22902 Keynote Speaker: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called ‘a masterly feat’ by the New York Times...
This is the fourteenth year that UU Charlottesville has operated our Hospital Meal Packet Ministry. We use your donations to buy food that need no preparation beyond use of a microwave oven or adding hot water to put together “Meal Packets”: one gallon plastic bags that hold enough food to...