Our friends at Rivanna Conservation Alliance are asking for our help in the Dunlora neighborhood on November 18. Join Ellie Syverud of UUCville Ministry For The Environment at Dunlora Farm Road for a short work project, 10am to 12:00pm. We will be removing invasive plants from one of our recent...
C3 (Charlottesville Climate Collaborative) is sponsoring a petition drive to encourage the City of Charlottesville to switch to zero emission busses. According to their petition: Our transportation system can be a catalyst for combating climate change and uplifting community health. It has a profound influence on both our environment and...
Birth Sisters of Charlottesville is a women of color community based doula collective supporting women of color through their birth journey and into motherhood. Our aim is to amplify the resiliency of Black, Indigenous, Women of Color by drawing on life experiences, shared values, training, and sacred legacies to provide...
Kim Grover, a member of UUCville Ministry for Earth, said that they had a very successful clean up of the Rivanna Trails Pollocks Branch with some of our YRUU group along with the Ministry for Earth group. The work group made pretty short work of that section of stream that...
Jayson Whitehead Executive Director at PACEM This year we host PACEM for the men from November 11 to 25 and the women from November 25 to December 9, 2023. Other congregations will feed our guests for the first three weeks. We partner with Ebenezer Baptist Church to feed our...
Front Row: Breck Gastinger, Nasrat, Haji Muhammad, Hikmat, Saeeda, Regina White, and her daughter Second Row: Lara Gastinger, Sharon Baiocco , Burnie Davis, Rev. Tim Temersen. (May 2023 Visit by the Ghaznavis family to the UUCville campus) The Refugee Welcome Mentors are pleased to report that the UUCville sponsored...
Sin Barreras’ mission is to empower immigrants and their families in Central Virginia with a focus on the Latinx population by educating, advocating, and supporting their needs. We serve people by phone or in person in our office.
The UUCville Ministry for Earth Committee participated in the September 16, 2023 Rivanna Conservation Alliance’s River Round Up. According to Lorie the group had a lot of fun cleaning up part of Meadowbrook Creek and a section of the Rivanna Trail. The committee is hoping to clean another section of...
Come join in on a small group conversation to connect with others and share about important community issues impacting each of us like housing, childcare and climate change. These conversations are the foundation of IMPACT’s work by building relationships and shaping how we will advocate for justice in our beloved...
We are a small, all-volunteer organization, and even a modest amount of funding makes a big difference in what we can do. Almost all of our funding goes towards solar equipment, shipping, and costs directly related to installations and educational programs. Click here to donate Living Energy Farm is a...