The Blue Ridge Abortion Fund receives requests from community members who need financial support to pay for their abortions. People call our intake staff, who work with them to develop a plan of support that best suits their needs. Our Congregation’s financial support will ensure people in the Charlottesville/Albemarle and...
We are very pleased to report on our Afghan Refugee projects. The family that we mentor is expects to move into a new apartment between June 16-20. We would like to ask the congregation for help with this move. Please watch the Friday email for sign up genius. or email...
Thanks to everyone who came out to the UUCville Social Action Collection appeals and voting meeting yesterday. It was great to hear from all the incredible organizations! The work you are doing in our community is so important and very appreciated. It is our privilege to have the opportunity to...
The applications are in and we are excited! UUC’s monthly Social Action Collection is a vital source of funding for many worthy organizations in our community. But, unfortunately, we can’t fund them all. We need your help deciding which ones to feature in our upcoming fiscal year, June 2022- July...
After beginning our relationship with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) last October, the Refugee Welcome group met the enormity of the wave of 70,000 Afghan refugees arriving at one time to America, through the welcoming portal of the IRC. 350 of these Afghan refugees relocated to the Charlottesville area. We...
Cville Immigrant Freedom Fund supports immigrants and their families in paying legal fees and ICE bond. YOUR CONTRIBUTION MAKES THIS POSSIBLE Click here to donate WHAT WE DO Cville Immigrant Freedom Fund (CIFF) is a non-profit organization that works with families in paying for legal representation and ICE bond. CIFF...
Have an area non-profit that you are involved with and love? Would others in at UUCville appreciate learning about them and how to support them as well? Could this organization benefit from a couple of thousand dollars? Yes? Great! Consider sponsoring them for next year’s Social Action Collection. The Social...
Our refugee outreach continues, while war rages in Europe and more refugees arrive in the U.S. Most Afghan refugee families, in particular, are caught in the legal limbo described here. This inspiring story about helping Afghan refugees landed close to the heart, several of our mentors have said. Locally, there...
The best way to share the feelings of our Refugee Welcome volunteer mentors is to hear from them. Following are comments from a few of the UUCville folks who have been working so hard to help our sponsored Afghan family adapt through a hard transition to life in America, and...
Afghan refugees in our area NEED HELP to find affordable housing and decent entry-level jobs. These are critical for both groups of local refugees: those recently housed (the minority) and those in hotels.