Our monthly Social Action Collection uplifts the work of non-profit organizations whose mission and vision are aligned with our mission. This is our faith in action. READ MORE
Get involved with our Social Action Collection beneficiaries: email socialjustice@uucharlottesville.org
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Funding abortion is community care. Blue Ridge Abortion Fund (BRAF) has been providing financial support to people needing abortions for almost 34 years and we are still here providing financial and logistical (transportation, lodging, etc.) support to Virginians and those traveling to Virginia for an abortion. “We” means all...
UUCville’s mission calls us to action and there is an opportunity before us! Name your favorite local organization/group/effort(s) you are involved in that are doing good work in our community. Do you think your friends and fellow congregants would appreciate learning about them and how to support them as well?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Beginnings Christian Community Food Ministry serves 300 people each week regardless of where they live or their legal status. We don’t require any identification, so we don’t get government funding or surplus food. Our groceries are donated by Food Lion, Walmart, and the Blue Ridge Food Bank. We also...
UUCville’s Social Action Collection Giving is an attitude. It’s a heart issue. -unknown Our UUCville congregation has developed a unique way to contribute to Charlottesville area social justice causes through its monthly Social Action Collections. Satyendra Huja led the Social Action Collection for many years; he thought it was a...