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The Social Justice Council participates in many action groups. Download a Social Justice Brochure.

Meetings

We meet every first Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Wesson Room. Join us!

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The Social Justice Council participates in many action groups. Download a Social Justice Brochure.

 

Social Justice Council

Our church covenant declares that "We, the members of First Unitarian, agree to . . . be a positive force for social, environmental, and economic action."

The Social Justice Council fosters programs and activities that enable church members to walk the talk of our covenant through education, action, and advocacy.

Our Unitarian Universalist purposes and principles call us to embrace a "respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."

As we go about the business of being a church, we seek to honor the desert biosphere in which we live, to minimize our impact on New Mexico's limited water supply, and to support our members as they challenge themselves to live more sustainably in our modern world.

 

SJC PROGRAMS

Download our brochure for full information on Social Justice Council Programs.

Social Justice Council programs and activities include the following:

  • Adopt-A-Highway
  • Adult English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • After School Tutoring Program
  • Animal Advocates (find them at their Facebook page)
  • Bread for the World Letter Writing Campaign (national program)
  • Campaign to End Torture (national program)
  • Change for the Future (which provides opportunities for church members to learn about, engage with, and support congregationally selected social justice agencies that also receive the loose coins collected each Sunday)
  • Conscientious Projector Film Series
  • EarthWeb (including the Bosque Restoration Project)
  • Fair Trade Market
  • Food Pantry
  • Gay Pride
  • Green Sanctuary Program
  • Growers Market
  • Guest At Your Table (a Unitarian Universalist Service Committee -- UUSC program)
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Immigration Justice Learning and Action
  • Microlending and Microfinance
  • Partnership Church in Kenya
  • Peacecraft Holiday Sale
  • Project Share
  • UU Legislative Network
  • Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), which works in partnership with grassroots organizations in the United States and around the world to foster economic justice, environmental justice, civil rights, and human rights in humanitarian crises. To learn more, go to www.uusc.org.
  • Xeriscape Designation

The Social Justice Council meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Wesson Room. Please join us!