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UUCPA comes out for justice in deportation dispute

April 16th, 2025 by

About ten of UUCPA’s members and friends were part of the crowd on April 15, 2025, at a protest demanding that the Trump administration obey the Supreme Court by returning Kilmar Ábrego García home. Through what ICE calls an “administrative error,” Ábrego García was sent … read more.

Announcing the Justice Partner Slate for FY25_26

April 12th, 2025 by

The Action Council is pleased to announce the new slate of proposed Justice Partners for FY25-26, to be voted on at the April 27 Annual Meeting.  You can find the list of proposed Partners here.  There are some changes of note:

1.    We propose replacing Acterra with Canopy as the … read more.

Heart and Home Thank You!

April 5th, 2025 by

Over the past six weeks, we were honored to host the Heart and Home program at UUCPA, providing meals and shelter for 15 women. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed meals and supported the effort. Special appreciation to our congregation, staff, and main hall … read more.

UUs represent! June 29

March 26th, 2025 by

Last year, Rev. Cat brought a group of teens to SF Pride, and when Rev. Amy met up with them afterwards they noted: there was only one faith- or spirituality-based organization in the whole parade, and it wasn’t Unitarian Universalist. They resolved to put the … read more.

Reminder:  FY25-26 Justice Partner Nominations

March 8th, 2025 by

This is a reminder that the nomination period for FY25-26 Justice Partners is open.  Nominations will be accepted until end of day Wednesday, March 19.  Please submit your nominations to actioncouncil@uucpa.org.  The original request for nominations with  more details can be found … read more.

Interfaith Iftar dinner, March 9

March 1st, 2025 by

Upcoming Speaker Event – HEATHEN Religion and Race in American History at St. Mark’s

February 22nd, 2025 by

Last year UUCPA agreed to co-sponsor St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s speaker series on White Christian Nationalism and its threats to our communities. The final event in this series is coming up!  It will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at St. Mark’s Episcopal … read more.

Requesting Justice Partner Nominations for FY25-26

February 15th, 2025 by

Would you like to suggest a non-profit organization to be a Justice Partner in the coming fiscal year?  Each month UUCPA supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s plate collection to that organization.  You are invited to propose organizations for inclusion in the FY25-26 … read more.

Two photos show people holding signs. One has a middle-aged white man whose sign says "Don't Fall for the Con" and a middle-aged white woman whose sign says "Hands off our democracy! Fork off, Musk." The other has a young white man whose sign says "Forks off our data" and has a drawing of the US flag and two forks.

Twofer democracy Sunday, Feb 16

February 15th, 2025 by

This Sunday presents two opportunities to resist oligarchy and defend democracy. You can make protest signs in Room 4/5 right after the service, and/or join the protest against Elon Musk at Tesla, 1-3 pm.

For many other ways we’ve found to

stay informed without … read more.

Newly-germinated seeds, some with the seed cases still on, some forming leaves

Weaving the Web: Feeling overwhelmed?

February 8th, 2025 by

Dear ones, we’ve probably all had our fill of these over the past three months:

Tuning the news out entirely, or tuning in and then feeling completely overwhelmed

Getting together with a friend and both venting all our “Can you believe . . . ?”s, but not … read more.