Category Justice News

In Dismantling White Supremacy this Tuesday, October 8, we’ll learn the background and impact of a Fair Chance Housing ordinance and take effective, immediate action to help reverse a form of systemic racism that keeps people out of housing in Palo Alto. I hope … read more.

The Hotel de Zink Homeless Shelter is on our campus daily in September 2024 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with an estimated 12 people sleeping on cots in our main hall. 

We also provide a dinner for our guests every night in September – a … read more.

This year UUCPA once again co-sponsored an interfaith booth at the August Silicon Valley Pride Festival in San Jose.  Six members of UUCPA volunteered at this event, and two of those six were also on the planning team.   Over 1000 people interacted with the booth … read more.

The presidential debate is September 10, 6-7:30, overlapping slightly with our usual Dismantling White Supremacy meeting time. Since many of us will be watching the debate, we will convene at 8 for a short, 45-minute session. That will give everyone time to stretch, scream, dissect … read more.

Four years ago, many of us participated in Trans Experience and Spirituality, which incorporated sessions of the “Trans Inclusion in Congregations” program created by the Transforming Hearts Collective. Now the Transforming Hearts Collective is offering two webinars on building trans justice and … read more.

Beloved Conversations, a groundbreaking program from Meadville Lombard Theological School’s Fahs Collaborative, helps Unitarian Universalists create a better world. It places the experiences, needs, and wisdom of BIPOC+* individuals, and communities, at the heart of our learning in several ways:

Curriculum Design: The content is … read more.

LifeMoves is holding its 10th Annual Ride to End Homeless place on Saturday, September 14, at Stanford Research Park, and is seeking volunteers to help with the event.  They are asking volunteers to commit to one (or more) of the following shifts:

6:30 – 9:30 am

9 – … read more.

Silicon Valley Pride is coming up in one week!  UUCPA is once again part of an informal group of faith organizations that organize and staff an interfaith welcome booth at the festival each year. We need volunteers! Sign up here to help set … read more.

The work of organizing BIPOC Unitarian Universalists through Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM) Bay Area continues to grow in leaps and bounds! At the Spring Retreat in May at First UU Oakland, over 30 people attended, representing 15 congregations, over three time zones, … read more.

The City of Palo Alto recently updated its policy on the Safe Parking Program, allowing expansion of safe parking lots from four vehicles to six, then a year later to eight.  Both the Action Council and the Board have approved expansion of the UUCPA Safe … read more.