Category Justice News

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 up or break down the booth or take a shift during the festival itself.  … Continue reading Sign up for a shift at the interfaith booth at the Silicon Valley Pride Festival Aug 24-25!

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 Parking Program from four to six vehicles – effective as … Continue reading Announcing Expansion of UUCPA Safe Parking Program

Once again this year, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has re-certified our congregation as a Welcoming Congregation, one that meets the needs of queer and trans congregants and the wider community. UUCPA became a Welcoming Congregation in 1998. To maintain that designation, each year a congregation must incorporate welcoming practices into its worship and religious … Continue reading UUA re-certifies UUCPA as a Welcoming Congregation

Dismantling White Supremacy This Tuesday, June 11, at the Dismantling White Supremacy meeting, we’ll learn about bills moving through the California legislature that act on the recommendations of the state’s task force on reparations for African-Americans. We cannot erase the past, but we can repair much of the damage done over the years of discrimination, … Continue reading Learn about / act on reparations bills

Due to technical difficulties at the Sunday, May 12 service, the justice partner speaker from Outlet was hard to understand.  Below is the text of their talk.  If you’d like to contact Outlet, their email is: OutletProgram@acs-teens.org.  Their website is: acs-teens.org/what-we-do/outlet/ If you’d like to make a donation, you may send a check to the UUCPA … Continue reading Outlet, May’s Justice Partner

This year the Action Council is proposing the addition of two new partners, Peninsula Food Runners, nominated by Amy and Cal Finch, and There With Care, nominated by Ellen Flamen.  They will replace Ada’s Cafe and California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL). Each month the Church supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s … Continue reading Proposed Slate of Justice Partners for 2024-25

On the 11th of each month for over seven years, the many congregations of Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice have come together for a multifaith service. This Thursday, April 11, 7 – 7:30 pm, we of UUCPA host the service, with the theme “Turning Outward Toward One Another.” Join us in the Fireside Room … Continue reading Widen the circle of community with Peaceful Presence

Help Wanted……..The Opportunity Center at 33 Encinitas Ave, Palo Alto regularly needs volunteers at meal time.  The Center, open 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday, provides emergency shelter, food, and case management to adult men and women in Palo Alto. The help needed is at breakfast, 8 – 9:30 am, or lunchtime  11:55 am … Continue reading UUCPA Justice Partner, The Opportunity Center is seeking volunteers

Heart and Home Women’s Shelter arrived at UUCPA on Sunday, March 3, and is here for 6 weeks. So we need some dinner sign-ups! You will be signing up to bring a dinner for 12-15 with an entree and sides. (Drinks, plates, salad dressing are provided. Dessert is optional.) Bring a ready-to-eat dinner to the … Continue reading UUCPA hosts Heart and Home in March – Seeking Dinner Signups

If you’re planning to buy chocolate for Easter or Mother’s Day or other Springtime events, the Action Council urges you to consider fair trade chocolate.   Much of the world’s chocolate (and coffee and tea) is grown and harvested by children, some of them in forced labor.  This chart will let you know which chocolate … Continue reading Fair Trade Chocolate for Spring