Justice Overview

Unitarian Universalists are passionate about love, about community, about truth, about justice. The commitment to justice is deeply rooted in the UU tradition. It is a spiritual path we at UUSD forge and follow fervently, both locally and nationally. Our fellow activists know that members of UUSD show up and can be counted on to be active and present. Bring your passion and your energy and join us.

Our Justice Priorities

Annually, the Board of Trustees and the congregation approve a Resolution of Conscience and Statement of Purpose to guide UUSD’s justice work in six major justice areas:

• Economic
• Environmental
• Immigrant and Refugee
• Peacemaking
• Racial
• Women, Family, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation.

Side with Love

The Side with Love Campaign is an interfaith public advocacy campaign that seeks to harness love’s power to stop oppression. At UUSD, we work in a variety of ways to Side with Love. To learn more about how this program manifests in local communities, go to https://sidewithlove.org/.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

UUSD is proud to be a Banner Society of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSD) because at least 25% of UUSD’s members are also members of UUSC. In addition, a UUSD budget line item earned UUSD the James Luther Adams Award. UUSC is a nonprofit organization advancing human rights together with an international community of grassroots partners and advocates.

Local Organizations with whom UUSD has Partnered on Social/Environemntal Justice Projects

• CAMP Rehoboth
• Cape Henlopen School District – Homeless Children
• Community Minority Liaison Committee (working with Cape Henlopen School District)
• Common Cause DE
• Delaware Civil Rights Coalition
• Delaware Clean Energy Coalition
• Delaware Working Families Party
• Delmarva Green Coalition
• Delaware Interfaith Power and Light (DEIPL)
• Lighthouse for Broken Wings
• La Esperanza
• League of Women Voters – Delaware
• Million Trees Project
• Mt. Zion AME Church
• Network DE with ACLU Delaware
• PeaceWeek Delaware
• PFLAG Rehoboth Beach
• Progressive Interfaith Alliance
• Sierra Club – Delaware
• Socially Responsible Agriculture Project
• Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice
• Stonewall
• TransLiance
• Unitarian Universalist Delaware Advocacy Network (UUDAN)
• West Side New Beginnings
• Women’s March – Sussex