Justice Actions
Roy Parks Memorial Social Justice Fund
Thanks to the generosity of deceased UUSD member Roy Parks, in the last five years UUSD has distributed $25,000 to organizations in Sussex County serving our community. The 2026, and final year, recipients are Sussex Help and La Esperanza. Both organizations will use their grants to help the families of people in Sussex County who have been detained by I.C.E., often the bread winner in the family. To accomplish its work, Sussex Help works with organizations in Sussex County serving the Latino community including La Esperanza.
Thanks to Jan Daily, Vicki Nichols, and Mac Goekler who have managed the Roy Park grant program.
In this photo, Lluvia Ramirez Cruz, Administrative Assistant at La Esperanza, is accepting the 2026 Roy Park grant check from Vicki Nichols.
Past Grant Recipients
- People’s Place
- Alternatives to Violence
- West Side New Beginnings
- La Esperanza
- Primeros Pasos Early Learning Center
- PFLAG
- Community Resource Center
- Sussex Preservation Coalition
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- Thank You note from 2025 recipient, People’s Place
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- Thank You note from 2025 recipient, Alternatives to Violence
Previous Justice Actions
Celebrate Juneteenth, 10:00 a.m. in Georgetown
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Share the Plate in July – Habitat for Humanity
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Share the Plate in June – Purity Laundry Project
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The Dignity Back Pack Project Packing Event, May 31 at 4 p.m.
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Transgender Day of Visibility March 31, 2026
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Rise Against Hunger Food Packing Event
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Bilingual ACLU Know Your Rights Presentation
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Film: No Place to Grow Old
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Transforming Hearts Course: Trans Inclusion in Congregations
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Community Building Volunteer Opportunity: Feeding the 5000 Multiplied, Saturday, March 9
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January Recipient of Share the Plate
Our Share the Plate offering in January is for Rise [...]
Jan. 26 Movie: “3 Degrees of Connection” and Dinner
UUSD will host a Free Soup & Bread Dinner followed [...]
The UUSD Cares Second Giving Parade (video) — August 25, 2020
On Sunday, August 25, 2020, during the time of COVID-19, the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware held a second Giving Parade in their parking lot. There were three stations available to drop off donations or pick up masks or postcards. Personal, cleaning, and baby products were requested for the Community Resource Center and Abriendo Puertas. The FUNdraising and Social & Environmental Justice Committees sponsored this UUSD Cares project.