Social Justice
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Our Social Justice Ministries are how we get involved in our own community at large. When we have concerns, when we see the need for change, when we want to help, we find ways to act and ways to make relationships with individuals and organizations. We find ways to get involved and ways to contribute. Here are some of the ways we are transforming Houston. For more information contact Adam@FirstUU.org.
Social Justice Calendar February to September 2012: Click here for a brief look at the Social Justice Calendar and for the 13 Projects chosen at the January 28th Social Justice Fair. You can sign up on-line or in Channing Hall to work on any of these 13 Social Justice projects. Look for additional details and contacts in the monthly First Church Newsletter or the weekly Blast.
Community Involvement: Helps make church members aware of current social problems, promotes and organizes community projects, and demonstrates that active interest can make a difference.
Galveston
Bay Foundation "Trash Bash": 25 First Church members
assisted the Galveston Bay Foundation on March 31, 2012 with the Foundation's
annual “Trash Bash” where volunteers pick up trash in the
Armand Bayou Nature Center near the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
See
more photos from this event.
Children’s
Health Fair: 26 First Church volunteers helped over 80 vendors
that offered free health services to children, including an oral health
van and free immunizations. The event was held at Almeda Mall (just
south of Houston) on Saturday, July 30, 2011.
Houston Area Women's Center Holiday Gift Drive: First Church members and friends donate gifts and time in support of the Houston Area Women's Center Holiday Store each December.
Freedmen's Town: About 30 volunteers from First UU Church helped the Yates Museum renovate and stabilize two of the six historic homes they own on Saturday, June 25th in
the old fourth ward (Freedman's Town) near downtown.
The picture at the left shows fence repair in progress behind the RBH Yeats Museum, one of the areas where volunteers worked.
Sunday Offering: Each Sunday we split our offering with an organization that is working to support our values. See our list of organizations we've recently supported through our Sunday offerings.
Pride
Parade: The Pride Parade is celebrated on the last Saturday
of June in Houston’s Montrose area. Each year we join fellow Houston-area
Unitarians as we reach out to the GLBT community by marching in the
nighttime parade.
The picture at left shows Houston-area Unitarians marching in the 2011 Pride Parade.
Emergency Aid Coalition: A large organization which helps families in poverty. We need teams of four to work Friday mornings making sandwiches and helping clients with clothing selection.
Meal Packs for the Homeless and Hungry: To help ease the pain of hunger in our community by ordering pre-packaged, nonperishable meals to be distributed to the homeless and hungry. Order meals to distribute yourself or to be given to the Emergency Aid Coalition for distribution. Place your orders on line or by filling out an order form at the church.
Rebuilding Together-Houston: A nonprofit organization which provides home repair services for low income, elder and/or disabled Houston area homeowners. We send crews of eight to ten people who work most of the day to do exterior painting and repair work four times a year.