Take action: Stop the mass round-ups, detentions, and deportations will help. Take Action: Tell Congress it is really time to step up and pass legislation to provide permanentprotection for the Dreamers, and other DACA recipients! Take action with UUSJ organizational friends and allies to: Take action: Urge Congress to Protect Life-Saving Federal Aid. Take Action via … Continue reading UU Social Justice Suggested Actions

Are you feeling demoralized, isolated, powerless, fearful? In need of a supportive community? First the pandemic, then the barrage of natural disasters and the ugly divisiveness of politics have separated us and made us feel small and ineffectual. Too many of us don’t know where to turn and have withdrawn unto ourselves.  We offer an … Continue reading SHELTER FROM THE STORMS 

On February 9th UUCMP will host and provide meals for Men’s I-HELP (Interfaith HomelessEmergency Lodging Program.) We are planning for about 25 guests.We need your help to provide the donations of food for the meals. We can also use yourhelp with setting up, preparing food and greeting the men. Please sign up on this link:Men’s … Continue reading Men’s I-HELP for February 9, 2025

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. Based in the United States and Canada, we’re an organization that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever, LGBTQI+ people … Continue reading February Shared Plate Recipient – Rainbow Railroad

Action:  Support Monterey County Immigrants. Sign on to the letter here, as a group or individual.  Over 120 signatures from community leaders across all sectors of government, business, education, and non-profit governance. We are stronger when we are working together so please continue to share this letter with your Monterey County networks and encourage your local … Continue reading Social Justice Actions for Jan/Feb

We will be reading and discussing What If We Get It Right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645855/what-if-we-get-it-right-by-ayana-elizabeth-johnson/ We will meet on zoom on first and third Tuesdays (Feb. 4 & 18, March 4 & 18, and April 1 & 15) at 7 pm. Hope you can join us!  Questions, speak with Rev. Elaine.

SLEEPING CAT GALLERYwww.sleepingcatgallery.com Tim Robinson has shown his work through art galleries, cooperatives, museums and cafes. Since his arrival in California in 1979, he has presented his art in over 26 solo shows including two for the Monterey State Historical Park. He has been in over thirty group shows, including a show featuring garden painters … Continue reading UUCMP Artist – Tim Robinson

Perhaps now more than at any other moment in this nation’s history since the Civil War our Constitutional rights and liberties are being destroyed from within. The Unitarian Universalist Church is deeply rooted in principles of justice, equity, and the inherent worth and dignity of every person. These values align seamlessly with the mission of … Continue reading January Shared Plate Recipient – ACLU

Last chance for Limited 1st Edition of Wanda Sue Parrott’s novel, sci-fi sizzler “VALIDIVA–THE DIARY OF AN EVOLVING SOUL”–for which 100% of donations up to $200 will benefit UUCMP’s I-Help Fund for Homeless Men and Women, and any excess money will go to the  New Podium Fund. Only 10 copies remain. Suggest $20 minimum contribution. … Continue reading Last chance for Limited 1st Edition of Wanda Sue Parrott’s novel!