Celebrate International Women’s Day by attending Elevate Her: Empower, Inspire, Achieve with the International Rescue Committee and Operation Smile on March 7!

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee: Pink Haven Coalition

A collective of organizations and individuals, Pink Haven formed in response to the increasing number of anti-trans bills proposed across the United States in recent years. The coalition is creating networks of safety and aid for “trans beloveds and their families who need to healthcare across state lines, or stay as safe as possible where […]

How four charities are helping communities unlock their full potential

A woman smiling and posing with a goat

Around the world, communities face a multitude of challenges that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Yet through partnerships between charities and community members, organizations like Action Against Hunger, Church World Service, Oxfam America, and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) work to tackle these issues. By empowering local residents and supporting community-driven initiatives, these […]

Six charities leading the way to a climate resilient future

Sharmila and her mother-in-law in their garden.

Since 1970, we’ve celebrated Earth Day as a celebration of our planet and to bring attention to environmental issues. In recent years, the climate crisis has made that mission all the more critical. Already, climate-fueled disasters are destroying crops and displacing millions of people a year, and each of us are affected by those ripple […]

UUSC: Story of Impact: Ian Zdanowicz of QDEP

Ian Zdanowicz left Poland 14 years ago to escape the homophobia and transphobia in his homeland. “Especially as a trans person and as an immigrant it takes time to rebuild your life in a foreign place and culture,” says Ian. “It can be really scary and very lonely.” His search for community in the United […]

Making a wonderful world on Earth Day and every day

Three women posing in front in a field

As spring flourishes outside my office window and Earth Day approaches this month, Louis Armstrong’s song “What a Wonderful World” goes through my head. Global Impact celebrates the environment as April’s cause of the month as well. In honor of this month, I’ll share Armstrong’s lyrics that remind me of the ways that Global Impact’s […]

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: Fighting to End Child Detention

March to End Child Detention Center

In 2020, UUSC’s collaborative campaign with the UUA, Love Resists, entered its third year funding local projects that build capacity for and mobilize UUs in solidarity with immigrant communities who are already organizing. In November, members of the Emerson UU Congregation in Marietta, Georgia, reached out to UUSC with concerns that a local business was […]

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