Justice Updates
UU Justice NC August 15, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Blueprint NC's New Faith Table - Friday, August 15th at 11:00am. This Friday, Rev. Lisa will offer an in-depth presentation about Blueprint North Carolina's State-Wide Faith Table, and share how your congregation can join this new formation. We'll also continue our month of action in partnership with the Free James Richardson campaign.
Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC August 1, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - August 1st at 11:00am - Free James Richardson. This Friday, we will be joined by Hibah Elawad of the Free James Richardson Campaign. James Richardson's case is widely regarded as one of the most egregious wrongful conviction cases in our nation, but on August 26th, there will be a hearing in Greenville, NC that could lead to his exoneration and release. Join us for this important Friday Action Hour where we will watch a short 10-minute documentary on the case, and then get to work writing Letters to the Editor. Together we can help make sure that the entire state knows James' story.
Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC July 25, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday, July 25th at 11:00am - The Fight for Leandro Continues! This week, we will be joined by Rebecca Trammel from the organization Community Conversations. Together, we will be sending emails and making phone calls to every school district in the state(!) calling on them to adopt resolutions to publicly communicate their interest in implementing the Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan.
Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC July 18, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday, July 18th at 11:00 am. This week, Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson and Kaleb Graves will give a preview of UU Justice NC's 6-Part Congregational & Community Safety Series that will take place this fall. We'll also continue our July "Thank-a-thon" writing messages of gratitude to those who have led our movement's recent state and federal advocacy work.
Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC June 29, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday, June 27th at 11:00. Alex Kapitan will speak about the Transforming Hearts Collective's new online course Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement. We will also speak about our movement's response to the U.S. bombing of Iran this week, and frame this event in our UU theology and values.
Friday, July 4th at 11:00. Kaleb Graves, UU Justice NC's Congregational Mobilizer will lead a discussion about U.S. foreign policy and its effects on immigration.
Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
Immigrant and Refugee Action Group
Many new immigrants need to learn to drive when they get to the US. This can be very challenging, especially for Afghan women who had no schooling and are not literate. Often, they have large families, and the father takes the car to work, so who picks up a sick kid at school or takes kids to medical appointments?
A small group of ERUUF members and friends have teamed up to help a few Afghan women to overcome this barrier and get ready for their permit tests. Working in pairs, they have been matched with 4 women who are members of the Refugee Community Partnership, a local immigrant support network. The women are highly motivated to learn, and although progress may be slow, everyone is determined! Thank you to Monique Mueller, Dennis McGrath, Helene Carlson, Jeni Foote, Sandy Hochel, Sarah Temmin, Pat Mueller, and Peggy Schaeffer for volunteering! Stay tuned, and if you want to know more, email .
UU Justice NC June 22, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday June 20th at 11:00. El Futuro Es Nuestro's Migrant Farm Worker Week of Action & writing public comments against the MVP Southgate Pipeline with 7 Directions of Service. Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC June 15, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday June 13th at 11:00am. This Friday, we will be joined by Hibah Elawad of the Free James Richardson Campaign. James Richardson's case is widely regarded as one of the most egregious wrongful conviction cases in our nation, but this August there will be a hearing in Greenville, NC that could lead to his exoneration and release. Join us to learn how you can support this summer's advocacy campaign to help win justice for James. We'll also get on the phones, calling on Gov. Stein to veto the Anti-Immigration bills SB153 and HB318. Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC June 8, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday June 6th at 11:00am. Kicking Off Pride Month! This Friday, the ACLU of NC will be with us to review the calendar of Pride events happening across the state this summer and offer some important safety resources as we celebrate in this current political climate. We'll also be on the phones, calling Senators Tillis and Budd about the horrific proposed cuts to Medicaid, SNAP benefits and more. Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
UU Justice NC June 1, 2025
UU Justice NC's Friday Action Hour - Friday May 30th at 11:00am. NC Migrant Farm Worker Rights. This Friday, we are excited to be joined by Leticia Zavala of El Futuro es Nuestro. She will be sharing stories of the dangerous and heartbreaking conditions that migrant farm workers face in North Carolina due to the exploitative practices of their employers. She will also promo El Futuro's upcoming week of action from June 16th - 20th. This is a Friday Action Hour you won't want to miss. Review this week's resources and actions on our Google Doc, Join via this Zoom Link and sign up for our Friday Action Hour Weekly Email here.
