Stories of Justice
ERUUFians support Peace Rally in Durham
UUs Well Represented at March for Voting Rights
On July 13, 15 ERUUFians joined UUs from all over the US at the Moral Monday march and witness for voters' rights in Winston-Salem, timed to coincide with the start of the trial of the case against North Carolina's voter suppression law in Federal Court. UUA President Peter Morales joined with Rev. Dr. William Barber, NAACP state President, and other religious leaders at the rally.
Dismantling Racism Program Launches
For the past four years ERUUF has had a strategic initiative aimed at helping the Fellowship understand who we are in the context of an increasingly diverse, multicultural community, and to build the skills needed to live out our Unitarian Universalist values in a multicultural context--both inside our walls and in the communities around us. As part of this ongoing effort, the Board of Trustees and Multicultural Team together applied for and received major financial support from the Eno River Fellowship Foundation. Grateful for this funding, we’re excited to launch a major congregation-wide initiative called “Dismantling Racism.”
Conversations to Make Durham Better
In February, ERUUFians took part in several Durham CAN Listening Sessions, where they shared their ideas about...
- Providing affordable housing near proposed light rail stations.
- Requiring written consent to search a vehicle and other means to discourage racial profiling.
- Achieving a commitment from the city to support our Latin American children with translation services and ESL in the public schools.
- Getting ALL City Council members, County Commissioners, plus local state and federal representatives to SHOW UP because they have to take this organization seriously. and
- other ideas for making Durham a better and more just place to live.
Selma 2015
Nearly fifty years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sent a telegram to faith leaders around the 
country, including Unitarian Universalists, calling on them to join him in Selma. This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary. Rev. Cayer, ERUUF members, Unitarian Universalists, and many more, marched in Selma to continue witnessing against the “disease of racism”: voter disenfranchisement and the eroding of civil rights, the lack of justice especially for the deaths of young men and transgender women of color, and escalating inequality in our country.
See ERUUF in action and witness at Selma.
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Durham CAN's next meeting and current priorities
- Affordable Housing
- Opportunities for Youth
- Education
- Jobs & Living Wages
- Resource Development (Fundraising)
Do you Realize What NC Farmworkers Have Accomplished ?
Some history behind the upcoming RJ Reynolds shareholders meeting, and why you’re needed
by Dave Austin
Read more: Do you Realize What NC Farmworkers Have Accomplished ?
UUA’s Commit2Respond Lifts Up Climate Justice
Reaching beyond efforts to simply increase awareness of climate change, the UUA-organized Commit2Respond initiative seeks to move people to commit to taking collective and long-term action for climate justice.
Activism on the Death Penalty
The 150 prisoners on the state's death row got Christmas cards, thanks to a project of the Task Force to Abolish the Death Penalty. Those writing the cards, from left: Candace Carraway, Eddie Lee Carlisle, Julie Linehan, Harriet Whitehead and Joyce Kuhn.
Prison Visit 2014
ERUUF Justice Presence at Central Prison on Christmas Morning
