Social Action at TUUC
What Moves You?
I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale
Feeding the Hungry
-- Bring in canned and packaged food and personal care items for the Assistance Center of Towson Churches (ACTC). Collection buckets are in the TUUC lobby.
-- Volunteer at ACTC to help people in need or sort food/stock the shelves.
-- Make/donate casserole(s) for Our Daily Bread each month in which there is a 5th Saturday. Our easy recipes are fun to cook with your kids!
-- Families: take home pans of lasagna to be baked when YRE classes make meals for Our Daily Bread.
Helping the Homeless
-- Share your time and talents with residents of Earl’s Place by teaching at informal workshops or by mentoring men trying to succeed in career or educational settings.
-- Remember Earl’s Place when you shop; pick up extra men’s toiletry items, cleaning supplies, or paper products and put them in the blue bucket in the TUUC lobby.
Educating Children
-- Encourage boys and young men in the inner city to succeed in school and set an example of positive behavior in their community by tutoring with Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood.
Our Community Partners
Assistance Center of Towson Churches is a food pantry for low-income families in Baltimore County. Website:
-- Bring in donations of canned or packaged food and personal care items for the homeless. Suggested food donations include:
Cereal Canned fruit Tuna Boxed potatoes Pork & beans Soup Canned veggies Canned tomatoes Rice Saltines (boxed) Peanut butter & jelly Spaghetti sauce Dried spaghetti & macaroni Mac & cheese Canned meat (Spam, chili) Canned pasta meals (spaghetti, ravioli) Pop-top canned goods for Care Bags for homeless
-- Suggested personal care donations include:
Deodorant Razors Lotion Toiletries Socks Sanitary products Adult-sized jackets
-- Sign up to help serve dinner on Wednesday nights at Harvest for the Hungry, Mt. Calvary AME Church in East Towson.
Our Daily Bread serves hot meals to the needy in Baltimore City.
Earl’s Place, a project of United Ministries, provides up to two years of transitional housing for 17 homeless men committed to changing their lives. Website: http://www.umhousing.org/
-- Bring in donations of toiletries, cleaning products, and household items.
-- Volunteer for group visits and individual mentoring opportunities at Earl’s Place and Prospect Place.
Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood founded at the New Shiloh Baptist Church, encourages young men in the inner city (ages 8 to 18) to stay in school, take pride in themselves, and set an example of positive behavior for others. In addition to financial contributions which are used for field trips and books, the program needs volunteers willing to commit to monthly tutoring sessions where the boys get help with homework assignments from school. Website: www.mentoringmaleteens.org
Out For Justice is a returning citizen and member-led organization with the mission to engage, educate, and empower individuals with criminal records in Maryland to create structural change through legislation, policy reform and advocacy.
We organize those with criminal records and our friends and families, and collaborate with other organizations through grassroots networks, partnerships and coalitions, to collectively strategize to create policies and legislative initiatives that remove barriers. "
Out for justice lobbies state and local governments to modify policies which harm the ex-offender community and strengthen paths for returning citizens to re-enter society with access to jobs, education, and social services, as well as sponsoring community events at which returning citizens can obtain volunteer-provided legal and mental health services and become involved in grassroots advocacy. Website: http://www.out4justice.org/
UU Advocacy
TUUC members and friends have an opportunity to convey their UU values beyond our congregation and our Greater Baltimore neighborhood through participation in UU advocacy organizations.
From lobbying for values-based legislation in Maryland through advocating for human rights and dignity at the national and international level, our UU partners bring our seven principles to bear on urgent problems that confront our nation and our planet.
Our UU Partners
Racial Justice programs Unitarian Universalist Association offers Jubilee III, an intensive weekend workshop with deep exploration of race and racism.
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of Maryland mobilizes UU’s to advocate on priority issues before the MD General Assembly. Website: www.uulmmd.org
2024 Legislative Kick Off: Maryland’ Legislative session starts 1/10/2024 and ends 90 days later on 4/8/2024.
During the legislative session, the TUUC Social Action Committee will provide updates on the status of our legislative priorities and tips for how you can get involved. For more information, please visit this page.
UU’s for Social Justice rallies and amplifies the voice of Unitarian Universalists in the National Capital Region (NCR) as we seek to change the world through acts of love and justice. Website: www.uusj.net
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a nonsectarian organization that advances human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. Our mission and vision are guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the seven Unitarian Universalist principles that affirm the worth, dignity, and human rights of every person.
What is Guest at Your Table?
Unitarian Universalist Association Office @ the United Nations brings UU values to the United Nations by advocating for issues important to UUs, such as equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; peacemaking efforts; anti-racism work; opportunities for women and children; and mitigation of climate change. The UU@UN focuses on these key issues at the UN and promotes action in UU congregations. TUUC just won the UU@UN Sixth Principle award for supporting "The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all." TUUC earned this award by supporting the UU@UN financially, spiritually, and intellectually, through member contributions and through member attendance at UU@UN's Intergenerational Spring Seminar. At the Spring Seminar, attendees study international issues such as Climate Justice, Just Migration, Disarmament, Indigenous Rights, and Gender Equality; and then form positions and action plans to bring to their home congregations.
Standing on the Side of Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign that seeks to harness love’s power to stop oppression. It is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association; all are welcome to join. The Standing on the Side of Love campaign elevates compassionate religious voices to influence public attitudes and public policy through community activism, social networking, and media outreach. Website: http://sidewithlove.org
Live Your Values!
Check out the Social Action Committee’s bulletin board in the church lobby.
Financial contributions to further our work are greatly appreciated.
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