Social Justice Ministry

Dedicated to advancing human rights
and promoting social justice

News and Upcoming Events

FEBRUARY

12 Sunday 12:00 Noon	Permaculture Q&A with Dr. William Roley Henriksen Hall
26 Sunday 12:00 Noon	Next Social Justice Meeting Shuder Library

Who We Are

The Social Justice Ministry is dedicated to advancing human rights and promoting social justice. The team is comprised of people dedicated to supporting a chosen social justice issue. The committee creates educational opportunities, activities and actions which include the greater congregation.

What We Do

For 2011 the congregation selected the proposal to work closely with the Communities for a Better Environment Organization on
a series of projects directed at Dirty Energy Clean Up. These projects focused on the pollution emitted by local refineries,
Los Angeles Port and other industrial companies. As the city
of Wilmington is especially affected, it became the primary focus.

In addition, the PUC Social Justice Ministry Team and UUSC representative maintain a close alliance with the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), the national voice of
social conscience for Unitarian Universalists. The UUSC addresses key international and rnational issues, enabling the Social Justice Committee members and PUC congregants to "plug into" activities and actions already underway.

What You Can Do

Church wide justice making opportunities will be announced through The View. Open meetings to discuss new ideas are held every fifth Sunday after the second service.

The Social Justice Ministry Committee meets on the 4th
Sundays of each month at 12 noon in Shuder Library.

Contact PUC Social Justice Ministry or call the church office at
(310) 378-9449 for more information.

Health Justice is the focus for 2012

Health Justice Goals was selected by the congregation at the October 16, 2011 Town Hall meeting from 4 deserving projects. The other 3 were: The Gentle Jesus Party, Immigration Rights in the U.S., and Access Benefitting Disadvantaged Children.

The poor general state of health of people in our country is causing a crisis physically, financially, and spiritually. A tremendous amount of human suffering exists due to preventable and reversible diseases which are rampant in our country. An overwhelming amount of peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that the food we eat (and how it is cultivated or produced) is largely to blame.

Consequently, our congregation has voted to focus our social justice efforts in 2012 on the issues surrounding food policies, access to healthy food, and the relationship between our diet and our health.

If you're interested in this topic, we encourage you to:

Visit our Health Justice page for the latest information.
Join our upcoming book club, by buying and reading
The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.
Join our email list devoted to the topic of health justice by sending
an email to health-justice-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
(or just click this link above).
You can opt out at any time if you decide later you don't want the information and your email address will not be shared with anyone else. We'll use this list to make sure you know about all the upcoming activities associated with this initiative.
Attend and participate in our Health Justice activities. Click here to check upcoming events.
Contact Health Justice Team via email.