UUJEC is pleased to work alongside other progressive organizations in our economic justice work. For more information about their work, please follow the links to their websites.
Live Oak UU Church Endowment. The Live Oak UU Church Endowment was created and funded by the congregation in 2006 with the mission of supporting the broader Unitarian Universalist denomination through our outreach efforts. The Cedar Park, Texas congregation created an Endowment Committee empowered to manage the funds, solicit grant proposals, and recommend grants that support Unitarian Universalist values through congregational growth, as well as social and environmental action initiatives. Our Resource Development Initiative was made possible through the generosity of Live Oak UU.
UUFP: UU Funding Program. UUFP is a denominational grant-making program of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Inspired by the richness and diversity of our liberal religious tradition, the mission of the UUFP is to promote the influence of Unitarian Universalist principles through grantmaking. Many programs and initiatives of UUJEC are made possible through the generosity of UUFP.
UUSJ: Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice. UUSJ is a coalition of Washington, DC UU congregations mobilizing and amplifying the voice of UUs on issues and policies that pertain to the federal forum. UUSJ engages in advocacy, witness, and education in the public policy formation process as it is practiced in the nation’s capital.
The Poor People's Campaign, PPC, has a coalition of UU organizations who are partnering to coordinate with PPC.
CUUSAN: the Coalition of Unitarian Universalist State Action Networks CUUSAN is a central meeting place for existing UU State Action Networks (SANs) and newly forming SANs. We seek to give voice to UU State Action Networks and support their efforts in upholding UU principles through social action.
UUA District Organizations There are sixteen Districts and one Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in North America. Each of the sixteen Districts is also part of a Region.
UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee UUSC’s innovative approaches and measurable impact — in promoting economic justice, bolstering environmental justice, and protecting rights at risk — are grounded in the belief that all people have inherent power, dignity, and rights.
Yes! Magazine YES! Magazine reframes the biggest problems of our time in terms of their solutions. Online and in print, we outline a path forward with in-depth analysis, tools for citizen engagement, and stories about real people working for a better world.
IAF: Industrial Areas Foundation The IAF partners with religious congregations and civic organizations at the local level to build broad-based organizing projects, which create new capacity in a community for leadership development, citizen-led action and relationships across the lines that often divide our communities.
PICO: Pacific Institute for Community Organizations National Network Nonpartisan and multicultural, PICO provides an opportunity for people and congregations to translate their faith into action. More than 40 different religious denominations and faith traditions are part of PICO.
CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice CLUE educates, organizes, and mobilizes the faith community to walk with workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs and dignity in the workplace.
Gamaliel Our mission is to empower ordinary people to effectively participate in the political, environmental, social and economic decisions affecting their lives. Gamaliel’s diverse members apply their faith and values to the pursuit of equal opportunity for all, shared abundance, and stronger, more prosperous communities.
Public Citizen For four decades, we have proudly championed citizen interests before Congress, the executive branch agencies and the courts. We have successfully challenged the abusive practices of the pharmaceutical, nuclear and automobile industries, and many others. We are leading the charge against undemocratic trade agreements that advance the interests of mega-corporations at the expense of citizens worldwide.
AFL-CIO: American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations The AFL-CIO is an organization of people who work. We help lead a movement for social and economic justice in America and the world. While the AFL-CIO represents millions of working people who belong to unions and have the benefits of union membership, the labor federation embraces all people who share the common bond of work.
Move to Amend Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests.
Healthcare- NOW Healthcare-NOW! is a grassroots organization that addresses the health insurance crisis in the U.S. by educating and advocating for the passage of single-payer healthcare legislation, such as HR 676. We support building the movement necessary to implement a publicly-funded, single-payer healthcare system that is universal, equitable, transparent, accountable, comprehensive, and that removes financial and other barriers to the right to health.
EPI: Economic Policy Institute EPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. EPI believes every working person deserves a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and retirement security.
Zinn Education Project The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. People’s history materials and pedagogy emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history.