Our April Share the Plate Partner: Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth envisions a world in which reverence, gratitude, and care for each other and for the living Earth are central to the lives of all people. Its mission is to be a wellspring of spiritual and educational grounding and practical support for bold, accountable action for environmental justice, climate justice, and the flourishing of all life.
Core Values
Faith and Spirituality: UUMFE is grounded in the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism as well as the proposed 8th Principle, “journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” Climate Justice is a moral imperative.
Environmental Justice: UUMFE affirms and promotes the framework of race- and class-informed environmental justice and strives to center the leadership and needs of frontline communities.
Partnership and Collective Action: UUMFE invests in partnership and collective action to enact system-wide change required to protect and restore Earth’s web of life.
UU Ministry for Earth Provides:
Leadership - through an ongoing partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Association to strengthen and grow UU Climate Justice ministries to the scale required;
Inspiration - through worship materials and guest sermons, exciting resources, and amazing stories of UU action for Climate and Environmental Justice;
Education - through the “Environmental Justice Practitioners Network” webinar series, in-person workshops, Religious Education curriculum, and curated online resources;
Activation - through amplifying calls to action, raising UU visibility and turnout at mass mobilizations, & engaging UUs in ongoing campaigns and solidarity with partner organizations;
Connection - through cultivating communities of practice such as the UU Young Adults for Climate Justice, providing quality resources and in-person programming, & creating UU movement building and resource sharing hubs such as CreateClimateJustice.net
In gratitude for GNUUC’s beautiful natural setting and for the Earth as our home, please give generously to Share the Plate in April!
