Social Justice –  Events Within and Beyond our Walls

We believe that every person is sacred and that there is an interdependent web of all existence. When one part of the web is torn or injured, all other parts are injured, and the web needs to be restored.

Our faith-based approach to enacting justice is based on restoring right relationships with people and the earth.

We also hold that faith-based justice work is more than obtaining and sharing information. It is about transformation. To transform the world, we ourselves need to be transformed — and that is an ongoing process we do together.

The Social Responsibility Committee’s purpose is to provide opportunities for the congregation to act on our collective UU values to make our community and our world a better place – for everyone. We meet to review, discuss, create and support initiatives that promote social and economic justice. The Committee also seeks to raise awareness about and engage members in the social justice initiatives of the UUA. Please view these three videos for more information on SEEJ.

Refresher on Westminster’s Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice Committee’s Strategic Planning Outcome from last Spring.

We aimed to create more meaningful relationships between the Westminster community and our socially-active partner organizations, as we also support them financially through the Share the Plate. We worked hard to come up with a plan that made the most sense, considering the many variables of the organizations as well as our individual desires, the Westminster community’s capacity, and the most pressing social concerns of the moment.

The year will be organized in 4 quarters.
The Issues:
Economic Justice
LGBTQIA+ safety and rights
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Supporting the Narragansett Nation

September and October’s focus is
LGBTQIA+ Safety and Rights working with
the Womxn Project
Join us in working with them!