What does climate loss sound like?
A language with fewer speakers or perhaps a coastline your grandmother could name, but your children won't recognize.
This is "non-economic loss and damage" and what #PacificRising is bringing to #WomenDeliver2026 next week. 🌺
https://bit.ly/4sNH6wQ
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Fighting anti-gender rhetoric with logic alone won't work.
Judith Butler puts it plainly: their arguments aren't arguments; they're fantasies and fears.
The answer? Appeal to what people actually want: to belong. To live without fear. To love and be loved.
https://bit.ly/41EwTYw
Viktor Orbán spent 16 years turning Hungary into a hub for the global anti-gender movement. This week, Hungarians voted him out.
Hundreds of thousands defied a ban on a Pride march last year. We are thinking of every human rights defender who helped make this possible.
https://bit.ly/4sFUras
8 defenders imprisoned. UUSC partner Juan López assassinated — still unresolved. Now Lenir Pérez faces charges but walks free on bail with no travel ban. The April 23 hearing is coming. The world must watch. 👇 #JusticeForJuanLopez
https://bit.ly/4tk2gnp
UUSC is heading to #WomenDeliver2026 in Naarm, Australia with #PacificRising partners from Fiji, Marshall Islands, Bougainville, and Kiribati.
The message we're bringing: climate funding must reach frontline communities. #ClimateJustice
https://www.uusc.org/women-deliver/
"It will destroy the family. The nation. Biblical authority."
That's how opponents describe gender, and Judith Butler wants us to ask: what are the *actual* sources of destruction in this world?
UUSC joined global gender justice leaders together in Lisbon to find out.
This Sunday, Pacific Island students are asking the world to honor what a unanimous ICJ ruling already said: nations must prevent climate harm.
The UN votes April 22. The U.S. cannot block it.
Time to act like it → uusc.org/earth-action
#ClimateJustice #EarthDay2026 #ICJAO
In 2025, the ICJ unanimously ruled that nations have legal obligations to prevent harm caused by climate change.
This April 22, #EarthDay, the UN votes on implementing that ruling.
Tell U.S. Ambassador Waltz to be on the right side of history!
https://www.uusc.org/issues/climate-justice/icjao/
The deadline to stop a rule that would strip asylum-seekers of work permits is April 24.
We need 1,000 unique comments. We're close.
Add yours → https://www.uusc.org/action/let-asylumseekers-work/
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
UUSC has joined 200+ organizations to condemn Trump's threat that "a whole civilization will die tonight."
This language may constitute a threat of genocide. Civilians cannot be targeted.
Those who order or carry out atrocities must be held accountable: https://bit.ly/41YjxpP
The Burmese military has bombed its own people for five years. Congress passed a bill to cut off their funding and jet fuel.
The Senate just needs to vote. Will you join us in urging our elected leaders to act?
https://www.uusc.org/action/brave-burma-act/
“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” — Toni Cade Bambara 🎨
At Converging Futures, global leaders advanced gender justice.
UUSC Content Creator Shay Stewart-Willis reflects on how creativity is not extra. It is core to movement strategy.
https://bit.ly/4v5rcAh
Giving to UUSC means remaining in solidarity with people shaping their own futures.
Our partner GARR in Haiti is accompanying families facing deportation and supporting them as they move forward with dignity.
Join us in funding the future, together!
https://bit.ly/47FJApj
#UUS
Yesterday, for Trans Day of Visibility, UUSC staff showed up in public witness. Our Senior Storyteller Deanna Johnson joined Heather Vickery in Boise to share a sermon grounded in care.
Trans communities show us what a more welcoming world can be.
https://bit.ly/486oIYm
PC: Ash Powers
Sundays remind us what we owe each other, including the belief that people deserve dignity and the ability to support themselves.
If you are gathered today, take a few minutes to submit a public comment in your own words in solidarity with workers.
https://bit.ly/4snOEH6
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
UUSC’s partners are defending communities, aiding Rohingya families, supporting Ukrainians displaced by war, and helping deported children in Guatemala rebuild their lives.
This is what your donation funds.
Give this March 👇
http://uusc.org/renewal-march/
#UUSC
Democracy is a spiritual practice built not just in election years but in every act of solidarity and care. Join us with #SideWithLove tomorrow as we gather to tend that practice together.
#UUtheVote launches March 25 at 8 PM ET. RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/1HvbkpV-f0aREFUJPg-VNQ2
Attacks on asylum seekers are increasing. Our resistance must grow, too.
Join our Action Hour this Wednesday at 7pm EST to defend asylum seekers’ right to work and take action with advocates across the country.
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
https://bit.ly/40LOblZ
People of faith know that welcoming our neighbors means defending their dignity.
Invite your congregation to host a Coffee & Comments gathering and submit public comments defending asylum-seekers’ right to work while they seek safety: uusc.org/let-asylumseekers-work
Our campaign to defend asylum-seekers’ right to work is growing, and we need you with us.
Join our UUSC Resistance Network Action Hour next week, March 25, 7 pm ET.
We will show you how to submit a public comment and share resources with the UUSI: https://bit.ly/4snOEH6
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
Our Work Permit Comment Campaign is live!
UUSC and our coalition partner, the UU Solidarity Initiative, are mobilizing public comments to defend asylum-seekers’ ability to work.
Submit your comment and join our campaign launch tonight at 7:30pm EST: https://bit.ly/4snOEH6
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
Across the world, grassroots communities are defending human rights in the face of growing threats to migrants, trans people, civil liberties, and climate-affected communities.
UUSC is proud to support by helping move resources to the organizers leading this work.
Earlier this month, UUSC's board and staff visited Nassau, Bahamas, to learn from partners advancing calls for reparations for historic harms across the Caribbean. At Poinciana Paper Press, they created justice-themed prints while learning about Equality Bahamas’ community human rights work.
Faith traditions shape how many communities understand justice and dignity.
During this week's #CSW70, UUSC and our partners are hosting a conversation with faith leaders advancing gender justice for women and LGBTQI+ people.
Join us online or in New York: https://bit.ly/3PmbmRe
Listen to UUSC's VP & Chief Program Officer Rachel Gore Freed on the critical intersection of gender justice and democracy, and how restricting LGBTQI+ rights threatens civil society for all.
To that end, we are also thrilled to launch our Gender Justice Hub!
uusc.org/genderjustice
A proposed rule could block up to 2 million asylum-seekers from working. Work authorization is what allows people seeking safety to support themselves and their families.
Soon we’ll launch a campaign with the UU Solidarity Initiative to defend this right.
uusc.org/network
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
Nurul Amin Shah Alam survived persecution in Burma only to die alone in Buffalo after Border Patrol agents left him outside in freezing temperatures.
A Rohingya refugee seeking safety should not have faced neglect.
Everyone deserves dignity and protection.
https://bit.ly/4cLw1b8
Next week, we’re launching a new campaign with the UU Solidarity Initiative to defend asylum-seekers’ ability to work.
A proposed rule would make it harder for people seeking refuge to support themselves while awaiting their cases.
Stay tuned: uusc.org/network
#LetAsylumSeekersWork
“People say I want to be a voice for the voiceless. No. They have a voice. Let them be the voice.”
Check out this documentary by @fossiltreaty.bsky.social that tells the story behind the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. #ICJAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG2BN5MhCw
Let’s talk about money.
At UUSC, 70% of our grants go to general operating support, so grassroots partners can decide how resources are used. 97% of our donors are everyday people, keeping us accountable to the communities we serve.
Human rights work should be community-driven and trustworthy.