Community Partnership

Each Sunday, we take an offering. All the cash and designated checks/credit card payments go directly to support external organizations that are doing work that reflects our UU values and our First Unitarian mission. The recipient organizations are our Change for Change partners. Each month, a different agency or group receives the donations. Anyone can nominate a group for Change for Change. Recipient groups must be non-profit. Generally, we prefer to give to groups – whether local, national, or even worldwide — for whom $1000 to $2000 will make a significant difference. The Social Justice Committee evaluates all nominees and submits recommendations to the Board, which makes the final selections.

Change For Change: Any 1UC member, in good standing, can submit a not-for-profit organization that is doing the work we want to be done in the world for a Change for Change Recipient. Once complete, submit it to  Deborah Shinn or Rosalinda Espinosa. The Committee will review accept, ask for more information, or deny.  The accepted are then recommended to the Board of Directors for a month when donations are accepted for Change 4 Change. Application can be found here: Change for Change Application

February Change for Change 

Our Change for Change recipient for the month of February is Foundation for Liberating Minds (with 3rd Space Foundation)

The organization is a Black-Led, multiracial, multicultural, multiethnic collective of members who help disrupt the root causes of oppression and marginalization through transformative education. The money will be used to “create three primary efforts: a Liberation School that centers on our communities’ accountability and equips students to be the next generation of freedom fighters, artists, writers, and practitioners. Also, the Foundation supports “trainings and workshops tailored for specific audiences.” Money will be used for “We, the Eastside Initiative”.

 

Past recipients have included: