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

March Change for Change 

Our Change for Change recipient for the month of March is Campaign for Southern Equality.

Southern Equality supports Families of Transgender Youth in Oklahoma.  They give support navigating the state’s anti-transgender healthcare ban – including information on the OK ban, out-of-state providers, and emergency grants (around $500) to the family or the youth.  The money will support emergency grants (around $500) to OK Families and Transgender Youth.

At the Campaign for Southern Equality, they are working to build a South where LGBTQ+ people are equal in every sphere of life. More than one third of all LGBTQ+ Americans live in the South. But the community lacks basic legal protections, faces political attacks, and experiences health and income inequities. LGBTQ+ Southerners also live each day with courage and strength and are doing heroic work to promote equality in their hometowns. And every day, they hear powerful stories about how the South is changing.

• • VOICE
  • Manos Juntas
  • The Regional Food Bank
  • The Homeless Alliance
  • Positive Tomorrows
  • PAMBE Ghana
  • Neighbor for Neighbor
  • Free to Live Animal Sanctuary
  • Other Options
  • SISU Youth Services
  • Sister BJ’s Pantry
  • TEEM
  • Sox of Love
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Black Lives Matter
  • And over 100 other local, state, national and international organizations doing work that affirms and promotes the inherent worth and dignity of every person.