Category: Justice & Service

Border Trip to Tijuana

UU Justice Ministry Border Trip to Tijuana – March 27-30, 2015

Discovering the Ravages of our Immigration Policy

By Chalice members Sally and Dennis Brown

We met Javier at Freedom Park located right on the border in Playa, Tijuana Mexico on Sunday morning. For 44 years, Javier … read more.

Habitat Restoration

April 2015: A multigenerational group from Chalice spent a morning at the San Dieguito River Park, weeding and maintaining native restoration areas with the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy.

The End of the Beginning

It’s the end, and it’s just the beginning. We’ve finished our discernment work with the UU Justice Ministry of California, and now the work of building a congregational social justice ministry begins. We have two focus issues: economic justice and immigrant justice. Now task forces … read more.

A Balanced Social Justice Ministry

Some of you have asked me, “didn’t we already do a social justice discernment when we picked our charity partners?”  Yes and no. The Charity Task Force did help lead the congregation through discernment, and the partners we identified are indeed part of our … read more.

Habitat for Humanity

July 2014: In July of 2014, Chalice congregants worked with Habitat for Humanity to build a small complex of two-story duplexes on Elm Street in Escondido.