Justice
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Social Justice Task Forces
Social justice permeates all that we do together at the UU Church of Bloomington, and is integral to our worship services and Lifespan Religious Education programs. Our Social Justice Task Forces are formed when a number of people wish to work together around a specific social justice area.
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Information for Social Justice Leaders
Including Social Justice business information, policies, procedures, and helpful forms.
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Green Sanctuary Task Force
The Green Sanctuary Task Force on Global Climate Change helps promote mindful, Earth-centered living, working to educate and motivate individuals and institutions to take positive steps toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Habitat Task Force
The Habitat Task Force educates the congregation about local housing needs, including the purpose and accomplishments of Habitat for Humanity and other housing-related groups.
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Homelessness Task Force
The Homelessness Task Force provides services to people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington and Monroe County, and educates the congregation and community of the struggles associated with homelessness and the way we can help.
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Hunger Task Force
The Hunger Task Force provides food to lessen food insecurity for low income and unhoused people in Bloomington.
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International Outreach Task Force
The International Outreach Task Force (IOTF) provides direct financial, material, and humanitarian support to Spurgeons Academy, a school for AIDS orphans in Kibera, a sprawling slum in Nairobi.
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Just Peace Task Force
We are the nucleus for congregational peace activism to communicate, educate, and mobilize on issues of war and peace.
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Racial Justice Task Force
The Racial Justice Task Force works to dismantle racism in ourselves and our institutions through education and action.
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Rainbow Rights Task Force
The Rainbow Rights Task Force seeks to revive, document, and advance the knowledge, concerns, and rights of LGBTQ+ individuals, communities, and causes, advocating for spiritual wholeness in relation to gender and sexuality.
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Refugee/Immigration Support and Education Task Force
The RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Support and Education) Task Force sponsors a family who arrived here in Bloomington from Afghanistan in December, 2021, to help them and other refugees until they can get on their feet and feel safe and welcomed.
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Reproductive Justice Task Force
The Reproductive Justice Task Force supports the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.
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Information for Social Justice Leaders
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Social Justice Coordinating Team
The Social Justice Coordinating Team is responsible for coordinating activities of Social Justice Task Forces, the Social Justice Circle, the Social Justice Funds Committee, and Social Justice Projects.
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Social Justice Circle
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Social Justice Grants
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25% Sunday Plate Fund