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Published | Title | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/11/2012 | CEO of social justice | The Boston Globe published a story featuring UUSC Vice President for Mission, Strategy, and Innovation Brock Leach and his remarkable path from corporate CEO to UU minister to UUSC human-rights activist. | UUSC in the Media |
| 04/30/2012 | Haiti Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., Makes a Difference | UUSC recently worked with a group of passionate activists to tell Congress to prioritize a just recovery for Haiti. Alumni of UUSC-UUA service-learning trips urged support for pending legislation — and they can already claim success! | Article |
| 04/30/2012 | Monrovia, Here I Come! | In May 1997, Bill Schulz was threatened with death by then Liberian president Charles Taylor. In The Huffington Post, Schulz, now the UUSC president, writes about the recent conviction for crimes against humanity of the former Liberian warlord. | UUSC in the Media |
| 04/24/2012 | Water access and education | UUSC's Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator Linda McKim-Bell wrote a letter to the editor affirming that access to safe, affordable water improves the lives in many ways of girls living in countries in the Global South. | UUSC in the Media |
| 04/20/2012 | Case against Harmful Mining in Guatemala Passes Major Hurdle | Article | |
| 04/20/2012 | Sunnyvale tech consultant braves the Boston Marathon for charity | A resident of Sunnyvale, California, running the Boston Marathon in 80-degree temperatures to help raise money for UUSC, is featured in a story in the San Jose Mercury News. | UUSC in the Media |
| 04/20/2012 | Human Spirit Warrants Hope | The Huntsville Times newspaper in Huntsville, Alabama, published a news/feature story about UUSC President Bill Schulz delivering the keynote speech at the annual meetiing of the UUA Mid-South District. | UUSC in the Media |
| 04/13/2012 | Attitude and Education: Ending Gender-Based Violence in Darfur | A January 2012 workshop was part of UUSC's latest work on the ground in Darfur, working with grassroots organizations and community leaders to put an end to gender-based violence there. | Article |
| 04/04/2012 | UUSC and the UUA Announce Director for the New UU College of Social Justice | It is our pleasure to announce the formation of the new Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice and our great delight to announce the appointment of Rev. Kathleen McTigue as its inaugural director. | Article |
| 03/21/2012 | UUSC Partners and the Arts | As UUSC advances human rights around the world, we support people as they draw strength from their own experiences and cultures. | Multimedia Resource |
| 03/11/2012 | One Year Later, UUSC Continues to Support Women in Japan | One year after the horrific earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohuku area of Japan on March 11, 2011, UUSC continues to provide recovery support to people there through the UUA-UUSC Japan Relief Fund. | Article |
| 03/05/2012 | Blue Revolution | We were privileged to host a national call on U.S. water scarcity, which featured a live interview and Q&A with Cynthia Barnett author of Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis. | Multimedia Resource |
| 02/22/2012 | Hope in Crops | UUSC's Rachel Ordu Dan-Harry has written an article featuring the Hope in Crops environmental-restoration and food-security program in the Kakamega region of Kenya. | UUSC in the Media |
| 02/19/2012 | Summit Unitarians get award for funding projects in developing nations | UUSC recently presented the Unitarian Church in Summit, N.J., with the Collective Giving Award for the church's exceptionally generous support for projects in Kenya and Myanmar (formerly Burma). | UUSC in the Media |
| 02/13/2012 | UUSC Condemns Government Violence against Civilians in Syria | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| 02/09/2012 | Is Your Chocolate Bittersweet? | Choosing fair-trade chocolate is something easy — and tasty — you can do to stand up for children's rights. Fair-trade chocolate not only tastes good, it does good. | Multimedia Resource |
| 02/08/2012 | Another Victory for the Human Right to Water in Mexico | Mexico will soon join the list of countries that recognize the human right to water and sanitation in their constitutions. | Article |
| 02/01/2012 | Conservatives, Liberals, and Human Rights | UUSC in the Media | |
| 01/29/2012 | My View: It's Time to Occupy for the Minimum Wage | Courtney Dufford, an intern with UUSC's Economic Justice Program, argues in an op-ed that the Occupy Wall Street movement should rally around an increase in the minimum wage as a huge first step toward narrowing the gap between the rich and poor. | UUSC in the Media |
| 01/26/2012 | From the Ground Up: Webinar Update from Haiti | This hour-long webinar provides updates from UUSC partners, staff, and volunteers who are working on-the-ground in Haiti. | Multimedia Resource |
| 01/17/2012 | Who Is UUSC? (Full Version) | This video provides a clear understanding of UUSC's approach to human rights by giving an overview of who we are and what we do. | Multimedia Resource |
| 01/17/2012 | Who Is UUSC? (Short Version) | Multimedia Resource | |
| 01/17/2012 | Human Rights from Field to Fork | UUSC's Ariel Jacobson has coauthored a research paper that analyzes
injustices in the U.S. food system and offers ideas for positive social change
in ways that benefit workers, consumers, and business.
| UUSC in the Media |
| 01/13/2012 | Feminism, equity and being a Muslim have social justice in common | Following a Building Bridges program sponsored by UUSC in Seattle, Washington, an Iranian-American Muslim woman wrote an insightful opinion article on the relationship between Islam and feminism. | UUSC in the Media |
| 01/11/2012 | Lack of Housing Bedevils Haiti Earthquake Recovery as Cash Runs Low | UUSC in the Media |
