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Listed here are resource materials that provide additional information about UUSC topics and areas of work. You'll find materials such as fact sheets, policy positions, slideshows, curricula and training materials, publications, and links to other organizations and news sources.
Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Trade Products PDF Order Form for Congregations | Support and promote fair trade by purchasing fair trade products from Equal Exchange through the UUSC Coffee Project. PDF order form. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Fair Trade Action Steps for Congregations | In addition to purchasing goods throught the Coffee Project, there are more ways to promote fair trade in your congregation and improve the lives of small farmers. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Fair Trade Products Online Order Form for Bulk Purchase | Purchase fair trade products for your congregation through Equal Exchange's Interfaith Program. | Link |
| Fair Trade Products Online Order Form for Retail Purchase | Purchase fair trade products for yourself from Equal Exchange's online retail store. | Link |
| Frequently Asked Questions about Restaurant Workers | Frequently asked questions about the minimum wage, tips, discrimination, and the restaurant industry. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Report: The Hands That Feed Us | The Hands That Feed Us: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers Along the Food Chain is the first report of its kind that looks at wages and working conditions of workers across the entire food chain. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Shoppers' Resources | Guides and resources to help consumers research products, weigh their purchasing options, and make compassionate decisions when shopping. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Webinar: Behind the Kitchen Door | Learn how to choose compassionate consumption when you dine out and be part of an exciting national campaign to support workers' rights. | Multimedia Resource |
| Do Good by Dining Out: Diners' Tool Kit | The Diners' Tool Kit teaches diners how to use the ROC-United Diners' Guide and how to spread the word about restaurant worker justice. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Stand in Solidarity with Restaurant Workers | Support restaurant workers who are calling for basic improvements like paid sick days and a fair minimum wage for tipped workers. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Shop conscientiously | Learn how to shop with your values in mind, and find fair-trade and ethically sourced goods. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Speak out for small farmers and food-chain workers | Help small farmers and food-chain workers struggling for fair compensation and safer working conditions. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Choose Compassionate Consumption Microgrants | Apply for a grant of up to $300 to help organize those who want to eat ethically when they eat out. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Programs Flyer | An overview of UUSC's work as approached through its four focus areas or programs. | Publication |
| Three Steps toward Compassionate Consumption | Learn how to evaluate goods and services to choose compassionate consumption. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Supporting Restaurant Worker Justice | Synopsis of the challenges faced by restaurant workers, our strategy to influence the restaurant industry, and ways you can help. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Sample Letter to the Editor About the Minimum Wage Issue | You may use our sample letters to raise the issue of the minimum wage in your local newspapers. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Storytelling, Mobilization, and Social Media | A workshop conducted at General Assembly 2012 | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Values into Action: UUs Reclaiming Democracy | A workshop conducted at General Assembly 2012 that examines issues and opportunities in the 2012 US elections. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Values into Action: Organizing Workers, Field to Fork | A workshop conducted at General Assembly 2012 that examined successful models for organizing workers across the food chain to confront systematic violations of labor rights in the food industry. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| 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 |
| ROC Diners' Guide | Restaurant Opportunities Center United has issued their annual Diners' Guide to help you make the compassionate choice when dining out. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Is Your Chocolate Bittersweet? | Watch this amusing video about chocolate, and then take action. | Multimedia Resource |
| 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 |
| Fair-Trade Champions | Support small farmers, engage your congregation, and WIN CHOCOLATE! | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Pushing Back: Women Workers Speak Out on Trade | In this video, women workers share stories of how CAFTA has led to an increase in labor flexibilization, unemployment, violations of worker rights, and sexual discrimination. | Multimedia Resource |
| Choose Compassionate Consumption this Holiday Season | Resources to help you choose compassionate consumption during the holiday season. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Economic Justice Worship Resources | Sermons, order of service, planning materials and other resources to address issues of economic justice in your congregational service. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Human Rights from Field to Fork lesson plans | Sample lesson plans for youth groups and religious-education classes that help people understand their connection to compassionate consumption through the Human Rights from Field to Fork project. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Raise the Bar, Hershey action resources | Campaign action resources from the Raise The Bar, Hershey campaign and UUSC | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Human Rights from Field to Fork awareness resources | Human Rights from Field to Fork is a collection of awareness tools for learning about the industrial food chain and justice issues faced by food chain workers. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Just Desserts fair trade resources | Fair trade resources from Equal Exchange called "Just Desserts" | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Media Resources for Reverse Trick-or-Treating | You can use this sample press advisory to craft your own to send to your local media to promote your fair-trade Reverse Trick-or-Treating activities. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| A Different Way of Doing Business | Our current economy has brought deepening poverty and inequality, and widespread abuses of the rights of workers. So, what would an alternative economy look like? | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Flyer: Women and Fair Trade | This flyer illustrates how fair trade benefits women farmers around the world — and how you can involve your women's group in supporting fair trade. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| UUSC Statement on Oil Drilling Disaster | UUSC is deeply concerned about the catastrophe created by the April 20, 2010, explosion and capsize of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, leased by the multi-billion dollar corporation BP and located in the Gulf of Mexico. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| The Big Squeeze | In this webinar, we explore critical issues facing both white- and blue-collar workers in today’s turbulent economy with New York Times business and economics correspondent Steven Greenhouse, author of The Big Squeeze. | Multimedia Resource |
| UUSC Partnership Map | A Google map that details the locations of UUSC's program partner organizations. | Multimedia Resource |
| Support for President Obama's International Aid Budget | UUSC signed a letter with InterAction groups to be sent to Congress in support of President's international aid budget request. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| Contentious Mining Operations by Newmont Mining | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| To Encourage Meaningful Usage of Federal Funds in Gulf Coast | UUSC signed a letter to senators of states in the Gulf Coast to support using the upcoming jobs bill to redirect unused Katrina/Rita funds for projects promoted in the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| Roll The Dice economic justice game | Materials to play "Roll The Dice", a game that examines economic justice issues. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Voices from Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative | Listen to some of the women from the Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative talk about their work! | Multimedia Resource |
| Say Yes to Life! | Here, former MIT Fellow Hazel Bright talks about the impact that Mel King, UUSC's 2009 Rights Night honoree, had on her. | Multimedia Resource |
| Video: Rights Night 2009 | A short video with excerpts from UUSC's 2009 Rights Night. | Multimedia Resource |
| Rock Women Group | Learn more about UUSC's economic-justice partner in Kenya, the Rock Women Group. | Multimedia Resource |
| Just Journey to Kenya - Kenasvit | Learn about UUSC's 2009 JustJourney to Kenya! | Multimedia Resource |
| Thank You Video | This Thanksgiving, UUSC wants to thank you, our members and supporters, for all you do to help us advance human rights at home and abroad. Watch our short video to learn about what YOU did this year! | Multimedia Resource |
| To Support the WAGES Act | UUSC signed on to a letter supporting the Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services (WAGES) Act, which would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| To Express Concern with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Undermining of Health-Care Reform | UUSC signed on to a letter drafted by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Accountability that expresses concern with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's undermining of health-care reform. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| To Encourage Support of Green Jobs and Recovery Aid for the Gulf Coast | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| Coffee Project FAQ | Frequently asked questions about the UUSC Coffee Project. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| UUSC Coffee Project Brochure | An overview of UUSC's partnership with Equal Exchange, and information about the UUSC Coffee Project. | Publication |
| UUSC Coffee Project Handout | An overview of the UUSC Coffee Project and UUSC's work promoting fair trade as a
way of advancing economic justice.
| Publication |
| Promotional Insert for Church Bulletins | This bulletin insert will help you sell fair trade goods in your congregation. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Equal Exchange Fundraising Kit | Raise funds for your group or congregation, or give an extra boost to the Small Farmer Fund. | Link |
| Equal Exchange’s Blog | Read the Equal Exchange's blog: Small Farmers, Big Change. | Link |
| Forced Child Labor in the Global Cocoa Industry | Learn about forced child labor in the global cocoa industry. | Link |
| More About Southern Alternatives Agricultural Co-op | Article about SAAC, a UUSC partner in fair trade. | Link |
| Recipes for Fair Trade Goods | Are your cooking skills as strong as your commitment to fair trade? | Link |
| Equal Exchange’s Fair Trade Curriculum | Download the free curriculum, Win Win Solutions: An Introduction to Fair Trade and Cooperative Economics | Link |
| Learn More About Coffee | You like to drink it! Or maybe you don't. But how much do you really know about coffee? | Link |
| No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers | This 2009 report examines how informal workers, in particular home-based workers, street vendors, and waste pickers, are coping with the economic downturn. | Link |
| State Minimum Wage Table - July 1, 2009 | Table of state minimum wages compared to the federal minimum wage. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| Effects of NAFTA on Workers in Mexico | This PowerPoint presentation, about the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Mexican workers, was created by Phyllis Mor | Multimedia Resource |
| Kenya JustJourney Podcast | On returning from UUSC's first-ever JustJourney to Kenya, Revs. Liz McMaster and Ronald A. Hersom, of the First Unitarian Albuquerque, share their ex | Multimedia Resource |
| In Support of the Employee Free Choice Act | Letter to the U.S. House and Senate supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| "Living Wage Days" Resource Guide | A comprehensive tool kit for living wage advocates. | Campaign and Action Resource |
| The Street Trader | The official newsletter of KENASVIT, a UUSC Economic Justice program partner | Publication |
| In Support of Significant and Sustained Public Investment as a Stimulus to the U.S. Economy | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| Economic Justice Video: Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative | Video highlighting SAAC, a pecan cooperative in Georgia that produces shelled pecans and pecan candies for sale through fair trade. | Multimedia Resource |
| Introduction to Economic Justice Program Partner Ceprodehl | The Center for the Promotion and Defense of Human and Labor Rights (CEPRODEHL) is a human and labor rights organization in the Mexican state of Yuca | Multimedia Resource |
| Economic Justice Listen. Reflect. Act | Pass it on. Download this handout about how ordinary people are taking action to defend human rights and give them out or e-mail them to 60 of your | Campaign and Action Resource |
| In Support of Including Recovery and Rebuilding Projects in Alabama in Economic Stimulus Legislation | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| On Behalf of Signal International Guest Workers from India who are Working under Exploitative Conditions in the Gulf Coast | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| Audio: Interview with Program Manager Johanna Chao Kreilick on raising the minimum wage | Radio interview of UUSC Economic Justice Manager Johanna Chao Kreilick on the KPFK Radio Show "Beneath the Surface with Jerry Quickley." | Multimedia Resource |
| In Concern about Exploitative Working Conditions at Signal International in Pascagoula, Miss. | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| In Support of a Socially Responsible Investment Community Letter to the Canadian Government | Policy/Shareholder Position | |
| JustJourney to Mexico | Photo-essay about UUSC's 2008 JustJourney exploring economic justice in Mexico. | Multimedia Resource |
| In Support of Creating a Voluntary Certification Program to Discourage Child and Forced Labor | Sign on to two International Labor Rights Forum letters to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) regarding a provision in the Farm Bill (proposed by Harkin) t | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| Video: Introduction to the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center | An video introduction to UUSC's Economic Justice Partner, the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center. | Multimedia Resource |
| Program Manager Johanna Chao Kreilick speaks on International Women's Day | To honor International Women's Day (IWD), a group of UUSC staff attended a breakfast at Simmons College, where Johanna Chao Kreilick, manager of UUSC' | Multimedia Resource |
| Georgia Minimum Wage Letter | UUSC is calling on faith-based leaders and congregations to actively support the Georgia campaign to raise the minimum wage and to join together as p | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| Gana contrato el 19 de Septiembre | Maquiladora workers in Tehuacán win representation by an independent union as reported in El Mundo de Tehuacán, México, on November 24, 2007. | Publication |
| Letter to the Governor of Puebla, Mexico, on Behalf of Vaqueros Navarra Factory Workers | On behalf of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, I am writing to urge your government to take immediate steps to ensure that the work | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| UUSC Statement on Immigration | UUSC's statement on U.S. Immigration Policy | Policy/Shareholder Position |
| Covenant Group: Wage Justice | Small ministry group discussion module about the fair wage movement and the broader struggle for economic justice. | Publication |
| Slideshow: August 2007 JustJourney to Chiapas, Mexico | Video from this JustJourney when participants met with human rights activists working to address issues of immigration and labor in Mexico. | Multimedia Resource |
| Slideshow: The work of KENASVIT | A narrated slideshow highlighting the work of UUSC's program partner KENASVIT. | Multimedia Resource |
| UUSC Economic Justice and Immigration | A human rights framework for understanding the issue of immigration in the United States. | Publication |
| Finger-Lickin' Bad | A Grist Magazine article about how poultry producers are ravaging the rural South. | Publication |
| UUSC La Marcha study guide | Accompanying guide to the DVD video La Marcha: Working for Economic Justice | Publication |
| Blood, Sweat and Fears: Workers' rights in U.S. meat and poultry plants | A report by Human Rights Watch detailing the dangerous working conditions in the U.S. meat processing industry. | Publication |
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