Tools for Taking Action

How to Lobby

Tips for advocating to legislators and legislative staff.

Write a Letter to the Editor

You can play an important role in advancing human rights — with only a few hundred words!

Take Action: Oppose Family Separation & Detention

Congress is once again considering massive funding increases for immigration detention, deportation, and criminalization of immigrants.

Congressional Issue Briefs

UUSC's recommendations for what Congress can do to ensure human rights protections for Central American migrants.

Background Briefs

Inform your conversations with lawmakers with key background information.

Primer: Right to Safety in Central America

The root causes of forced displacement are just as important to address as ensuring sanctuary and refuge from harm.

Solidarity, Sanctuary, and Accompaniment Resources

We offer a range of tools to help congregations and individuals provide expanded sanctuary for communities at risk.

Love Resists

Love Resists is a collaborative response to the criminalization of people on the basis of identity, particularly migrants, people of color, and LGBTQ people.

Building Bridges: Refugee Support & Advocacy Toolkit

Learn more about the world’s refugee crisis, ways to support refugees in your community, counter anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant bigotry, and advocate for refugee rights and integration

Primer: Human Rights in Burma

Burma is a multicultural country of over 135 ethnicities. Many ethnic and religious minorities, particularly in border regions, face severe human rights violations, including discrimination and horrific violence.