Advocacy in Action
Our collective efforts to expand human rights globally
UUSC’s partners in the United States and throughout the world boldly work on some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. We respond to urgent calls for action alongside grassroots movements centering human dignity and pushing for systemic policy change!
Image: A Women’s Day march in The Bahamas lifting up issues impacting women across the nation
How we advocate
Guided by our principles, we advance human rights through:
Leaning into our strengths
We amplify partner-led advocacy, using our justice-driven network to advance policy change and provide strategic interventions where they matter most.
Balancing urgency with impact
We respond to crises while building long-term solutions, ensuring that both immediate relief and systemic transformation shape our approach.
Centering collective liberation
Our work is not bound by political cycles. We commit to long-term change, collaborating with grassroots movements, legal experts, and coalitions to build transnational global solidarity.
Through these commitments, UUSC mobilizes our members and supporters to help create change. This can take many forms, including shifting power to frontline movements, pressuring policymakers to uphold human rights, strengthening advocacy through coalitions, and delivering direct humanitarian response in times of crisis.
Why this moment demands action
As authoritarianism rises and communities come under attack, UUSC remains focused on defending civil liberties, democracy, and human rights. We are actively seeking to:
- Defend civil liberties and democratic rights – Safeguarding the right to protest, dissent, and participate in democracy without intimidation.
- Protect migrants and asylum-seekers – Upholding the right to refuge, freedom of movement, and asylum amid rising deportations and border restrictions.
- Advance gender justice – Defending trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse communities against discriminatory policies.
- Counter attacks on human rights institutions – Holding the U.S. government accountable for undermining multilateral efforts to uphold global human rights.
- Resist climate regression – Fighting policies that accelerate environmental destruction, fossil fuel expansion, and rollbacks on climate commitments.
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