The Green Sanctuary 2030 materials have been revised and updated to better serve the needs of our dynamic congregations. On February 19, we gathered at our Green Sanctuary Community Meeting to learn all about it and how these materials can help you advance climate justice and cultivate thriving communities. Watch the recording here.

Visit our Green Sanctuary 2030 hub to

• Subscribe to receive updates

• Download the materials.

• Join one of our monthly Community Meetings!

• Ready to start the GS2030 process?  Sign up!

As people of faith and conscience, we are called to be bold in love, steadfast in our values, and unwavering in our commitment to justice. In the face of growing authoritarianism, fear, and division, we must respond—not with despair, but with courage, resilience, and collective power.

That’s why Side With Love invites you to join us on Tuesday, March 4 at 7pm ET/4pm PT for

Webinar

Grounded, Resilient, and Responsible: Responding and Organizing in Authoritarian Times

Register Now: March 4 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT

This moment calls for us to be deeply grounded in our values, resilient in the face of challenges, and responsible stewards of justice. Together, we will explore:

✅ Simple tips on communicating safely in public and on private channels 
✅ Strategies for responding in crisis moments 
✅ Practical tools for organizing and resisting authoritarianism

Join us for powerful stories from the organizers who helped write the Grounded, Resilient, and Responsible toolkit. Learn how these tips can help you meet this moment. 

Now more than ever, we must show up for one another. Join us to deepen your commitment, strengthen your skills, and stand in solidarity for a just and liberated future.

🔗Register now to join us on March 4

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New! Action Center Weekly Update

We are in a critical moment. Power is being consolidated in the hands of the few, while attacks on democracy, bodily autonomy, and human dignity escalate. But nothing is inevitable. Justice movements are powered by people like you—people who organize, resist, and build a loving and liberated world.

That’s why we’re launching the Action Center Weekly Update—a resource to keep you informed, equip you with immediate actions, and help you strengthen your organizing skills. Each Tuesday, find our newest update at our Action Center as well as the archive of past updates.

Check out our Action Center Weekly Update for the week of 2/18/2025

Community Resilience Hub

Through this hub, we offer guidance and resources on how to take action now, support each other, and build a resilient community that stands firm in the face of uncertainty.

UUA Community Resilience Hub

On February 12, the Revival Planning Team offered this space to gather together with other UUs who are moving through the Rest, Celebrate, Reflect, Synthesize, Organize process following the Revival. This informal gathering provided ample time for conversation and brainstorming next steps together. Watch the recording here.

This is the only space specifically held for Revivaling congregations. It's your community! We're so grateful for everyone who attended the first Revival Community of Practice, and we look forward to learning, sharing ideas, and building community with you all again at the next Community of Practice on March 12 at 7ET. After receiving feedback from folks, we've decided to extend the meeting to be 90 minutes to allow for more full conversations. RSVP today!

Resources from the meeting:

• View the presentation slides

• Watch the recordings of our UU Climate Justice Revival Info Sessions

We hope you'll join us at our upcoming events:

• Green Sanctuary New Materials Release on February 19 at 7pm ET

• UU Climate Justice Revival Facilitator Training on February 26 at 7pm ET

On January 29, we held our annual Celebration for our Active Green Sanctuary Teams to come together to share what they’re working on. It’s a fast-paced, inspirational review of all the good work our congregations are doing. 

• View the slides

• View the chat feed, with more stories and suggestions

Recommended Resources

• Green Sanctuary: subscribe to receive updates, join the process, RSVP for upcoming events, and more

Upcoming Green Sanctuary Community Meetings

Green Sanctuary New Materials Release February 19, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT

The Green Sanctuary 2030 materials have been revised and updated to better serve the needs of our dynamic congregations.

Join the February Green Sanctuary Community meeting to learn all about it and how these materials can help you advance climate justice and cultivate thriving communities.

Working with the new Green Sanctuary materials

March 19, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT and May 21, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT

In February, we released the new Green Sanctuary materials which are designed to be more manageable, accessible, and impactful for all congregations! During our March and May meetings, we'll feature one of the Green Sanctuary teams working through the materials. Learn from each other and build community! 

Green Sanctuary 35th Anniversary Call for Renewal with President Sofía Betancourt

April 16, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET

Celebrate 35 years of Green Sanctuary and renew your congregation's commitment! Join President Sofía and friends to celebrate this impactful and transformative program that has organized UUs to take action on climate for 35 years, and learn about the new Green Sanctuary process that will carry our faith through the coming years. All are welcome! Renew your commitment to faith based actions that advance climate justice in our communities.

On January 14, UU the Vote, Side With Love, key partners, and special guest musicians Sandy O. of Emma’s Revolution and Holly Near hosted this celebration to honor the incredible work of UUs in 2024 to building and growing our democracy and dig into our work ahead. Watch the recording here.

Resources from the meeting:

• Presentation slides

Upcoming events:

• 30 Days of Love from Side With Love—stay tuned!

• Interfaith Service & Moral Mass Meeting, Monday, January 20 at 6pm ET

• Good Trouble Congregations Celebration, Tuesday January 28 from 8–9:30pm ET—if your congregation was awarded Good Trouble in 2024, you should have received an email confirming this from us. If you applied for it and haven’t heard back, please email us as soon as possible at voting@uua.org.

With over 375 UU Congregations hosting the UU Climate Justice Revival and 125 ACTIVE Green Sanctuary 2030 Congregations, UUs are mobilizing for Climate Justice...but how? 

As climate disasters become more commonplace, we need stronger networks of community care. Whether you want to convene a regional Revival, work on disaster response, collaborate on statewide advocacy, or just learn how others are approaching their climate justice work, working together with other UUs can be a powerful response to the problems of our times. 

Find resources and upcoming programming at sidewithlove.org/climatejustice.

After this year’s election, we must come together to nourish our spirits and move in our collective power. This is about more than one election; it is about grounding ourselves in the values and communities that drive our fight for justice. No matter your issue — climate justice, democracy, gender justice, or decriminalization — we are in this work together. 

This final session included an invitation for congregations to do the preparatory groundwork for meeting this moment as well as analysis from UUs in organizing who shared what they see as immediate needs for UU response.

• Missed the first session? Recording & resources for Session One: After Election Day

Resources

Where we've been & where we might go

Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams, Co-Director for Movement Building for SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity

• Pastoral Care from Black Lives of UU for Black UUs

• Vespers and other spiritual tending spaces from DRUUMM for BIPOC UUs

• UURISE

• UUSC CAPAS Program

• United We Dream

• Detention Watch Network

• List of local bail and bond funds

• List of resources and calls to action around immigration

• How to map your congregation’s assets to put in service of community

• SACReD

• Woven Together webinar series

• Curriculum Facilitator Training Registration

• Community Resilience Hub

Save the Date

• Tuesday January 14 8-9pm ET: UU the Vote Celebration

• Tuesday January 28 8-9pm ET: Good Trouble Congregations Celebration

Music Played

• Human Nature by Beautiful Chorus