Social Justice
Social Justice at FUS 
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Social Justice Coordinator
Carol Koepp
sac [at] firstunitariansociety [dot] org (sac [at] firstunitariansociety [dot] org)
612-377-6608 x103 (o)
952-893-2383 (h)
Meetings
First Sunday each month during the program year, 12:15 - 1:15, Room 108. Agendas will be on the SAC table.
Mission
The mission of the Social Action Program is to offer FUS members and friends opportunities to apply their UU principles and beliefs in the larger community through the following four ways:
· education
· direct service
· advocacy for systemic change
· strategic distribution of our resources
We seek to cooperate and collaborate with other Unitarian Universalists and social justice organizations (faith-based and secular) in working together to promote peace, justice, and sustainability in our local and global communities.
Core Values
The UU principles motivate us as individuals and as a UU congregation to actively promote justice in the world and in our personal lives. As UUs we affirm and promote the seven UU principles, especially those that most directly bear on social justice:
· the inherent worth and dignity of every person
· justice, equity and compassion in human relations
· the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
· respect for the interdependent web of all existence
Committee Work
The Social Action Committee (SAC) organizes opportunities for FUS members and friends to participate in social justice on many levels:
· monetary contributions
· helping with service projects and
· engaging in activism regarding long-term policy reform on issues such as,
o racial and economic justice
o affordable housing
o environmental protection
o peace
o children's issues and
o youth leadership development.
Members and Meetings
SAC has an open membership—whoever comes to meetings is welcomed as an equal participant. Meetings are on the first Sunday of every month during the program year in room 108. Agendas will be on the SAC table. If you would like to be part of the agenda, please contact the Social Justice Coordinator; sac [at] firstunitariansociety [dot] org (sac [at] firstunitariansociety [dot] org).
Communication
Members and visitors can find out what is going on in the Social Action Committee program by going to the SAC table on Sunday mornings. They can look in the Social Action section of the quarterly newsletter, the First Unitarian and in the FUS Flash that is published electronically on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. More detail can be found by subscribing to the SAC Flash, an electronic newsletter devoted entirely to social justice activities happening in the congregation and in the area, published on the first and third Fridays of every month during the program year.
