At UUC, we generally dedicate the plate collection on one Sunday of each month to a social justice cause or organization. Currently, recipients of the dedicated plate collections are proposed by the social justice ministry groups of our church, and selected by our Social Justice Steering Committee.

Criteria for Second Sunday Plate recipients:

• Provides direct benefit for those experiencing injustice or need. We are looking for causes that have their “fingers in the earth” - concrete outcomes that the congregation can connect with.
• Strengthens or expands existing social justice ministries of UUC. Not every plate needs to be sponsored by an existing social justice group, but if it is, the group should use this as an opportunity to enhance its work. Plate collections should have a clear connection to UU principles.
• Supports a diversity of causes over the course of the year, including local and global perspectives, and causes with demonstrated support from the congregation as well as some issues that are new or even less comfortable for us.

Process: Social justice ministry groups at UUC who wish to sponsor a plate collection should review the proposal guidelines and tips, and contact our Social Justice Coordinator.

 

Who we've supported: Since the program's inception in September 2009, our dedicated plates have contributed nearly $100,000 to many different organizations and activities.

• Brettler Family Place (December 2011, sponsored by UUC Friends of Brettler Place)
• Casa Latina (December 2009, sponsored by REACH for Immigrant Justice)
• El Porvenir (October 2009, 2010 and 2011, sponsored by Friends of El Porvenir)
• First Place School (sponsored by our 4th & 5th grade classes, April 2011) 
• Habitat for Humanity (Sept. 2008 & Sept. 2009 as part of UUC's third Habitat build)
• Hippo Water Roller Project (Feb. 2009, sponsored by our youth Social & Political Action Group)
• Mara Farm (July & August 2009, sponsored by Green Sanctuary Committee)
• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (January 2009 & February 2011, sponsored by REACH for Immigrant Justice)
• Pakistan flooding relief, split between the UU Service Committee and Mercy Corps (September 2010)
• UUC's Seeds of Justice grant program, which in 2011 year gave $10,000 grants to Casa Latina and Powerful Voices (Dec. 2010, July-Sept. 2011)
• Sound Alliance (March 2010, in honor of Rev. Jon Luopa’s 10th anniversary)
• Special Olympics (April 2009, in honor of Rev. Alicia Grace’s 5th anniversary)
• University Churches Emergency Fund (our annual Easter plate)
• The UU Housing Group, a nonprofit affiliated with UUC which provides affordable housing for mentally ill adults (January 2011)
• UU Service Committee/Rights in Humanitarian Crises program (March 2009)
• UUC’s Food & Hunger ministries (Oct. 2009 sponsored by Teen Feed ministry, & Feb. 2010 sponsored by our youth Social & Political Action Group)

 

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