Social Action

 At the UU Church of Canton, we put our principles and passions for social justice into action in many ways.

Our church’s social justice work seeks to help all members of the congregation live their values by providing information and education on issues at the local, national, and international levels, and offering opportunities for advocacy and action. Responsibility for community service and working for social justice is shared by all church members. Learn more about social action at our church below, and by following this link to the Church Social Justice page. (opens in a new window)

 

 OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRIES


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Helping the congregation live their values with information, education, and opportunities for action on issues of social concern in the wide world.

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Our congregational social justice project
addresses food insecurity by growing
food for local food pantries.

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Creating a world in which
all people share reverence, gratitude,
and care for the living Earth.

 

Some of the activities that our church is regularly involved in, in addition to the 3 ministries mentioned above, include:

  • Hosting a weekly community meal sponsored by the local chapter of Campus Kitchens.  College students use left-over food from campus dining services to prepare a free dinner every Monday night.

  • Serving as  home base for the monthly American Red Cross blood drive 

  • Serving as home base for weekly meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous

Our congregation has also developed a relationship with the Red Rose School and the Kenya Education Fund  in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya.  Our connection with the school has included Skype sessions between students in our RE program and students at Red Rose, a visit to our congregation, including our RE program, by one of the founders of the school, Ken Okoth, who is now a member of the Kenyan Parliament representing Kibera, and one of the teachers from Red Rose, who together with Ken taught our RE students some of the Red Rose songs and games.  We have also collected Children's books about the North Country and delivered them to Red Rose and many in our congregation have contributed money as well.  

 

Periodically, our congregation is involved in service trips.  In 2011, the congregation supported a service trip to New Orleans during which 14 of our congregants spent a week doing construction work on two homes that had been badly damaged in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina.  Watch the  10-minute video that was part of the Worship Service after the group returned to learn more.

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