Social Justice Committee
Regular
meeting date: First Monday of the
month at 7:00
p.m. in the
Susan B. Anthony Room
Current Committee Activities
Our Daily Bread: UUCY provides casseroles to the local soup kitchen located at 331 South George Street the second Wednesday of the odd numbered months. Volunteer activities include:
1. Purchasing ingredients
2. Preparing casseroles (either in UUCY kitchen, or at home)
3. Delivering casseroles the morning of
4. Serving casseroles to Our Daily Bread patrons at lunchtime and assisting with clean-up.
(See Greg Roussey for details)
Habitat for Humanity: UUCY members have assisted the York Habitat for Humanity project with building local homes, and have raised funds to help finance the homes. In 2003 Congregational members contributed almost $3,000 to support the work of York Habitat.
(See Jeff Lears for details on construction project, or Deb Gogniat for fundraising campaign)
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Past Committee Activities/Programs
English as a Second Language: Working with the York County Spanish American Center, UUCY members served as tutors teaching English to Spanish-speaking residents. This project involved regular lessons and lasted 2003-04 year. (This project is currently inactive, but may be re-established in the future.)
Related Committees
The Social Justice Committee organized two autonomous committees and supports their efforts:
Environmental Issues: Recognizing the importance of protecting our environment and adopting a healthy lifestyle to minimize individual impact on the environment, the members of the Social Justice Committee fully support the efforts of the Environmental Committee.
Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender Committee (GLBT): The GLBT grew out of the UUCY’s commitment to social justice. The Congregation voted to becoming a “welcoming congregation” in the early 1990s. .