{"id":15971,"date":"2025-03-04T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T21:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/?page_id=15971"},"modified":"2025-03-08T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T23:20:54","slug":"social-justice-wg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/social-justice-wg\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice Working Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 56; line-height: 1.79;\" data-fontsize=\"56\" data-lineheight=\"100.24px\">Social Justice Working Group<\/h1>\n<p><b>The SJWG sponsors and encourages Fellowship activities that promote the values in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uua.org\/worship\/words\/chalice-lighting\/8-principles-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>UUA 8 principles<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/our-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>our covenant<\/u><\/a> in our community. &#8220;Social justice is the equitable access to wealth, opportunities, rights, and privileges within a society.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/pachamama.org\/social-justice\/what-is-social-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>source<\/u><\/a>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Members are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meg Hall, Chair (2025)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gita Smith, Backup Chair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Beth Bowden<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morgan Till<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Brower<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Davis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carol<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Honaker (honorary)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As a small group, SJWG has decided to focus on four areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>People experiencing homelessness in Montgomery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gun Safety<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Freedom to Read<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transgender Issues<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reach the SJWG chair by emailing SJ@uumontgomery.org<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 35; line-height: 1.29;\" data-fontsize=\"35\" data-lineheight=\"45.15px\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--h2_typography-color); font-family: var(--h2_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--h2_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--h2_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--h2_typography-text-transform); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover);\">Some Working Group Projects<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Since its revitalization in 2025, SJWG has:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Gathered and donated hygiene and food bags to people experiencing homelessness<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_15962\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15962\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15962\" src=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Contents of Hygiene and Snack bags\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-200x148.jpg 200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-400x296.jpg 400w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-600x444.jpg 600w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-768x569.jpg 768w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-800x593.jpg 800w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-1024x759.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415-1200x889.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bags-rotated-e1741111617415.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hygiene and Snack bags donated to people experiencing homelessness.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Donated coats, sleeping bags, blankets, and other warm items to people experiencing homelessness<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15975\" src=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/carol-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong>Sponsored a postcard campaign urging selected Alabama Officials to vote yes on Senate Bill 116 and House Bill 156. <\/strong><\/strong>The SJWG, with the help of the UUFM Fellowship, sends out postcards on issues monthly.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Donated books to Free Libraries and attended Read Freely Alabama meeting<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15961\" src=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/readfreely-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Join us! You do not need to be a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery, AL to join.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fund us! So far, funding has come from the Fellowship Board and individual members of the working group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reach the SJWG chair by emailing SJ@uumontgomery.org<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Justice Working Group The SJWG sponsors and encourages Fellowship activities that promote the values in the UUA 8 principles and our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15971","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15971"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15991,"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15971\/revisions\/15991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uumontgomery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}