The Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance brings together UUs and UU congregations to work collectively for social change based on our religious imperative to create a just, sustainable, and peaceful world. We are following in the foot steps of dedicated and visionary UUs like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Jane Adams, Pete Seeger, Margaret Sanger and others who dedicated their lives to improving life for all people. Prairie Star District is MUUSJA's fiscal sponsor, and MUUSJA is funded by the UUA Funding Program, the UU Service Committee, membership fees, and donations from UU congregations and other supporters.

Our goals are to:

1. Build a lasting social justice organization.
2. Prepare UUs to do powerful social change work, using a reflection, action, collaboration approach.
3. Develop and bring a distinctly UU moral voice to the public square.
4. Wage campaigns in coalition with interfaith and secular partners to achieve winnable systemic social change.
5. Develop a social change infrastructure that shifts the political climate toward a social agenda that serves the common good.

MUUSJA Stands on the Side of Love

During General Assembly 2009, the UUA launched the Standing on the Side of Love campaign. This campaign promotes respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Standing on the Side of Love will confront issues of exclusion, oppression and violence based on identity. The campaign will pursue social change through advocacy, public witness and speaking out in solidarity with those whose lives are publicly demeaned.
Minnesotans attending GA joined voices on Friday, June 26th to enthusiastically endorse this new advocacy campaign!

Upcoming events of note:

Twin Cities Pride, June 27-28. UU involvement details at the UUO4M page.

Voter Rights will be at G.A. 2009 in Salt Lake! June 24-28.

Coming Out Stories writing workshop, August 5th at Unity Unitarian.

Visit our Newsletter page for details on the many actions, meetings and events in the work of MUUSJA.

UUA Presidential candidates respond to UU Advocacy Networks

The UU State Advocacy Networks asked each of the UUA presidential candidates to tell us about how they see the Networks working with them to advance the goals of UU social justice.

We've compiled their answers for you (PDF).

MUUSJA joins H.I.R.E. Minnesota Coalition!

Summit Academy O.I.C. President Louis King tells us how H.I.R.E. Minnesota - the Healthcare, Infrastructure and Renewable Energy coalition - is building a powerful organization for green jobs and economic justice and how UUs can be a part of the solution!

Watch Louis King's full 17 minute talk at the MUUSJA Spring meeting here (pt.1) and here (pt.2)