The Peace and Justice Committee is dedicated to upholding our UU Principles by fighting for equality and justice for all living beings. We do this by supporting local organizations who fight for justice on a grass-roots level; often taking our causes to the street. We prompt our legislators to vote for the benefit of their constituents. We follow the lead of UUJusticePA to fight causes such as climate change. We also look to the UUA national organization for valuable enrichment programs. Please join us in our effort to make our world a better place, one voice at a time. Here are the activities we are currently involved in.

Protecting our Democracy/Electoral Process

We work with POWER Interfaith https://powerinterfaith.org/
For fair, safe and open voting for all, as well as Fair Districts PA to stop Gerrymandering! https://www.fairdistrictspa.com

Equity and Inclusion

We work toward a more just society by supporting organizations such as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence in Philadelphia https://philadelphiamlk.org/
We also work to address the environment, criminal justice, and poverty which work to suppress marginalized peoples.

Our current effort is to address racism in our own organization through Widening the Circle of Concern (See Below)

Widening the Circle of Concern

Our goal is to create a culture of Inclusion that makes all marginalized and underrepresented individuals feel welcome and gives them reasons to want to stay and help us build a beloved community in which we can all grow together. Please join us in this loving journey to
learn, experience and grow together. Click here to find out more.

Immigrant Rights

Widening the Circle and defending Immigrant rights work hand-in-hand. We support immigrants through a Scholarship Fund through BuxMont Community College, made possible by the generosity of our congregation.
Our committee members tutor immigrant children and give them rides to voting locations and doctor visits.
We also support refugees through our Split Plate program. (See Below)

Environmental Justice…for Our Children

Part of our BuxMont UU journey is to live our value of INTERDEPENDENCE which says: We honor the interdependent web of all existence. With reverence for the great web of life and with humility, we acknowledge our place in it. We covenant to protect Earth and all beings from exploitation. We will create and nurture sustainable relationships of care and respect, mutuality and justice. We will work to repair harm and damaged relationship.
It’s a process of learning, sharing and acting on local, community and global levels. BuxMont’s Peace and Justice Committee does this by sharing resources that we find helpful and offering occasional workshops for the congregation on practical strategies to improve our Earth…for Our Children.

Split Plate Program

Every Sunday our congregants donate to our Fellowship. Half or more (donor’s choice) is put aside and given to various charitable (501c3) organizations. These groups are thoroughly vetted by the Peace and Justice Committee. Our Split Plate recipients support LGBTQI+ youths and adults, those below the poverty level, victims of domestic abuse, cancer patients, and so much more. We have given to https://hiaspa.org/ to help Afghan and Haiti refugees.

Apartment Partners

We work with the Doylestown Housing Dept which offers a program for those, usually single, immigrant mothers, who need help getting on their feet. Working with another partner we provide basic household needs, clothing and holiday gifts for the Mom and her children.