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From the UUMFE team
UUMFE events and announcements
Voices of the UUMFE community
Upcoming events from our climate justice partner organizations
This month's recipe
This section includes contributions from UUMFE staff and board members.
UUMFE Welcomes our new Executive Director!
"I hope you’re all enjoying the signs of spring that are budding up all around us… and UUMFE also has a new bud of our own to celebrate!
We’re so excited to introduce Mary Ellen Morgan as the new Executive Director of UU Ministry for Earth! We’re thrilled to have her on board and excited for the fresh perspectives and rooted experience that she brings."
Click here to read the blog post by Rev. Lauren Levwood, UUMFE's Board Chair.
This section includes events hosted or co-hosted by UUMFE.
Save the Date for our Earth Day Worship!
Earth Day Worship Celebration
April 22, 2025
8:00pm ET • 7:00pm CT • 6:00pm MT • 5:00pm PT
As Unitarian Universalists, we are positioned to be faith leaders at this critical time in our country’s history. And it can feel overwhelming. Where do we start? We run the risk of becoming quick to act without listening to each other and the communities most impacted by climate disruption.
This Earth Day, UU Ministry for Earth will help us deepen practices that put Love at the center of our climate justice work. Not to avoid acting, but to prepare us for action.
Planning to attend General Assembly in Baltimore? Consider volunteering at the UUMFE booth!
General Assembly in Baltimore is approaching, and UU Ministry for Earth will have a booth in the exhibit hall. With only two part-time staff members, we need more hands to keep our booth running during the event. If you are interested, please fill out this form to receive more information.
Join UUMFE & UUSC Efforts to Preserve Indigenous Culture in the South Pacific
UUMFE, EqUUal Access, BLUU, DRUUMM, UUMA, AUUMM, LREDA and other UU professional and affinity groups have joined together to support UUSC efforts at responding to climate change impacts in the South Pacific.
In the economically modest Pacific island nation of Kiribati, UUSC partners with grassroots activists in Te Toa Matoa, a disability rights federation. Te Toa Matoa’s disabled artists help preserve Kiribati’s indigenous dance and music, which form the backbone of Kiribati’s cultural memory.
Te Toa Matoa’s disabled musicians have asked for UUSC’s support in replacing musical instruments and equipment that were ruined by storm-related water damage. UUSC has responded to this request by committing to raise $100,000 for Te Toa Matoa. Unitarian Universalist affinity and professional groups are collaborating in a first-of-its-kind partnership to support this important work of indigenous cultural preservation.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Please circulate information about this joint project in your congregation. More information is available here.
Please invite your community’s leadership to dedicate a Sunday service to this set of climate change-related needs. A no-cost UUSC video sermon is available here.
In addition, stay tuned as the co-sponsoring organizations develop additional tools and opportunities to support Te Toa Matoa and the climate-impacted peoples of the South Pacific.
by Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Co-Chair, UUSC Board of Trustees
Religious Professionals Call to Sponsor DRUUMM’s Public Worship
We invite your UU congregation or organization to sign-on to this Open Letter to amplify DRUUMM’s 2025 Public Worship across Unitarian Universalism. DRUUMM’s 5th Annual Public Worship scheduled for Thursday, 8:00 PM Eastern, May 15 2025—a cornerstone event for our faith that uplifts the voices, stories, and spiritual leadership of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in Unitarian Universalism.
This section includes contributions from people in the UUMFE community.
If you have something you made and want us to consider including it in our next eNews, check and see if it aligns with our content guidelines. If you think it's a good fit, please email comms@uumfe.org.
This section includes contributions from organizations who are partners with UUMFE in the work of climate justice in Unitarian Universalism, such as the UU Climate Justice Coalition.
UUA Side With Love:
What's next after the Revival? Revival Community of Practice
March 12, 2025
7:00pm ET • 6:00pm CT • 5:00pm MT • 4:00pm PT
So you held a Climate Justice Revival… now what? Come together with other UUs who are also moving through the Rest, Celebrate, Reflect, Synthesize, Organize process following the Revival. Learn together! Make Connections! Move Climate Justice forward together. This informal gathering will provide ample time for conversation and brainstorming next steps together. Register here to join us.
Working with the New Green Sanctuary Materials
March 19, 2025 7:00pm ET • 6:00pm CT • 5:00pm MT • 4:00pm PT
In February, we released the new Green Sanctuary materials which are designed to be more manageable, accessible, and impactful for all congregations! During our March meeting, we'll hear from one of the Green Sanctuary teams working through the materials. The UU Church of Berkeley will share how they're Exploring the Possibilities for Mitigation. Learn from each other and build community! Come together for shared learning and mutual supports with other UUs transforming our congregations through climate justice! Green Sanctuary Community meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month at 4PT - 5MT - 6CT - 7ET for 90 minutes. Register here to join us.
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC):
NO MAS – Veterans Call for UU Support in Addressing the Climate Impacts of Military Air Shows
March 13, 2025 8:00pm ET • 7:00pm CT • 6:00pm MT • 5:00pm PT
“Wake up to the Climate Crisis” will examine the US military’s relationship to the climate crisis and what we can do to raise awareness as we move from Empire to Earth Community. Specifically, Gary Butterfield will examine the Veterans For Peace’s “No MAS” (No Military Air Shows) initiative to end the polluting and wasteful Blue Angels and Thunderbirds aerial acrobatics over our cities. Register here.
UU College of Social Justice:
Creative Lament workshop
April 9, 2025 7:00pm ET • 6:00pm CT • 5:00pm MT • 4:00pm PT
Led by Rev. JeKaren Bell, participants will explore the practice of lamentation and the ways it could provide support in times of grief and sorrow. Participants are invited to craft their own personalized laments through the power of words and art. This workshop will be recorded—register to receive it after the event. Click here to register.
UUA QUUest Camps:
Immerse Youth in UU Values & Earth Justice at UUA QUUest Camps!
This summer, Camp Blue Boat (Idaho) and QUUest Mountain West (Wyoming) will provide transformative week-long experiences for UU middle and high school youth. In partnership with the UU College of Social Justice, we’re integrating justice work, including environmental stewardship, into daily camp life. From worship under the stars to hands-on activities that connect spiritual practice and Earth care, youth will spend the week immersed in what it means to live their UU values in harmony with the planet.
Registration is now open for current 5th-12th graders with an early bird discount through March 15th. Learn more and support this vital ministry atuua.org/pwrcamp.
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC):
The UUSC launches the Resistance Network.
We are living in a time of escalating injustice, but also powerful resistance. Those in power seek to divide us, weaken our movements, and strip away fundamental rights—but we know that justice is only possible when we build solidarity together. Our faith in human dignity, our belief in collective liberation, and our commitment to justice call us to act.
Yesterday, the UUSC launched the Resistance Network—a mobilization hub designed to take immediate action when civil liberties, democracy, and human rights are at risk. The threats we face are vast, but history shows us that resistance works when we act together. The Resistance Network is an opportunity to live our values as Unitarian Universalists and take collective action.
The Unitarian Church in Charleston:
The Unitarian Church in Charleston is making strides in supporting Environmental Justice in South Carolina.
State-wide we have allied ourselves with the South Carolina Unitarian Universalist Justice Alliance with our Allies the South Carolina Conservation Coalition. The team focuses on the adoption of clean, affordable, reliable, and equitable energy policies and programs in South Carolina including renewable electricity generation, energy efficiency measures, clean transportation, and other emission-reduction strategies and fighting bills that continue supporting fossil fuels over renewable energy sources.
We work as a member of the Charleston Justice Area Ministry (CAJM) CAJM opposes the development of the WestEdge apartment, office and retail complex plan to cap off and obliterate Gadsden Creek and its surrounding wetlands and build a massive, 12-story complex that will hover over a residential area, blocking breezes from the Ashley River and creating a heat island. Gadsden Creek is one of the last tidal creek’s on the peninsula and is located in Gadsden Green, a historically African American neighborhood that has been the recipient of environmental justice for over 50 years in Charleston.
This section includes ways to treat yourself for your commitment to climate justice work!
Click here to read the recipe on Rainbow Plant Life!
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