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Unitarian Church of Sharon
4 N. Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-3652
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Church Initiatives
Our church has provided recent or ongoing support to the following organizations and programs, with advocacy through action (including education, letters, petitions, postcards) and with financial and/or material contributions and support.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence: a Boston-based coalition of individuals and organizations aiming to eliminate family violence and to strengthen Asian families and communities.
Bikes Not Bombs: a non-profit organization working for alternative transportation and community development.
Clean Water Action: a national organization of diverse people and groups working together for clean water, protecting health, creating jobs and making democracy work.
Equal Exchange: a Fair Trade company that offers organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by democratically-run farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Faithful America: a program of the National Council of Churches, USA. Provides online opportunities to impact current political issues and help bring a progressive voice of faith to public debate.
Father Bill's Place & MainSpring House: provides essential services to meet the needs of homeless individuals and families in southeast Massachusetts. In addition to fundraising for the Coalition, our church prepares and delivers 85 brown bag lunches monthly to the Brockton shelter, MainSpring House.
HealthCare Nepal: dedicated to improving health care and education in rural and remote areas of Nepal.
International Rescue Committee: serves refugees and communities victimized by oppression or violent conflict worldwide, through emergency relief, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement assistance, and advocacy.
Minister's Discretionary Fund (Unitarian Church of Sharon): provides funds for our minister to respond to members of the community who request aid in times of crisis.
Neponset River Watershed Association: NepRWA works to protect and restore the Neponset River, its tributaries and surrounding watershed lands for the benefit of present and future generations.
Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry: supports civil marriage rights for same-sex couples and families as a matter of religious freedom and civil rights, with coalition members representing 23 faith traditions.
Save Darfur: utilizes media outreach, public education, targeted coalition building, and grassroots mobilization to pressure policymakers and other decision-makers in the United States and abroad to help the people of the Darfur region of Sudan.
Sharon-Stoughton Food Pantry: provides nutritious food to those in need. Contributions of canned goods are collected in a basket in the vestry and a volunteer delivers them to the Pantry.
Taunton River Watershed Alliance: The TRWA is a non-profit alliance of concerned individuals, businesses and organizations who are dedicated to protecting and restoring the Taunton River watershed, its tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, river corridors and wildlife.
UUA-UUSC
Gulf Coast Relief Fund: established in 2005 to
assist in the recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council:
fosters and supports partner relationships between North American congregations
and congregations, schools, and agencies in countries where partnering
is sought and welcomed, including Romania, Hungary, India, the Philippines,
and the Czech Republic. Information about our partnership with a church
in Gyulakuta, Romania can be found in the Fellowship
section of this
site.
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee: advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies.
Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry: seeks to build bridges of understanding and mutuality so that people in various economic circumstances, from Boston and from its suburbs, can work together to effect change. Current efforts are concentrated primarily in two areas: domestic violence and at-risk youth, especially those in the greater Roxbury area.
WINGS: in conjunction with partner organizations, provides information, financial resources, and access to reproductive health services to low-income, rural and/or indigenous Guatemalans.
Women's Lunch Place: a daytime shelter in Boston where homeless and poor women and their children find support, friendship, a nutritious home-cooked meal, and a safe haven from the streets.
Contact the Social Justice Committee
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