UPLIFT Action Launch Recording & Opportunities to Take Action Together
We are so excited to organize with Unitarian Universalists like you who are committed to promoting LGBTQIA+, Gender, and Reproductive Justice. With the sacred right to bodily autonomy being attacked on multiple fronts, our presence as people of faith is critical to lives all around the country. Fueled by the joy that is this prophetic and powerful community, it’s time for all of us to take action together! You can find more opportunities to learn & act together at the Side With Love Action Center, but here are some highlights from our launch party from October 13, 2022.
Don’t forget to sign up for the UPLIFT Action Newsletter so you can continue to get more updates about ways to connect and take action together!
QUUer the Vote
With the 2022 Election season ending in 24 days, it is time for us to QUUer the Vote and make sure all of us have the right to say what happens to our own bodies. With reproductive freedom on the ballot in multiple states, making sure people vote our values is crucial to our collective access to bodily autonomy.
Friday, October 14 Phonebank to Detroiters with MUUSJN & Michigan United to support the Reproductive Freedom for All Act
Monday, October 24 SURJ Phonebank to Kentucky Voters to Prevent the Constitutional Abortion Ban
Weekly Monday UU the Vote Text Banks to Michigan to support the Reproductive Freedom For All Act
Learn & Organize in Your Congregation for Reproductive Justice
The movement for reproductive justice is rooted in bodily autonomy for ANY BODY that can become pregnant and/or parent a child. Abortion access is part of the work, but it’s not the only way our bodies and lives are being restricted in our reproductive journeys. Learn more and mobilize within your congregation by participating in one or both of these upcoming trainings!
SACReD Reproductive Dignity Curriculum Training for Congregations (10/23 or 11/9)
Congregational Reproductive Justice Training for Teams (Two-Part Series)
Phone Bank with the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey
In just a few days, the National Center for Transgender Equality, Trans Latin@ Coalition, Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, and National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliancewill lauch the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey (USTS). The USTS is the largest survey of trans people in the United States, collecting data that will inform media, educators, policymakers, and the general public, on issues critical to trans lives and experiences. Help be part of this crucial project that covers topics such as health, employment, income, the criminal justice system and more. Learn more here and sign up to phone bank with the USTS starting October 19!
UPLIFT Monthly Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space
Join the UPLIFT monthly gatherings focused on trans, nonbinary, and other not (completely or at all) cis UUs. Join us to connect with other trans/nonbinary UUs and co-create support and community across our faith. All you need to bring is yourself (and other trans/nonbinary friends, if you’d like)!
These gatherings focus on getting to know each other and on sharing our collective dreams, ideas, and talents for this space. Expansive definitions of trans, nonbinary, and UU all apply. If you are interested in this space, and you aren’t cisgender, it’s a space for you.
NOTE: This space is intentionally multi-generational. It is open to and welcoming of trans/nonbinary elders as well as children, youth, and young adults. Standard UUA online safety measures apply to ensure all people under 18 are able to attend. We're glad to have you here!