Engage with the UU Climate Justice Revival with Ease and Joy
Did you know that almost 300 congregations are hosting a UU Climate Justice Revival! How amazing! In just a few days, the registered congregations will receive all of the materials to host a Revival. If you haven’t signed your congregation up yet, there’s still time! But… maybe you’re saying to yourself…
"Aw, we can’t join the Revival because [insert time conflict here]!"
If you’re one of the many people thinking this, I’m here to tell you that YOU CAN HOST YOUR REVIVAL ANY TIME AFTER SEPTEMBER 28!
Seriously. The Revival is responsive to your unique needs and context. If you need to host the Revival in October, later in the year, or even in 2025, that’s fine! ✨ REGISTER TODAY ✨
“Yeah, but we rent our space and have limited access to it. We can’t reserve it for the dialogs.”
Bummer! But you can STILL host a Revival! In the soon-to-be-released Facilitator’s Toolkit, we’ve crafted several sample schedules to help congregations figure out what would work best for them. Revival activities are super flexible and can be modified in many different ways. We’ve included several options for the Day 1 Dialogs:
Quick and Easy: Afternoon Revival with Snacks
Slow and Steady: Full Day Revival with Lunch and Snacks (and Optional Videos and Longer Breaks)
The More the Merrier: Revival + Community Fair
Saturday Dialogs
Revival dialogs take place for one hour over four days
Here’s a sneak peak of the “How do we schedule the Revival” section of the Toolkit. You can make this schedule work in a variety of ways—whatever suits your congregation. You could host one-hour meetings on Zoom over the course of four Wednesdays or your congregation could have volunteers host house parties for the dialogs and a potluck. Be creative! If you’re still not sure how to swing it, email us at UURevival@UUA.org. We can brainstorm ideas! ✨ REGISTER TODAY ✨
“We really want to do the Revival, but our budget is t-i-i-i-ght! Is there any support for congregations who need some extra help to host a Revival?”
We sure understand that! The UU Climate Justice Revival is designed to be accessible to all congregations, regardless of size or resources.
Thanks to the generous support of the UUA and Revival sponsors, we are offering mini-grants to support congregations who need additional resources to be able to host a Revival. If this sounds like you, ✨ REGISTER TODAY ✨ and then fill out this UU Climate Justice Revival Mini-Grant Support Request form to let us know the kind of support you need. There are limited funds available, so we can't guarantee every request will be filled, but we’re going to do our very best to make it happen!
“Ok, so now that we’re registered and ready to go, what can we do to get our congregation excited!?
So much!
You can start getting your team together with the Welcome Packet
Read and share this awesome article about the Revival!
Start identifying your volunteer facilitators
Mark August 1 on your calendar and start counting down the days to the materials release!
Register for Info Sessions and Facilitator Trainings
Host watch parties of Side With Love’s new Climate at the Intersections video series, including Climate Justice is Social Justice with Rachel Myslivy, Climate Justice Strategist
Climate Justice is Economic Justice with Nicole Pressley, Organizing Strategy Team Director
Climate Justice and UU Values with Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, UUA Director of Communications and Public Ministry