Reflecting on the First 100 Days of This Administration

We believe in a world where everyone is free and thriving.
Where democracy is realized.
Where bodies, our identities, and our Earth are honored and sacred.
Where love is not just a feeling—but a force for liberation.

At Side With Love, we act on that belief every single day.

As we mark the first 100 days of this administration, we do so with full hearts. We lament the cruelty on display—from political repression to attacks on our rights and communities—but we also rejoice in the rising: the awakening of thousands to action, resistance, and the power of community.

Some days it feels like we’re walking through a storm with no map—moving through brutal winds of injustice and thick fogs of fear. But even in the storm, we carry something precious: a fire we refuse to let go out.

And that fire? You’ve helped tend it.

You’ve helped build a movement that doesn’t just react to the world as it is—but insists on the world as it could be.

Since the start of this year, we’ve:

🔥 Lit the path toward justice by planning our next big push with UU the Vote, launching a national survey and asset map to collectively and faithfully leverage our people power to meet this moment.
➡️ Take the Asset Map Survey and help grow our collective power. (Email love at uua.org to get the link.)

🌱 Strengthened our roots with the Grounded, Resilient, Responsible toolkit and support for the UUA Community Resilience Hub—offering tools for navigating this moment with clarity, skill, and deep commitment.

🌊 Risen with the tide by organizing across the country for reproductive freedom, trans liberation, climate action, and immigrant justice—through the Side With Love Action Center, your weekly hub for faithful action and political courage.
➡️ Visit the Action Center.

🌿 Transformed leadership into momentum by reimagining the Green Sanctuary program and nurturing networks of lay leaders through Trending SOIL, our spiritually grounded and strategically rich leadership development intensive.
➡️ Learn more about Tending SOIL and our leadership tools.

🌻 Expanded our circle by growing our canopy of collaboration—supporting UU coalitions on immigrant justice, deepening our commitment to reproductive justice through SACReD, resourcing Pink Haven, partnering with UUSJ on federal advocacy, and preparing a powerful Fall 2025 Reproductive Justice training series.

This is what Side With Love is about: not following one playbook, but listening deeply, shifting boldly, and responding with courage to what love demands—right now.

And I truly believe we are building something beautiful.

Not in spite of the struggle—but because of our fierce, faithful commitment to meet it with love, strategy, and imagination.

If this work speaks to your values, help us sustain and expand it.
➡️ Support our collective work with a gift today.

Thank you for everything you’ve poured into this movement. Thank you for tending the flame.

Let’s keep it burning—together.

With deep gratitude and fierce hope,
Nicole Pressley, UUA Director of Organizing Strategy Team
on behalf of the Side With Love Team