Dilley Detention Center National UU Action Hour: Follow-Up Resources
Thank you to the over 300 people who joined us for yesterday's powerful UU Action Hour in solidarity with the children and families detained at the Dilley Detention Center in partnership with the Texas UU Justice Ministry. As promised, here are the upcoming opportunities to take action. And please do continue making calls using yesterday’s Action Hour Doc.
A note from Rev. Erin
Dear UUs far and wide,
The Texas UU Justice Ministry cannot thank you enough for being alongside us yesterday. It was beautiful and powerful and then scary and traumatic, and your support added to our courage and peace in the face of state violence. I felt such hope rippled through Dilley’s Watermelon Park when I told people that a national call was happening at the same time. Please keep up the pressure on our government to end this violence and to free families.
With love from Texas,
Rev. Erin Walter, TXUUJM
TXUUJM invites you to:
Image description: Aerial photo of several hundred protestors carrying signs covering a two-lane road at the march to Dilley.
Actions today and tomorrow
Texas UU Justice Ministry's Action Hour - TODAY, Thursday, January 29th, 5:00 pm PT / 6:00 MT / 7:00 CT / 8:00 ET on ZOOM. Following their action at the Dilley Detention Centers in South Texas, join TXUUJM for their weekly action hour, which will continue the demand that Dilley Detention Center be closed immediately. Register Here.
UU Justice NC’s ICE OUT Action Hour - Friday January 30th at 8:00 am PDT / 9:00 MT/ 10:00 CT / 11:00 ET. Join UUs across North Carolina and the country in making calls to strategic members of congress to vote no on funding for ICE and CBP in the DHS Bill and for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. We will also call on Hilton, Target, Home Depot, Enterprise Rental Car and Delta Airlines to call for ICE out of Minneapolis. Register Here.
Action to Share - UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ) Call to oppose ICE funding. Please widely promote this easy UUSJ tool to tell your senators Oppose Funding for ICE and CBP in FY2026 DHS Bill.
ICE OUT! National UU Week of Action
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ICE Out Phone Call Blitz to Congress - Monday 2/2–Friday 2/6. Join UUs across the country in creating an unbroken chain of phone calls to key members of congress every three minutes for 40-straight business hours from Monday, February 2nd–Friday, February 6th. Your community / congregation is invited to participate by sponsoring one hour of time. Your responsibility would be to recruit 20 people to make the call at a specific time (3 minutes apart from another) within your hour. If your community would like to participate, register here as soon as possible.
ICE Out! National UU Week of Action - February 1–7. In this time of moral crisis, our faith calls us to live our values through courageous and prophetic action. Join Unitarian Universalists across the country for a national Week of Action against the violent, immoral actions of ICE. The week will include a 40-hour phone call blitz to Congress, five straight days of virtual action hours led by UU State Action Networks, and the kick-off session of the UU Solidarity Initiative. Events will be posted on Side with Love’s event calendar soon.
“Freedom for Families in 2026: Ending Family Separation, Detention, and Deportation” on Monday, February 2nd at 5 PM ET/ 4 PM CT/ 2 PM PT on Zoom. You will hear the latest updates from Dilley, stories from families, and receive new messaging guidance and advocacy tools for calling for an end to family detention. Register here!
Solidarity Sessions hosted by the UU Solidarity Initiative launch next week. Sign up. First and third Thursdays of the month, 1:30pm PT / 4:30pm ET starting February 5th.
First Thursdays will include top-level updates and time for connection and shared learning
Third Thursdays will be deeper dives into the administrative updates and the impact the changes will have on folks seeking immigration relief. (e.g., Naturalization, DACA, asylum, TPS, victim’s services, etc.)
In Solidarity,
UU Solidarity Initiative team
