Announcing the 2024 Good Trouble Congregations!
This year over fifty congregations became Good Trouble Congregations!
In 2022, we launched the Good Trouble Congregational program as an opportunity for congregations to participate in bold, ambitious voter contact and organizing work.
In 2024, 53 congregations - over double our 2022 congregational participants - are being recognized as 2024 Good Trouble Congregations.
These congregations went above and beyond to expand collaboration between congregations, contact hundreds of thousands of potential voters and show up at hundreds of local actions, canvasses and public events. This year, we expanded our organizing criteria to include ballot initiative work and the many creative tactics local organizers use to recruit volunteers, register voters and grow relationships within our broader communities.
What is a Good Trouble Congregation?
Good Trouble Congregations are congregations that answer the call to organize their communities and engage in the multiple and necessary tactics that will help us win big for our communities. Let’s all do our part to build a multi-racial democracy by becoming a Good Trouble Congregation.
In 2024, congregations met two or more criteria in each of the two categories below.
Organizing
Turn out 5 percent of members at a partner public action / witness
Turn out 10 percent of members at UUTV political education event
GT team table or canvasses at three (or more) public events
At least 2 congregants are line warmers, poll workers, Election Defenders, or non-partisan poll observers.
Reach 20 percent volunteer engagement in GT programming
Act as Ballot Initiative Petition Hub or other ballot-related site
Voter Contact
Average 20 postcards or letters per member
Average 200 text messages per member
Average 20 calls per member
Average 20 doorknocks per member
Average 10 ballot petition signatures per member
The 2024 Good Trouble Congregations
AZ - Chandler - Valley UU
AZ - Surprise - UU Congregation of Surprise
CA - Berkeley - UU Church of Berkeley
CA - Grass Valley, UU Community of the Mountains
CA - Marin - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
CA - Newbury Park - UU Fellowship of the Conejo Valley
CA - Redwood City - UU Fellowship of Redwood City
CA - San Francisco -First UU Society of San Francisco
CO - Colorado Springs, All Souls
CO - Longmont - Longmont UU Presence
CT - New Haven - Unitarian Society of New Haven
CT - New London - All Souls UU Congregation of New London
CT - Woodbury - Mattatuck UU Society
DC - All Souls Church Unitarian Universalist
DE - Wilmington - First Unitarian Church of Wilmington
FL - North Palm Beach - First UU Congregation of Palm Beaches
FL - Sarasota - Unitarian Universalists of Sarasota
GA - Athens - UU Fellowship of Athens
GA - Dahlonega, Georgia Mountains UU Church
GA - UU Metro Atlanta North Congregation
ID - Boise UU Fellowship
IL - Evanston - Unitarian Church of Evanston
IL - Naperville, DuPage UU Church
IL- Bloomington - UU Church of Bloomington-Normal
IN - Indianapolis - UU Church of Indianapolis
MA - Billerica - The First Parish Church in Billerica
MA - Concord - First Parish in Concord
MA - Worcester - UU Church of Worcester
MD - Frederick - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
MI - Escanaba, UU Bay de Noc Fellowship
MI - Farmington Hills - Universalist Unitarian Church of Farmington
MI - Grand Rapids - All Souls Community Church
MI - Mt. Pleasant - UU Fellowship of Central Michigan
MI - Traverse City, UU Congregation of Grand Traverse
MN - Inver Grove, Dakota UU Church
MN - Mankato - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato
NC - Lenoir - UU Congregation of Caldwell County
NE - Omaha - Second Unitarian Church of Omaha
NJ - Cherry Hill - Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill
NM - Rio Rancho, UU Westside Congregation
NM - Santa Fe - The UU Congregation of Santa Fe
NY - Freeport - South Nassau UU Congregation
NY - Schenectady - UU Society of Schenectady
OH - Toledo - First Unitarian Church of Toledo
OR - Portland - First Unitarian Church
SC - Aiken - Aiken UU Church
SC - Charleston - Unitarian Church in Charleston
SC - Spartanburg - UU Church of Spartanburg
TX - Houston - First UU Church of Houston
WI - Ephraim - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County
WI - Hartland - Lake Country UU Church
WI - Milwaukee - First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee
WI - Racine - Olympia Brown UU Church
As we build the next phase of UU the Vote work and programming, we hope to continue to offer a variety of on-ramps for congregational organizing work.
