UU Climate Justice Revival
As climate change rocks our world, there is a spirit at work in the congregations and movements committed to justice.
As we make the connections between climate and justice, we are called to re-imagine what it means to do this urgent work in community.
How can our climate work be:
Less isolated, more connected;
Less anxious, more nourishing; and
Less limited; more visionary?
See what congregations did for their UU Climate Revival!
Congregations came together to:
Collectively envision a future for the world we want to create together;
Build capacity and skills to work together;
Nourish relationships and cultivate connections; and
Elevate ideas and prioritize actions that advance justice in our communities.
Participating Congregations
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Congregations will experience:
—A two-day facilitated event designed to develop skills to advance intersectional climate justice;
—Space to nourish relationships, build capacity, collectively envision our future, and chart a course for shared ministry and actions that advance climate justice while transforming congregations; and
—Deepened relationships within our congregations, holding complexity and crafting narratives that build a brighter future for all.
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The UU Climate Justice Revival takes place in congregations and communities across the country. While each congregation’s revival will look a little different, everyone engages in the same process with the same resources.
Day 1: Facilitated Conversations
Designed to nourish relationships, make connections, build capacity, vision the future, and chart a course of actions, these facilitated conversations will include creative engagements, music, relationship building activities, and congregational connections that will advance intersectional climate actions with justice at the center. Congregations will designate at least two people to facilitate the conversations; these facilitators will receive a toolkit, training, and support to host the activities.
Day 2: Worship and Advocacy
The UU Climate Justice Revival worship services will engage the whole congregation with the same spirit of intention as the dialogs. Congregations will receive worship materials, sample sermons, recordings and sheet music of the song commissioned to celebrate the revival. Following worship services, congregations will join a national advocacy hour.
The UU Climate Justice Revival Overview provides some more detail. The planning team is “preparing the soil” and “planting the seeds” so that congregations can “grow together”!
Through 2024 and early 2025, congregations hosted UU Climate Justice Revivals to collectively reimagine a spirit-filled and liberatory future. Through conversations, worship, and advocacy, congregations worked together to realize climate justice and collective liberation in our communities.
Host a UU Climate Justice Revival in your congregation today!
