Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Queer Holiday Market
2025-12-13 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, 07960
Dec 13th, 1-5pm
Morristown UU Fellowship
21 Normandy Heights Rd,
Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
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Welcome to our Queer Holiday Maker’s Market, where you can discover unique gifts and support local LGBTQ+ artists and makers! Join us for a festive gathering filled with handmade treasures, art, crafts, and more. Get into the holiday spirit while shopping for one-of-a-kind items that celebrate diversity and creativity. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to shop local, shop queer, and spread some holiday cheer!
Proceeds benefit the work of the Fellowship to create a welcome and inclusive community.
We will also collect scarves, beanies, gloves, socks, ear warmers, and sweaters/cardigans to be donated to Knit the Rainbow.
Vendors Needed
We are looking creative members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community to vend at our Second Annual Queer Holiday Maker’s Market on December 13th from 1-5 pm.
We want to create a safe space to highlight the creative talents of the Queer Community. We are looking for folks to sell their handmade creations.
We have space for 40 vendors and expect 200-300 people. Each 6’ ft table is $25 for the 4 hours.
If you are interested in vending, please fill out this application

HOLD for People's Agenda Lobbying
2025-12-15 | NJ State House, 125 West State Street, Trenton, 08625

Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
2025-12-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us on the third Monday of the month from 7–8 PM for our UU statewide Criminal Justice Reform call, where we strategize around issues like racial justice, mass incarceration, prison conditions and more.
For the Zoom or phone dial-up information to join the call, and/or to get on the email list for upcoming meetings and events, please contact admin@uufaithaction.org.

UUA Central East Region BIPOC Monthly Gathering
2025-12-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
If you identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC), you’re warmly invited to the UUA Central East Region’s monthly BIPOC gathering—a virtual space for connection, reflection, and spiritual grounding. We meet on Zoom every third Wednesday at 6:30pm ET. All BIPOC lay folks, leaders, and religious professionals are welcome.

Register today!

UUFANJ Board Meeting
2025-12-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Members/supporters of UU FaithAction NJ are welcome to attend our monthly all-volunteer Board meetings. To access online meetings (all meetings from March 2020 onward will be conducted online) via the Zoom conferencing platform, please contact Board President Mia Morse, at mia.morse19@gmail.com, and request the Zoom login code. You must give at least 48 hours notice to request the code to allow our volunteer board members enough time to reply.
In the event you do not hear back with 48 hours notice, please contact Executive Director Charles Loflin, at execdir@uufaithaction.org or at (908) 376-6535.
As per our bylaws, the board leadership reserves the right to call an executive session of the board to discuss matters not appropriate for a more public conversation.

IJTF Monthly Meeting
2025-12-18 20:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-15 20:00 - 21:00
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Third Friday Action Hour
2025-12-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
“Friday Action Hour” — The 1st & 3rd Friday of every month!
Join us at 12 noon, on Zoom, to TAKE ACTION together!
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At our 2023 Fall Issues Conference, we officially announced the launch of a new initiative for UU FaithAction NJ—”First Fridays Action Hour.” Our Action Hour is inspired by and modeled after the successful program of our sibling state action network, UU Justice North Carolina.
UU FaithAction NJ now hosts a one-hour Zoom meeting on the first & third Friday of every month, 12 noon to 1pm. During that time, we take action together, in real-time! For those who cannot join us at 12pm on Friday, we provide a Google Doc with all necessary instructions.
An action could be almost anything, like making a phone call to key legislators to express your support for a bill. We briefly outline the talking points, provide you with a sample script and then the phone number of the legislators to call. And you make the call right there—in real time.
You don’t have to prepare. You don’t have to commit to coming to every single Action Hour. This is not a committee, nor a commitment—it is a come-as-you-are-able opportunity!
Can’t join us on a particular Friday, or maybe noon is just never gonna work for your schedule? No problem! The Google Doc will have all the information you need so that you can take the action at a time convenient for you. Not only that— we hope you will share the action with your congregation or community, and our one little pebble can start to produce ripples.

Friday Action Hour
2025-12-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
“Friday Action Hour” — Every Friday
Join us at 12 noon, on Zoom, to TAKE ACTION together!
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Join us on Zoom!
Topic: Friday Action Hour
Every Friday, 12 PM
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At our 2023 Fall Issues Conference, we officially announced the launch of a new initiative for UU FaithAction NJ—”First Fridays Action Hour.” Our Action Hour is inspired by and modeled after the successful program of our sibling state action network, UU Justice North Carolina.
UU FaithAction NJ now hosts a one-hour Zoom meeting on the every Friday, 12 noon to 1pm. During that time, we take action together, in real-time! For those who cannot join us at 12pm on Friday, we provide a Google Doc with all necessary instructions.
An action could be almost anything, like making a phone call to key legislators to express your support for a bill. We briefly outline the talking points, provide you with a sample script and then the phone number of the legislators to call. And you make the call right there—in real time.
You don’t have to prepare. You don’t have to commit to coming to every single Action Hour. This is not a committee, nor a commitment—it is a come-as-you-are-able opportunity!
Can’t join us on a particular Friday, or maybe noon is just never gonna work for your schedule? No problem! The Google Doc will have all the information you need so that you can take the action at a time convenient for you. Not only that— we hope you will share the action with your congregation or community, and our one little pebble can start to produce ripples.

Gender Inclusive Holiday Clothing Swap
2025-12-20 10:00 - 15:00 | Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960
Dec 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Morristown UU
21 Normandy Heights Rd
Morristown, NJ 07960
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Refresh your wardrobe and support community this holiday season! The NJ Queer and Trans Makers Market invites you to a Gender-Inclusive Holiday Clothing Swap, a welcoming space for people of all genders, bodies, and styles to exchange gently used clothing and accessories.
Bring clothing that no longer fits or feels right and find new pieces that affirm your identity and express your style. We especially encourage size-inclusive donations to ensure everyone finds something that works for them.
In the spirit of giving, we’ll also be collecting unopened, nonperishable food and hygiene products for community donation.
Join us for a day of joy, connection, and sustainable fashion!
Sponsored by the NJ Queer and Trans Makers Market and Morristown UU. Celebrate the season with a clothing swap that’s welcoming to all genders, bodies, and styles!

Third Sundays Safe Space
2025-12-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
LGBTQIA+ 9th-12th Graders and their Allies
Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation
4 Waldron Ave, Summit, NJ
3 blocks from the Summit Train Station

Sundays 4-6pm:
2025: 12/21
2026: 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19 and 5/17

Come as you are. Bring a friend or make a new one. There will be a hot meal and good conversation. Relax in a supportive, understanding community.
Contact Us: Administrator@SummitBeacon.org

Environmental Justice Task Force monthly call
2025-12-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Zoom
Monthly Environmental Justice Task Force meeting to discuss current issues, updates and strategies

Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 3:15pm. All are invited.
For more info and to join the call, contact Environmental Justice Task Force EJTF (environment@uufaithaction.org), or administrator (admin@uufaithaction.org).

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2025-12-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around reproductive justice and rights in New Jersey. Join us monthly on the fourth Monday, 7-8 PM.
For Zoom invitation and agenda, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo, Task Force Chair.
Carol A. Loscalzo and Jami Thall are Task Force Co-Chairs. For more information on reproductive justice, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo and Jami Thall.
For general inquiries about our Task Forces, email admin@uufaithaction.org.

Protest: AN ICE DETAINMENT FACILITY IN ROXBURY?
2026-01-03 11:00 - 13:00
Jan 3 11-1pm
Route 46/10 intersection
According to the WaPo, DHS wants to open 16 ICE detainment & warehousing facilities nationwide and one of them in Roxbury. Join us to declare:
NO ICE IN ROXBURY!
Park on Main St near Roosters
Coffee, access via Circle Dr
* It will be cold, dress warmly
* Signs should focus on ICE/DHS and fascism. NO anti-Trump signs The focus is ICE and not politics.
ORGANIZED BY THE WARREN-MORRIS VISIBILITY BRIGADE

More info wcprotester@gmail.com

The Woodlands 🌳🏳️‍⚧️
2026-01-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
The Woodlands: a Monthly Trans/Nonbinary Pastoral Care Space
The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people.
Each session will begin with a shared message and grounding ritual, followed by breakout rooms tailored to different communities within our circle, and we come back together for a release. Sessions will be about an hour and a half.
Each breakout room—co-facilitated by two chaplains—will offer space for meaningful check-ins where we can honor our grief, celebrate our joy, and support one another. The spirit of each room will reflect the people within it.
For example:

🌲 The Sequoias Room: for parents and caregivers of trans people
🌱 The Saplings Room: for trans children and youth
🌳 The Sycamores Room: for trans adults

Our first gathering will be on Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 4pm ET
REGISTER NOW

Rally to Protect Trans Health Care
2026-01-05 11:00 - 13:00
Monday, January 5, 11am – 1pm EST
New Jersey Statehouse Annex Courtyard
145 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08608
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Help protect transgender rights! 🏳️‍⚧️ Join us to rally outside of the Statehouse Annex and demand that leadership immediately pass Bill S3491/A4656 to protect access to necessary health care for transgender patients and providers.
This bill is urgent, and time is running out: While transgender and nonbinary youth, their families and medical providers face escalating national attacks, NJ’s Senate and Assembly leadership have allowed this critical bill to languish. With support from 75% of Democratic legislators plus thousands of community calls for action, the problem is not a lack of support — it’s gatekeeping. And when health care and lives are at risk, it’s DANGEROUS.
Bring signs and loud voices. Trans lives depend upon it! Join this statewide grassroots coalition led by transgender community members, parents, providers, and allies. Coalition partners include WADEIn NJ, SOMA Action, Knitty Gritty JC Social Group, Jersey City LGBTQ Alliance, Indivisible Cranbury, Desi Rainbow, and United Progressive Democrats.

The Gathering: Rooted in Love, Rising for Justice. A Monthly Gathering by Side With Love
2026-01-12 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
What is The Gathering?
Throughout history, people of faith and conscience have come together to resist injustice and build a better world. Now, it’s our time.
The Gathering is a monthly virtual event from Side With Love designed to equip Unitarian Universalists and justice-seekers with the spiritual grounding, political analysis, and collective action needed to rise to the challenges of this moment.
Each month, participants will:

Strengthen their hearts and spirits through spiritual grounding
Gain a deeper understanding of the threats to democracy and justice
Organize with others to block anti-democratic forces and build a just and loving world

​​Join us every Second Monday of the month at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. We will skip July and come back in August

Register here.

Monthly Congregational Liaisons Meeting
2026-01-14 19:00 - 19:45
Our monthly meeting for Liaisons is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm.
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Third Sundays Safe Space
2026-01-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
LGBTQIA+ 9th-12th Graders and their Allies
Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation
4 Waldron Ave, Summit, NJ
3 blocks from the Summit Train Station

Sundays 4-6pm:
2026: 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19 and 5/17

Come as you are. Bring a friend or make a new one. There will be a hot meal and good conversation. Relax in a supportive, understanding community.
Contact Us: Administrator@SummitBeacon.org

Second Annual MLK March of Resistance
2026-01-19 12:00 - 17:00 | 495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, NJ, 495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, 07102, United States
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Join a coalition of over 100 Local Essex County justice organizations to march and resist current policies with the People’s Organization for Progress. http://www.njpop.org/

Sponsored by the People’s Organization for Progress. Endorsed by: Local 108 Retail Wholesale Department Store Union urew ArL-CIo, New sersey Poor reople s Campaign, Nu Family Foundation, inc, cancer Peace and Justice Vigil; Seniors in Action; Let’s Save Paterson; Ceasefire Now NJ; Garden State Equality; Newark NJ Civilian Complaint Review Board; The HUBB Arts and Trauma Center; JFK Democratic Club-Franklin Township Somerset County: Resistencia en Accion NJ: Corey Teague: WSM Associates: CHS Construction: CS2 Developers: River Sand Development; District 1199); Sophia Inclusive Community; New Jersey Black Issues Convention; Latino Action Network, New Jerscy Alance tor Immigrant Justice, New Jersey Community Tor Accountable Policing, wew Jersey Peace Action; Unitarian Universalist Faith Action NJ; Food & Water Watch; Unitarian Universalist Beacon Summit Congregation-Social Action; Leonia Vigil for Peace & Justice; Justice for Drew Coalition; Essex County Federation of Democratic Women; Mt. Airy United Fellowship of Philadelphi, PA; 350-NJ Rockland; Greater Newark Chapter of the National Action Network: Justice and Unity Coalition: Young Professionals for Justice: United Church of Christ of Montclair; Irvington Branch NAACP; Bomba’s Barbershop.

Rapid Response Training
2026-01-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
Sunday, January 25th, 3-5pm
Beacon UU Congregation
4 Waldron Ave,
Summit, NJ 07901
Come and learn about ways to support the community and offer support to our immigrant neighbors!
