Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
2025-05-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

“Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement” | Pt. 1 w/ Emily Parker
2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:15 | Zoom
Join Emily Parker (Communications Director, UUFANJ) for a viewing party of parts 1 and 2 of the 3-part video training series: “Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement.” You are welcome to join us to watch the first two videos together, on May 20th at 7pm, or to view the first two videos on your own time.
Then, be sure to join us on May 27 at 7pm, to watch the final video, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Alex Kapitan!

At our General Assembly in June 2024 the UUA issued the following statement: “On behalf of the member congregations and communities of the UUA, we proclaim that our principles and values unequivocally commit our faith to honor and celebrate the full spectrum of gender identity and expression.”
Our faith tradition calls upon all of us to care for those most at risk. During this time of relentless attack on the trans community, as Unitarian Universalists we stand by trans children, youth and adults. However, in order to be effective allies, and do no harm, we must educate ourselves.
We invite all UU clergy, staff, members and friends to please join us for a special program, “Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement,” presented by our UU Faith Action NJ Reproductive Justice Task Force and the Transforming Hearts Collective.
“Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement” is a 3-part video series. Participants are asked to watch the first two videos prior to our program. We will then gather over Zoom on May 27, 2025 at 7pm to watch the final video, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Alex Kapitan.

Registration is forthcoming.
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Environmental Justice Task Force monthly call
2025-05-21 15:15 - 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 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. 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).

Friday Action Hour
2025-05-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-27 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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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.

"Have I Got a Story for You" | Rev. Charles at Dorothea Dix UU
2025-05-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community of Bordentown, New Jersey, 08505, 39 Park St, Bordentown, 08505, United States
Join Rev. Charles Loflin, Executive Director of UU FaithAction NJ, at the Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community of Bordentown, New Jersey, on May 25th, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
The Sunday service will be presented live at 39 Park St. at 10:00 a.m. and streamed over ZOOM

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“Have I Got a Story for You.” Storytelling is a powerful means of gathering and communicating information, literally helping us make sense of the world. Stories are wondrous things. However, author and lecturer Thomas King reminds us that they are also dangerous, as he warns, “Don’t say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story. You’ve heard it now.” Led by Rev. Charles Loflin, Executive Director of UU FaithAction NJ.

“Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement” | Finale w/ Alex Kapitan
2025-05-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
At our General Assembly in June 2024 the UUA issued the following statement: “On behalf of the member congregations and communities of the UUA, we proclaim that our principles and values unequivocally commit our faith to honor and celebrate the full spectrum of gender identity and expression.”
Our faith tradition calls upon all of us to care for those most at risk. During this time of relentless attack on the trans community, as Unitarian Universalists we stand by trans children, youth and adults. However, in order to be effective allies, and do no harm, we must educate ourselves.
We invite all UU clergy, staff, members and friends to please join us for a special program, “Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement,” presented by UU Faith Action NJ, our Reproductive Justice Task Force and Alex Kapitan of the Transforming Hearts Collective.
“Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement” is a 3-part video series. Participants are asked to watch the first two videos prior to our program. We will then gather over Zoom on May 27, 2025 at 7pm to watch the final video, followed by a discussion and Q & A moderated by Alex Kapitan.
Zr. Alex Kapitan, Facilitator
Zr. Alex Kapitan is a community minister, educator, consultant and anti-oppression activist. A trans and queer lifelong Unitarian Universalist, Alex has been working for almost two decades helping people expand their understandings, open their hearts, and practice solidarity across lines of gender, sexuality, race, class, dis/ability, age and more, along with helping congregations engage in culture shift. Alex previously worked at the national headquarters of the Unitarian Universalist Association supporting Welcoming Congregation, anti-racism, and social justice programming, and has served on numerous faith-based LGBTQ leadership bodies.
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UPLIFT Trans/Non-Binary Gathering
2025-05-27 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
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UPLIFT Gatherings
Fourth Tuesdays September-June
1.5 hours starting at 8 Eastern Time/7 Central Time/6 Mountain Time/5 Pacific Time
Join the UPLIFT monthly gatherings for trans, nonbinary, and other not-entirely-or-at-all-cis UUs and friends of UUism. Join us to connect with other trans/nonbinary+ UUs and co-create support and community across our faith. All you need to bring is yourself (and other trans/nonbinary friends, if you’d like)! Non-UUs are welcome if they are OK with being in a UU-focused community (we won’t proselytize). If you are interested in this space, and you aren’t (entirely or at all) cisgender, it’s a space for you.
What do we do during the gatherings? They are a cozy community space where we connect with each other with games and breakout groups, share ideas and stories on all kinds of topics, listen to music and poetry (often by trans/nonbinary+ creators), and much more!
This is a drop-in space, where folks can come and go as works best for them, and where people can join us at any time. You can be a regular or someone new, someone who’s been curious for a while but hasn’t yet checked us out, somebody who is rejoining after time away, and all other ways of relating to this space! You are welcome here, and you are loved.
Check out our covenant if you’re wondering more about how we are in community together.
All-Ages Community
This space is intentionally multi-generational. It is open to and welcoming of trans/nonbinary elders as well as children, youth, and young adults. Standard UUA online safety measures apply to ensure all people under 18 are able to attend. We’re glad to have you here!
Accessibility Information
Closed captioning will be available, and any common chat content will also be spoken aloud. Please be mindful of processing and communication access, and speak one at a time. The meeting will not be recorded, and participation, as well as what is shared, will be confidential. There is no requirement to appear on video or to otherwise maintain “conventional” appearances. Any additional accessibility needs? Let us know by emailing lgbtq@uua.org or aballou@uua.org! We’ll do our best to ensure you can fully access the space.
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UU FaithAction NJ Annual Meeting
2025-05-31 10:15 - 15:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, 268 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ, 08560, United States
Our 2025 Annual Meeting will be on Saturday, May 31st, at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing and online via Zoom.
⭐ ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3959677233?omn=87040026017

This year’s meeting will be divided into three parts:

Business Meeting – 10:30am to 12 noon

We’ll celebrate the accomplishments and acknowledge the challenges of the past year. Congregational delegates will vote on the proposed Budget and the slate of nominees to our Board of Trustees. Our business meeting free and open to the public (not just to congregational delegates).

Lunch – 12pm to 12:45pm

This year we’ll share a meal and fellowship together. We are looking forward to this time, especially considering that we made the decision to cancel the Gala we had planned for February.

Afternoon Session – 1pm to 3pm

We’ll reconvene for an afternoon session that will feature a presentation from each of our Task Forces — Criminal Justice Reform, Environmental Justice, Immigration Justice, and Reproductive Justice. We believe it is important at this time for our congregations to dig deep into the core issues confronting our task forces in New Jersey, focusing particularly on the intersectional aspects of our work .
Our annual meeting will conclude with an overview of our strategic priorities for the year ahead.

Please join us for this important day!
WHAT: UU FaithAction NJ 2025 Annual Meeting
WHEN: Saturday, May 31st, 10:30am – 3pm (🥪 lunch provided)
WHERE: UU Church at Washington Crossing & on Zoom
COST TO ATTEND: Free; registration required
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IJTF Monthly Meeting
2025-06-05 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-03 20:00 - 21:00
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Blessed are the Fierce Brunch
2025-06-07 11:00 - 14:00 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
Come for a family fun affair with some yummy food, wonderful performances, and music.

All proceeds will go to Beacon’s LGBTQ Ministry including out LGBTQ Youth Group which launches in September.
$20 for individuals, $50 for families
Featuring Robin Rose Quartz, Lady Celestina, and Chase Runaway
Host: Lady Celestina
Music: DJ Jersey

Pride Choir Concert: "Bend Don't Break"
2025-06-07 19:00 - 20:30
Pride Choir’s 4th concert “Bend Don’t Break” is a concert of determination, inspiration, and hope. It features the music of Tracy Chapman, Pentatonix, Sara Bareiles, and more. The concert is free to the community, and donations are graciously accepted. Please RSVP for the concert using the purple ticket box (see link). The concert will take place at Union Congregational Church on Saturday, June 7 at 7pm.

UUFANJ Board Meeting
2025-06-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | 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.

Monthly Congregational Liaisons Meeting
2025-06-11 19:00 - 19:45, 2025-07-09 19:00 - 19:45
Our monthly meeting for Liaisons is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm.
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Drag Bingo
2025-06-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, 07960
Join internationally known, Very Gerry for a campy trip that you’ll never forget! In a 90 minute experience, the audience will play 4 rounds of Bingo to win PRIZES, as Gerry will keep it flowing with AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, LIVE VOCALS, and CORNY JOKES. All are welcome.

Friday, June 13th | 7PM Doors Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
$25 VIP (1 BINGO card, premium seating & photo)
Bracelets distributed at check in. First come, first serve & marked VIP TABLES (10 per table max)
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$15 Single Pringle/GA (1 BINGO card)
Seats first come, first serve & marked GA SEATING (10 per table max)
Hosted by Very Gerry Entertainment & Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The fellowship will provide coffee, tea and desserts and we welcome ALL. Free parking. Please be advised, there are NO refunds unless performance cancelled by Very Gerry Entertainment, and this is an 18+ event. Thank you kindly!

For Tickets go to https://muuf.org/events/drag-bingo

No Kings Protest
2025-06-14 13:00 - 15:00
In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free speech, detained people for their political views, threatened to deport American citizens, and defied the courts. They’ve done this all while continuing to serve and enrich their billionaire allies.
🚨On Saturday, June 14, we’re taking to the streets nationwide. We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.🚨
The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it.
On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings. Check out nokings.org for more information.

NJ Locations: Weehawken Township, Jersey City, Rutherford, Newark, Teaneck, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair, Paramus, South Orange Village, Caldwell, Springfield, Rahway, Mountainside

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

Know Your Rights Workshop
2025-06-15 12:15 - 14:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United States
Carolina Curbelo, Attorney-at Law
Asma Elhuni, Organizer, Resistencia en Acción NJ
Sponsored by UUCP’s Immigration and Racial Justice ministries, this workshop is intended for both our immigrant neighbors and allies who seek to support members of our community at risk for deportation. English and Spanish translation will be provided by Resistencia en Acción.
Asma Elhuni will share the impacts of the current administration’s anti-immigrant policies on our local community and describe the ways that allies can make a difference.
Immigration attorney, Carolina Curbelo, will cover the following questions:

What are my rights in public, in the workplace and at home?
What is the difference between a judicial warrant vs. an administrative warrant?
How do I keep immigration updated of your contact information if you filed an application or are in removal proceedings?
What is the ICE detainee locator and how do you find a loved one who has been taken into detention?
Who do you call if your loved one is detained?
What is the difference between an immigration attorney vs. legal service provider vs. notario/immigration consultant
Do I need to register under the Aliens Registration Act?
I am scared to go to my ICE check-in appointment, immigration court hearing, USCIS interview or state court hearing. What do I do?
Why is setting up a Power of Attorney or Emergency planning important?
What are Notices of Intent to Fine?

How do I know whether I have a removal order or any blemish in my immigration record or criminal record?

Third Friday Action Hour
2025-06-20 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.

A Conversation with GAAMC
2025-06-22 11:30 - 12:30 | Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, 07960
Morristown UU Fellowship
21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown NJ

GAAMC is New Jersey’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization and one of the oldest in the country. It has been meeting at the Fellowship since 1972.
Come learn about GAAMC, its objectives and history on June 22, after the service. We’ll also discuss the current reality for LGBTQ+ people and how one can support them.

Environmental Justice Task Force monthly call
2025-06-25 15:15 - 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).

Flamy Grant Concert Presented by The Folk Project
2025-06-27 19:30 - 22:30 | Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, 07960
Morristown UU Fellowship
21 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ

Award-winning and Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant is a shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen from western North Carolina. Her 2022 debut record, Bible Belt Baby, reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Christian Charts (the first drag performer to achieve this feat), was nominated for Best Pop Album at the San Diego Music Awards, and was named one of the Top Ten Queer Country Albums of 2023 by Rainbow Rodeo Magazine. Her single “Good Day” also debuted at #20 on the Billboard Christian digital sales chart. Flamy is a winner of the 2023 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition and a 2023 QueerX Award nominee for Best Drag Artist and has been featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, and more. Her music has over 750,000 streams on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon music. A powerhouse vocalist and intrepid songwriter who blends folk, gospel, and roots, Flamy drags you into a therapeutic, theatrical mix of storytelling and song.

Tickets $20/$15 for Folk Project Members/$10 Live Broadcast

To purchase tickets, go to https://folkproject.org/

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2025-06-30 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 (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood) is Task Force Chair. For more information on reproductive justice, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo.
For general inquiries about our Task Forces, email admin@uufaithaction.org.
