Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Court Witnessing + Accompaniment Volunteer Training with New Sanctuary Coalition
2025-09-04 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | New Sanctuary Coalition Community Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY, United States
9/4 Thursday
Community Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY
5:30pm

New Sanctuary Coalition volunteers are now in immigration courthouses most days each week to support people at their hearings and check-ins. Whether we have arranged accompany Friends ahead of time or meeting friends for the first time in the court waiting rooms, we provide vital information and solidarity to those facing the system while sending a message to ICE, the courts, and the world that we see what is happening in the halls of injustice, we are holding the government accountable, and we will never stop standing with our friends.

All US citizens (non-citizens, please check with a lawyer before participating) are welcome to join us in our courthouse efforts. We are especially in need of bilingual individuals and faith leaders, so if you have any friends who fit this category, please refer them to the Get Involved page on our website.

PFLAG Morris Launch
2025-09-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Presbyterian Church Parish House, 65 South Street, Morristown, United States
Join us for the official launch of PFLAG Morris!
Wednesday, September 3
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Presbyterian Church Parish House
65 South Street, Morristown
Come meet our Board of Directors, learn more about our support groups, and discover ways YOU can help strengthen and support our community.
Plus, enjoy pizza and ice cream while connecting with new friends!
This event is open to everyone – whether you’re LGBTQ+, family, friend, or ally – you are welcome here.
Know someone who might want to attend? Please share this with them!

Friday Action Hour
2025-08-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-11 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.

Morris Movie Night "Preconceived"
2025-08-28 18:00 - 19:30
Thursday, August 28, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Morris County, Whippany, NJ (Register for location details)

Join us for a screening and discussion of Preconceived, a compelling documentary that investigates the rise and influence of Crisis Pregnancy Centers across the U.S. The film explores the role of deception, faith, funding, and privacy in these centers, and how they operate within an increasingly hostile legal landscape for abortion access. After the screening, we’ll come together for a discussion about the film and share ways you can take action to protect reproductive rights and combat misinformation in our communities. Bring a friend, join the conversation, and be part of a growing movement for truth, health equity, and reproductive freedom. We can’t wait to see you there!

Women's Equality Day Rally
2025-08-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 W 4th St, Plainfield, 07060, United States
WITH MIKIE SHERRILL & UNION COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
Join Mikie Sherrill, NJ Victory team and partners from across the state to rally for Women’s Equality Day.
Register
Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
5:00-6:30PM
Shiloh Baptist Church
515 W 4th St
Plainfield, NJ 07060

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2025-08-25 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.

IJTF Monthly Meeting
2025-08-21 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-07 20:00 - 21:00
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Mercer County Movie Night "Zurawski v Texas"
2025-08-20 18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
Mercer County, Princeton, NJ (Register for location details)

Join Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey and the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice for a powerful screening of Zurawski v. Texas, a documentary that follows a group of women denied necessary abortion care due to Texas’s extreme laws. This film night is more than just a viewing, it’s a space for reflection, solidarity, and action as we confront the real-life consequences of abortion bans. Stay after the film for a community conversation on reproductive freedom, justice, and how we can fight back together. Bring a friend, join the conversation, and leave inspired to continue this work alongside like-minded supporters. We can’t wait to see you there!

Gloucester CAT: Dobbs Dissent and Democracy
2025-08-19 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Gloucester County, Sewell, NJ (Register for location details)

Join us for a screening and discussion of Under G-d, a powerful PBS documentary that explores the growing national resistance to abortion bans through the lens of faith, freedom, and justice. After the film, we’ll have a conversation about the episode and share ways you can take action in the fight for reproductive rights. Bring a friend, join the conversation, and leave inspired to continue this work alongside like-minded supporters. We can’t wait to see you there!

Third Friday Action Hour
2025-08-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-18 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!
➱➱ bit.ly/1st-fridays

Join us on Zoom!
Topic: Friday Action Hour
Every month on the First Friday, 12 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 943 1396 0594
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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.

Visibility Brigade's #BeBraveDay
2025-08-15
Friday, August 15th, we celebrate #BeBraveDay, when hundreds of Visibility Brigade chapter groups will converge on overpasses and bridges across our nation, proclaiming:
BE BRAVE WITH US. WE’LL STAND WITH YOU.
This message should become a mantra of hope and determination beyond August 15th that we can hold onto and share with each other in even our darkest moments. The message should be seen and heard EVERYWHERE–join us!
On Friday August 15th, you don’t need an overpass. You can present this message on sidewalks, store windows, the front dash of your car, on your lawn, taped onto telephone poles–anywhere that is public and where we have First Amendment Rights or where you have permission to display it.
Here are some free poster files that you can print out in numerous sizes and put on
display. You can also order (at cost) T-shirts, bumper stickers and more here to get the
message out!
Social Media Best Practices:
When sharing on social media, feel free to say or sing the phrase or the below poem/lyrics into your camera and encourage others to do so as well. Shooting in vertical/portrait mode is encouraged.
Please use the handle @visibilitybrigade and hashtags #BeBrave #BeBravewithUs #BeBraveDay #VisibilityBrigade and include www.VisibilityBrigade.com. We encourage using our logo assets if relevant. If you are posting prior to August 15th, please encourage others to join in on #BeBraveDay!
Make your voice heard!
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments at info@visibilitybrigade.com. Thank you for doing your part in saving our country!
Legal Disclaimer:
The Visibility Brigade is a non-violent, informal volunteer group in which we all participate with an understanding that our own actions are our personal responsibility and we accept our own personal liability. You participate with this understanding.
www.VisibilityBrigade.com
Media and general inquiries: info@visibilitybrigade.com

Monthly Congregational Liaisons Meeting
2025-08-13 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.
Here is the Zoom Link:
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UUFANJ Board Meeting
2025-08-12 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.

Reparations Now: Black August Day of Action Part 2
2025-08-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Join us for a powerful, 2-part Day of Action to advance the movement for reparations in New Jersey!
From storytelling to grassroots outreach, this day centers the voices and experiences of Black
communities and invites all of us to take action for justice.
Part II: Community Listening Phonebank on Reparations
Registration Link: mobilize.us/njinstituteforsocialjustice/event/816797/
We can’t build a movement without listening. Join this deep listening phonebank to connect with
community members across New Jersey, hear their thoughts on reparations, and invite them to join the movement. This is both a listening session and effort to grow a movement rooted in real experiences, needs, and collective power.
What to Expect:
● Learn how to survey and engage community members
● Make calls to connect with neighbors about reparations
● Identify and recruit new supporters to join the campaign
Purpose:
● Deepen understanding of community views and lived experiences related to reparations
● Identify and recruit supporters, directly impacted residents, and potential movement leaders
● Build momentum and people power to support proposals for reparative justice

Reparations Now: Black August Day of Action Part 1
2025-08-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Time: 12pm – 1:30pm
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Join us for a powerful, 2-part Day of Action to advance the movement for reparations in New Jersey!
From storytelling to grassroots outreach, this day centers the voices and experiences of Black
communities and invites all of us to take action for justice.
Stories for Reparations: Narrative Power & Personal Storytelling Workshop
Registration Link: mobilize.us/njinstituteforsocialjustice/event/816795/
Our stories are power. This interactive session will train you to craft personal narratives that connect your lived experience to the broader movement for reparations. You’ll learn how to use storytelling as a tool for social change, then join a coordinated social media takeover to flood timelines with bold voices demanding reparative justice in New Jersey.
What to Expect:
● Learn how narrative drives movements
● Practice crafting your own story for social change
● Join a collective storytelling takeover
Purpose:
● Highlight the role of narrative and digital organizing in the fight for reparative justice
● Equip participants with tools to craft personal stories that support the call for reparations
● Use coordinated storytelling to increase visibility and awareness of the NJ Reparations Council’s
proposals
● Amplify a broad range of community voices in support of reparations

The Gathering: Rooted in Love, Rising for Justice. A Monthly Gathering by Side With Love
2025-08-11 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.

2025 New Jersey LGBTQ+ Youth Conference
2025-08-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, 07733, United States
Friday, August 8, 2025 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET

Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733

REGISTER: https://secure.everyaction.com/aZp82CHQhE2IDTeelRUU6w2
This FREE conference for queer, trans, and allied youth from around the Garden State will be filled with workshops on making change in their communities, their rights as New Jersey students, and more! It’ll also be an opportunity unlike any other to form statewide community bonds with other LGBTQ+ young people!

From Resistance to Reparations: A Black August Teach-In
2025-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Join us this Black August as we honor the legacy of Black resistance and continue organizing a
movement for reparations in New Jersey!
This virtual teach-in will uncover the hidden history of slavery in New Jersey, break down the New Jersey Reparations Council’s report and proposals, and explore strategies for building grassroots power for reparations and racial justice in our communities.
What will you learn?
● The truth about New Jersey’s history of slavery and racial injustice
● What reparations are and why they’re needed in New Jersey
● Key proposals from the NJ Reparations Council’s report
● How to take action and organize for reparations in your community
Purpose:
● Commemorate Black August, the legacy of freedom fighters and political resistance and connect it to ongoing movements for reparations (e.g., the NJ Reparations Council’s report & proposals).
● Provide political education on reparations in NJ and beyond.
● Grow and organize a base of supporters, volunteers, and leaders committed to advancing policy for reparations and reparative justice.
● Mobilize grassroots action in support of the proposals for reparative justice.
Register today!

How to Save Democracy Film Screening
2025-08-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills, 123 Cliff St, Somerville, 08876
How to Save Democracy film screening on Monday, August 4 at UUCSH, 6pm.

You’re invited to share food, fellowship, and a film. The film is How to Save Democracy (2025), a documentary. There will be a Q&A with director/producer Michael Wayne following the film.
Featuring interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, constitutional scholars, historians, authors, and democracy advocates, the film provides an urgent and deeply insightful look at the threats facing democratic institutions—and the path forward to a more just and representative future.
Please sign up here so that we can order plenty of pizza. Please bring your own drinks (no alcohol, please) and side dishes or desserts to share. For questions, contact uucsh@uucsh.org.

www.uucsh.org/connect/calendar

Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
2025-07-21 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.
