In May, we are asking UUCP members and friends to Share the Plate with the Phoenix Local Organizing Committee, a grassroots organization that has been organizing and mobilizing people of African descent towards change and self-determination since 2015. Their goal is to build a global community that is socially connected, economically strong, politically independent, and culturally unified at every level of society.
In April, we are asking UUCP members and friends to Share the Plate with The Bridge Initiative, a theatre collective and incubator in Phoenix, Arizona, dedicated to increasing opportunity and visibility for professional theatre artists from historically marginalized groups, with a focus on gender parity. The organization believes theatre should act as a mirror and
Sunday, March 13, will be a Share the Plate service supporting Desert Star Family Planning Institute. Desert Star Family Planning Institute’s mission is “to create equitable access to reproductive health care for womb bearing people while centering Black and Indigenous people of color.” Donations support training for future abortion providers, doula services, community education, and
The Share the Plate Recipient for Sunday, February 20, will be The Fund for Empowerment and their Houseless Leadership Project. This leadership-building advocacy nonprofit raises the voices of unsheltered people in civic spheres. The people who make most of the decisions at Fund for Empowerment, and who are materially compensated for their work, are or
Reverend Christine uses this fund for needs in our congregation and the community that might not otherwise be met with congregational resources—especially for those who are in crisis or have immediate financial needs. Within our congregation, the fund has been more critical than ever this year. It has paid bills for those who have lost
Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro is a Black, Queer, and Femme led organization, that centers Black people who are the most impacted and marginalized, and envisions a world that achieves Black liberation through global transformation. Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro’s ministries study decoloniality, provide community members with support and resources, foster community engagement, write blueprints
