About Justice at UUCCHC

Justice is one of the values at the heart of Unitarian Universalism. At UUCCHC, we understand justice as both service and action: meeting immediate needs, building relationships, speaking up when people are harmed, and helping change the conditions that create injustice. Our work continues to evolve as the needs of our community and the wider world change.

Our work is connected to Side With Love, the Unitarian Universalist organizing campaign that supports people working for social, environmental, and economic justice.

Social Justice

Our social justice work is rooted in the belief that every person possesses inherent worth and deserves safety, dignity, belonging, and a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their life.

Current efforts include LGBTQ+ affirmation as a Welcoming Congregation, Pride participation, voter engagement, Singing Resistance, peaceful public witness, and advocacy alongside immigrants and other communities whose rights or safety are threatened. UUCCHC also provides space for education, organizing, reflection, healing, and connection. Our goal is not simply to issue statements about justice, but to help people turn shared values into informed, compassionate action.

This work builds upon a long congregational history that includes helping establish Hendricks County Pride and the Alliance for Diversity, organizing an annual LGBTQ+ rally before marriage equality became law, and supporting other local and national justice initiatives.

Justice in Action

• Hendricks County Singing Resistance
• Families Belong Together: Community Picnic and Public Witness

Climate Justice

Climate justice recognizes that caring for the Earth and caring for people cannot be separated. Environmental harm affects everyone, but its greatest burdens often fall on communities with the fewest resources and the least influence over environmental decisions.

UUCCHC’s Climate Justice Committee is reforming, with its first meeting planned for September 2026. The committee will identify practical opportunities for environmental stewardship, education, advocacy, and community partnership. This may include examining our own congregational practices while exploring the broader systems that shape energy use, conservation, public health, and climate resilience.

This renewed work continues a local legacy of environmental care that includes UUCCHC members helping to establish McCloud Nature Park.

Economic Justice

Economic justice is about more than charitable giving. It asks whether people have meaningful access to food, housing, safety, health care, opportunity, and the resources needed to live with dignity. While direct assistance cannot solve every underlying problem, it can help neighbors meet urgent needs while strengthening the relationships from which deeper change can grow.

Our current congregational work centers primarily on supporting Shared Blessings Food Pantry and helping address food insecurity in Hendricks County. UUCCHC also has a history of supporting local agencies and initiatives serving people experiencing hardship, including Sheltering Wings and Family Promise.

Past efforts have included community Christmas dinners, clothing and underwear drives, and other forms of direct assistance. Together, these projects reflect a continuing commitment to helping our neighbors meet immediate needs while remaining attentive to the larger conditions that create hunger, housing instability, and economic insecurity.