Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary. Saturday, April 26th, 2025 • 8:30am-5:00pm First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse 109 Waring Road, Syracuse, NY – and virtually! A place to find community with transgender, nonbinary folx and our allies. A conference for us to gather, learn, and grow. Click here for all the info and to register

ACTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN DO NOW From your SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM! Contact justice@uusaratoga.org for more information -Support the 24 hour “black out” on purchases on Friday, Feb. 28 Join Americans pledging to stop making any purchases for a full 24 hours on February 28. The national economic blackout is scheduled as a way for Americans to boycott major retailers ...

Feb. 28-March 1: Refugee Shabbat Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Temple Sinai welcomes all community members to local observance of HIAS’ Seventh Annual Refugee Shabbat, https://hias.org/how/refugee-shabbat/ Friday, Feb. 28: Family Shabbat & Refugee Shabbat Service will begin at 6:00 PM with oneg/refreshments at 5:30 PM. https://www.saratogasinai.org/events/shabbat-refugee-service-819/ Saturday, March 1: Refugee Shabbat Service at 10:30am followed by “Lunch & Learn.” https://www.saratogasinai.org/events/shabbat-refugee-service-2-669/

JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact justice@uusaratoga.org for more information 1. Let’s join this nationwide protest! On Monday we will meet in the UU parking lot at 11:15am to carpool. It is advertised from noon until 5pm, but we will only attend from noon until 2pm. (Organizers say it won’t last until 5!) 2. Support the 24 hour “black ...

“Journey to Freedom” is an award-winning civil rights documentary series that highlights veterans of the civil rights movement who reside in the capitol region. Join us as we screen an episode and discuss with the panelists from the Journey to Freedom team.  Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public. Sunday, February 23, ...

JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact justice@uusaratoga.org for more information 1. UU Common Read is here in March The 2024-25 UU Common Read is Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families (Skinner House, 2023). Discussion Series: March 2, 9, 16, and 30. 6:30-8pm in sanctuary 1. A bill is being introduced in Congress to make ...

BLACK to the FUTURE:  Science Fiction & Fantasy by Black Authors A Community Reading Event February 09, 2025 1:00p to 3:00p Frederick Allen Elks Lodge #609 69 Beekman Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866   Our Lodge Foundation’s *”Black to the Future” project is introducing our Saratoga Springs’ community to the thriving literary field of richly diverse worlds and alternate realities penned by Black ...

JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. UU Common Read is here in March with Kickoff Movie Night on Sunday, Feb 2! – Join us this Sunday from 6:30-8:30pm Will & Harper is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Saratoga Springs native Josh Greenbaum and following Will Ferrell and Harper Steele ...

As you may have already heard, Trump put a ‘pause’ to the Refugee Resettlement Program through which the Saratoga Area Welcome Circle (SAWC) was sponsoring the young Afghan family. Although fully vetted and about to arrive in our country, their flight – and many others – is now cancelled. You may already know about this guide, ...