Tree Pittsburgh celebrates 17 years of growing and protecting our urban forest through tree planting, care, education, and advocacy. The organization ensures all people have equal access to the many benefits trees provide by directing resources where they are needed the most. As the impact of climate change grows, cities are particularly vulnerable to rising … Continue reading The Share-The-Plate Charity for May is Tree Pittsburgh
Our Share the Plate Recipient for the month of April is CeaseFirePA ofWestern Pennsylvania. CeaseFirePA is our Commonwealth’s GunViolence Prevention Organization. Their work is far reaching: Theyorganize with communities closest to the issue, educate the public,hold those in power accountable and work to support and maximizethe strengths and contributions of every member in their broadcoalition … Continue reading The Share the Plate Recipient for April is CeaseFirePA
We thank you, dear congregants, for your participation in developing our new Share the Plate program. Late last year (2022), We invited the congregation to submit NOMINATIONS for Justice organizations (who share and implement our UU values) to be RECIPIENTS of a plate sharing month. We received 16 nominations from you, our members. We compiled … Continue reading Update on our new SHARE the PLATE Program
Our congregation has been in partnership with the Unitarian-run Annie Margaret Barr Higher Secondary School in the rural village of Kharang in the Khasi Hills of North East India since 2003. Our financial goal continues to be to support the two additional teachers that were needed following the inauguration of the new high school in … Continue reading First UU Share the Plate Charity for February 2023 is our Khasi Hills Partnership School in India
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh is a nonprofit working to provide affordable homeownership and home repairs to limited-income families in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County since 1986. Habitat Pittsburgh has assisted 110 families in becoming first-time homeowners. Many of these families would not be homeowners today were it not for Habitat Pittsburgh’s … Continue reading First UU Share the Plate Charity for January 2023 is Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh
The East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) changes the lives of people facing the impacts of poverty. For over 50 years, EECM has been a community leader in addressing the issues that affect our area’s most at-risk and underserved populations. From its beginnings as an interfaith coalition of congregations, EECM has responded to provide hope and … Continue reading The Share The Plate for December is East End Cooperative Ministry
During the month of November, we will be sharing our weekly offering with a wonderful human rights organization: the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or UUSC.UUSC works in the US and internationally, supporting grassroots movements on behalf of people who are confronting unjust power structures and challenging oppressive policies. UUSC’s focus, as a smaller human rights … Continue reading Share the Plate for November: UUSC
UUPLAN was organized ~ 22 years ago, and the involvement of 1st UU has waxed and waned through the years. In the early years, our congregation provided strong leadership for the Reproductive Justice Team and the LGBTQ team, as well as participants for the Environmental Justice and Good Government Teams. The name change to UUJusticePA … Continue reading October’s Share the Plate charity is UU Justice PA
