Resources for Action
Upcoming Share the Plate: March 9, 2025
Hand-in-Hand Immigration Services
Mission: “To assist, motivate, and empower immigrants and their families to obtain U. S. citizenship”
Hand in Hand is a trusted place where immigrants can get accurate, up-to-date information on the citizenship process and clarification of their particular requirements for citizenship. Legal assistance is conducted by case workers who have been accredited by the Department of Justice. During Sunday Worship Service on March 9, 2025, Hand-in-Hand’s founder: Norma Gallegos and colleague will inform us of their heroic mission and cause.
Check out Hand-in-Hand’s Facebook page and website to learn more about their organization.
Justice Action Events
Climate and Environment
April 21, 2024 Service Topic
- Forum: Restoring Beaver Communities, Addressing Climate Change
To learn more, see About Beavers – Select Resources
Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup
- Restoring Highway 28
How to Find Joy in Climate Action
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson says that the climate change movement can be satisfying when we use our experiences, skills, and resources, and involve our communities. Click here for Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s TED Talk
Housing Security
February 19, 2024 Service Topic
View the presentation on the Chelan Douglas Homeless Crisis Response System completed in January 2023 before the Point in Time homeless count.
Housing Resources
- Washington 211- https://wa211.org/
- Chelan and Douglas County Housing Authority – http://www.ccwha.com/
- Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council – https://cdcac.org/
- Serve Wenatchee – https://www.servewenatchee.org/
- Bruce Transitional Housing – https://www.wrc-ncw.org/index.html
- Salvation Army Wenatchee Shelter- https://wenatcheeshelter.salvationarmy.org/wenatchee_shelter
- Chelan-Douglas Coordinated Entry
- Women’s Resource Center
Network of Regional Immigrant Justice Organizations
- View the Network of organizations that address immigrant justice in the region
- Apple Health – Alien Emergency Medical
- Apple Health – Citizenship and immigration status
Indigenous Rights and Reparation
The CUUF congregation has identified Indigenous Rights and Reparation as a priority this year; reflected in our Land Acknowledgement. “We are not here to “save the Indian,” or atone for our past actions, but to work together to address the issues that affect all of us, our shared future.” Here are some actions that can be the start of our individual work.
False Promises
For information on the post-colonial history of the Wenatchi-P’squosa People see: False Promises, a 57-minute documentary The History of the Wenatchi Fishing Reservation, E. Richard Hart, p 163 in Western Legal History 13(2) 2000 Click Here to view the article.
JUUstice Washington
JUUstice Washington is a UU action network addressing social and environmental justice on a regional basis. JUUstice Washington strives to inspire, educate, empower, and nurture the capacity of Unitarian Universalists, as well as community allies, to collaboratively advocate for and undertake social and environmental justice initiatives, and to support legislative change that aligns with Unitarian Universalist values in Washington and beyond.