A Call for Advocates: Changing the Public Discourse about Homelessness

In our May 16 blog post “Love in the Long-Term: Community Service and Systemic Change,” we reflected on a challenge that communities of faith and ethical commitment face when engaging in social action efforts—the challenge of approaching these efforts both with love and a critical eye toward what steps we must take to implement long-term solutions.

Click here to read the rest of this post on the new SAM blog, socialactionma.wordpress.com.

Looking Back on 2010

Last week, faith community leaders, advocates, service providers and public officials gathered in Boston for the 21st Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Homeless People, hosted by Church on the Hill. During the interfaith service, which included prayers, reflection and music, the names of people who have died homeless in Massachusetts during the last year were read.

Click here to read this post on the new SAM blog at socialactionma.wordpress.com.

A UU Perspective on Faith and Social Action

Lee Paczulla, Social Action Ministries Assistant Coordinator and a Harvard Divinity School student seeking ordination in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, shares her reflections on the role of social action in Unitarian Universalism.

Click here to read this post on the new SAM blog at socialactionma.wordpress.com.

Housing and Human Dignity

Last week, we began to reflect upon a shift from emergency responses to permanent solutions—a shift that is rooted in the conviction that we cannot in good conscience allow homeless shelters or the streets to be considered acceptable “housing” for any members of our society.

Click here to read the rest of this post on the new SAM blog at socialactionma.wordpress.com.