Putting Our Values into Action

At the First Unitarian Society of Westchester, we believe that caring for one another is how we care for the world. Our faith calls us to heal, to act, and to bring love where it is needed most. Justice isn't charity — it is the courage to change the systems that cause harm. Together, as part of the Unitarian Universalist movement, we work toward a world rooted in hope, love, and justice.
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Side With Love
Side With Love is the Organizing Strategy Team of the Unitarian Universalist Association — harnessing the power of love to confront and transform systems of oppression through organizing, education, and mobilization. Spiritually grounded, justice-oriented action for a world where all people thrive. Learn more at sidewithlove.org
Black Lives Matter
Vigil at 5:30pm every Monday, corner of Odell and Warburton, Yonkers. Join some of our fellow congregants.
Bread for the People 
Volunteers deliver Stop & Shop “day old bread” and other baked products, making them available to community members in need! It also cuts down on waste before these items become unusable.
Midnight Run 
Coordinates over 1,000 relief missions per year, in which volunteers from churches, synagogues, schools, and other civic groups distribute food, clothing, blankets, and personal care items to the homeless poor on the streets of New York City. The late-night relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding, and affection.
Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry
On any Wednesday morning, clients of the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry step into a world that we’ve created together—volunteers helping clients, folks dropping off donations, and people in need of food looking out for each other. 
Hearts and Homes for Refugees 
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to welcoming, protecting, and advocating for refugees in our communities and abroad. Hearts & Homes is a growing network of volunteers, families, neighbors, community organizations, and people of goodwill from all faiths and civic groups.
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Neighbors Link
Their mission is to strengthen the whole community through the healthy integration of immigrants. This is achieved by filling a service gap for new immigrant families, offering education and empowerment programs, involving longer-term residents in volunteer opportunities, and creating substantive partnerships with other local organizations.
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Justice and Inclusion
We stand with all families regardless of citizenship status, organizing and advocating for immigration reform, an end to detentions and deportations, and a world where no one is forced to flee home or risk their life for a decent life. We affirm immigration as a moral issue. Join us. Add your voice. Stand on the side of love.
Showing Up for Racial Justice
This national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.
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PrideWorks
Their mission is to inform communities about the realities of growing up gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, and to inspire them to respect and support LGBTQ people and to advocate for positive change.
Bedford Correctional Center - Hour Children
They believe that a strong family connection maximizes a child’s stability and a woman’s chances of success upon reentry. Hour Children's Centers work to nurture happy, healthy, and caring relationships between incarcerated mothers and their children.