Caring for Our World

Caring for one another and the larger world is a primary part of our faith. We heal each other so we can heal the world. At the First Unitarian Society of Westchester, we care for each other, for our shared congregational life, and we go into the world with our hopeful, loving spirit. Justice work requires the alteration of systems that support or promote oppression. We at FUSW join the larger Unitarian Universalist agenda of bringing love into the world by working for justice. ​

We participate in Side with Love and other national campaigns in solidarity with other UUs around the nation and the planet.

Black Lives Matter
Vigil at 5:30pm every Monday, corner of Odell and Warburton, Yonkers. Join some of our fellow congregants.

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.
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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.

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, and neighbors, community organizations, and people of goodwill from all faith 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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Immigration Justice Clinic at Pace Law School
Serves indigent people living, working, or detained in the Hudson Valley or in the five boroughs. Free advice and representation are offered to eligible immigrants fighting their removal from the United States and/or seeking to regularize their legal status through family ties, employment, asylum, or pursuant to specific federal categories such as Violence Against Women, Special Immigrant Juveniles, Diversity Visa, Anti-Trafficking, Temporary Protected Status, the U Visa, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. 
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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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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.
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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.