Category: Social Justice

An Evening of Conversation Regarding Food Sovereignty and Access

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with Special Guest Speaker Sister Anna Gilbert-Muhammad Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7–8.30 pm The FUSF Food Justice team invites you to share an evening of thoughtful discussion with our special guest, Sister Anna Gilbert–Muhammad. Sister Anna will focus on the current state of food justice, access and sovereignty issues in Massachusetts. This is a particularly timely topic given the current pressures on our food system from climate change and the rapidly changing policies at the … Continue reading An Evening of Conversation Regarding Food Sovereignty and Access

FUSF Whole-Food Plant-based/Vegan Potluck

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Monday, May 5 at 6:00 PM Please bring a whole-food plant-based dish to share (completely vegan). We will discuss food, health and share ideas. If you don’t know what to make, just ask. Or, just come without something. There will be plenty of food! No matter what you usually eat, please join us to eat delicious food together! Questions? Contact Stirling Cousins. (Contact info can be found in Breeze.)

Wasted Food, Hunger, and the Climate Emergency: How Food Recovery Helps

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Franklin Food Pantry Special Event for Hunger Action Month Hosted by the FUSF Food Justice Team Thursday, September 12, 2024 at FUSF Join Liz Miller of Spoonfuls, a Massachusetts-based food recovery organization, for an educational evening examining how collecting fresh, edible food that would otherwise go to waste, and distributing it to social service agencies like The Pantry can help address food insecurity and the climate crisis. Please register to attend: https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/hungeractionmonth For questions contact … Continue reading Wasted Food, Hunger, and the Climate Emergency: How Food Recovery Helps

Mother’s Day Walk for Peace

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May 12, 8 am–11 am This year will be the 28th annual Mother’s Day Walk for peace, a tradition that honors the lives of loved ones who have been murdered and is the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s largest fundraising event. FUSF has been part of the walk since 2016 and will have a team walking again this year.  The theme this year is “Cultivating Cycles of Peace.”  The Peace Institute’s services to survivors, advocacy … Continue reading Mother’s Day Walk for Peace

Ware Lecture Potluck

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Please join us Friday, November 17, 6-8 pm, at the Meetinghouse, for a potluck dinner where we will view the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecture, by Imani Perry, with discussion to follow. Imani Perry was the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate with Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. In the summer of 2023 she joined the faculty at Harvard University as a Radcliffe Professor. She … Continue reading Ware Lecture Potluck

FUSF Has a New Peace Pole!

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Next time you are walking into the meetinghouse, stop and look left – you will see a new Peace Pole! This new pole was generously gifted to the congregation by Bobbi and Dave Gerlits and installed last week with help from the Asset Team.      The Peace Pole has been a focal point in the Peace Garden at First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF) since 2008. The new peace pole is aluminum and replaces the … Continue reading FUSF Has a New Peace Pole!

Welcoming Congregations Initiative News

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Thank you so much for your generosity! The Welcoming Congregation Initiative Team is so appreciative of your support and so excited to see rainbows popping up on campus.  Our Pride Visibility Fundraiser has raised $618 so far!   Your generosity has paid for: 1 rainbow feather flag – $2502 rainbow sign decals – $1201 progressive pride flag and wall-mounted pole for the outside corner of the building – $845 adirondack chairs – $150FUSF showing their LGBTQIA+ welcoming status  – … Continue reading Welcoming Congregations Initiative News

FUSF Receives Welcoming Congregation Certification

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The First Universalist Society in Franklin (FUSF) is pleased to announce that it has once again received its annual renewal from the Unitarian Universalist Association as a Welcoming Congregation. In 1993, FUSF voted to become a Welcoming Congregation and has maintained their status ever since. This means FUSF works hard to make sure lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are accepted as full members of our faith community. Being welcoming also means striving for radical inclusion, and … Continue reading FUSF Receives Welcoming Congregation Certification