About Social Justice & Cultural Initiatives

Please also see UUA Connections: Special UUA Initiatives for the development of The Eighth Principle.

Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) evolved from the Immigration Work Group programs to raise awareness around issues of immigration, refugees and migrant worker justice and partners in activities with non-profit organizations and others with similar interests.

This cross-cultural organization helps secondary refugees (those refugees who were settled in one U.S. location & moved from that location to the Capital Area) with housing, education (adult & public), transportation, food, furniture & housewares.  In November 2020 UUCC rented the Drew House to a refugee family through CANMP.

Wabanaki connections:   Making  Our  Way Together To Conscious  Engagement  Our efforts to support the work of the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth  and Reconciliation Commission  and the Maine Wabanaki REACH has offered multiple ways for members  of UUCC to reflect, engage  and advocate for the first people of Maine. UUCC is a  host site for REACH Ally trainings in central Maine. Several  members  have completed  the training.

UUA Decolonizing Faith Initiative. Suggested books for community reading and discussions include: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz and Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell