Food, Homes & Hope The UU Service Committee wants more of the world's people to have all three.

Can you imagine a world where every child, woman, and man has enough food to eat, a place to call home, and hope for a happy future? The UUSC can and they work hard to make it happen. Partners for change The UUSC goes directly to areas of the world where help is needed and works with the people who live there. They are partners with small organizations in the United States, South and Southeast Asia, Central Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. As partners, they support the ideas and solutions that leaders in the local community develop. The people in the UUSC have discovered that it works to let people decide for themselves what will help them, so they don't go into a town and tell people what to do. Human Rights Human rights are things that all people everywhere deserve, just because they are human beings. Things like the right to have a home, the right to be cared for by your family or friends, the right to get help when you are sick, and the right to be safe from dangerous people and places. These are the kinds of human rights that the UUSC and its partners work for. Social Justice Sometimes whole communities or certain groups of people in a country are not treated fairly by the government of that country. Unfair rules and laws make it harder for them to get jobs or housing. The UUSC and its partners help these groups to organize themselves and demand changes in local and national governments. You Can Take Part, Too If you are a member of a Unitarian Universalist congregation, you may have already participated in a UUSC program called Guest at Your Table. Each year, often between Thanksgiving and Christmas, thousands of families and individuals in participating congregations are asked to take a Guest at Your Table box home and put money in the box at mealtimes for four weeks. At the end of that time the money is collected and sent to the UUSC where it is used to fight for human rights around the world. Summer work camps offer other opportunities to participate in the UUSC. Families, church groups, or individual teenagers and college students can all work at workcamps like the one at Pine Ridge, South Dakota where SuAnne lived. (See story on Page 8.) It's a great way to learn more about another culture and to make a real difference in people's lives. Check out the UUSC website to learn more! www.uusc.org

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