BRUU’s very active Social Justice Committee identifies and gives expression to our congregation’s social justice concerns. We engage in social justice education, witness, and advocacy activities and events; we do not sit on the sidelines.  We also disseminate education, advocacy, and witness information to the members of our congregation.

We are a partner and member congregation of the Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ), and make an annual financial contribution to the UUSJ.

singing at the 2023 PRIDE Festival in Manassas

Social Justice Task Forces at BRUU

• Virginians Organized for Interfaith and Community Engagement (VOICE)
• Racial Justice
• Emergency Food Pantry
• Affordable Housing
• The Green Team
• An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation
• Unity in the Community

Members of BRUU have different beliefs; we choose our own theology – but we also choose to work together to address social justice issues in our community.

Share the Plate

One Sunday each month, we share the non-pledge monies of our collection plate with a deserving local non-profit. These are a small sampling of the groups we have contributed to in this way:

• Independence Empowerment Center
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Trillium Center
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) through BEACON program
• SERVE
• Project Mend-A-House
• Virginia Organizing Project
• Prince William Conservation Alliance
• Georgetown South Community Council Foundation
• Churches for Middle East Peace
• Equality Virginia
• Prince William Habitat for Humanity
• The Trevor Project
• Action in the Community Through Service (ACTS)
• Prince William Professional Fire Fighters – Operation Warm

You can see an example of the Share the Plate presentation by the Georgetown South Community Council Foundation

at the 2019 Women’s March in DC

VOICE fundraising gala at Wolf Trap (December 2023)