Past event — This event ended 35 days ago.
Social Justice 🪧 Thursdays
About the event
A Unitarian Universalist (UU) social justice meeting is an ideal sandbox for Radical Faeries and democratic socialist groups to merge efforts because it balances the spiritual counterculture of the Faeries with the institutional/structural focus of socialist organizers. UU spaces uniquely build a bridge across these distinct movements by combining shared values, operational strengths, and structural advantages. Shared Ideological Ground Intersectionality as Faith: UU congregations explicitly practice intersectional justice. This aligns perfectly with the democratic socialist focus on economic exploitation and the Radical Faerie rejection of heteronormative patriarchy. The Interconnected Web: The UU Seventh Principle (the interdependent web of all existence) provides a shared spiritual vocabulary for Radical Faerie eco-anarchism and democratic socialist environmental justice policies. Deeds Not Creeds: UU culture values action and community solidarity over dogmatic theology. This doctrinal flexibility allows secular Marxists and neo-pagan queers to collaborate without religious friction. Complementary Movement Strengths A UU social justice framework allows both groups to offset each other's historical vulnerabilities. Structural and Spatial Advantages Legitimacy and Infrastructure: UU churches offer physical space, established communication networks, and legal non-profit status. This acts as a safe operational shield for radical groups facing community backlash. Democratic Process: UU meetings run on collaborative congregational polity and consensus-seeking. This governance matches the decentralized consensus models favored by both socialists and Faeries. Intergenerational Reach: Radical Faerie and democratic socialist spaces often trend younger. UU spaces host older, seasoned activists. This dynamic connects raw revolutionary energy with institutional memory and historical resource wealth.
