Speaker: Virginia Sanders

Virginia Sanders is a Sierra Club Healthy Communities environmental justice organizer. She is based in Columbia, South Carolina, where she is the proud mother of two children, a grandmother and great-grandmother. Virginia is an advocate for access to clean water in her community of Columbia, and previously worked for Sierra Club to stop a two-thousand-acre development on a vital floodplain. She organized bus riders in her community to form an association to advocate for improved transit services and support a ballot initiative to invest in walking and biking infrastructure. She currently serves on the Richland County conservation commission as well as her local transportation oversight commission.

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Sept. 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Virginia Sanders

UUCC’s Green Sanctuary Committee leads a service marking the week of international Climate Action inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, and led by youth all around the world. (Sept. 20-27). Music, poetry, and reflection challenge us to think about changes we need at the individual, institutional, and systemic levels. The service will feature the UUCC … Continue reading For Climate

Carita Barr, Member

Carita Barr, Member: Growing up in a Lutheran state-taxed church, I never was very religious. But 40 years ago, I heard about Unitarian Universalism through friends. I found a home here where this diverse religious community really works to better our world. Respect and honor for the “other” is the main ingredient in our cooperative efforts as a movement.

Jane and Bob Gillespie, Members

For much of our married life, we were without a church home, but felt our lives would be enriched if we could find a place where we were part of something greater than ourselves. The UUCC became that place. There, we’ve made great friends, enjoyed meaningful fellowship and found a sense of peace. It’s just what we were looking for.

Linda and Richard McLeod, Members

We were looking for a church where we felt accepted both intellectually and spiritually, a place where all people and religions were regarded equally without condemnation. Our search began at UUCC six years ago and we never had to look any further. We found our place here with a community of like-minded people and it became our second home, our second family.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

Sunday Services: 11:00 am

Speaker: Virginia Sanders

For Climate