About Our Plate Partner Program

We acknowledge, as Americans, that the land, country and society bequeathed to us is on one hand the product of conquest and exploitation and on the other “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all are created equal”.

Justice is at the core of our faith and we are called on to make a positive difference in our wider community as we work to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community free of racism and oppression in our society, government and ourselves.

As Unitarian Universalist, we believe that each of us has worth and dignity and that worth includes our gender and sexuality; that women have a right to bodily autonomy; that every American has the right to vote and a right to health care and a sustainable way of life. We believe in the right of people to seek and to be granted asylum from persecution. We believe in and support the sovereignty of indigenous communities.

To these ends, we are eager to find and support movements and organizations that align with our mission, community needs, and the justice work of the UUA and ourselves. Such organizations may become a Plate Partner for one month during the year. During that month, we invite the Plate Partner to share their work and mission and we collect a portion of that month’s offering to share with the Plate Partner.

Nominating a Plate Partner

The Social Justice Council looks to the members and friends of our congregation to nominate organizations to be Plate Partners.  Please contact Jim Bigelow, the Social Justice Council chair, to make a nomination.

2025-2026 Plate Partners & Spiritual Themes

September 2025
Building Belonging| Trans Joy Boise

October 2025
Cultivating Compassion | Wassmuth Center for Human Rights

November 2024
Nurturing Gratitude | Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

December 2024
Choosing Hope | Agency for New Americans

January 2026
Practicing Resistance | The Pro-Voice Project

February 2026
Embodying Resilience | Boise Hive

March 2026
Paying Attention |  Jesse Tree

April 2026
Embracing Possibility |  Idaho Interfaith Power & Light

May 2026
Awakening Curiosity | Global Talent Idaho

June 2026
Flourishing Together | BoiseLIST (Low Income Support, Inc.)

July 2026
No Theme | BUUF’s Pay-It-Forward-Fund

August 2026
No Theme | Mészkő Scholarship Fund