Justice and Generosity

Over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Mobile Meals volunteers delivered more than 1,400 Christmas gifts to Knoxville seniors alongside their holiday meals. Filled with blankets, puzzles, hand-sewn placemats, and heartfelt cards, each gift reflected the care of a generous community, including many from Westside. This record-breaking gift drive showed how shared kindness can bring warmth, dignity, and connection to those who might otherwise feel alone.

By Kari K. I'm walking down the hall of the apartment complex with a bag full of hot food. It's breakfast day—omelets and sausage—and it's usually a favorite of the clients. When Mary answers the door, she's pleased to see me. Even though most routes have dedicated drivers, I'm a substitute, so I fill in when the regulars can't make it. I'm never sure when I'll get to see Mary again, and it's always exciting when I'm assigned to her route. Mary was one of my first clients, an

Rev. Carol Bodeau, with Aaron Tyrell Friends, We are learning more and more each day how important it is to connect with others to share hopes, dreams, concerns and ideas to build the world we dream of. In our wider UU community, lots is going on that we can connect to. As you have heard from Westsider Curtis Dush, the newly formed TUUCAN (Tennessee UU Community Action Network) is doing great things to work for justice in our whole state. But on a much more local level, th

Justice work has four pillars: restoration, awareness, time & money. Learn why the often-neglected pillar of restoration is a powerful form of protest.