The Social Justice Team is hosting this screening for a maximum of 40 people. Please reserve your free ticket here. Click here to watch trailer. About the Film: Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It…
Opening Words Hisako Masaki On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing 140 thousand people. On August 9, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing 70 thousand people. More continued to die years later, due to radiation. Nuclear violence started before Hiroshima. People involved in…
The Vancouver Unitarians are proud to host Amanda Burrows, Executive Director of First United, for a presentation and discussion on housing justice and reconciliation in the Downtown Eastside. In her work for housing justice, Amanda has been a prominent advocate for affordable housing, tenant protections, and in opposition to displacement of DTES residents. In…
Vancouver has 3200 people with no fixed address, and homeless counts are increasing every year. The Carnegie Housing Project works to address these issues with residents and service providers in the Downtown Eastside, but the need is the same across Turtle Island. Join Phoenix Winter (member of VanU GEM group),…
Join us for this interactive, hands-on, workshop designed to introduce participants to the basics of Restorative Justice, and its associative skills. This workshop is not a lecture series, rather it is intended to promote connection and learning for the entire group. Six practitioners from diverse backgrounds will lead participants through…
Event Location: Meet at noon at the NW corner of Main and Hasting (in front of OWL Drugs) You are invited to join Vancouver Unitarians from the Intercultural and Social Justice teams to march together at the 35th annual Women’s Memorial March to honour the lives of the missing and…
The Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk supports First United’s work in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). Groups from around Vancouver gather once a year to walk and show their support for the community. Use this link to "join the team" as a walker or make a donation for Team…
On March 15th, 2026, the Social Justice and Intercultural Teams will be jointly sponsoring a forum at 12:30 in the Fireside Room. The topic is: An introduction to Apartheid-Free Communities. An initiative of the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Apartheid-Free Communities is a global initiative for pro-humanity communities to take…
Come and meet B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey. Learn about your legal right to obtain government records, and to protect your privacy. Forum on Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. in the Sanctuary (which will also be live video-streamed). You can email questions for the Q/A to Forum…
Please come for an afternoon of song and inspiration featuring the Alouette Sisters in collaboration with the Left Coast Labour Chorus and Holly Arntzen. This World Water Day Musical Fundraiser will raise funds for Indigenous Water Protectors and RAVEN's We Are All One Planet campaign which is led by two…
Please join us for our annual Cherry Blossom Potluck Picnic. We will meet in the Fireside Room to share a meal while watching beautiful cherry blossom scenes from Japan and Vancouver. There will be an opportunity to write haikus. Here is a post about the creative haikus that were written…
The single strongest predictor of climate action is whether people talk about it. But how to do that in these times of intersecting poly-crisis, where mention of climate change is made to feel taboo, socially? Karen Crosby of Regenerate BC will facilitate an interactive workshop on strategies and best practices…
