Congregations Speaking Out on Afterschool Care

Afterschool for All: Project 2010 offers congregations a simple way to get involved in the public square and to take a stand for young people.

Project 2010 asks organizations (including congregations) to sign-on as supporters of afterschool care. The statement describing the campaign is fairly non-controversial (many UU congregations would agree to it). To some extent, this is Project 2010’s strength; the goal is to show that afterschool care has support from a variety of constituencies.

Both "liberal" and "conservative" churches have joined Project 2010. Episcopal Social Services (New York, NY), First United Methodist Church of Germantown (Philadelphia, PA) and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (New York, NY) are all Project 2010 partners.

Let’s represent by asking our Unitarian Universalist congregations (or committees within our congregations) to sign-on this fall. This is a great opportunity to increase our Unitarian Universalist public witness on behalf of children and youth. For more information, please visit the Project 2010 sign-up page, comment on this story, or e-mail me (shelby [at] promisethechildrenuu.org).