Safe Parking Update You may have read in the Tacoma News Tribune that the “first” Safe Parking site in Tacoma will be opening in April 2023. What this means is that this is the first Safe Parking site to be funded by the City of Tacoma in collaboration with Catholic Community Services who are providing … Continue reading Safe Parking Update for March 30, 2023
We continue to welcome guests into our parking lot as a part of the Safe Parking program, and there continues to be a lack of support and affordable housing for far too many people, including families. We’re not powerless in addressing the issue of those who are without houses to live in, and Cindy Hackett, … Continue reading Use Your Voice
Our Safe Parking Guests – those people living in their vehicles whom we host in our parking lot – depend on gas to get to work, keep warm overnight, and even charge their mobile phones that are essential for communication with service providers, family, and supervisors. And gas is expensive! Please consider donating a Safeway … Continue reading Help TUUC’s Safe Parking Guests Have a Happy Holiday!
Rev. Linda got to hear Ibram X. Kendi at the UUA General Assembly, and wrote this reflection below for The Inquirer, a Unitarian magazine in the United Kingdom. The small print in the programme booklet noted that in order to get into the hall where the Ware Lecture would be held everyone would need to … Continue reading From the Minister — Ibram X. Kendi Ware Lecture at UUA General Assembly
One of my friends said, “in no other nation.” And she’s right. Ten days ago, 10 people were killed by a gunman as they shopped for groceries. One was 32 years old. The oldest was an 82-year-old woman. And today it was Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that serves children in second to fourth … Continue reading From the Minister for May 24, 2022
The TUUC Social Justice Committee Housing Subcommittee urges you to write your Pierce County Council Member and encourage them to vote for proposed Ordinance 2022-36. This ordinance will facilitate enlarging the Safe Parking program in Pierce County. This is a revision of an ordinance recently passed by County Council and vetoed by County Executive Bruce … Continue reading Letters of Support to Pierce County for Safe Parking Program
Balance, someone once quipped, is having a cookie in both hands. These days, I find myself wishing it was that easy. As the pandemic continues to surge and recede, as spring continues to dance between late winter scudding clouds and drizzle and those perfect soft spring days, I want nothing more than to find the … Continue reading From the Minister for May 13, 2022
Fifteen TUUC congregants – with important support from TUUC Minister, Rev. Dr. Linda Hart, and TUUC Church Administrator, Libby Ball – are truly helping create a revolution powered by good boundaries, kindness, and compassion for those living in their vehicles. Every visit to tidy the porta-potty, clean the handwashing station and make sure it has … Continue reading Safe Parking
Ever since the news broke on Monday that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision indicated that Roe v. Wade would likely be overturned, I’ve tried to find the words to say into this time. Ruth Marcus in her op-ed “The Leaked Draft Roe Opinion is a Disaster for the Supreme Court” in the … Continue reading Pastoral Letter on Roe v. Wade
It may be hard to imagine a parking lot equipped with a portable toilet, a cold water handwashing station, and trash disposal and recycling can save lives. It does. And the Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation is part of this effort. Most of you are familiar with how TUUC got involved with Safe Parking. For those … Continue reading Safe Parking Update
