Since 2000, PIIN (The Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network) has been organizing people of faith to change the balance of power for justice and equity in Southwestern PA. PIIN is a power building organization of 31 interfaith congregations, nonprofits and labor organizations focused on affecting change through the practices of community organizing. Through mentoring and training leaders, … Continue reading PIIN is the October Share the Plate charity!

Reading Ready Pittsburgh, founded by our church member Mary Denison, is a local nonprofit dedicated to early literacy support for families.  Reading Ready Pittsburgh provides various programs to support access to books and engagement around those books for underserved communities. The programs include the following: Visit Reading Ready Pittsburgh website to learn more!  https://www.readingreadypittsburgh.org/

Tiffany Jimenez, Development Director for PPWP will address our congregation, in a short update, within the Sunday July 14th service. Tiffany Jimenez is the Vice President of Development for Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, a role she has held since March 2021. With 25 years of experience in fundraising for human/social services, arts organizations, healthcare … Continue reading The July 2024 Share the Plate charity recipient is “Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania (PPWP)” .

Our Share the Plate Recipient for the month of June is CeaseFirePA. We last shared the plate with CeaseFirePA in April of 2023, and several members of First Unitarian and Rev. Kate have recently lobbied in Harrisburg with CFPA, so we are already friends. Gun Violence is widespread and rising in PA: 33 people die … Continue reading Share the Plate for June 2024 (CeaseFirePA)

Tree Pittsburgh works across Allegheny County to plant and care for trees where they are needed the most.  As the impacts of climate change grow, it is imperative that we help communities to be more resilient to heat and increased rainfall.  By planting trees we not only provide cooling shade and capture stormwater runoff, but … Continue reading The Share the Plate Recipient for May is Tree Pittsburgh

Bethel AME Church was founded in 1808, and over 150 years, it has become a flourishing congregation of 3000 members, central to the Lower Hill community. The church supported its members and the whole community, including education for black children when they were not welcomed in other schools. A vibrant and thriving center of community … Continue reading For the month of April we will be sharing 50% of our Sunday offering each week with Bethel AME Reparations Project, here in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.

First Unitarian Church’s Share the Plate recipient for the Month of February is the Afro-American Music Institute. The Afro-American Music Institute, located on Hamilton Avenue in Homewood,  has provided musical programs of excellence since 1982, under the guidance and tutelage of James and Pamela Johnson.  They seek to offer specialized instrumental and vocal training in all styles of … Continue reading February Share the Plate Goes to AAMI

In November we will be sharing our plate collection all month with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or UUSC. UUSC’s work began in 1939, when Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharpe traveled to Prague to assist refugees attempting to escape Nazi persecution in Europe. Now, more than 80 years later, UUSC’s continues to work to advance … Continue reading UUSC Is November Share-the-Plate Recipient