Social Justice Committee

Make Good Trouble

Petaluma Weekly Protests

Bring protest signs.
Your presence is your protest.

  • Thursdays from 4:00 – 5:00 pm at the Highway 101 overpass on E. Washington Street
  • Saturdays for one hour from 11am at Petaluma Blvd and E. Washington Street

Reverend Aija encourages us with the words of civil rights activist John Lewis to “Go out and make good trouble!” She adds: “Come back and tell us about it so we can make good trouble too!”

Solidarity Vigils

4th Wednesday of each month at 5:00 pm
Santa Rosa Courthouse Square

Show support for immigrant rights and advocate for policies that limit collaboration with federal immigration enforcement in Sonoma. 

Spontaneous protest at 5:00 pm on any day that ICE appears in Sonoma County for any kind of raid or sweep.

Supply Drive for Day Laborers

UUP is collecting supplies for Local Day Laborers to help them work safely. Drop off box is in the church lobby.

UUP is a Sanctuary Congregation

Rev. Aija Simpson-Newbury gives blessing at Sonoma County offices at the start of a hunger strike in support of a Sanctuary Ordinance for Sonoma County in August 2025.

UUP Acts as Sanctuary Congregation in Defense of Migrant Neighbors

In February 2025, UUP unanimously voted to become a Sanctuary Congregation and to join with other churches, along with community groups and labor organizations, in the Sanctuary Coalition of Sonoma County. There is a long and honored history in Unitarian Universalism of siding with love in the face of unjust laws, beginning with the movement to abolish slavery and participating in the Underground Railway, through the work of the Unitarian Service Committee in the early days of World War II to provide passage for threatened people out of Europe, continuing to the Civil Rights Movement, and Sanctuary efforts for Central American refugees in the 1980s. Since becoming a Sanctuary congregation, UUP has hosted trainings for legal observers to respond to ICE actions and has participated in ongoing work to organize support for the migrant community. We are an active member of the Coalition, participating in efforts to pass a Sanctuary ordinance for Sonoma County, and planning for defense of our migrant neighbors. Your participation is needed, so that our faith can find expression in the work of justice in today’s hurting world.

North Bay Rapid Response Network

The Rapid Response Network provides a way for people to respond to fear and anxiety in our community as a result of the increase in immigration enforcement, ICE raids and other attacks against our communities. The network provides a 24-hour hotline to immigrants facing a raid by federal immigration agents, dispatches trained legal observers to the raid location, provides legal defense to affected communities, and offers accompaniment to impacted people and families following a raid.

24 HOUR HOTLINE: 707-800-4544

Click HERE to learn More or to become a Legal Observer

Know Your Rights

If immigration is at your door

Don’t open the door

Without a valid warrant signed by a judge, ICE cannot enter your home.

​Remain silent

You have the right under US constitution to remain silent.

​Call (707) 800-4544

The Rapid Response Network can help you during and after the incident.

​Show your red card to the agent

Without opening the door, pass it under the door or show it through the window.

​Don’t sign anything

You have the right to speak to a lawyer. We can support you.