UU Church West’s “Split the Plate” program is one of outreach and generosity. Each month we give half of all undesignated offerings to a non-profit organization, to help us live out our Unitarian Universalist values and serve our community.
Voces De La Frontera began as a newspaper and was co-founded by Christine Neumann-Ortiz in Austin, Texas in 1994 and was associated with the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras and workers/immigrants rights under NAFTA. In 1998 VOCES relocated to Milwaukee and changed its emphasis to one of educating low-wage and immigrant workers about their employment rights, promoting community organizing, leadership development and access to higher education.
VOCES strives to create a world where all people live free of poverty and discrimination, have access to safe, dignified work, quality education, and health care; where immigrants can cross borders with dignity; and human rights and worker’s rights are respected; where the government is true “of the people, and all families thrive.
In 2004, Voces members founded a 501c4 arm, Voces de la Frontera Action, in order to mobilize voters to elect pro-immigrant candidates. Voces de la Frontera Action registered 10,000 voters in the 2004 elections.
- Go to the UUCW website’s “Donate” tab and select “Split the Plate” from the menu provided.
- Text “UUCW” to 73256
- Mail your donation to UUCW, 13001 W. North Ave., Brookfield WI 53005-5219
For more information about VOCES De La FRONTERA, visit their website at vdld.org. For more information about Split the Plate, contact Kathy Herrewig.
