A national faith-based organization founded in support of Unitarian values

Demonstrating For Democracy

CANADIAN UNITARIANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (CUSJ) is a national, faith-based organization founded by Unitarians who wish to actively affiirm and promote Unitarian principles and values.

According to our by-laws, working for social justice includes “action to relieve against oppression or abuse in relation to poverty and economic matters, environmental degradation, the human rights of individuals or peoples, grave breaches of peace and security, and other areas of social concern.

The purposes of CUSJ are:to develop and maintain a vibrant network of Unitarian social action in Canada and elsewhere and to proactively represent Unitarian principles and values in matters of social justice, and in particular to provide opportunities, including the publication of newsletters for Unitarians and friends to apply their religious, humanistic, and spiritual values to social action aimed at the relief of:

  1. poverty and economic injustice
  2. discrimination based on religious, racial or other grounds
  3. abuses of human rights whether of individuals or peoples
  4. abuses of democratic process, and to promote peace and security, environmental protection, education, and literacy in keeping with the spirit of Unitarian values.

These purposes are an integral part of the constitution of CUSJ, adopted at the CUSJ Annual General Meeting in Mississauga, Ontario, May 19, 1999.