This group includes church members as well as community and ecumenical partners who are organizing around justice issues in Rensselaer County, in New York State, and across our country.
Our largest and most active group at First United is the Social Justice & Mission Team!
Food insecurity, poverty, and homelessness
Welcoming immigrants to the capital region
Racial Justice
Troy Police Reform
Voting Rights
Environmental Justice
LGTBQ+ Rights and protecting trans futures
Our community tithes approximately 10% of our annual budget to support non-profits that are doing transformative work in our region, and the Social Justice & Mission Team does the important task of redistributing our resources by disbursing grants to our mission partners. The Social Justice & Mission Team meets monthly to share information about justice concerns, and organizes events throughout the year.
Organizing Issues
Our Mission Partners
Bread for the World
College Chaplaincy
Joseph’s House
More Light Presbyterians
Oakwood Community Center
Oakwood Food Pantry
Troy Area United Ministries
Sunhee’s Community place
Mount Ida Food Pantry
Interfaith Power and Light
Peace Pagoda
Collar City Pride
The Community Loan Fund
Our Board of Deacons also shares in the work of justice and compassion and contributes to Capital Roots, Habitat for Humanity, Unity House, Troy Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (TRIP), and the Regional Food Bank in addition to many of the mission partners listed above!
