Social Action

2026 Peace with Justice grant, MLK award process

The Pacific Northwest Conference Board of Church and Society is now accepting Peace with Justice Grant applications and nominations for the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award. Grants support local churches and nonprofits advancing social justice in alignment with our Social Principles, funded through Peace with Justice Sunday offerings. Honor a justice leader through the MLK Award. Deadline: March 13, 2026 (11:59 p.m.).

Learn more and apply on the PNW Conference website.

October

· Annual Gathering, Bothell UMC

à Participated in Panel Discussion and Q & A Sessions on becoming a member of the United Women in Faith, and where love in action will take us in the coming years

à Inducted into the Executive Team as Social Action Coordinator

· Attended a local Seattle Education Association (SEA union) meeting at Beacon Hill Library to support plans for Know Your Rights Training, coordinating efforts for ICE out of our schools campaigns

November

Attended Conference Board of Church & Society (virtual) Meeting

Collected Medical Supplies for Disaster Relief following Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wang) devastation in the Philippines

Beacon UMC Community Feeding (after Thanksgiving)

partnered with local community grassroots organizations in Beacon Hill to provide food, water, and hand warmers, and visited with unhoused populations on Beacon Hill, Seattle.
Cooked and packaged food (200 meals) was also brought to the Union Gospel Mission
Distributed 100 meals to people in the parks and those living in their vehicles.

Attended the Faith Action Network Gala

Participated in Ecumenical Community fundraising “Bayanihan Disaster Relief concert” to support NAFCON Medical Mission to the Philippines

Took part in meetings with Beacon Hill community leaders to establish plans for keeping ICE out of Beacon Hill

December

Tanngol Migrante Vigil @ Northwest Detention Center to protest medical neglect of detainees

Participated of Tanggol Migrante Movement, which successfully intervened at SeaTac Airport to prevent the deportation of a medically fragile detainee

Participated in newly formed Fighters with Faith, an ecumenical group of faith leaders (lay and pastors) bringing attention to human rights violations in the NWDC, organizing to conduct visitations

Shared two Faith Talks/Reflections – delivered as part of the Crossroads Ministry service at Beacon UMC, and on one online vespers service. The focus has been on distinguishing between acts of mercy and acts of justice, and on what it may look like to work toward justice as modeled by Jesus.

Help coordinate the Blue Christmas Worship Service, participated in by local community members who have experienced loss, separation, and unjust treatment, acknowledging that people are suffering, remembering the life of loved ones lost, and leaning on the community for God’s love and hope. We celebrated the dignity and value of every member of our community. (This service was based on the memorial service we had at the annual gathering. Thank you, Gail, for your help!)

As part of the Ice Out of Beacon Hill steering committee, distributed ‘ICE Out’ whistles (with Know Your Rights information) at St. James Cathedral and Immaculate Conception (both in Seattle), where large crowds of devout migrant Christians gathered for the Christmas servicesAttended Christmas Institute (an ethnically relevant camp for youth and young adults), which highlighted Biblical teachings of resistance and actions against authoritarian rule and tyranny