Focus Areas

UUSC focuses on four major program areas to carry out our efforts to advance human rights and social justice. We work in partnership with local grassroots organizations in the United States and around the world, standing with communities as they confront unjust power structures and challenge oppressive policies. In each program area, we focus especially on issues of race, class, and gender and their roles in perpetuating injustice and human rights abuses.

Defending civil liberties and access to democratic processes

UUSC partners with civil liberties organizations and civil society groups working to defend freedom and rights by strengthening individual liberties and democratic processes in the Global War on Terror.

Advancing economic justice

UUSC addresses the issues of globalization and privatization, with a focus on defending workers' rights and supporting living wage campaigns. 

Promoting environmental justice

UUSC's primary focus in this area is promoting and defending the human right to water, especially in communities facing water-service privatization and resource depletion.

Protecting rights in humanitarian crises

UUSC responds strategically to disasters, whether natural or man-made, focusing especially on defending the rights of marginalized and oppressed populations.