Social Justice News March 2026
Happy March, Spring, Warmth and all things Green!
March is Women’s History Month. Check out the League of Women Voters’ displays at the Williamsburg Library.
Women’s Day is March 8th, 2026, under the theme, “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls,” calling for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws, weak legal protections, and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls. Below are some links to various groups supporting women’s rights.
One way we can continue to work towards closing this gap is to make sure we are voting for candidates who will help continue the fight.
“You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that’s the way we move forward.”
— Michelle Obama, attorney, author, and First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
“It's not enough to just want change ... You have to go and make change by voting."
— Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter and country-pop star
Special election sample ballot
New Redistricting Map
FYI..Early Voting on Redistricting starts NOW for the Special Election April 21, 2026.
Click the link below to find out more about the upcoming ballot on the new redistricting map and how you might be affected.
https://www.vpap.org/redistricting/2026/voter-impact/
Rainbow Ministry
March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility.
Have you heard about the 45-Mile Outdoor Challenge? This March, you can follow along with Robin Jester Wootton, who will be walking 45 miles over the month to raise awareness and funding for The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ENDING suicide among LGBTQ+ communities. The Trevor Project provides free 24/7 hotline and a website of resources for those who are struggling and need extra support for their gender and sexuality journeys. For more information visit www.thetrevorproject.org/. To follow along with Robin’s walking plan, photos, and videos of fun interesting places throughout the area, check out the Facebook page for WUU Social Justice or contact Robin. And feel free to make suggestions of places to go! DRE@WUU.org
Also, check out the link below for books, articles, movies.
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/how-to-celebrate-transgender-day-of-visibility
Share the Plate
This month’s Share the Plate offering will benefit FISH.
FISH is a volunteer-operated, non-profit organization that provides food, clothing, and small housewares to persons in need who live in Williamsburg, James City County and York County.
February Share the Plate Update
In February, WUU contributed $1,231 to Olde Towne Medical and Dental Center. Thank you to all who gave!
We welcome nominations of recipients for our Share the Plate program. We focus on local, non-profit, "hands-on" groups of a size where our donations could "move the needle" in their activities. Send a suggestion with brief description to stp@wuu.org.
Micro Activism Book Study at WUU; sponsored by WUU Social Justice
Other Social Justice Initiatives in Our Area
NO KINGS
Be sure to join other WUUers on March 28th for No Kings Rally. For a WUU photo op, please meet on the steps to the Courthouse entrance at 1:50 pm (this is at the rear of the Courthouse). Join the Williamsburg JCC Indivisibles at WJCC Courthouse 2pm (Poster making at the WJCC Rec Center March 9, 2 pm)
Lemon Project Symposium 2026
Find details below about this year’s Lemon Project Symposium at William and Mary March 20-21 and how to sign up: The 16th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium
MAR 17 - Coming to the Table, Local Group Monthly Gathering, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. 200 John Tyler Lane, Williamsburg
Creating opportunities for people to come together and to get to know each other by respectfully listening to each other’s truths. Coming to the Table also plans educational programs and partners with community organizations to repair the harm done to our community. Learn more.
MAR 26 - Finding Edna Lewis Documentary Screening and Discussion, 7 -9 p.m. Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg
See the award-winning documentary Finding Edna Lewis, followed by a discussion of Lewis' extraordinary life, introducing many Americans to seasonal, Southern cooking — the cooking of the Black community in rural Virginia that raised her, with the film's host and executive producer, Deb Freeman. $15. Learn more.
Ongoing Local Initiatives
MORAL MONDAY ON DUKE OF GLOUCESTER STREET [MMODS]
Contact: John Whitley peacenow1@verizon.net
We gather near the bench close to Illy Cafe in Merchants Square around 11:35 a.m. to meet and greet. From 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., we demonstrate freely and intentionally for Justice and Democracy on D.O.G. Street at the intersection with College Corner. MMODS is Values-driven, Democracy-focused, Justice-committed. Signs are available. Your signs are welcomed.
Freedom Fridays
Most Fridays WJCC Courthouse at noon.
Social Justice Hour with Showing Up for Racial Justice - Historic Triangle
Monthly Social Justice Coffee Hour is the 3rd Saturday of each month at Column 15 from 9-10 am. Folks who are interested are welcome to just show up! Anyone with questions can email surjhistorictriangle@gmail.com - or check us out on our website at: https://surj-ht.wixsite.com/historic-triangle
If you have questions, ideas, information, or photos you would like to share with the Social Justice Ministry, please reach out to sjchair@wuu.org.