The Mary-Ella Holst Fund for Global and UN Advocacy

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The Mary-Ella Holst Fund for Global and UN Advocacy supports advocacy and youth programming that further the human rights and policy goals of UUSC international grassroots partners. Projects include:

This organization is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.

Sponsoring UUSC partner participation at UN and global decision-making forums such as the UN Climate Change Conference and UN Human Rights Council.

Supporting the next steps in the groundbreaking campaign for an Advisory Opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice, led by UUSC partner Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change.

Accompanying UUSC partners seeking restitution from regional and international mechanisms, such as efforts for justice and accountability for the Rohingya Muslim minority of Burma.

Mary-Ella's UU Legacy

The Mary-Ella Holst Fund for Global and UN Advocacy honors Mary-Ella Holst for her enduring contributions to UUSC, the Unitarian Universalist denomination, and our broader world. During her 62 years as a member at All Souls New York City, Mary-Ella she made a lasting impact as Director of Religious Education, President of the Historical Society, and more. At UUSC, Mary-Ella's leadership included serving on the Board of Trustees, organizing volunteers as a National Co-Chair, raising awareness as a UUSC Ambassador, and helping reunite one of the Unitarian Service Committee's founders, Martha Sharp, with some of the people she helped rescue from the Nazis during World War II, which helped lead to Martha and her husband Waitstill Sharp being recognized as “Righteous Among Nations” at the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel.

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