TEAM - Tallahassee Equality Action Ministry

We have been active participants in TEAM since it's inception seven years ago. TEAM is a multi-faith, multi-racial, non-partisan group that brings congregations and faith communities across Tallahassee together to address issues facing our community.

TEAM uses the power of research and numbers to bring agencies and government bodies to account. The TEAM year begins in the fall with a Listening Process that elicits information about problems members of all the participating faith communities face.  An annual Community Problems Assembly offers the opportunity for people to narrow the field by voting.  Once a problem surfaces, Research Teams gather information about the problem and possible solutions. They meet with community groups and public officials to determine a course of action that might correct the problem. In the spring, TEAM gathers a large assembly (known as the Nehemiah Assembly) to ask community leaders to commit to resolving issues. The power of numbers has allowed TEAM to make inroads in some of the serious issues facing our community, including: mental health care, education, transportation, and housing.

UUCT members and Ministers have been active in the Listening Process, Research Committees and Action Assemblies. In 2009-2010, our Minister, Robin Gray, serves as Vice President for the Executive Board of TEAM.

The Shelter
Our congregation prepares and serves dinner to 175 people at The Shelter on the second Monday of each month. Several times a year a collection is taken from the congregation to buy the food for UUCT volunteers to cook. The Sunday morning before our designated night, a volunteer purchases the groceries and delivers them at the church to four or five other volunteers who prepare and cook casseroles in their homes and deliver them to The Shelter. Another group of volunteers arrive at The Shelter that evening to serve the meal to those in need. The serving takes approximately one hour.