The Social Action Committee has taken on the present UUA Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI), Ethical Eating: Food & Environmental Justice. Arguments in support of the CSAI are the fact that food production and distribution affects farm workers, who face deplorable working conditions; food purchasers may be economically limited in the kinds of food they are able to buy; and food producers face rising costs for transportation and other requirements.

The Social Action Committee is engaged in the following activites that are in line with this CSAI:

• Serving as the conduit for donations to the South County Food Pantry.
• Supporting Fair Trade for Farmers through the sale of Equal Exchange coffee, cocoa, tea, and other goods.
• Actively engaging in the efforts of the Coalition of Immokalee Farm Workers to fight for fair pay and safe working conditions.
• Supporting the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and their efforts by selling holiday cards, engaging the congregation in the "Guest at Your Table" program, and actively working with the Youth RE group to work on their annual service project that supports a UUSC cause such as La Red Vida, which fights for safe drinking water for poor and indigenous peoples in South America.

Other items on the Social Action Committee agenda include the Keep Sarasota County Beautiful program with the coordination of the Venice Ave. street clean-up, the selection of the monthly recipient of the 50/50 First Sunday Offering, and the coordination of congregational participation in social justice organizations.