09/06/2026
For more than 15 years, UUCR has been part of the Bread and Roses story, preparing a nutritious meal for 160 guests on the first Saturday of every month. 🍝❤️
Our dedicated meal prep team makes our signature Pasta Primavera, prepared right in our kitchen and delivered to Bread and Roses.
As you read about the history of Bread and Roses and its connection to Labor Day, we invite you to learn more about how our UUCR community continues that tradition of caring for our neighbors.
With the new church year right around the corner, it's a great time to join the meal prep team! Come once or come monthly, we'd love to have you.
Happy Labor Day Weekend from Bread & Roses. 🥖 🌹
Our name is rooted in an important moment in labor history. More than a century ago, workers in Lawrence came together to demand something important: bread and roses, too.
This was a women-led movement. Neighbors from across Lawrence were fighting for fair wages and better working conditions, as well as dignity and hope. They fought for the right to have enough not just enough to survive, but to live with joy, community, and hope.
That spirit is still at the heart of Bread & Roses today.
We believe everyone deserves and has a right to the basics, including good food, a welcoming and safe space, and help and support. We also believe everyone has a right to feel connected, valued, and treated with compassion.
And that work doesn’t happen just once a year. It happens every day, because our neighbors deserve bread and roses every day.
This Labor Day, we’re grateful for and honor everyone who carries the spirit of the Bread & Roses movement forward with us, including our staff, volunteers, donors, partners, and neighbors.
Food. Dignity. Community. Compassion. Bread & Roses, every day, for everyone. ❤️ 🥖 🌹
¡Feliz Día del Trabajo de parte de Bread & Roses! 🥖 🌹
Nuestro nombre tiene sus raíces en un momento importante de la historia laboral. Hace más de un siglo, los trabajadores de Lawrence se unieron para exigir algo fundamental: pan, pero también rosas.
Fue un movimiento liderado por mujeres. Vecinos de todo Lawrence luchaban por salarios justos y mejores condiciones laborales, así como por dignidad y esperanza. Luchaban por el derecho a tener lo suficiente; no solo lo necesario para sobrevivir, sino para vivir con alegría, comunidad y esperanza.
Ese espíritu sigue siendo el corazón de Bread & Roses hoy en día.
Creemos que todas las personas merecen y tienen derecho a lo esencial, incluyendo buena comida, un espacio seguro y acogedor, y ayuda y apoyo. También creemos que todos tienen derecho a sentirse conectados, valorados y tratados con compasión.
Y esa labor no se realiza solo una vez al año. Ocurre a diario, porque nuestros vecinos merecen pan y rosas todos los días.
En este Día del Trabajo, agradecemos y honramos a todos los que mantienen vivo junto a nosotros el espíritu del movimiento Bread & Roses: nuestro personal, voluntarios, donantes, colaboradores y vecinos.
Comida. Dignidad. Comunidad. Compasión. Bread & Roses, todos los días, para todos. ❤️ 🥖 🌹
