Previous UUSJ Action Alerts Issue Information Pages
- Advocacy Day Dec. 10, 2019 (House) – Support Clean Energy Tax Incentives (credits and extenders). Link here to the WHWN Handout with topic details.
- Advocacy Day Nov. 12, 2019 (Senate) – Time is Running Out! Fund Election Security for $600 million. Link here to the WHWN Handout with topic details.
- Advocacy Day Oct. 8, 2019 (House) – Support comprehensive legislation to address the climate crisis – 100% Crean Energy Act and Climate Stewardship Act. Link here to the WHWN Handout with topic details.
- Advocacy Day September 2019 (Senate) nationwide Write Here! Write Now! (WHWN) letter-writing campaign to tell our U.S. Senators to Show Real Leadership to Help Avert the Climate Crisis. Link here to the WHWN Handout with topic details. Check out the special September WHWN information page.
- September nationwide Write Here! Write Now! (WHWN) letter-writing campaign to tell our U.S. Senators to Show Real Leadership to Help Avert the Climate Crisis. Economic and climate justice is a moral issue.
- Check out the special September WHWN information page for delivery details, tips, and resources for this nationwide letter-writing campaign.
- Letter writing Sundays (for letters to be mailed) are Sept. 1 and/or 8. Letters will be delivered on the lobby day Sept. 17, 2019, by attendees of the UU Sept. 15-17 conference in Washington, D.C. Advocating for Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue: Mobilizing for a Green New Deal. Conference details HERE and flyer HERE.
- Mailed letters: Monday, September 9 for delivery by Thursday, Sept. 12 5pmET to UUSJ. The mailing address is on the WHWN Handout with topic details.
- Hand deliver letters: if you are attending the conference and bringing your congregations letters, let us know by Monday, September 9.
- Questions: contact advocacy@uusj.org. Current WHWN Partner? email advocacy@uusj.org for special instructions.
- Fix Tax Credit Gaps for low-income families & Fund Programs to Reduce Recidivism – Tax and Appropriations focus (no WHWN) Advocacy Day August 13, 2019 – U.S. Senate
- Immigration – Keep Immigrant Families Together (includes ICE raids and appropriations 2020) Link here for the WHWN Handout. (Advocacy Day July 9, 2019 – U.S. House)
- Healthcare Control the High Cost of Healthcare and Prescription Drugs (Advocacy Day June 11, 2019 – U.S. Senate) Link here for the Write Here! Write Now! Handout for topic details.
- Tell our U.S. Senators that Urgent Action is Needed to Address the Climate Crisis. Join the Earth Month Write Here! Write Now! Letter-Writing Campaign April 7-May 5: UUSJ is partnering with the UU Ministry For Earth Spring for Change – A Season of Sacred Activism for a Write Here! Write Now! (WHWN) nationwide letter-writing campaign. Send letters to UUSJ on or before Thursday, May 9. The UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps will deliver your congregation’s letters on May 14, 2019.
- Check out our letter-writing campaign Information & Resources page (instructions, issue fact sheets, sign up link for more information, etc.). Read the “Cover Letter & Instructions” page first with a summary of what you need to do.
- Here is a direct link to the Earth Month WHWN Climate Crisis Handout – a one-page two-sided handout to put out on your letter-writing tables. The handout includes: background on the issue and legislative update, talking points, suggested questions to ask and a sample letter.
- Tell your U.S. Representative to support H.R.6 – a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and immigrants with protected status. The UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps will deliver your congregation’s letters April 9, 2019. Link here for the WHWN Handout with topic details. (Advocacy Day April 9, 2019 – U.S. House)
- Stop Voter Suppression: Restore protections to the Voting Rights Act. The UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps will deliver your congregation’s letters March 12, 2019: Link here for the WHWN Handout for topic details.
- New Congress! New Opportunity to Advocate for Social Justice. Tell your member of the U.S. House of Representative member what’s on your mind! For details, visit the February 12 Advocacy Day Information Page and to learn about the Write Here! Write Now! letter-writing campaign. Link here for the February WHWN Handout. (Advocacy Day February 12, 2019 – House)
- Climate Crisis – include in anticipated infrastructure reform legislation. Link here for the WHWN Handout for topic details. (Advocacy Day January 8, 2019 – Senate)
- Criminal justice reform – Senate 2.0 version of the First Step Act – affirm positives, raise concerns and urge work towards more comprehensive reform. (Advocacy Day December 12, 2018 – Senate)
- Farm Bill Conference Committee: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program, from cuts and harmful changes (November 13, 2018 House)
- Immigration – Humane treatment of immigrants and refugees (two special days on September 26 Senate, September 27 House, and Advocacy Day October 9, 2018 – Senate)
- Defend UU Values: Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination to the Supreme Court Information Page (Advocacy Day September 11 – Senate)
- Farm Bill Conference Committee: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program (focus on no additional work requirements) Information Page (Advocacy Day August 14 – Senate)
- Stop Detaining Children and Separating Families Information Page (Advocacy Day July 12 – Senate)
- Farm Bill: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program, and support current Senate bipartisan efforts. Information Page. (Advocacy Day June 12 – Senate)
- RECLAIM Act: Release $1B to Help Coalfield Communities Information Page. (Advocacy Day May 8 – Senate)
- Farm Bill: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program, from cuts and harmful changes Information Page (Advocacy Day April 10, 2018 – House)
- Protect the Johnson Amendment Information Page (Advocacy Day March 13, 2018)
- Clean Power Plan – Submit comment to EPA by April 26, 2018
- Stop the Assault on Medicaid Information Page (Advocacy Day February 13, 2018)
- Say No to Fake Tax Reform! Information Page – November – December, 2017
- DREAM Act – Keep contacting all of your Members of Congress. Information Page (Advocacy Day November 14, 2017)
- Healthcare Information Page October – December, 2017
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New Congress! New Opportunity to address Climate Change in the anticipated infrastructure reform legislation. (Advocacy Day January 8, 2019 – Senate)
- Criminal justice reform – Senate 2.0 version of the First Step Act – affirm positives, raise concerns and urge work towards more comprehensive reform
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Farm Bill Conference Committee: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program, from cuts and harmful changes; (November 13, 2018 House)
- Immigration – Humane treatment of immigrants and refugees (two special days on September 26 Senate, September 27 House, and Advocacy Day October 9, 2018 – Senate)
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Farm Bill Conference Committee: Protect SNAP, anti-hunger program (focus on no additional work requirements) Information Page (see Senate Farm Bill: Protect Snap June 12)
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DREAM Act – Keep contacting all of your Members of Congress. Information Page (Advocacy Day Nov. 14, 2017)
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Medicaid Work Requirements Jeopardize Health and Financial Security of Millions of People
Restore land and economies in communities harmed by our energy sector’s transition away from coal
June 12, 2018 SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program – formerly Food Stamps) Helps 40M from Being Hungry
