Since we are working virtually this year, we can see measurable results after every action: new voters registered, clicks on our voter information website, mail ballots applied for, commitments to vote. UUs nationwide have made 1.3 million voter contacts this year! 

We’ve also harnessed the people power in our congregations: we have active electoral organizations in 15 congregations in the District Maryland and Virginia and many more in the broader UUSJ network. Some 597 new volunteers from UUSJ completed at least one electoral action since May 2020, and 376 from the Reeb Project. Many are people who are doing this work for the first time. More than ever, UUs are stepping up to do the crucial work we are called to do by our Fifth and Sixth Principles.

Thank you again for letting me share in this incredible work. I am humbled by the hard work and passion of my fellow UUs every day.

Kelsey Cowger
UUSJ/Reeb Project Voting Campaigns Organizer