On Sunday, May 21, Cedar Lane UU, like many UU congregations in this area, will be voting on whether or not to move forward in hosting a Syrian refugee family. If your congregation is becoming a Sanctuary congregation by hosting a refugee family, contact UUSJ at info@uusj.org; we’d love to celebrate the discernment process with … Continue reading Discernment at Cedar Lane UU: Vote on Physical Sanctuary Congregation
UUSJ signed onto a draft letter expressing concern for Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers. Following our work to support civilian access to detention centers and the Bed Mandate, UUSJ was invited by Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) to join the UU Association, UU Service Committee, and others allied with the national immigration … Continue reading UUSJ Signs Onto Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers Letter
In addition to our national letter writing campaign defending the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), UUSJ is collecting and delivering letters in support of a local effort to protect our estuary region and the impacts on our Chesapeake Bay. Please use our sample letter and talking points to help … Continue reading Protect the Chesapeake Bay – Join UUSJ’s Local Write Here! Write Now! Letter Writing Campaign
On May 1, CASA and the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations organized local participation in nationwide marches. Participants—starting at the Arlington Courthouse Plaza and DuPont Circle—converged on the White House in support of immigrants and workers and to protest the harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric and cruel immigration policies of the Administration. If you attended the march, please … Continue reading May Day Marches for Immigrant & Workers
From left: Pablo DeJesus, UUSJ Executive Director, Congressman Ami Bera (CA-7), and Rachel Bennett Steury, UUJEC Over 60 UUs from 16 states attended the conference, hosted by UUSJ and the UUs for a Just Economic Community, and took part in advocating with members of Congress on the implications of inequality decisions about our healthcare … Continue reading Success at the “Reversing Inequality—Healthcare Justice is a UU Value” Conference
On Saturday, April 29, 100 UUs joined 200,000 people from all over the country and converged on Washington, DC for the People’s Climate Movement and marched for climate, jobs, and justice. After pre-march fellowship and street art in the morning, UUs set out under the banner of “the seas are rising and so are we” … Continue reading Beyond PCM: UUSJ pushes to build a Climate Justice Movement
More than 100 UU organizations and individuals signed onto a request of the three candidates for UUA president that they respond to nine questions about climate change and their vision for responding to this ethical, spiritual and pragmatic crisis. All three responded and their statements are organized by question. The next UUA President will be … Continue reading UUA Presidential Candidates on Climate Justice
Family advocates and the UUSJ Advocacy Corps visited US Senate offices on April 11 to discuss healthcare reform, specifically Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which together cover one in three American children. Twelve Advocacy Corps members from six congregations, and Rev. Archene Turner and families from Cedar Lane UUC, visited 50 Senate offices … Continue reading Family Advocates Joined UUSJ Advocacy Corps on the Hill
People of faith will join students, workers, parents, and people on the front lines of climate change for a major climate justice mobilization right here in DC. Faith group coordination is being arranged by GreenFaith and Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA). RSVP with UUs and the People’s Climate Movement. Download the UU Flyer. Check out the Facebook event. Join UUSJ’s … Continue reading People’s Climate Movement – March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice
UUSJ volunteers discussed concerns on Immigration with various Senate staffers during February. Of particular interest and worry was the apparent move by ICE to deny faith groups access to detention center facilities for witness and service. UUSJ’s Immigration team was asked to follow-up on this development, provide documentation on the troublesome exchange, and ask its … Continue reading UUSJ Immigration Advocacy & Request for UU Interactions with ICE
