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Michael Thoryn on Advocacy Corps – Trying to Make a Difference

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  Reflection based on comments at Cedar Lane, Sunday service, 8/12/18 In December, the Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps visited Congressional offices to encourage signatures on a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The issue was protecting Dreamers . . . young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. … Continue reading Michael Thoryn on Advocacy Corps – Trying to Make a Difference

Eleanor Piez on the Federal Policy of Separating Families

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The federal policy of separating families – children from parents, income-earners from dependents – is not new. In June, it jumped into bold relief with the U.S. Department of Justice’s action to criminalize people for exercising their right to seek asylum, then incarcerate them without tracking where they and their children were sent. But detention, … Continue reading Eleanor Piez on the Federal Policy of Separating Families

UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps Information Sessions

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updated February 23, 2019 We offer periodic information session on the UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps. See information below for the next scheduled sessions. Our Advocacy Corps makes regular visits to Members of Congress and their staff on the second Tuesday of the month at 9:30am-12:30pm on priority issues of immigration, environmental and climate justice, … Continue reading UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps Information Sessions

Elisabeth Geschiere on “Why I Believe Nonviolent Direct Action* is Imperative”

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I was listening to a 2015 speech by former California congress member and former Oakland mayor Ron Dellums, who died recently of cancer, called “Vietnam: The Power of Protest.” He shared how young people have asked him about the difference between his generation–the generation of the Black Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War protests–and … Continue reading Elisabeth Geschiere on “Why I Believe Nonviolent Direct Action* is Imperative”

Rev. Tanner on “I Was A Wearied Kind of Ready: Lessons from Poor People’s Campaign”

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Sitting in the hot tent I could feel the damp air rising from the ground while I held my two-week old baby.  I found myself in an unintentional sauna in DC. Just two hours before, 25,000 people gathered across the National Mall for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC: NCMR). … Continue reading Rev. Tanner on “I Was A Wearied Kind of Ready: Lessons from Poor People’s Campaign”

Rev. Koteen on “Discovering the Roots of Injustice: How Political and Economic Inequity Are Foundational to All Oppressions”

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There are many versions of the Grail legend. In one of them, Percival, the original Grail knight, sees the Grail when he is an adolescent. However, he fails to ask the critical question: Who does the Grail serve? He does not ask because his parents have taught him that it is impolite to ask questions. … Continue reading Rev. Koteen on “Discovering the Roots of Injustice: How Political and Economic Inequity Are Foundational to All Oppressions”

#FamiliesBelongTogether – Stop Detaining Children and Families

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Action Alert: Urge Senators to stop family separation and detention   On June 30, we marched. Now we must take the next step and act. #FamiliesBelongTogether has become a rallying cry against forcible family separation and President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Members of Congress need to continue to hear that detaining families together is not a … Continue reading #FamiliesBelongTogether – Stop Detaining Children and Families

SNAP Helps 40M from Being Hungry

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Urge Senators to support and strengthen SNAP (updated June 8, 2018 11pm) On June 12, the UUSJ Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps will go to the Senate to urge support of SNAP (formerly Food Stamp program). The Senate Agriculture Committee released its version of the 2018 Farm Bill – the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 – … Continue reading SNAP Helps 40M from Being Hungry