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July – UUSJ Advocates Keeping Families Together and the Border Crisis

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The Advocacy Corps delivered letters from UUs and a UUSJ message asking House members to decrease spending on immigration enforcement, including ICE raids, detention, deportation and border militarization. The 24 Advocacy Corps volunteers visited 55 offices, held six scheduled meetings and delivered 169 constituent letters as well as a UUSJ message urging reducing detention in … Continue reading July – UUSJ Advocates Keeping Families Together and the Border Crisis

Can We Keep the Climate Crisis From Becoming A Climate Catastrophe?

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(By Larry Underwood, UUSJ Board member from Bull Run Unitarian Universalists, Manassas, VA) In July I re-visited the Alaska I had lived in for 22 years, when it was largely pristine wilderness. I joined the annual summer tour of Alaska sponsored by four Alaskan UU congregations. I went seeking the beauty, excitement, and wildlife for … Continue reading Can We Keep the Climate Crisis From Becoming A Climate Catastrophe?

Advocacy News and Events

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Immigration Crisis Focus of July 9 Advocacy Corps Visit to House The worsening humanitarian crisis along the southwest border and threat of expanded ICE raids is the issue for UUSJ’s Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps (AC) on July 9, reflecting the “call to action” by UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray and the newly-passed Action of Immediate … Continue reading Advocacy News and Events

“The Power of We” – General Assembly Social Justice Highlights

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The new Statement of Conscience (SOC), Our Democracy Uncorrupted, calls on us to live out our 5th Principle, “…use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.” The SOC was adopted with amendments, and will be available in final form soon but you can read the draft pre-GA SOC HERE. It … Continue reading “The Power of We” – General Assembly Social Justice Highlights

2019 Earth Month Write Here! Write Now! Letter-Writing Information

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Tell Your US Senators to Take Urgent Action to Address the Climate Crisis – Letter-Writing Documents & Resources Following are all the letter-writing materials you’ll need for your letter-writing event and some issue resources to customize your message to your senators based on state data. If you have questions, contact advocacy@uusj.org or call or text … Continue reading 2019 Earth Month Write Here! Write Now! Letter-Writing Information

UU Congregation of Fairfax Launches a Community Partner Plastic Bag Recycling Campaign.

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Does your congregation want to help prevent plastic bags and other thin plastic materials from ending up in our oceans, landfills and in the stomachs of our wildlife? UUCF Climate Action Group (CAG) is partnering with Unity of Fairfax, 350 Fairfax and Woodburn Homes Civic Association, to launch a campaign to send these items to … Continue reading UU Congregation of Fairfax Launches a Community Partner Plastic Bag Recycling Campaign.