Support SNAP and keep hunger at bay. updated 4/13/18 Contact your U.S. Representative Call your Representative by using the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Ask them to support SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), our nation’s most effective anti-hunger program. Page Contents (click on a title to go to that section): Action Needed NOW: What You Can Do What … Continue reading SNAP helps end hunger
Write Here! Write Now! Letter-Writing Documents and UUSJ Issue Information Page: Following is a shortcut to all the letter-writing support materials. 1. RECLAIM Act Issue Handout for your writing tables – a one-page, two-sided handout (put out on your writing tables). The handout includes: Background & Talking Points, Instructions for Preparing Your Letter and a Sample … Continue reading UU Climate Justice Month RECLAIM Act Letter-Writing Information
UUSJ’s Capitol Hill Advocacy Corps will focus on supporting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) during its visit on April 10. Threatened by proposed budget cuts and tougher eligibility requirements, SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) provides nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families as the largest program in the domestic hunger safety … Continue reading Support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
“If I were to offer one thing that was salient from the March it was that despite the unique stories offered by each young person, one message was the same — ‘vote them out.’ Our most important mission as gun violence prevention activists is to support any and all measures to eliminate all the politicians … Continue reading A Local UU Gun Violence Prevention Activist on MFOL
UUs from across the region and around the country came to D.C. for the MFOL national rally. UUSJ offered rally tips, set a conveening point and welcomed folks as they arrived. We also supported the YoUUth delegations starting out at All Souls. UUs from HI, MD, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, VA, VT, Egypt … Continue reading YoUUth Led the Way on March For Our lives (MFOL)
Tuesday, April 3: Prayer 6:00 pm: Orthodox Christian Bridegroom Service of Holy Tuesday 8:00 pm: Then and Now: An Ecumenical Gathering to End Racism Location: Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2815 36th St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20007 Wednesday, April 4: ACT to End Racism Rally on the National Mall 7-8 am: AWAKEN – LIGHTING THE … Continue reading Act Now to End Racism: Three Days of Activity
Restore land and economies in communities harmed by our energy sector’s transition away from coal Contact your US Senators during April’s Climate Justice Month (Mail your congregation’s letters to arrive on or before May 4 – for mailing address and instructions link here)– Ask Senators to support the RECLAIM Act 2017, which would release … Continue reading RECLAIM Act – Release $1B to Help Coalfield Communities
As you know the UUA and the UUMA are endorsers of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. (To see UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray announce the UUA participation, click here.) As we head into the Campaign’s season of weekly mass non-violent direct action from May 14th through June 21st in Washington, … Continue reading Webinar with Rev. William Barber-Moral Basis for Direct Action – March 22nd
Repeal of the “Johnson Amendment” may be included in the Omnibus Spending Bill which must pass by March 23. Call and email your Senators NOW Call your Senators by using the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Ask them to support the current law that prohibits all tax-exempt organizations from endorsing and opposing candidates. Page Contents (click on a … Continue reading Keep Houses of Worship Nonpartisan
By Rev. David Miller, Senior Minister, UU Congregation of Fairfax, on Feb., 14 Of the many symptoms of systemic illness on display in our country, school shootings are among the saddest and most destructive. As I watched children today fleeing their school in Florida, arms raised, I thought not only is the horror of safe … Continue reading Statement on Gun Violence
