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UU Climate Justice Month RECLAIM Act Letter-Writing Information

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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

Support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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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)

RECLAIM Act – Release $1B to Help Coalfield Communities

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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

Webinar with Rev. William Barber-Moral Basis for Direct Action – March 22nd

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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

Keep Houses of Worship Nonpartisan

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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

Statement on Gun Violence

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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

Why I sold my guns

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Average citizens who think they can whip a concealed gun out to shoot down a bad guy are living under a dangerous illusion.  Joel Miller | 9/1/1999 This essay first appeared in the September/October 1999 issue of UU World, when the author was minister of the Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church, near Columbine High School in Littleton, … Continue reading Why I sold my guns