UUSJ is joining other advocacy organizations in supporting national legislation expediting pathways to citizenship for essential workers during the pandemic and their families. If passed, it would provide over five million undocumented workers and families with immediate legal permanent residence status, including a million Dreamers. Late last month, Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) and Ted Lieu … Continue reading Immigration Legislation
Urge House and Senate To Strengthen Oversight of Immigration Agencies and Expand Immigrants Covered in next COVID Relief Bill Our Action Alerts make it easy for you to let your representative and senators hear your voice. They include links to electronic messages and talking points. Click the links below to take action. House Action … Continue reading Action Alerts – Transform DHS
Action Alert: Transform the Department of Homeland Security and provide relief to immigrant families! Urge our Representatives to strengthen oversight of DHS in its FY2021 Appropriations bill The Department of Homeland Security includes the agencies that enforce immigration and customs laws, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and provide services … Continue reading AA House Transform DHS
Action Alert: Transform the Department of Homeland Security and provide relief to immigrant families! Urge our Senators to strengthen oversight of DHS in its FY2021 Appropriations bill and include Immigrants in the COVID relief bill All Senators need to hear from their constituents, especially those on the Appropriations Committee. The Department of Homeland Security includes … Continue reading AA Senate Transform DHS
Kelsey serves on the board of Charlottesville (VA) Unitarian Church. She joins us from her most recent position as the Regional Organizing Director with the Tom Steyer presidential campaign. “I’m thrilled to be able to do this work,” Kelsey says. “We’re in the middle of such an important historical moment right now, and helping people exercise … Continue reading Meet Kelsey Cowger
What does NEPA do? Congress enacted NEPA on January 1, 1970, to establish a national policy for the environment “…to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony…” Using the NEPA process, agencies evaluate each new federal agency project to assess the environmental and related social and economic effects … Continue reading NEPA Background & UUSJ Comment Letter
Send your comments by March 10, 2020 In mid-January, the administration announced a proposal to rewrite the rules for a bedrock environmental law – the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We have a moral responsibility to care for the health and well-being of the people and the planet. This plan does the opposite. The proposal … Continue reading Action Alert: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Rollbacks
A couple of years ago, I was at a rally in front of the Maryland statehouse in Annapolis calling for stronger police accountability in cases of police brutality and misconduct. A local reporter, seeing my clergy collar, asked why I was there. I’m a former journalist so I began by giving a detailed synopsis of … Continue reading Calling Us to Ground Justice Work in Our UU Faith
