Monday, December 13 12pm ET Washington DC near the US Capitol (exact location TBA) UU RSVP Both the UUA and UUSJ have endorsed this urgent upcoming action with The Poor People’s Campaign: National Call For Moral Revival. UUSJ has been an endorser since 2018. Can we help showcase fusion organizing by bringing all the issues … Continue reading Will You Help Stand for Economic Justice, For Fusion Politics?
Charlotte Jones Carroll, Immigration Action Team Convenor (cjonescarroll@aol.com) April brought concerns about the lack of progress on two important immigration goals: creating legal paths to citizenship and raising the cap for incoming refugees. Success for President Biden’s comprehensive immigration reform bill appears doubtful as the legislation remains stalled in House and Senate committees. Advocates are … Continue reading Immigration Bills in House & Senate
Charlotte Jones Carroll, Immigration Action Team Convenor (cjonescarroll@aol.com) Join the Immigration Action Group Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 pm ET, for its Town Hall zoom meeting focusing on UUSJ’s national immigration advocacy priorities and strategies for educating and engaging UUSJ members. Register HERE. UUSJ continues to urge its members to support the “US Citizenship Act … Continue reading Immigration Action, Education, and Information
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
