A Word about UUSJ… For nearly 25 years at UUSJ, we have been building our strength for this fight, even if we did not know it was coming during our lifetimes. As a UU faith movement, we have grappled with injustice and pejorative politics. Our history of defying oppression goes back even further if we … Continue reading Opening Remarks by Pablo DeJesús, January 27, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org — # — As Trump Takes High Office, Our Focus Remains We have already pledged fealty to a just, compassionate, and sustainable world community Washington, D.C. — Following coverage of the 2025 inauguration and the various statements of intent with Executive Orders … Continue reading Press Release: As Trump Takes High Office, Our Focus Remains
Share link: https://bit.ly/Anne_Anderson A plea to UUs nationwide from one UU in Washington, D.C. by Anne Anderson Your votes up and down the ballot in the November election are critical in our struggle to protect and expand democracy! I am calling on all Unitarian Universalists in the U.S. to join D.C. residents and voters to … Continue reading Cherish and use your vote this upcoming Election Day!
If “nobody’s free until everybody’s free,” shouldn’t we be… Advocates for Collective Liberation? In our recent 2024 Annual Report, you may have noticed mention of Collective Liberation, a term I’ve been using with, and introducing to, UUSJ supporters for several years. However, while related to that mention, this post comes in happy response to the … Continue reading Advocates for Collective Liberation?
Lilla Watson, Aboriginal activist, academic, and artist: “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Icon: “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” Opal Lee, … Continue reading Collective Liberation: What it Means, A Summary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2024 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/UUSJ-PR_BidenOut As Biden Withdraws, Our Focus Remains The Same We want Americans to vote and need voters to defend our democracy Washington, D.C. — Following reports and announcement that President Joe Biden has exited the 2024 presidential campaign, Pablo DeJesús, Executive Director … Continue reading Press Release: President Biden withdraws from the 2024 race, July 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2024 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share | https://bit.ly/BidenEO2_UUSJ Gratified with the President’s Executive Action for Immigrant Families Improving Visas and DACA is a meaningful way to say Families Matter. Washington, D.C. — Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice is pleased with President Biden for issuing an executive action that might prove … Continue reading Press Release: Biden’s Executive Action for Immigrant Spouses of U.S. Citizens and DACA, June 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2024 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share | https://bit.ly/UUSJ_DACA-12yrs The President should strengthen and defend DACA Dreamers and other DACA recipients have been waiting 4,383 days and counting. Washington, D.C. — Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice is saddened that yet another Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) anniversary has arrived without … Continue reading 12th Anniversary of DACA, June 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2024 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share | https://bit.ly/BidenEO_UUSJ Disagreement With the President’s Executive Action on Asylum Closing the U.S.-Mexico is not a faithful solution. Washington, D.C. — Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice is profoundly disappointed in President Biden for issuing an executive action that functionally closes the U.S.-Mexico border to asylees, people … Continue reading Press Release: Biden’s Executive Action on Asylum, June 2024
Noticeable UU support for Haiti During early April 2024 UUSJ joined an Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) letter with more than 250 Faith Leaders and Organizations, directed to the White House and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on the matter of the cirisis in Haiti. The letter urges the Administration to take immediate … Continue reading UU solidarity from across the U.S. for Haiti
