UUSJ’s ninth Social Justice Awards Benefit Celebration lifts up our social justice Awardees and provides an opportunity to learn from one another about how best to promote and advance UU values in these challenging times. *Photos courtesy of Art Stevens, UU Church of Arlington 2019 Theme: The theme this year was Jazzed for Social Justice … Continue reading 2019 UUSJ Social Justice Awards Gala
Stand up for Working Families. Oppose the SNAP Rule Change by September 23, 2019! The Administration is proposing to gut states’ options to eliminate SNAP asset tests and use a higher income test to serve more working households that have significant expenses for shelter and childcare. The USDA proposal would eliminate SNAP (i.e., food stamps) benefits for … Continue reading Stand up for Working Families. Oppose the SNAP Rule Change by September 23!
UUSJ Social Justice Awards Nominations – 2019 – Now Open (till August 26) We know there are many worthy individuals and groups from our congregations who are doing wonderful things to make the world a better place. UUSJ requests your help identifying these Social Justice Stars so we can honor them at our Biennial Awards … Continue reading Now Open – UUSJ Social Justice Awards Nominations – 2019!
The Poor People’s Campaign — Through 2020 and Beyond You may recall, both UUA and UUSJ endorsed the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and have committed to fighting: the distorted moral narrative, systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and ecological devastation as important intersectional and interfaith social justice work. Many UUs from across the nation … Continue reading The Poor People’s Campaign — Through 2020 and Beyond
UUSJ Social Justice Award Categories – 2019 After reviewing the categories below, start the nomination process here (http://bit.ly/UUSJ_2019Gala_Nominations). The nominator will select one of the categories listed below which best describes their nominee. UUSJ may elect not to award in every category based on the total submissions in a category. The judges’ decisions are final. … Continue reading UUSJ Social Justice Award Categories – 2019
UUs ARE STILL IN, Even if Our Federal Government is Not Do you live in a City or State that is “Still In?” Then you are one of 156 Million Americans with a leader who has pledged to keep the US Paris Climate Agreement Commitments. Help turn that pledge into real action for a Just … Continue reading ARE STILL IN, Even if Our Federal Government is Not
It started with the question I was asking myself and my friends, what can we do to highlight the unfair separation of children from parents? And a realization of personal conviction that “no child should go to bed without a parent or loved one to tuck them in at night.” This came to my mind … Continue reading Alex Kohn on Where are the Children? (June 9, 2019)
Over 30 states have committed to a Real Emergency Truth and Poverty Bus Tour, which began recently and runs through early May. The bus tours are an important way that we are raising the issues of this campaign: poverty, systemic racism, ecological devastation, the war economy and the distorted moral narrative from the very voices … Continue reading Get Connected to the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
UUSJ and UUA endorsed the PPC during 2018 and helped UU mobilization across the nation in support of the 40 Day Moral Monday Campaign. A video summary of the PPC effort is available here. During the 2018 season of direct actions, more than 200 UUs were arrested, including our own John Gubbings, UUSJ … Continue reading A review of UUSJ and UUs with the Poor People’s Campaign – 2018
Do You Share This Vision? “UUs nationwide will be reliable and fully engaged partners in advocacy and action that accomplish local, national, and global practices for the Climate Just Transition to 100 % Renewable Energy, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.” 2019 arrived with a red-hot awareness and urgency to respond to climate change. … Continue reading Introducing A UU-WIDE Climate Action Movement (In Progress)
