Author: Pablo DeJesus

Serious Discussions Concerning Acknowledgement Of American Slavery

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“True national unity can only emerge with acknowledgment of harm. It’s one of the first steps in pursuing restorative justice. For that reason, UUSJ supports serious discussions of reparations. Rep. Cori Bush’s resolution provides a much-needed framework for the federal reparations commission to begin. It allows us to start sacred dreaming and imagine what repair … Continue reading Serious Discussions Concerning Acknowledgement Of American Slavery

Called By Our Faith To Act For A Climate-Smart Farm Bill

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This year, we have a critical opportunity to advocate for a climate-smart agricultural sector that advances justice. We have an essential role in showcasing that faith advocates see a moral imperative for a proposal that shifts to a greener, more sustainable, more regenerative approach. This is in deference to our relationship to the interdependent web … Continue reading Called By Our Faith To Act For A Climate-Smart Farm Bill

We Need ECA Reform While Also Fighting For Voting Rights

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s endorsement of the Senate Electoral Count Act (ECA) reform proposal is a significant victory toward reforming the vaguely written 19th-century law that opened the door for those denying the results of the 2020 Presidential vote.  And while it falls far short of the comprehensive approach UUSJ believes is needed to … Continue reading We Need ECA Reform While Also Fighting For Voting Rights

Communications Assistant, Wanted

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Date Posted:  October 6th, 2022 Title: Communications Assistant Reports To:  Executive Director Collaborates with an Administrative Assistant and a communications-minded Trustee Location: Open, must be willing to collaborate with Eastern Times in mind Position: Part-time; 10 hrs/week at $20 – $25/hour. Time and days of work are flexible Application Deadline:  Initial candidate pool deadline 10/26, … Continue reading Communications Assistant, Wanted

UUSJ Statement: Federal Executions and the Death Penalty

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From the 2005 Statement of Conscience: Criminal Justice and Prison Reform Not all prisoners who enter the system leave. One of the most shameful aspects of our current criminal justice system is the death penalty. Many countries have abandoned the practice of capital punishment. Studies fail to demonstrate that the death penalty actually deters crime. … Continue reading UUSJ Statement: Federal Executions and the Death Penalty

Throughout 2020, you have buoyed my spirits when life and politics got me low.

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You and your passion for social justice, systems change, and dismantling the interlocking injustices of federal policy has kept me going. Especially when the tragedy of this pandemic and the travesty of police violence and racial injustice have put me on my back, psychically, spiritually. Thank you. Just this week I had another one of … Continue reading Throughout 2020, you have buoyed my spirits when life and politics got me low.

Pablo DeJesus on Our Principles Inform Our Economic Justice Work

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At the heart of UUSJ’s economic justice work are three values–inclusion, equity, and opportunity–that interact closely with our UU principles. These values dovetail what early thinkers in the field such as Louis Kelso and Mortimer Adler, identified as “three essential and interdependent principles: Participative Justice (the input principle), Distributive Justice (the out-take principle), and Social … Continue reading Pablo DeJesus on Our Principles Inform Our Economic Justice Work

Keep Breathing, Everyone. A Justice-Focused Life is a Spiritual Life – Pastoral Comment by Chaplain Eleanor Piez

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Keep breathing. Keep breathing, everyone.  In my memory, I’ve never known so much public anxiety and fear as I see right now. The coronavirus is still running rampant, and still killing people off. It’s worse because it’s been weaponized. The virus in the U.S. has been turned into one more force of political power waging … Continue reading Keep Breathing, Everyone. A Justice-Focused Life is a Spiritual Life – Pastoral Comment by Chaplain Eleanor Piez