What’s next for environmental activists once the fog clears on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (factsheet) and Build Back Better Act (framework)? The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure measure that passed includes $550 billion in new spending, encompassing more than “classic” investments in hard infrastructure for the environment. It also calls for bike lanes, wildfire mitigation … Continue reading Beyond Infrastructure and Build Back Better: Prospects for 2022
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?
As Unitarian Universalists, we hold sacred the inherent worth and dignity of every person. In the practice of our values, this means we care for those suffering from society’s indifference and marginalization, with an eye and ear for those facing the most egregious harms. The Build Back Better legislation does take bold action as a … Continue reading Start With Build Back Better, End In Justice
UUSJ has advocated for reduced funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, especially their detention and other enforcement activities, after several years of significant increases. The FY22 budget proposal just out May 28 for all of DHS is $52 billion, unchanged from last year. That may seem disappointing but the truth … Continue reading Flat Funding for the Department of Homeland Security FY22
David Shilton, Environmental Action Team Convenor The EPA Announces Phase Out of HFCs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced proposed rules to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) over the next 15 years. HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases that are used in most refrigerators and air conditioners, and they tend to leak out into the atmosphere over … Continue reading Good News for Stopping Climate Change
Join in Widening the Circle of Concern By Rev. Karen Lee Scrivo I was familiar with the highlights of Widening the Circle of Concern, but it wasn’t until I joined some Unitarian Universalist ministers recently that I really delved into the UUA Commission on Institutional Change’s nearly 200-page report. As you may know, the commission’s … Continue reading Join in Widening the Circle of Concern
The UUSJ Environmental Action Team has adopted priorities for 2021 that call for bold action to address the full scope of the climate crisis. The priorities point to the need for Congress and the Executive Branch to take needed steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions to 1.5 degrees Celsius and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. … Continue reading Environmental & Climate 2021 Priorities
The Democracy Action Team is working on advocacy plans for 2021. After meetings with Senate staffers last month, the Team agreed on its priorities for this year as well as the groups it hopes to partner with. (Find the team’s complete report HERE.) The Team’s priorities focus on: Ensuring fair elections Enabling voters’ participation and … Continue reading Democracy 2021 Priorities
Immigration Justice, New Administration, New Bills With President Biden proposing a bold immigration bill that includes pathways to citizenship, the Immigration Action Team is focusing on the House and Senate committees considering the legislation. The Administration’s proposal includes – among other things – citizenship pathways for all 11 million immigrants here without full legal status. … Continue reading Immigration Justice, New Administration, New Bills
Rev. Ashley Horan is the Organizing Strategy Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association, where she works with a team of faithful organizers and movement builders to ensure the justice work of Unitarian Universalism is spiritually grounded and politically effective. Her charge came at the end of last month’s UUSJ’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. See the story … Continue reading Rev. Ashley Horan Charges UUs to “Make Good Trouble”
