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
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
Although much has occurred in the past three weeks and there are ongoing issues, it’s worth celebrating some important democracy successes. More people voted in the 2020 elections than have ever voted before. This was the direct result of tireless efforts by many, many different and diverse groups around the country, including UU churches and … Continue reading Fred Van Deusen – Reflections on 2020
Although much has occurred in the past three weeks and there are ongoing issues, it’s worth celebrating some important democracy successes. More people voted in the 2020 elections than have ever voted before. This was the direct result of tireless efforts by many, many different and diverse groups around the country, including UU churches and … Continue reading Reflections on 2020 from Fred Van Deusen, Convener, Defending Our Democracy
Our fundamental UU principles of acceptance of one another; justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and the use of the democratic process in our society, are under attack, and we must defend them. In doing so we UUs, working together with the assistance of UUSJ and many other groups, can help address the intolerable … Continue reading Our Most Basic UU Principles Are Under Attack
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. 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
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
[maxbutton id=”1″ ] [maxbutton id=”2″ ] [maxbutton id=”3″ ] [maxbutton id=”4″ ] Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters in the mid-Atlantic Now! The Reeb Voting Rights Project and UUs for Social Justice have pooled resources and talents to hire Kelsey Cowger jointly for the 2020 election season as our Reeb/UUSJ Voting Campaigns Organizer. Kelsey will help mobilize and engage UUs … Continue reading Reeb / UUSJ – Voter Mobilization Project 2020
Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters Now! The Reeb Project for Voting Rights and UUSJ are teaming up through November to fight voter suppression, improve ballot access and help people register to vote. With polling places shutting down due to the coronavirus and a shift to mail-in ballots, it is critical that all Americans are able … Continue reading Join the Reclaim Our Vote Project to Mobilize Voters! Connect with the UUSJ/Reeb Project
