FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/Shutdown-Oct2025 — # — We Deserve Healthcare, Housing, and Food, Not Brinkmanship The majority has doubled down on harm in this Government Shutdown. Washington, DC – The deadline for passing a Continuing Resolution to fund the government lapsed last night, at midnight … Continue reading Statement on Government Shutdown 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/SCOTUS_VPvN — # — We Denounce The High Court Ruling On Racial Profiling This takes our republic back to the precipice of Jim Crow, in one step WASHINGTON D.C. — On Monday, September 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court released a ruling in … Continue reading Statement on Ruling in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share link: https://bit.ly/DC-homerule-Sec740 — # — We are with D.C. as it continues to build toward freedom We join in joyful defense of our faith, freedoms, families, and our futures WASHINGTON D.C. — Pablo DeJesús, Executive Director of Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, issued … Continue reading Statement on D.C. Home Rule, Federalizing the Police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Share: bit.ly/PR_RecPackageJuly3 This Will Reverberate for Decades, if Not Generations The House committed profound injury to the average American WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pablo DeJesús, Executive Director of Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, issued the following statement upon passage of the H.R.1 One … Continue reading Press Release: Statement on the passage of H.R.1, Budget Reconciliation in the House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/PR_RecPackageJuly Where are the Senators of Conscience, Principle, and Faith? This proposal causes too much harm at too high a price for our communities. These proposals will result in injury. They do not reflect our faith values. Washington, D.C. – Under … Continue reading Press Release: Statement on the Looming Vote for H.R.1, Budget Reconciliation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesús | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/HouseSAVE-Budget SAVE Act Restricts Access, Budget Resolution Cuts Services We did not consent to be governed for the benefit of the powerful and wealthy Washington, DC – With the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, House Republicans passed two bills this week, … Continue reading Press Release: Statement on House passage of Save Act and Budget Resolution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/Stmt-FY25-CR — # — The CR Budget Passed Yesterday Is A Moral Failure Senators betrayed the Average American right when we needed them most. WASHINGTON DC—Pablo DeJesús, Executive Director of Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, and Nicole Pressley, Director of Organizing Strategy Team, … Continue reading Statement: Passage of FY 25 Continuing Resolution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/Stmt-HouseJLVRAA We Support Voting Rights We believe that for democracy to work best, it must include us all. Washington, D.C. — On March 5th, ahead of the 60th Anniversaries of Bloody Sunday and Turnaround Tuesday in Selma Alabama, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, … Continue reading Statement on Reintroduction of JLVRAA of 2025 in the House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/StmtOnBudget — # — Congress Voted Against Average Americans In Favor Of Billionaires Our choices would have been different, we side with love Washington, D.C. — On February 25th, the majority in the House of Representatives advanced their budget resolution (H. Con. … Continue reading Press Release: Statement on Passage of House Budget Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2025 Contact: Pablo DeJesus | info@uusj.org Share: https://bit.ly/UUAsuit2025 — # — UUSJ Applauds UU Decision to Sue the Administration We must defend the broad protections for performing religiously motivated actions Washington, D.C. — The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) joined more than two dozen Christian and Jewish religious denominations and associations on February … Continue reading Statement on UUA Suit Against the Administration
