Action for Immediate Witness Events – Act for a Livable Climate
UU Climate Action at the General Assembly, in Washington DC, Paris, & Beyond!
UUSJ and UU congregations across the country are taking action by participating in the Week of Moral Action for Climate Justice during the Pope’s visit.
The list below includes some of the opportunities for participation in various climate justice events in September in Washington, including those of special interest to UUs, such as the Global Solidarity Fast, UU ingathering service and procession to the Interfaith Prayer Vigil the evening before the Pope’s address to Congress, gathering together before and after the Pope’s address (at 9:20am), and a UU Climate Justice Celebration on Sept. 25.
*IMPORTANT UPDATE*: We have determined a location for UUs to gather on the mall for the People’s Rally for Climate Justice on Friday, September 24. Please check out the map and see the Tip Sheet for details about traffic, what not to bring, and a picture of our “UU Ask Me” hats.
Not able to make it to the events in Washington, DC? You can still add your voice to this week of moral action by hosting a solidarity event in your community. Register your faithful event with the Franciscan Action Network and add it to the Moral Action on Climate map of solidarity events. You can also use the Commit2Respond event page to publicize your event.
The Action for Immediate Witness (AIW) – Support a Strong and Compassionate Global Climate Agreement – Act for a Livable Climate was recently passed at the 2015 General Assembly. AIW addresses why UUs need to show leadership and urges government to “support a strong and compassionate global climate agreement” at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. We must start with our individual and congregational actions to fully educate, energize, and amplify the moral consequences of climate change.
Future activities will include advocacy to take the climate justice message to policy-makers in Washington, DC and state capitals. UUSJ is planning a Write here! Write now! letter writing campaign in mid-November to support the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
Please check back often. Details subject to change.
Updated on 9/17/15
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Recent Highlights
- Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice deliver a letter from UUA President Morales to the State Department saying “Climate change is the gravest danger facing humanity today.” Read the full letter here.
- What the Pope’s Encyclical Means for UUs and Everyone Else – Rev. Terry Ellen, former UUSJ Executive Director
- “Act for a Livable Climate” Action of Immediate Witness Passes at 2015 UUA General Assembly – Doris Marlin