UUSJ Delivers UUA Letter on COP 22 Deliberations – Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice

copp22_letter_delivery — Left – right: Lavona Grow, Rev. Rebecca Parker, Shaun Casey, Susan Rogers, Doris Marlin.

On November 3, UUSJ members and supporters Allen Keiswetter and Lavona Grow of UU Church of Arlington, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, Susan Rogers, and Doris Marlin of All Souls Church, Unitarian, delivered a letter from the UU Association President, Rev. Peter Morales, urging the US to encourage other nations to be more ambitious in addressing climate change.

allen_keiswetter_shaun-casey — Shaun Casey and Allen Keiswetter

The letter was officially received by Shaun Casey, US Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs, at the US Department of State, who said, “All religious communities are coming together on climate Justice…It’s up to faith-based organizations to persuade the American public. We need to be more creative and remain diligent because you are uniquely poised as faith-based organizations to have that moral conversation.” Read the letter…

Doris Marlin, of All Souls Church, Unitarian, is among nine observers representing UUA at COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco, November 7-18. Follow the Marrakech 2016 Climate Conference COP22 blog and the Commit2Respond News blog to stay updated on her involvement. Support the UUA representatives’ journey through their Faithify campaign.