{"id":25081,"date":"2023-03-10T16:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?page_id=25081"},"modified":"2023-03-10T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:56:18","slug":"2022-activity-and-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2022-activity-and-accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Activity And Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted <\/span><b>Vanessa Williamson, Ph.D<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., Brooking Institution, on the State of Our Democracy: Racial Oligarcrchy and Fiscal Conservatism, Ending the Anti-Tax Era\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted <\/span><b>Rev. Dr. David Beckmann<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, President Emeritus, Bread for the World, on Pushing For Social Justice in a Tough Political Climate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joined Gulf Coast-impacted<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communities in D.C. to hold petrochemical companies accountable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobilized with <\/span><b>Green Faith<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in advance of <\/span><b>COP 27,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to insist global financiers invest in climate solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted <\/span><b>Lee Drutman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the State of Our Democracy: Reforms To Renew And Strengthen It\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted <\/span><b>Andrea Miller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on voting rights, offering analysis on midterm mobilization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated for <\/span><b>Afghan stability and dignity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, joined the <\/span><b>Evacuate Our Allies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coalition to lead constituent delegation meetings, then partnered with the UU Service Committee for meetings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated against the <\/span><b>Manchin move to fast-track permitting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the heels of the Inflation Adjustment Act (IRA) and mobilized to highlight the hidden costs of the IRA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defended the IRA from abhorrent <\/span><b>anti-immigrant amendments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and celebrated its significant wins for health, tax equity, and climate policy; the most significant investment for the climate in U.S. history<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mounted a <\/span><b>voter mobilization project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, reprising and expanding upon our success in 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated for needed <\/span><b>Electoral Count reform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while lifting voting rights needs and concerns<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gathered in community for the <\/span><b>January 6th Hearings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to watch, analyze and prognosticate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized with <\/span><b>Poor People\u2019s Campaign,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a National Call for Moral Revival, mobilizing hundreds of UUs for participation in a June 2022 rally<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnered with <\/span><b>Reclaim Our Democracy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to co-sponsor democracy and election issue speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated for the <\/span><b>Green Climate Fund<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for U.S. funding of mitigation and resilience projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted <\/span><b>Citizens\u2019 Climate Lobby<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more about the carbon pricing strategy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated <\/span><b>Defund Hate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, showing solidarity with immigrant community pleas that the Executive shift the culture at relevant federal agencies from enforcement to service and care with dignity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrated <\/span><b>World Water Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and initiated a pressure campaign for the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which has passed both chambers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressured for an update on election counting procedures and strategy for voting rights restoration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formally joined the <\/span><b>Interfaith Immigration Coalition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IIC)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted Texas State <\/span><b>Representative Donna Howard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to speak on the State of Our Democracy: A UU View From The Texas Legislature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deployed a <\/span><b>joint campaign<\/b> <b>with the UU Service Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to restore asylum and end Title 42<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocated and pressured for the passage of free and fair elections with the restoration of voting rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pushed for bold investment and commitments for climate, immigration, and social safety nets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Took on co-leadership of the <\/span><b>Racial Justice Working Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the American Friends Service Committee, for the Washington Interfaith Staff Community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catalyzed UU Climate Justice, fomenting agreement toward a joint theme of \u201c<\/span><b>Climate-Forced Displacement, Human Rights, and Building Community Resilience\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced at GA 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joined and encouraged January 6th vigils, marking the solemn first anniversary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted Vanessa Williamson, Ph.D., Brooking Institution, on the State of Our Democracy: Racial Oligarcrchy and Fiscal Conservatism, Ending the Anti-Tax Era\u00a0 Hosted Rev. Dr. David Beckmann, President Emeritus, Bread for the World, on Pushing For Social Justice in a Tough Political Climate Joined Gulf Coast-impacted communities in D.C. to hold petrochemical companies accountable Mobilized with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2022-activity-and-accomplishments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2022 Activity And Accomplishments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25082,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25081\/revisions\/25082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}