{"id":26464,"date":"2024-12-29T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=26464"},"modified":"2025-01-02T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T22:17:08","slug":"to-make-a-difference-at-the-federal-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/to-make-a-difference-at-the-federal-level\/","title":{"rendered":"To make a difference at the federal level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26214\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pat-420x520.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pat-420x520.png 420w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pat-826x1024.png 826w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pat-768x952.png 768w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pat.png 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/>Isn\u2019t it great to be a Unitarian Universalist and to be in communities that understand and support our deep sorrow at this time?<\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful to be connected to Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) and working side-by-side with my fellow UUs here and at home as we navigate these turbulent times.\u00a0 My community organizing experiences led me to start working with UUSJ at the end of 2022. I became involved with the UUSJ\u2019s Democracy Action Team at that time. The ongoing commitment to working with our federal legislators and the team\u2019s ongoing legislative analyses have been superb and just what I was looking for to make a difference at the federal level.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_attr\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>First Name, please stay engaged. I encourage you to go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\" target=\"_top\">UUSJ website now<\/a>\u00a0and sign up:<\/p>\n<p>(1) to Join a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.salsalabs.org\/uusjactteam?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\" target=\"_top\">UUSJ Action Team<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>(2) Sign Up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.salsalabs.org\/enewssignuphttps:\/\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\" target=\"_top\">UUSJ eNews<\/a>, and<\/p>\n<p>(3) to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.salsalabs.org\/202425_donation?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\" target=\"_top\">Donate to UUSJ<\/a>\u00a0so our work can continue and blossom.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not ready for action, I really understand. Take your own time. But some of us are ready and need to get started.\u00a0<i>We have miles to go before we sleep.<\/i>\u00a0 For me, UUSJ is the place to be.<\/p>\n<p>First Name, I leave you with these words from Starhawk: \u201cCommunity means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done.\u00a0 Arms to hold us when we falter.\u00a0 A circle of healing. A circle of friends.\u00a0 Someplace where we can be free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blessed be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Pat Marr<br \/>\nUUSJ Board of Trustees<br \/>\nLakewood, CA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2024-2025-trustees\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\" target=\"_top\"><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn\u2019t it great to be a Unitarian Universalist and to be in communities that understand and support our deep sorrow at this time? I am so grateful to be connected to Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) and working side-by-side with my fellow UUs here and at home as we navigate these turbulent times.\u00a0 My &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/to-make-a-difference-at-the-federal-level\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To make a difference at the federal level<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1952],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26465,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions\/26465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}