Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community

The Great Turning: by David Korten Korten's Thesis: We face a defining choice between two contrasting models for organizing human affairs-- Empire and Earth Community. Facing the possibility of global chaos due to global warming, US debt, peak oil and extinction of many species we must make a choice if we are to survive the future. Korten's Thesis: We face a defining choice between two contrasting models for organizing human affairs-- Empire and Earth Community. Facing the possibility of global chaos due to global warming, US debt, peak oil and extinction of many species we must make a choice if we are to survive the future. Read the articles on The Great Turning and send for our Great Turning packet. Changing the Story UUJEC Study/Action Issues UUJEC's mission is to engage UUs to work in a partnership to fulfill our vision of a peace loving Earth Community with genuine democracy and economic justice for all. To this end we will offer study/action curricula on the important issues of the day. Use these curricula in your congregation and/or community to foster action leading towards an Earth Community that wil benefit all people. 1. Radical democracy 2. Changing our Economic Story in Portland The Meaning of Economic Justice Economic justice means building a fair economy that works for everyone. It means fair trade policies that protect workers' rights to organize and to receive a living wage for their work at home and abroad. It includes budget and tax policies in which corporations and wealthy individuals pay their fair share, and which support good schools and childcare, affordable healthcare and housing, retirement security, and a safety-net for those in need. It promotes the common good by funding public services. It means calling for new national priorities that reduce wasteful military spending and redirect tax dollars to helping our children, elders, and communities meet their needs. It includes notions of a social contract in which society and individuals fulfill their mutual responsibilities to each other. - AFSC

YOUR TURN Issue 11. Issue 11 includes a feature article on the inspiring Ware Lecture by Van Jones which ignited the Ft. Lauderdale General Assembly in June. It also includes a short article about buying food locally to combat the problems caused by industrial farming and some energy and water saving comments gleaned during a trip to the GA Archives: Issues 1-10 NEWS Food Crisis in Mexico: A US Policy Disaster That Bodes Increased Immigration (more....) Unfurling the Flag of the United States of Greed (more....) Amy Goodman Interviews Naomi Klein (more....) The Do-It-Yourself Economy (more....) Economic Concerns in Vermont (more....) Bottled Water vs. The People (more....) America's Democratic Collapse by Chris Hedges (more....) Sweet Victory: Coalition for Immokalee Workers Wins (more....) From Militaristic State to Earth Community (more....) A last Chance for Civilization (more....) The Suicidal Planet a review (more....) The IMF's Historic Transition: Is Less Better? (more....) McCain the War Hero Candidate by Charlie Derber (more....) NAFTA is bad for Mexico (more....) Howard Zinn: The End of Empire? (more....) The War and the Working Class (more....) Pitfalls in NAFTA (more....) Iraq costs US $12 Billion per month (more....) War Is Hell, but What the Hell Does It Cost? (more....) Website Counter

Support a Single Payer Health System for All A "Single-Payer System" is an approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health care providers. Medicare is a single payer system for those over 65. The proposed advantages include administrative simplicity for patients and providers, and resulting significant savings in overhead costs as well as healthcare for all. UUJEC strongly supports a single payer system for all. Please examine the following resources: 1. Single-Payer FAQ Click here 2. The Case for Universal Health Care in the United States Click here 3. Learn the basics about "single-payer" Click here 4. A petition for Congress Click here Email Newsletter Sign up for the UUJEC internet newsletter. It will come to your email address one or two times a month. It will contain the latest news on economic justice and UUJEC. Who Are We? Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC) was founded in 1994 as a dynamic, independent grassroots affiliate of the UUA. Our mission is to engage, educate, and activate Unitarian Universalists to work for economic justice, recognizing that as people of faith in the struggle for justice, we are supporting and renewing our spiritual lives. Our current focus is The Great Turning.