- Poor People's Campaign/UU organizations have a request.
Help with contacts and connecting to UUs who can engage. Then we need to promote and follow up to keep the coalition rolling.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/A%20wonderful%20o...
- UUJEC Poster Session on "Grounding the Green New Deal in Indigenous Values"
The Green New Deal envisions rescuing the diverse peoples of the planet simultaneously with the climate and critical eco-systems. We explore how financial and regulatory initiatives can, and must, be rooted in the experience and dignity of indigenous and working people: How eco-spirituality can inspire both green and equitable economics. We're holding a Zoom chat on Thursday and Friday at 12:45 to 1:45 Eastern, 9:45 to 10:45 Pacific. Click on UUJEC's GA page for the link to Zoom.
https://uujec.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=w...
- UUJEC is joining a UU coalition to partner with PPC
Here's a video from the Poor People's Campaign. We will need volunteers to make this partnership work--if you're interested email uujec@uujec.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62vG9w_0twA&f...
- Join a coalition of UUs creating an Action of Immediate Witness for 2020 General Assembly
The Pandemic: A Religious Response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major tragedy for all humanity. Thousands died needlessly. Millions continue to suffer. The pandemic exposed severe shortcomings in the United States health system and laid bare the inequities in our society. Government response does not reflect “justice, equity and compassion in human relations.”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QEvMy-5y...
- 2020 UUJEC Spring Newsletter
It's here!
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/UUJEC%20Spring%20...
- See article in our newsletter on planting trees.
The could be a great project for RE kids. They could explore what trees to grow--what trees people want to plant. Then they could collect seeds, plant them and in the fall, put the trees in containers or transplant them on the church property. They could even make it a fundraiser, if that's what they want.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/2020%20Newsletter...
- Where NOT to put your money.
Financial institutions are finally catching on that oil investments are no longer secure investments
https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/clim...
- Climate change solution.
Now there's something you can do to fight climate change! Planting trees is something we can all do
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/GND%20Solutions.p...
- Interactive tool--see how shifting use of fossil fuels impacts the carbon footprint.
See what happens when the government acts to reduce the use of fossil fuels. This is a great tool to visualize how we can make a difference.
https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scena...
- Videos of Key Speakers for the Create Climate Justice, Building a Movement for a Green New Deal Conference
Ta Da! You can see what this conference was all about--Building a Movement for a Just Transition to renewable energy.
https://app.frame.io/reviews/3a23fdda-9145-45...
- UUA goes all in for Get Out The Vote in 2020
Watch President Susan Frederick Gray sound the alarm--charging UUs to Get Out The Vote in 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y92r6ObgwJ4&f...
- The UU World article on UUJEC's Green New Deal conference
Up on the screen was a list: fossil fuels, monocultures, mass incarceration, militarism, white supremacy. It went on, covering many of the world’s ills: everything that is broken and exploitative, and, as it turns out, connected...
https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uujec-climat...
- Volunteer opportunity
We're looking for a few justice minded people to join our board. We look to have a diverse board of trustees, including LGBTQI, people of color, people of different backgrounds. We also look to have a geographical diversity--we have no representation from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas. Please click on the link for more information.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Nominating%20recr...
- Read our four page summary from our Green New Deal Conference
See what happened and check out our photo at the Russell Senate Conference Room.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Create%20Climate%...
- UUJEC's annual meeting keynote speech by Revend Dr. Adam Robersmith.
This is a Universalist sort of public policy (Green New Deal): we need economic justice, but not at the expense of
the health of our world; we need to exist sustainably, but not so that only a few will benefit most.
And, should it miss the mark in terms of economic sustainability and justice or environmental
sustainability and justice, then it must be reimagined so that it can more successfully create what
is best for each, every, and all.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/190622%20UUJEC%20...
- The Nation features a New Article on The Green New Deal
A brand new article featured in The Nation magazine addressing climate catastrophe with a look at the Green New Deal.
https://www.thenation.com/article/climate-cat...