- Reparations
When the Interstate Highway system was built--the government frequently tore up Black neighborhoods destroying their commercial districts and they never adequately compensated those whose lives were uprooted.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/...
- Reparations
Here are three videos you'll want to see, if you're interested in reparations!
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/20-21.Reparations...
- Membership with UUJEC
Join or continue your membership in the UUJEC with a tax deductible donation. Let your voice join the voice of others who work for economic justice. You can contribute online via our payment processor, Stripe.
https://uujec.org/membership
- 2022 UUJEC Annual Report
UUJEC envisions a world that nourishes and sustains all living beings, where all people share the riches of the planet, where all voices are heard, where democratic process is practiced, where the inherent worth and dignity of every person is recognized and affirmed as set forth in our UU principles.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/PDFs/21%2022%20UU...
- UUJEC Invites You to Join Our Board
Serving on our board is a great way to connect with other UUs from across the continent who are actively working on social-justice issues and to keep our Association attentive to current issues and proactive in working for systemic change toward economic justice.
https://uujec.org/Governance
- UUJEC at General Assembly 2022
Watch our sponsored workshops and learn about our work on the Actions of Immediate Witness!
https://uujec.org/generalAssembly
- Unions & UUs--a great match
Union values and UU values are almost a perfect match. You'd be amazed that two organizations could have so much in common. Our UU values were outlined in our Statements of Conscience. Check it out!
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Unions%20and%20Un...
- California studies reparations.
This study commission exposes horrific economic, physical and emotional abuse of African Americans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbii54yIoM
- UUJEC's 2022 Letter to UUA board on the Ukrainian War
The UUA can speak for peace with justice and it can encourage support for both human rights and environmental protection work.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Susan%20Frederick...
- Overview of what Healthcare Information systems can do.
Health information systems, often connected to universal healthcare in other countries, are sorely lacking in the US. Here's a two minute video giving an overview of what is proposed.
https://www.healthbanking.org/hrba-overview-v...
- Healthcare Information Systems are outdated and require reform
Here's a published piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association co-written by UU Dr. William Yasnoff, MD.
Doctors require information to help patients get the best care available. Instead, information is random on often siloed in each providers own system.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Putting%20Health%...
- UUJEC Statement on Solidarity with Unions
We feel that the only way to balance plutocrats power is wide spread unions. See our statement and an offer to be a resource for Labor Sunday, September 4, 2022
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/UUJEC%20Labor%20S...
- Stop Medicare Privatization!
There's so much money in healthcare that Wall Street and the plutocracy are trying to find ways to capture this business. It must be stopped--it costs the Medicare fund more money and they give cheaper care.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Medicare%20for%20...
- Reparations!
See what California's Reparations Task Force has to say about the need for Reparations in 2022! This four page report makes it very clear that after 150 years of intentionally trying to relegate people of color to the trash bin, it's time to do something about it.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/California%20Repa...
- Summer 2022 News & Views
Check out UUJEC's work for UUA General Assembly--we've been busy!
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/News%20Views22Sum...
- Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security
Noam Chomsky's Speech to the 2022 World Social Forum - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDkmZAbTx0&t...
- Free Legal Help at FormsPal
Here are resources to help navigate the legal ins and outs of everyday living. Learn more about how their works supports minorities.
https://formspal.com/minorities-support/
- AFL-CIO President's Thank You Letter to Rev Susan Frederick Gray.
A gracious letter thanking UUs for our support of the PRO Act, giving power to labor to balance the monstrous power of wealth.
https://uujec.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=X...
- Veterans target US Military's Outsized Impact on Climate Change
Article by UUJEC Board Member Cindy Piester: With no mention of military emissions at COP26, a coalition is mobilizing to force the Pentagon to disclose and reduce its enormous carbon footprint.
https://peaceandplanetnews.org/military-clima...
- An argument for degrowth.
Through the Eye of a Needle: An
Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the
Renewable Energy Transition.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Case%20for%20degr...
- The PRO Act
The enormous impact of eroded collective bargaining on wages
https://www.epi.org/publication/eroded-collec...
- The PRO Act
Here's the AFL-CIO's Fact Sheet on the PRO Act
https://uujec.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=g...
- Information and Action on Medicare for All
It's about time our country joined less wealthy countries in providing comprehensive healthcare for our citizens. Medical care is the number on reason Americans go bankrupt and a lot of people die trying to navigate the system.
https://pnhp.org/the-medicare-for-all-act-of-...
- PRO Act Action: Call Your Senator
Take Action! This link will connect you to your Senator's office. A nice young person will answer the phone (even if they're not receptive to your message). Tell them extreme inequality is immoral and unions are the best vehicle to right this injustice.
In order of effectiveness, when you want to advocate: 1) a personal visit, 2) .a handwritten letter, 3) a phone call 4) a prewritten email, 5) a petition
https://actionnetwork.org/call_campaigns/pro-...
- UU Rev Robert Murphy writes about Religious Socialism
The roots of ecosocialist thinking go back to several places. History has many examples of worker and peasant uprisings. The Book of Exodus still inspires much of liberation theology. As the story goes, the government of Egypt collapsed after a series of plagues. Read the article and join Rev. Murphy and UUJEC's GA workshop on demand: Religion and Socialism.
https://www.religioussocialism.org/religious_...
- How do you reach UUs when disaster hits?
UUs and Disaster: what we do and contact information to donate or find help.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/UUs%20and%20Disas...