Top issues and events from UUJEC:

• 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%...

• Juliana V United States

Our Children's Trust, the organization behind Juliana v US, has put together a curriculum to help understand the children's lawsuit against our government. Click on the link to sign up to get the curriculum. UU Levi Draheim is the youngest plaintiff in this lawsuit.
https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/curriculum-...

• 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...

• UUJEC Green New Deal Conference this September

Our webpage for the upcoming Green New Deal focused conference Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue Building a Movement for A Green New Deal.
https://uujec.org/gndconference

• Summer 2019 UUJEC Newsletter is here!

The new Summer UUJEC newsletter is now available! Click on the provided link and it will take you to the newsletter where you can read up on what is going on with UUJEC this summer.
https://uujec.org/Resources/Newsletters.aspx

• 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...