JUUstice Washington

Standing with the People of Afghanistan and Haiti

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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and stand in solidarity with Afghan people everywhere. We are grateful for the local community partners who are working to support Afghan people who have recently had to flee their country and … [Read more...]

Join a Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community Task Force

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The UUJEC is, of course, very interested in democracy. We need more of it in our own operations. Participating in a task force that conducts our work is a good way for you to promote justice in the denomination and in the world. Please, examine this task force list to decide where you can make … [Read more...]

Petition Congressional Parliamentarian for Path to Citizenship Decision

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The chance to get a path to citizenship for millions of people— youth, farmworkers, and other essential workers— is very close! A process for citizenship is being debated in Congress at the moment and a key person, called the parliamentarian, will decide if citizenship language will enter the … [Read more...]

Call to Action: Show up for our siblings in Haiti & Afghanistan

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The Church Council of Greater Seattle asks you to show up for our siblings in Haiti & Afghanistan   ***CALL TO ACTION: Sign onto this letter and demand the Biden administration lift the cap on Afghan refugees NOW**** Links to Donate and Volunteer Here   From climate … [Read more...]

Tell US Senators to VOTE NO on HR 1374

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The Lakota People’s Law Project has put out a call to action to advocate against HR1374, the “Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2021” – a bill that has already passed in the House and is heading to the Senate. This bill would worsen the already dangerous and … [Read more...]

Democracy Can’t Wait Rallies to Push Passage of the For the People Act, Aug. 10, check for local time, place

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This Tuesday, August 10, thousands of people across the country will attend a Democracy Can’t Wait rally in their community to demand Senate action on the For the People Act, a once in a lifetime bill that will ensure fair districting, make voting easier and more accessible, and take on dark money … [Read more...]

Georgetown-to-Austin Moral March for Democracy, July 28 to 31, 2021, Texas and Online

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The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, the Texas Poor People’s Campaign and our partners invite you for a Georgetown-to-Austin Moral March for Democracy — culminating in a Rally at the Texas State Capitol on Saturday, July 31 @ 8am PDT. RSVP on Action Network … [Read more...]

Immigration Days of Action, July 17 to 31, 2021

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The Interfaith Immigration Coalition and the Welcome With Dignity campaign are hosting Days of Action from July 17-31 to create awareness and end Title 42 and expand asylum protections. The Biden Administration is expected to make a series of announcements on a Trump-era anti-asylum policy known as … [Read more...]

Success for WA Immigrants in 2021 Session

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Our platform for the 2021 legislative session has been a total success. The budget provisos that we worked on this year made it into the budget and the two priority bills passed and were already signed by the governor! This means the following: Workers There will be an income … [Read more...]

UUs and Elders Build Momentum for Drawdown Initiative, Now to June 2021

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For the past few weeks, UU Ministry for Earth and Elders Climate Action have been busy with the UU Project Drawdown Initiative 2021. UU DD 21 mobilizes teams or individuals to earn points for taking a variety of actions for climate and environmental justice. You can SIGN UP and take part in the … [Read more...]

The Long Road to Asylum: A Free NW Immigrant Rights Project Webinar, April 27, 2021, Online

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This spring, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is excited to hear from agitators, advocates, and allies on the front lines of the immigrant rights movement. Join us for a free webinar with former clients Magdiel L.G., Mirna A.D., and their NWIRP attorney Bruna Estrada Fortanelli as they discuss the … [Read more...]

Letter Writing to NoDAPL Political Prisoners, April 6, 2021, 4pm, Online

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Join the Unitarian Universalist Association, UU Ministry For Earth, UU Service Committee and Love Resists for a letter writing campaign to show solidarity with Steve Martinez, a NoDAPL political prisoner who has been recently incarcerated after refusing to face a grand jury for a second time. Steve, … [Read more...]

JUUstice Washington’s Commitment to Racial Justice

In the long and continuous struggle to bend the arc of history toward justice and compassion and turn away from white supremacy, and racism more generally, JUUstice Washington  reaffirms our commitment to work to: 

  1. Dismantle systemic racism against people of color in education, employment, housing, voting rights, access to health care, safety and other areas of inequity; 
  2. Prevent and overturn the disproportionate effects of environmental degradation on communities of color; and 
  3. Implement equitable and ethical treatment in the criminal justice and judicial systems that disproportionately render inequitable treatment of people of color.

 

We are called to this work by Unitarian Universalist Principles and the Unitarian Universalist living tradition of supporting and leading social and environmental justice movements locally and in broader communities.

We are committed to engage in faithful discernment that we may know when to speak and when to listen, when to lead and when to follow, when to be an active presence and when to bear witness.  We are committed to the short- and long-term natures of achieving the goals of equity, justice and compassion.

We encourage all JUUstice Washington members and Unitarian Universalist congregations to move boldly forward to make this time in history a tipping point toward racial justice.

 

2022 Legislative Summit

Flyer announcing the 2022 Legislative Summit

JUUstice Washington Joins the Take Action Network (TAN)

Take Action Network: An Alternative way to engage with the LegislatureWe are working to focus our legislative advocacy positions and actions on the Take Action Network (TAN), a web platform designed by Indivisible Olympia and supported by Washington Indivisible Network, for those who want to be more civically engaged in Washington State legislative actions.

Please click on https://www.takeaction.network/users/new?invitation_token=heauycUyneq62Eu28HmFHg to join the Take Action Network.  You’ll be provided with an initial profile that will allow you to follow JUUstice Washington’s legislative advocacy work and actions and those of other advocacy organizations that most relate to your primary issues and the types of events and civil actions of most interest to you.  Some of the organizations using TAN include the Faith Action Network (FAN), Environmental Priorities Coalition, RE Sources, Fair Vote Washington, 350.WA, and many more.

TAN also allows you to customize the information you receive.  We hope that you will include actions and events from JUUstice Washington in your TAN list of sources.

See you there!

And, of course, we will continue to provide more information and additional events through our direct communications with you.  To learn more, you can also join the 3rd Tuesday Emergent Conversations each month organized by our JUUstice Washington Revitalization Project interns Sahar and Elle on our Facebook events page and through our e-blasts.

We will be making available TAN training information in the coming weeks to help you get the most out of this new resource.

We also encourage Washington UU congregations to facilitate their members joining TAN.  Feel free to use this text to do that. You can find more information on TAN here.

Things are happening fast in the State legislature, so jump onboard as soon as you can!

Travis MacPhee and John Hilke
JUUstice Washington Legislative Conveners