Harry Taylor, 6, played with the bones of dead livestock on his family’s farm in New South Wales, Australia, an area that has faced severe drought. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images The report, issued on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of scientists convened by the … [Read more...]
Udall and 12 other Democrats introduce bill to battle suppression of the American Indian vote
Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico and a dozen other Democratic senators have introduced the Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018 designed to give American Indians the same access to the ballot box as non-Indian voters. This is something Indians are already supposed to have. But there continue to … [Read more...]
BEING FRANK: TO HELP ORCAS, EAT CHINOOK
From the Northwest Treaty Tribes: Don’t stop eating or serving chinook salmon if you want to help recover Southern Resident Killer Whales. It might make you feel better for a while, but it accomplishes little and makes recovering chinook even harder, by devastating the livelihoods of fishermen … [Read more...]
AN UPDATE ON BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT: CASE WILL CONTINUE IN D.C.
Federal Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled on Monday, September 24, that the cases filed against the Trump Administration’s revoke and replacement of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments will remain in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—where they were … [Read more...]
‘Our relatives are calling for help’ – Northwest Tribes stand up for dying Orcas
J-35 or Tahlequah, was a young orca mother who pushed the lifeless body of her newborn calf in front of her for 17 days To researchers she is J-35. To the Native people of the Salish Sea she is Tahlequah, the young orca mother who pushed the lifeless body of her newborn calf in … [Read more...]
Kids on the Line
Children caught up in our immigration system as reported by REVEAL, from the Center for Investigative Reporting. When they took my son examines the stories of two families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border and how what happened to them matches up with what the government said was supposed to … [Read more...]
Immigrant Relief: The Stories
“I felt so alone in the Detention Center. I couldn’t believe that people in my community were working to help me. I’m so grateful for help paying my bond, I never thought that would be possible. I know I would be murdered if I was deported.” – Bellingham neighbor, upon release from the Tacoma … [Read more...]
Court strikes down landmark Indian Child Welfare Act ruling
A federal appeals court has delivered a major blow to tribes and parents who have been seeking stronger enforcement of the Indian Child Welfare Act in South Dakota.The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and three Indian parents went to court more than five years ago, alarmed by the large … [Read more...]
UUSC – First Peoples’ Convening on Climate-Forced Displacement
https://www.uusc.org/initiatives/first-peoples-convening-on-climate-forced-displacement/ UUSC’s Environmental Justice & Climate Action work focuses on advancing and protecting the rights of populations at risk of climate-forced displacement caused by slow-onset climate impacts. … [Read more...]
Hunger strikers sue to prohibit forced feeding at Tacoma immigration detention center
BY ALEXIS KRELL - Tacoma News Tribune September 18, 2018 05:51 PM Hunger strikers, including one who reportedly hasn’t eaten for nearly a month, have sued to prevent being force-fed as they protest conditions at the immigration detention center on the Tacoma Tideflats. Northwest Detention … [Read more...]
Angry at plight of southern-resident orcas, speakers rebuke NOAA in public meetings
Mon., Sept. 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. Samish Nation member Leslie Eastwood, center, raises her arms with others at Deception Pass Park’s Bowman Bay on Sunday after completing a love song performed for those gathering for a vigil to remember the dead baby orca and her mother, Tahlequah, as … [Read more...]
‘Justice for Jackie’ gets police use of deadly force bill onto Washington ballot
byFrank Hopper Sep 10 Puyallup supports the law limiting the use of deadly force by law enforcement in Washington state. When Puyallup Tribal member Jacqueline Salyers was killed by a Tacoma Police officer in January 2016, her cousin Chester Earl made a promise to Salyer’s … [Read more...]
Tribal leaders pitch Congress on farm bill, Violence Against Women Act
Tribal leaders pitch Congress on farm bill, Violence Against Women Act Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks to a packed room about issues in Indian Country. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye) by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (4 days) Members of Congress met with tribal … [Read more...]
Climate Displacement, Climate Justice and Indigenous Communities
The following text is from the UU Service Committee report on climate displacement (see Resources for the link to the full report). Also see Climate-forced Displacement Initiative for more info. The threat of climate-forced displacement is disproportionately acute in small developing states and … [Read more...]
Environmental Justice and Climate Change in Greensboro, NC
Rev. William J. Barber II, a Baptist minister who addressed the Unitarian-Universalist Association’s General Assembly in 2017, is fighting for environmental justice in Greensboro. A coal-fired power plant is polluting the waters of a lower-income colored community with coal ash, disposed in unlined … [Read more...]
Death Penalty Reform
UU perspective on Capital Punishment - as early as 1974 BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1974 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association continues to oppose the death penalty in the United States and Canada, and urges all Unitarian Universalists and their local churches and … [Read more...]
