Putting the human faces to the Caravan of Asylum Seekers. Take a few minutes to view the humanity, then pass it on. From Independent photojournalist, Linda Wolf Mexico City … [Read more...]
The Corruption of Our Democracy – UUA Statement of Conscience Draft Commenting
Delegates at the 2016 General Assembly in Columbus, OH, selected "The Corruption of Our Democracy" to be the 2016-2020 Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) of Congregations. Comments are being accepted on the draft statement of conscience and … [Read more...]
This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims
And the 1950s termination policies return. They were disastrous then and they will be now . . . On Sept. 7, Cedric Cromwell, the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe received a letter from Tara Sweeney, the assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the Department of the Interior, informing him … [Read more...]
Call to Take Action to Support Trans UUs
"Unitarian Universalism’s commitment to trans lives is all too often aspirational rather than true today. According to a recent survey, only 28% of trans UUs feel that their congregation is fully inclusive of them as trans people. We need this to change, because trans lives are at stake." In this … [Read more...]
BLM Flash Stance – Issaquah- Sunday, Nov 11
Join UU activists and others in a Black Lives Matter Flash Stance this Sunday, Novemeber 11, for a vigil speaking out against the marginalization of people of color in our area and in the nation. We will be standing on the corner of 56th and Eastlake Sammamish Parkway in Issaquah from 12:30 to … [Read more...]
Colonization & Unitarian Universalism – a Conversation w/ Rev. Clyde Grubbs
November 29th, 4:30 PST / 7:30 EST. Join the next EJPN Webinar on November 29th for a discussion about Colonization and Unitarian Universalism with Rev. Clyde Grubbs. This is the first webinar in the "Decolonization Conversations: Solidarity with Indigenous Land & Water Protectors" program … [Read more...]
UUSC and the Honduran Caravan
I know our hearts have been heavy in recent days with so much difficult news: Pittsburg; attacks on birthright citizenship; and 5,000 troops sent to the border as if people seeking asylum were our biggest threat – while white supremacist violence takes lives. Many people have reached out to UUSC … [Read more...]
JUUstice WA Speaker Bio – Cynthia Good – 2018 Justice Summit
JUUstice Washington was honored to invite Cynthia Good to share her expertise and insights at our inaugural Justice Summit on October 20, 2018. Cynthia Good and her co-presenter Kyana Wheeler conducted a plenary session designed to help participants begin to identify and respond to systems of … [Read more...]
JUUstice WA Speaker Bio – Kyana Wheeler – 2018 Justice Summit
JUUstice Washington was honored to invite Kyana Wheeler to share her expertise and insights at our inaugural Justice Summit on October 20, 2018. Kyana Wheeler and her co-presenter Cynthia Good conducted a plenary session designed to help participants begin to identify and respond to systems of … [Read more...]
Commission completes review of hiring controversy, prepares for racism audit
ELAINE MCARDLE | 10/17/2018 Commission on Institutional Change issues report on tumultuous spring of 2017, prepares for broader audit of white supremacy culture within UUA. n the first year of its work, a team the Board of Trustees commissioned to analyze structural racism in the Unitarian … [Read more...]
Regional tribes host I-1631 support rally in Lacey
Over one hundred supporters cheer as a consortium of Washington Tribal leaders and representatives staged a rally hosted by in support of Initiative 1631 Wednesday in front of the offices of the Western States Petroleum Association office in Lacey. By Steve Bloom Video … [Read more...]
Federal court won’t reopen case of captive orca Lolita
Activist groups have lost the latest battle in a decades long fight to free an orca named Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium. The Miami Herald reports a federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a petition to reopen a lawsuit over Seaquarium’s treatment of Lolita. The decision says that, at … [Read more...]
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
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...]