Dowd and Barlow are very popular among UU congregations all across the U.S. as they have managed to weave science and religion together into a coherent thought. There are still opportunities to engage these speakers. More info at: http://www.thegreatstory.org/itinerary.html. Also, here is a … [Read more...]
Affordable Housing Workshop: Models That Work. Obstacles. Pathways to Success. October 12th, Bellevue WA
The Issaquah Sammaimish Interfaith Coalition invites you to sign up for this affordable housing workshop focusing on Eastside faith community involvement, and the important partnerships with cities and developers that make it happen. Workshop includes: Keynote Speakers, a … [Read more...]
National Organizing Call: Building Momentum from the Climate Strike. What do we do next?
On Sunday, September 22, MoveOn is joining with other #StrikeWithUs partners to host a national organizing call to hear from climate action leaders, including the youth activists who have led the strikes, about what we can do next. Click here to RSVP for the Climate Crisis National Organizing … [Read more...]
Thursdays in Black Campaign: Speak Out Against Gender-Based Violence
In every country, gender-based violence is a tragic reality. This violence is frequently hidden, and victims are often silent, fearing stigma and further violence. We all have a responsibility to speak out against violence, to ensure that women and men, boys and girls, are safe from rape and … [Read more...]
Free Skill-building Workshops for Public Policy Advocacy in Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma
Join the Statewide Poverty Action Network for our Communities in Action advocacy program, a FREE series of workshops that will focus on how to use your voice to influence public policy and create the social change you want to see! Our Communities in Action program is a series of three workshops … [Read more...]
Update on Threats to Cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-comment by Sept. 23rd
(Source: Food Research & Action Center) If it seems like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been under near-constant threat for the last year and half, that’s because it has. The Trump Administration’s latest proposal would take food assistance benefits away from 3.1 … [Read more...]
Stop Abusive Debt Collection Practices-Comment by September 18th
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency meant to protect American consumers, is also back at it with yet another proposal that actually expands the freedoms of debt collectors. The CFPB’s proposed Debt Collection Practices rule would boost the frequency with which debt collectors … [Read more...]
SALMON PEOPLE & OTHER STORIES
Presented by Children of the Setting Sun Productions Sunday, October 13 at 2:45 A Pickdford Film Center offering Bellingham, WA a hosted presentation and discussion after the screening Children of the Setting Sun Productions returns after a full year of filming in and around the Salish … [Read more...]
Help Stop Climate Change Threats to Workers
Interfaith Worker Justice asks you to: Tell your Representatives to endorse sensible heat protections TODAY!!! It’s time to cool things down for workers. Eighteen of the last nineteen hottest years on record have occurred since 2001 and this year is on track to continue that trend. The effects of … [Read more...]
Backbone Campaign Offers Organizing and Banner Design Aid for Global Climate Strike: Webinar Sept. 10, 5:00 pm
Backbone Campaign is moving our normal Monthly Organizing Call date up a bit in anticipation of the Global Climate Strike happening Sept 20-27. Please join us on the monthly call next Tuesday, Sept 10th, 5:00-6:00 PM PDT/8:00-9:00 PM EDT RSVP HERE We are focusing this call on actions surrounding … [Read more...]
Climate Action Week Sep 2019 – A Moral Case for Climate Justice – Bellingham
Climate Action Week Sep 2019 – Racing Extinction – Bellingham
All on the Line’s Redistricting U Initiative to Impact the Redistricting Process in Each State
Redistricting U is All on the Line's free, in-person organizing training initiative. We’re sending dedicated trainers to cities across the country to train volunteers, give them the tools to impact the redistricting process in their state, hear from them on how to best make change in their … [Read more...]
Protest SNAP Food Assistance Cuts by September 23rd
Food assistance is at risk--again. Just months after Congress rejected cuts to our most important food assistance program (SNAP), the Administration is now proposing to implement, through executive action, a second SNAP benefits cut it failed to secure through legislation. Remarkably, the Trump … [Read more...]
Climate Strike Sunday–Inspire Your Congregation to Act
Get your congregation involved in the Climate Strike! Reach out to your minister and worship planning team and share these Climate Strike worship materials curated by Rev. Peggy Clarke. Reach out to your church board, to your social justice and environmental committees — this is a time to bring our … [Read more...]
Opportunities for Training on Immigration Responses
From Faith Action Network: Many of you are already responding with compassion and care for your immigrant neighbors. We are always looking for additional resources to share with our statewide network to maximize the role faith communities can play in response to workplace raids, detentions, and … [Read more...]
Planned Parenthood Forced to Withdraw from Title X
Planned Parenthood was forced on August 29th to withdraw from the Title X family planning program. The administration’s nationwide gag rule is destroying Title X, the nation’s only dedicated program for affordable birth control and other essential reproductive health care — and for the first time … [Read more...]
What’s Happening with Solutionary Rail: Organizing Call Sept. 4
Backbone Campaign's summer focus for Solutionary Rail has been Outreach - to policymakers, newspapers and the general public. We are grateful to Winona LaDuke who wrote an op ed, the New Iron Horse, about her support for Solutionary Rail. Will you write a Letter to the Editor about Solutionary … [Read more...]
Update on “Green New Deal” Conference, Sept. 15-17, Washington DC
We have exciting news! UUs for a Just Economic Community is co-hosting a conference, Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue, Building a Movement for a “Green New Deal” September 15-17 in Washington, DC. Why the long name? It’s about framing—and we’ll talk about it. Can't go? … [Read more...]
2019 Salish Sea Shared Waters Forum
Thu, November 14, 2019 • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST Four Points by Sheraton Bellingham Hotel & Conference Center 714 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229 In 2018, Washington State passed the Strengthening Oil Spill Transportation Act (E2SSB 6269) requiring the Department of Ecology (Ecology) … [Read more...]
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