Faith Action Network of Washington is putting forward the call to faith communities to oppose DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012, RIN 1615-AA22, Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds. This proposed change could impact over 533,000 people, including … [Read more...]
NORTHWEST TRIBAL LEADERS TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO CANADIAN PIPELINE EXPANSION
Opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline from Coast Salish Tribes on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border continued today with indigenous people of the Salish Sea region testifying before the Canadian National Energy Board. Four U.S. Coast Salish Tribes — the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, … [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...]
Webinar – The Evolution of Inequity Since the Great Recession, with Dr. Casey of The Brookings Institution
Date: November 20, 2018 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Location: Zoom (video conference) Webinar – Register Here Sponsors: Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice and Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community Marcus Casey, Ph.D. of The Brookings Institution, will discuss the consequences … [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...]
Climate Justice Issue Summit
At the JUUstice Summit on October 20, 2018, 15 participants discussed Climate Justice. After opening readings from sayings by Native Americans, the group reviewed some of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that apply to climate justice. Participants discussed data on the … [Read more...]
What are WE called to do next? Responses from the 2018 Justice Summit
At the close of the 2018 UU Justice Summit, we assessed our day -- what we had accomplished and what we were called to do next. Here are our answers to the question: What are WE called to do next? In random order: Speak out for our planet with concrete ideas. We are called to learn and … [Read more...]
What are YOU called to do next? Responses from the 2018 Justice Summit
At the close of the 2018 UU Justice Summit, we assessed our day -- what we had accomplished and what we were called to do next. Here are our answers to the question: What are YOU called to do next? In random order: Persevere. Resist. Encourage. Model JUUstice. GP I feel called to make … [Read more...]
What did YOU accomplish, today? Responses from the 2018 Justice Summit
At the close of the 2018 UU Justice Summit, we assessed our day -- what we had accomplished and what we were called to do next. Here are our answers to the question: What did YOU accomplish today? In random order: Made good connections with other activists. Innovation. Remained open … [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...]
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...]
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