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Legislative Advocacy Events

There are many different kinds of legislative advocacy events that concerned citizens can participate in.  Keep checking back to view the posts below for ways in which you can bring your voice to the halls and offices of our State Legislature.


April 2021

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    April 1, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 6, 2021  8:00 am - 10:00 am

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 8, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 13, 2021  8:00 am - 10:00 am

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    JUUstice Washington Emergent Strategy and Networking Sessions (Online)

    April 15, 2021  9:30 am - 11:00 am
    Zoom Open House (See Below)

    Please join us for our Third Thursday, monthly emergent strategy, and networking sessions. These 90-minute, open-house style meetings are an opportunity for connection and generative collaboration on intersectional justices issues. 

    Register for free to connect with others around issues that matter.  

    Take time to network and collaborate with other community partners and justice-oriented congregations in Washington and the PNW, engage in somatic body practices to support sustainable justice work, and learn about direct actions you can take now.

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    April 15, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 20, 2021  8:00 am - 10:00 am

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 22, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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    April 29, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    WA legislative Public Safety Committee meetings. More info on what will be going on in this meeting can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules#//17364

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Conversation with Sam Mace of Save Our wild Salmon and Elliott Moffett and Julian Matthews of the Niimipuu/Nez Perce, Feb. 18, 1 pm

Posted on 17. February 2021 by Sharon Varosh

Photo Credit: NOAA
Earlier this month, U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) released a visionary proposal to restore abundant salmon and steelhead to our region and strengthen Northwest communities. Join Backbone Campaign to discuss what this means for wild salmon and the regional economy, in a Conversation with Sam Mace of Save Our wild Salmon and Elliott Moffett and Julian Matthews of the Niimipuu/Nez Perce.

Thursday, Feb. 18th 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern RSVP TODAY

We celebrate Representative Simpson's courage. The people of the Pacific NW have shifted culture by taking visible actions to protect what we love, because the fate of our beloved resident orca depends on salmon from the Columbia-Snake River ecosystem. By breaching the dams - removing the earthen berm barriers impeding a free flowing Snake - scientists believe we can significantly impact runs of wild salmon. These salmon are critical food for the Salish Sea's resident orca. We have always acknowledged that the farmers and shippers who depend on the River need to be part of a recovery plan: Hear some of our talking points in this short video at a Human Orca Mural we did in Spokane. Learn more about Grain Train and how it can help farmers along the Snake in this Conversation we had with Ken Casavant, awhile back. Check out Rep Simpson's Legislative Framework Stay updated on this issue with our friends at Save Our wild Salmon Check out the extensive article by Lynda Mapes of the Seattle Times Thanks to Representative Simpson's leadership - as well as much work by grassroots organizers, including Elliott Moffett, Julian Matthews (Nimiipuu/Nez Perce); Joseph Bogaard and Sam Mace (SOS); Michelle Seidelman in Portland; and many others, we are celebrating the future of a wild Snake River, with benefits for all.

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Support Overtime for Agricultural Workers! Oppose Washington SB 5172 on Jan. 28th!

Posted on 26. January 2021 by Sharon Varosh

On Thursday, January 28th, at 8am the WA State Senate’s Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee will hold a first hearing for SB 5172. If passed the bill could prevent dairy workers, and possibly thousands of agricultural workers in Washington State from receiving retroactive (back) overtime pay. TAKE ACTION NOW The bill is due for its first hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs this Thursday morning at 8am. It’s important that farmworkers and their advocates and supporters show our opposition to the bill. HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please share this message widely with people in Washington state who care about fair wages for farmworkers. Let the committee know that you are opposed to this bill by going to the link below and selecting “Con” (against). The latest you can sign in is 6:59am Thursday morning. https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Testimony/Form?chamber=Senate&meetingFamilyId=28358&agendaItemFamilyId=138984&remoteLocationId=50&testify=False&fbclid=IwAR3qxGOQwEqnBF1ErLfHGfcCHlf1qJprYHp-DFzU1oJpuc9hpd98_5bl2h4

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Sunrise Movement Winter Camp for Youth, Dec. 28 to Jan. 1, Online

Posted on 23. December 2020 by Sharon Varosh

Are you a middle or high schooler? Do you know anyone in middle or high school? Join us for Sunrise Winter Camp, a week of trainings (starting Monday, December 28th!) hosted by the Sunrise School Hubs of WA to grow the movement we need to make this the Decade of the GREEN NEW DEAL! We must hold the Biden administration accountable for bold climate action. We don’t have time to play around. This is about our lives. Are you with us? By starting a hub at your school, you’ll be ready. By coming to Winter Camp, you’ll be ready. Let’s go! Who: Middle or high school students in Washington state When: Monday, Dec. 28th - Friday, Jan. 1st, from 1-3pm each day with breaks in between Location: Virtual over Zoom! 🔥 SIGN UP HERE 🌞 More info here

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Announcing Faith Action Network's 2021 State Legislative Agenda and Trainings

Posted on 08. December 2020 by Sharon Varosh

Please find our 2021 Legislative Agenda (fanwa.org) where you can also download and share a copy. Each year the FAN Governing Board and staff, in collaboration with our coalition partners and input from our Spring Summit attendees and the FAN Program Committee, approves FAN’s Legislative Agenda that guides our work during the state legislative session. We will be adding and adjusting priorities even as the 2021 session gets underway, so please check back here for updates. Be sure you’re receiving our weekly E-News for legislative alerts starting in January. You can learn more about the bills on our Issue Fact Sheets page, which we continue to update as we receive bill information. And each week we will update the progress of the bills through our Bill Tracker. Plan to join us for an Advocacy Day near you, held virtually this year for Spokane/Eastern WA 1/30, Olympia-focused 2/11, and Central WA 2/20. More information and registration links will be posted soon! This year we are offering two pre-session trainings, on Wednesday, January 6, 6:00-8:00pm, and Sunday January 10, 2:00-4:00pm. Both will have the same content: An introduction to what to expect of the 2021 virtual legislative session and our legislative agenda by Paul Benz, with breakout rooms/workshops on specific content areas and some Advocacy 101 training. Registrations and more information to come on those, please hold the date!

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Senate Environment Committee Met on December 1

Posted on 23. November 2020 by webmaster

The Washington State Senate will be meeting virtually this year and next. In preparation for the session that begins in January, the Senate Environment Committee met virtually on December 1, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. The following topics were be discussed:

1.   Washington State Energy Strategy update.
2.   Environmental Justice Task Force update.
3.   Siting clean energy facilities case study.
4.   Plastic packaging.
5.   Broadband update.
6.   2020 Cybersecurity overview.
7.   Data privacy update.
Information presented in the hearing can be found at https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Documents/28034?/Senate/28240/11-23-2020/12-01-2020/Schedule///Bill/  If you have any interest in these topics, please look at the documents. They are PDF format presentations using slides, with very concise and cogent points. They present some important points about climate and environmental justice that will come up in 2021.

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Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites Pre-Election PeaceKeeper Training: Sun, Nov 1, Seattle

Posted on 29. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

PeaceKeeper Training: Sun, Nov 1, 2-4pm Join CARW and others for a peacekeeper training ahead of the election. If you would like to be trained, or freshen up your skills, please join us! We’ll meet at Pratt Park basketball court (201 20th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144). This training is hosted by CARW,  Washington Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Valley and Mountain and 350 Seattle. The training will be facilitated by Rev Sekou of Valley and Mountain (militant non-violent civil disobedience) and Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites (de-escalation). Sponsored by WA PPC, this will be similar to previous trainings with new information regarding de-escalation. Topics covered will include: know your rights, safety tactics at a protest, and a mix of strategic and tactical info. Mask up! Bring water, a snack, and anything else you may need. Wear comfortable clothes (lots of movement). Prepare for rain!

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Need encouragement? Join Side With Love for Monday Movement Moments, Nov. 2,9 Online

Posted on 29. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

We are proud of the ways our Faith continues to #SideWithLove and be present to the World. We are in the final days before a historic election and we want to offer you an opportunity to provide Faithful Witness at The Polls. Whether your congregation is a polling site or is interested in offering some warmth and kindness at undoubtedly tense polling stations, we have ideas for how we can offer faithful responses that are at the heart of Side With Love. You can view the 30 minute webinar here. What does it mean to continue to “harvest our power” when we are tired or overwhelmed? There's no magical fix, but knowing you are NOT alone and that others can help find the answers helps. Join Side With Love on Monday Movement Moments for a 30-minute check-in and highlights of what’s happening across the country and ways you can get involved. Monday Movement Moment Nov. 2,9 at 9:30am PT. You can watch past episodes here.

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Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship Basic Training for Peace Teams, Oct. 25, online

Posted on 21. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

How can organizers of nonviolent mass protest actions help ensure those actions won't be "hijacked", and thus made less effective, by violent flanks, outside groups, and covert provocateurs?  How can we help ensure that health guidelines are followed during protests, to minimize the risk of harm from a deadly virus? Basic Training for Peace Teams: Keeping Non-Violent Discipline October 25, 6:30 to 8:30 pm     Dr. Tom Hastings, of Portland State University Conflict Studies Program and Adam Vogal of Portland Peace Team will provide a Zoom training on basic peacekeeping and de-escalation theory and skills to keep mass protests nonviolent. This training is designed for those who want to be trained to serve in a "peace team."

Sign Up Here
The Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship is hosting this event as part of our series of elective online workshops for the MYPF, but the event is open to the public.

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Training for Election and Post-Election Defense

Posted on 21. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

So... now that UU the Vote has got all this incredible voter outreach going together and are in striking distance of hitting our new goal of 2 million (!!) we are pivoting to election defense.
UU the Vote is partnering with The Frontline Election Defenders program coordinated by the Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project and Working Families Party - it is 501c3.  You may want to attend the training(s) and/or send your people.
https://www.mobilize.us/thefrontline/event/321224/

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UU the Vote Harvest the Power Week of Action Oct. 21-27

Posted on 21. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

UU the Vote invites everyone to join us for a week of action to harvest the power! Running Wednesday, October 21st through Tuesday, October 27th, this is one of our final pushes to ensure we reach 2,000,000 voters before Election Day. Join us! Congregational Call-in Days: October 21 – October 27 Organize your congregation to host a phonebank! Join us is activating congregations across the country to organize their members to take contact voters. You assemble your team, and national and state organizers will help you with the rest. To reach 1 million voters and defeat hate in 2020, we need you and your congregation to go all in. Take the pledge to host a congregational phone bank and then download the toolkit with all the steps! Thursday, October 22nd: National UU the Vote Prop 208 Phone Bank with UU Justice Arizona Network (UUJAZ) & Arizona Education Association National UU the Vote Prop 208 Phone Bank with UU Justice Arizona Network (UUJAZ) & Arizona Education Association. As Unitarian Universalists we are called to work for justice. Join UUs across the country as we put our values into action by calling Arizona voters to support Prop 208, investing in our children and educators! Register Saturday, October 24: Let Our People Vote with POWER (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania is a politically, economically, and racially diverse state, with the majority of its poorest citizens and citizens of color living in Philadelphia. 2016 brought low turnout numbers in Philadelphia, with ramifications across the Commonwealth and country. Join Philadelphia UUs for a phone bank with our local Interfaith Justice Coalition, POWER, as we call low-propensity voters in this pivotal city to Get Out the Vote! Training will be available for newcomers. Join us to make sure all our people are able to have their voices heard in November. Using Thrutalk (you’ll need a computer plus phone) POWER is an interfaith organization committed to building communities of opportunity that work for all. POWER represents over 50 congregations throughout Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania. POWER is a proud member of the Faith in Action (Formerly PICO) and Partnership for Working Families Networks. Sunday, October 25: Karen’s “All I Want for My Birthday is Good Government” Phonebank You’re invited, Sunday 10/25, to Karen’s Birthday Phonebank with MUUSJA, the Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance. Karen says, “All I want for my birthday is social justice and good government!” These aren’t the pushy or robotic calls you hate, just give friendliness a try. We’ll be calling lower-turnout, mainly BIPOC precincts in Greater Minnesota towns, where there’s a chance we can help send a more progressive Congressional delegation to Washington this year. We won’t tell people who to vote for, just how to vote if they need and want to know. Reaching people whom the Parties often ignore is social justice work. Asking everyone to be an #OctoberVoter might even save lives, by inviting folks to vote from home, or vote early at their elections office. So even if you think you’ll hate it, try making two or three calls to help celebrate Karen’s birthday? Thank you! Sunday, October 25: UU the Vote Worship  Host a UU the Vote worship service! Our UU the Vote service is a full1 hour service with the typical elements of a UU liturgy, as well as some unique components. The entire service, including all worship elements, will be available online for congregations to stream via the platform of their choice. Join UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray, the UU the Vote team, and a lineup of powerful, prophetic UU voices as we explore the intersections of faith, justice, and democracy in this collective virtual service. Sign up! Already have something planned October 25th? We’ll stream an evening service to the UUA Facebook and Youtube page at 6:00 pm ET/3:00 pm PT. We are asking congregations to support UU the Vote’s organizing work and to help us cover the costs of production (including remunerating worship leaders), much as you would pay a guest worship leader and/or musician. We recommend using the UU Ministers Association’s Scale of Professional Fees as a guide: $315 for small congregations, $350 for mid-sized congregations, $385 for large congregations. In addition, we ask that your congregation dedicate the Sunday offering to UU the Vote on the day you use the worship materials. To mark this threshold year of 2020 and all the possibility and peril that it represents, we are inviting the congregation to consider gifts that honor the number 2020 ($2,020, $202, $20.20, and so forth). Please know that every single gift makes a difference in the organizing work we are doing at UU the Vote. There are a variety of ways you can make your financial contributions.

  1. Send a check payable to the UUA with “UU the Vote worship” on the memo line. You may combine a donation for use of the worship materials and any share-the-plate proceeds into a single check.
Unitarian Universalist Association, Attn: Gift Processing, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1409 To speed your congregation’s support to be put to work in the final weeks before Election Day, we encourage you to invite your members to donate directly via:
  1. Contributing by credit card or PayPal at: https://uuthe.vote/give
  2. Texting VOTELOVE to 91999.
Please send contributions within 10 days of your worship Sunday date. Thank you for your generosity. Monday, October 26: Vote Love Pledge Rally As we near the close of our Harvest the Power Week of Action, let us celebrate our work and gather in joyful community. We’re inviting everyone that has pledged to #VoteLove and #DefeatHate to a private virtual rally! We’ll have music, speakers, highlights from the week of action and the latest numbers towards our goal of contacting 1 million voters. Come celebrate your work and our UU the Vote community. You deserve it. Haven’t taken the VoteLove Pledge? Sign up now, and get an invite to the rally! Tuesday, October 27: National Phonebank to Florida Join New Florida Majority and UU the Vote to make calls to Florida voters to make sure they have the information they need to cast their ballot safely and overcome any attempt at voter suppression. We’ll be mobilizing Black and Latinx voters as well as expanding the coalition of voters in the state ready to #votelove in 2020 and put issues like police accountability, climate, and economic justice at the top of their priorities when they go to the polls. Sign up!  

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Performance: "The Race 2020," Sept. 24 to Oct. 4, 2020, Streaming

Posted on 01. October 2020 by Sharon Varosh

Seattle's Intiman Theatre in partnership with Mandala Center presents: "The Race 2020"
Attend a thought provoking interactive performance of The Race 2020. This theatrical civic dialogue invites people to explore ways to use their voice and take action to affect positive change and be inspired to vote! Originally developed by Sojourn Theatre, Intiman's adaptation blends performance, call and response, question and answer, and music into a participatory, highly improvised exploration of civic responsibility, race, and what America wants in a leader during a time of change. All participation is voluntary. Join in the discourse or simply witness the process. Sign up for free tickets here.

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Webinar: Learn how to engage those on the fence about voting, esp. young, Black and Latinx

Posted on 23. September 2020 by Sharon Varosh

On September 30th, Demos and Boston University Center for Antiracist Research will host The Other Swing Voter: Visioning Forward virtual convening from 8 am to noon PT. THE OTHER SWING VOTER is defined as voters who oscillate between voting and not voting (or voting third party). These voters are predominantly young, Black and Latinx, and they must be at the center of antiracist electoral organizing strategies, power-building, and policy analyses. During this afternoon of political education, Black and Latinx grassroots political organizers, as well as researchers and policymakers, will detail how to build cross-sectoral relationships that allow knowledge sharing, analysis, and the development of freedom-forward strategies for organizing and sustaining this voting bloc. More information and program.

REGISTER TO JOIN

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Meet with Your Member of Congress During August Recess

Posted on 12. August 2020 by webmaster

Contact Faith Action Network Co-Director Paul at benz@fanwa.org if you want to try to meet with your member of Congress during August recess or your state legislators. Since these are all by phone or Zoom, see our Advocacy Toolkit for tips for online meetings.

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Side With Love 5-Session Series, "Taking A Collective Breath: Deepening our alignment with the Movement for Black Lives" Begins August 11, 2020

Posted on 06. August 2020 by webmaster

Hundreds of Unitarian Universalists joined local activists June 20 in support of the Smart Justice Spokane coalition, which opposes the expansion of the Spokane County Jail. (© 2019 Christopher L. Walton/UUA)
We invite you to participate in Taking A Collective Breath: Deepening our alignment with the Movement for Black Lives, a five-session series built around the elements of the BREATHE Act. The webinars will explore the components of the BREATHE Act and utilize its structure as a way to focus our energies to effectively support ongoing racial justice work. Come learn and build with local and national partners who are shaping conditions to make liberation possible. This is an invitation to locate yourself in this moment as well, we each have a role to play.
The BREATHE Act seeks to reform federal laws and eliminate funding for federal programs that criminalize Black, Muslim, and immigrant communities, reinvesting our resources in community solutions for education, health, and the environment.
Register any time, for one session or the entire series. Sessions will be available online for later viewing, with registration. 
Please register now for these inspiring sessions.


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Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites Asks for Your Voice at City Council Defund-the-Police Budget Hearing, June 8, 2020

Posted on 15. July 2020 by webmaster

  The Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites is MOBILIZING to DEFUND the SPD by 50% and REINVEST IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. We have until July 17th to influence the city budget. As a people who have historically benefited from the institution of police, we have a responsibility to advocate for its abolition. We are MOBILIZING TOGETHER to DEFUND the SPD by 50%  and REINVEST IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES This work is not done!  If you have been following the news lately, you likely know that Mayor Durkan is on the offensive.  She has proposed a 20% budget cut, even though if we can maintain a veto-proof majority in city council, she has very little power to implement that proposal. SO, it is imperative that we keep pressure on our Council Members to hold to their commitment.  The pro-police folks are organizing as well. They're planning on using our tactics to try to flip Council Members votes.   Our action is to keep up the calls and emails! They matter- don't let up and give the pro-police folks the phone lines!  Only a quarter of our Phone Zap spots are filled for today - so sign up. And make the calls even if you don't sign up!  Below you will find all of the city council members contact information!  

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Breaking News: Supreme Court Upholds DACA, for now

Posted on 18. June 2020 by webmaster

From Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

We are thrilled to share that this morning, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump Administration’s attempt to end the DACA program, finding that the Administration did not follow proper legal procedures in ending the program. This decision means that the DACA program can continue for now and that hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth will remain protected from deportation. While we are very happy with this decision, the Court’s decision indicated that the Administration still has the authority to end DACA. As such, we urge the Administration to put politics aside and choose to continue the DACA program. The lives of DACA recipients, their livelihoods, and their contributions to our communities are at stake. We urge the Administration to make clear that it will abandon its attempts to terminate the program. At the same time, we know that DACA does not provide a pathway to citizenship and so we urge Congress to do what it should have done long ago and pass a clean version of the Dream Act. We are still processing the impact of the decision and will continue to provide information on its impact to community members over the coming days. In Solidarity Jorge L. Barón

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UUA Presents: Reset UU the Vote, May 12, 2020, online

Posted on 28. April 2020 by webmaster

Join us LIVE for a special update from UU the Vote. This event will feature musicians from across the country, a message from UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, and opportunities for you to get involved and make meaningful impacts in 2020!
Join a nation-wide virtual choir! Music is powerful. It is there for us when we need strength and inspiration to keep going and when we need rest and discernment to determine our next move. Join the “How We Thrive” virtual choir, by adding your voice, today! Many of us know and love the song “We Shall be Known” by MaMuse. Its simple lyrics call on us to center the deep spiritual work of community healing, action, and collaboration. We need 50 folks to record videos singing this song, to include in the May 12 event. Join me in adding your voice! Instructions are simple. Please take five minutes to add your voice. If you’re nervous or unsure, join our virtual choir “rehearsal” this Sunday, April 26th, at 1pm ET,  and get one-on-one tech help so you can sing with us!

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Work with Faith Action Network on Census 2020! Training Provided

Posted on 06. February 2020 by webmaster

We are only 40 days out from the launch of Census 2020 on March 12, as postcards will begin to arrive inviting households to participate. Official Census Day is April 1. In the State of Washington, $16.7B in tax dollars for our communities are at stake, along with our democratic representation in Congress. We cannot afford to miss counting anyone in this census, especially traditionally undercounted communities of color, immigrants, tribes, rural areas, and young children. You can help in three ways right now: Save the date for a Faith-based Census training on February 19 in Tukwila. Let us know if you'd like to attend by responding to the survey below. Respond to our survey indicating ways you would like to help with the Census in your faith community and beyond. There ARE people in your faith community who may not be counted without our extra efforts. Share our part-time Census Coordinator job description - we are accepting applications through February 9. Please download the job description and share with your communities. We see this as a statewide effort and are excited to join a powerful coalition for the Census.

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HB 2311, Emissions Limit Bill, Signed by Governor

Posted on 18. January 2020 by webmaster

For Background: In 2008, Washington enacted legislation (RCW 70.235) that set a series of limits on the emission of greenhouse gases within the state: quote:

  • By 2020, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to 1990 levels;
  • By 2035, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to twenty-five percent below 1990 levels;
  • By 2050, the state will do its part to reach global climate stabilization levels by reducing overall emissions to fifty percent below 1990 levels, or seventy percent below the state's expected emissions that year. End quote.
In 2019, HB 2311 was introduced to modify these state greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets to
  • 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2030,
  • 70 percent below 1990 levels by 2040, and
  • 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with the goal of net zero emissions. This would mean that any remaining emissions would be offset by sequestration.
The bill has passed the House and the Senate , and was signed by the governor. It is one of the two priorities of environmental groups that passed this session. (The other is 5811, the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) bill. See separate post on this.) Arguments for and against the bill are summarized below.

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Panel Discussion: Bringing Social Values to Life in Our Cities, Our Communities and Our Conscience, January 5th, 2020, Seattle WA

Posted on 17. December 2019 by webmaster

The Mount Holyoke College Club of the Puget Sound invites you to a panel discussion. Speakers: Dr. Serin Houston, Professor of Geography and International Relations at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance.  Dr. Anu Taranath, Principal Lecturer, Comparative History of Ideas at University of  Washington, and author of Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World. Ms. Sarah Mayes. Sarah has worked for four lawmakers, most recently at Seattle City Council. A transgender woman and single mother, Sarah produces and co-hosts a new podcast, By the Sound. Free and open to the public.  Download flyer here.

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