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Plenary 2019 Documents
This year, UU FaithAction NJ is attempting to conduct all of our conferences in the “greenest” way possible. We are eliminating the conference packets, which are usually distributed on the day of the event at the registration table. Instead, all documents are emailed to those individuals that pre-register. Before each event, in this case Plenary 2019, the documents will also be found on the main page of our website. We ask that you read all reports, articles, biographies either via the website or the emailed documents. Of course, you are free to print whatever documents you would like.
Plenary 2019 Reports:
- President’s Report
- Executive Director’s Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Congregational Tiered Giving
- Biographies of Board of Trustee Nominees
- Criminal Justice Annual Report
- Economic Justice Annual Report
- Environmental Justice Annual Report
- Gun Violence Prevention Annual Report
- Immigration Reform Annual Report
- Reproductive Justice Annual Report
Op-Ed on Universal Representation
Unitarian Universalist FaithAction New Jersey’s very own Rev. Rob Gregson pens an OpEd in advance of Governor Murphy’s budget address on expanding legal defense for immigrants who are detained and facing deportation in NJ.
“Deportation is one of the harshest penalties an individual can face under U.S. law. It can mean permanent exile from family and loved ones, loss of livelihood, and in some cases a return to a place where a person risks persecution or death…. We should all call upon the Governor and legislature to fully fund deportation defense for immigrants in New Jersey. In so doing, we can echo Lady Liberty’s timeless, message and disavow the shrill words of the latest political opportunist: immigrants are not–have never been–strangers to these shores.”
The piece can be read in its entirety here: Universal Representation.
Amazon Smile and UU FaithAction NJ
Did you know Amazon will give UU FaithAction NJ .05% of every dollar you spend on Amazon…. and who doesn’t spend on Amazon? It’s easy to set up: Log onto to smile.amazon.com and under Charitable Organizations search for Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry. Then, whenever you need to purchase something from Amazon, use the amazon smile site and shop as normal! Amazon will then send us a check every month for 5% of all sales linked to UULMNJ (our former name). Or you can simply click here.
Revised Assembly Schedule for 2019
Here is the schedule for the NJ Assembly as of Jan 9, 2019:
Justice Policy Update Conferences
The second of two annual Justice Policy Update Conferences will be held February 10 from 12:15 to 3:15 featuring WNYC/NPR journalist, Matt Katz, as keynote speaker.REGISTER HERE FOR MATT KATZ, FEB. 10 in Princeton
Economic Injustice Workshop
The NJ Work Environment Council, hosted by UU FaithAction NJ and it’s Economic Justice Task Force, presents a powerful training opportunity designed to show how the US and NJ have become increasingly economically divided between the “haves” and “have nots.” We will then learn what it will take to reverse that trend and how to effectively promote economic justice in our communities and across the state. Ultimately, we will learn how to be more effective at bringing people together to exercise political power.
These are interactive workshops where we share our own experiences. Attending this training with other UUs and our allies will help us learn about each other, about the root problems of the most egregious economic inequalities in American life, and help us be even more effective advocates for economic justice!
No matter how much time we spend learning about what’s going on in the world, sometimes the best thing to do in rough times is to come together. And then determine what we can do to make a difference. Even better if different groups are doing different things but pushing towards the same goals.
Please consider attending this training – and invite an interested friend. To move forward on our economic justice agenda, we have to do at least two things well: educate ourselves on the history and issues, and train ourselves to help organize others. Let’s put our heads together and work on a campaign with help from people who are doing this effectively nationwide. To register, please go to January 5 on the Community Calendar.
STATEMENT OF THE COALITION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF NEW JERSEY
At this tragic moment in time, an unconscionable act of hatred and evil against members of the Jewish Faith community, we as Religious leaders in the state of New Jersey wish to extend our heartfelt compassion and to stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters and the faith communities that they lead.
Red Hot Minute – HOT off the presses!
2018 Fall Issues Conference
Register Here!
UU FaithAction’s Fall Issues Conference takes place on Saturday Oct. 20 from 10:00 am until 4:00 p.m. Hosted this year by our member congregation, Beacon UU Congregation of Summit in Summit summitbeacon.org, the conference features Senator Raymond Lesniak as our keynote speaker, issues-related break out groups and a working lunch. The Summit congregation is active in antiracism and immigration justice work and we are very pleased to partner together in support of a more just and hopeful New Jersey.