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
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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.
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2018 Fall Issues Conference
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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.
We are 1844 No More
“The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the denial of the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” But New Jersey’s law that denies the right to vote to people with criminal convictions undermines the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on explicit racial discrimination by linking the right to vote to a racially discriminatory criminal justice system.
New Jersey leads the nation in having the highest racial disparities in having the highest Black/white incarceration rates for both adults and youth, making the laws racially discriminatory impact particularly acute.” – New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Please join fellow UUs on Monday, September 24 at the Rutger’s-New Brunswick Student Center to partake it what is sure to be a riveting and informative discussion!
Official Position of UU FaithAction NJ
“It is the official position of UU FaithAction and all our member congregations that the taking of money from ICE by any NJ county has become morally untenable.”
Major Rally to Support Driver’s Licenses/Push Back Against ICE Immigration Regime
Sept. Rally Save the Date – Thurs. Sept. 6th 2018
UU FaithAction, along with many of our immigration rights allies, faith and human rights groups, will come together at 12 noon on Thurs., Sept. 6 in front of the Statehouse in Trenton to protest the continuing harsh “crackdown” on undocumented immigrants in NJ and across the US.
One important protection we can offer here in NJ is legislating a legal process (as they have already done in California, D.C. and elsewhere) for people with limited documentation to prove who they are, take the driver’s exam, purchase insurance and get back out on our roads safely and LEGALLY.
With a valid license, residents with an otherwise unblemished (or very minor) record can’t be detained and deported–simply because of a routine traffic stop.
We hope many of you will join us on Thursday, Sept. 6th at 12 noon at the NJ Statehouse. Buses will be leaving from various locations across the state to help make transportation there and back easier–more information on that will be forthcoming.
Mobilizing for Electoral Change: UU Association (UUA) Webinar
From our “Love Resists!” partners at our denominational HQ, the Unitarian Universalist Association and UU Service Committee, this webinar series.
Please join us on Thursday, July 12th at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT for a Webinar on UUs Mobilizing Towards Electoral Justice: Strategizing for the 2018 Mid-Terms & Beyond.You will hear from Adam Eichen, democracy strategist and activist and co-author of Daring Democracy (Beacon Press 2017), one of this year’s UUA Common Reads. UUA justice staff, UU State Action Networks, and UUSJ (UUs for Social Justice: Your Voice in the Capitol) will join him. Please RSVP here. 
June Red Hot UU Minute
Here is our latest edition of the Red Hot Minute! Why “red hot?” Because it provides our supporters with a short, focused overview of the hottest social justice issues facing New Jersey.
We hope you will scan through the article titles and short descriptions, following the links to go deeper on a subject that catches your eye.