Please direct all press inquiries to: Rev. Rob Gregson, Executive Director Phone: (973) 908-0211 Email: execdir@uufaithaction.org
UU FaithAction NJ coordinates grassroots advocacy and works to establish public policy that is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles and purposes. We put this into practice by letter writing and providing testimony to legislators, grassroots lobbying and providing witness.
Thanks to the ongoing participation and financial support of our 21 member congregations and individual donors, UU FaithAction provides both the advocacy and legislative leadership that makes a real difference on issues of equity and justice and also helps build wider alliances between front-line communities, advocacy groups, legislators and key coalitions across the state.
UU FaithAction NJ takes a leadership role on three important statewide initiatives, all of which have been shared nationwide with other UU State Advocacy Networks, as models for UU social justice organizing:
- All Faiths Justice Alliance (formerly Local Policing/Black Lives Matter) Congregational Toolkit
- Legal Advocacy Project (LAP)
- State Sanctuary Challenge
Current Task Force issues include Environmental Justice, Criminal Justice, Immigration Reform, Reproductive Justice, Gun Violence Prevention, and Economic Justice.
For more information, please read our flyer, “Why UU FaithAction Matters.”
UU FaithAction NJ in the News
January 23, 2018
A measure to restore state funding for family planning services is making its way through the New Jersey legislature. On January 23, 2018, Rev. Rob Gregson, Executive Director of UU FaithAction NJ, was quoted on WBGO FM radio:
“We want to stand as a religious faith voice to say that we think women’s reproductive needs need to fully addressed and fully funded in a way that they haven’t been in the last eight years in this state.”