Dear UU Ministry for Earth Community, It is with a mixture of deep excitement, gratitude, and sadness that I announce I am transitioning out of my role as Co-Director of UU Ministry for Earth, and beginning a new role as Senior Organizer at GreenFaith, focusing on multi-faith mobilization with the People vs Fossil Fuels Campaign […]
Wow! A glimmer of hope! A federal judge ruled that “the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for TC Energy’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and many other pipelines nationwide. The ruling invalidates Nationwide Permit 12, prohibiting the Corps from using this […]
Dear friend, The common phrase “hindsight is 20/20” keeps playing in my head as we head into the year 2020 in just a couple short days. What can we look back on and learn from as we begin this new decade? What can we put behind us for good in 2020, as we seek to […]
Friend, It feels good to be home again after a whirlwind 3.5 weeks on the road. I am brimming with gratitude for this journey and excitement for the near-future of UU climate justice mobilization. My travels began with an action-packed week in DC, followed by an incredible week in NYC for the Global Climate Strikes […]
My journey this month began with a flight to Washington, D.C. A small bird stood for minutes on the wing of the plane and flew off in the opposite direction as we started moving. There was so much energy in the city as Greta Thunberg held a climate strike in front of the White House with […]
Dear UU Climate Action Network member, Beginning this month, we are kicking off a restructuring of the UU Climate Action Network (UUCAN) Roundtable calls, which will be a herculean effort of coordination and onboarding for a while until we can get into the new pattern and rhythm of things. If we succeed, the impact will […]
Dear friend, We need your support. Please consider this invitation to become a Friend of INITC — the InterNātional Initiative for Transformative Collaboration. Emerging from partnerships formed at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock in 2016, Unitarian Universalists accepted the invitation to be friends, relatives, and collaborators with Indigenous elders and leaders through INITC […]
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly (GA) is a massive, multi-layered event with thousands of people having widely-varying experiences. It’s impossible for me to paint the full picture for you. Thankfully, much of what happened at GA can be viewed online — though much of it cannot. Below is a highlight of 2019 GA […]
[This blog post is the third story about UUMFE’s Justice for Each Generation Speaking Tour. Follow the links to read Part 1 and Part 2, and please consider donating to the Faithify campaign to Catalyze the UU Climate Justice Movement!] Levi & Leigh-Ann Draheim, Leonard Higgins and I had a whale of a time visiting […]
The UUMFE Justice for Each Generation Speaking Tour began in Portland, Oregon on June 6th, with a delicious vegan potluck and evening presentation. Levi began the evening with a presentation about how climate change is impacting his home in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, about the Juliana v U.S. lawsuit, and about what we all can […]
