Those on the front-lines of climate change include Indigenous and low-income peoples, people of color, island nations, and youth
UU Ministry for Earth is sharing the Press Release below in solidarity with Water Protector prisoners and all prisoners in unsafe conditions due to the coronavirus. This is an expression of Unitarian Universalist faith, as affirmed by the 2018 Action of Immediate Witness, “We Are All Related: Solidarity NOW with Indigenous Water Protectors“. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE […]
This call provided updates from UU organizations working at the national or denominational level for climate justice. Call notes and links referred to often in the meeting can be found here: This call was facilitated by Aly Tharp (UU Ministry for Earth) and includes messages from Rev. Ashley Horan & Susan Leslie (UUA Organizing Strategy […]
On the 50th Earth Day and 3-day global climate strike 4/22-24th, here is a video message from our late UUA co-moderator Elandria Williams and UUMFE program director Aly Tharp, who shared in a Multi-Faith Earth Day Worship — follow the link to view the worship recording! Other programs commemorated Earth Day: 4/22-24: Earth Day Live […]
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 […]
More than 200 human rights, environmental, public health, faith-based, civil rights, and workers’ rights groups signed on to a letter urgently requesting that the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis immediately take all necessary steps, together with local and federal authorities, to protect farmworkers in Immokalee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Set up a field hospital […]
577 organizations have pulled together to publish an EMERGENCY national letter calling on governors, mayors, and utility regulators and boards to institute a n immediate moratorium on all electricity and water service shut-offs in light of the coronavirus emergency, as well as the implementation of policies encouraging distributed clean energy systems and sustainable water payment […]
The UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) & UUA Green Sanctuary Program’s Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar series for an online screening & film discussion of the award-winning feature documentary, The Condor & The Eagle was on Thursday, March 26th. The film screening began at 9:30 AM Pacific / 12:30 PM Eastern (USA) / 5:30 PM […]
UU young adult, community organizer Sherrie Anne Andre (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is currently serving a 30-day prison sentence in North Dartmouth, MA. Sherrie is serving the maximum possible sentence for an arrest from a non-violent direct action protest in August 2018, in which Sherrie and others blocked the entrances to the Bristol County House of Correction […]
Environmental Justice Practitioners Network (EJPN) webinar on January 23, 4:30 PST / 7:30 EST, had a special guest Gail Forsyth-Vail, talking about engaging your congregation with the 2020 UUA Common Read, An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, with an environmental justice lens. This webinar program discussed the original book as […]
UU Ministry for Earth is honored and proud to be an Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary, The Condor and The Eagle, and set a goal of holding as many UU community film screenings on (or around) World Water Day (Sunday, March 22) as possible. These screenings were opening celebrations for the Spring for Change […]
