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Action of the Week!
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. This National Campaign is getting rolling in Oregon. The Action of the Week this week is all about the Poor People's Campaign. Check out their website if want to know the history of this campaign. Its roots are in Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1960's campaign updated for today. Our own Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) are both endorsers of the Poor People’s Campaign. In support of the campaign, UUs are invited to a webinar, tomorrow! A Webinar on the Moral/Theological Basis for Nonviolent Moral Fusion Direct Action featuring Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis - Thursday, March 22, 1-2pm Pacific time. Here is the link to RSVP for the Webinar. – Please share and invite your lay leaders to attend this multi-faith webinar as well. In addition the campaign is doing the following local trainings:
Rev. Katie Larsell
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The Oregon legislature just had an historic opportunity to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Bill and create a cap and trade system for reducing carbon pollution. Did they do it! NO. The Clean Energy Jobs Bill was the one bill that Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice focused on for this recent short legislative session. The news wasn't all bad though.
All that sounds like a great consolation price -- but isn't the same as passing the actual legislation. The Action of the Week is to send a message to your legislators. Let them know you are disappointed, and more important, YOU ARE WATCHING. Send a message here. As Unitarian Universalists we are not necessarily more wise or more patient than anyone else. We are all subject to fits of gloom. Yet our faith calls us to protect the earth. The work means that we are constantly countering big powerful companies. We aren't always going to win. We need to stay constant and stay focused. When we don't succeed, we need to maintain hope. In Love and Faith, Rev. Katie Larsell Calendar
March 24 - Student led march inspired by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootings , March for our Lives, many locations around the country. Good things come in the form of very strange packages sometimes.
The legislature has a bill, HB 4007, that will raise the document recording fee from $20 to $60. Wow, that sounds eye-crossingly boring doesn't it! However, it will raise a fair amount of money, 60 million dollars over two years! The money will go to finance affordable housing. It will create housing opportunity across Oregon - providing thousands more with the stability of a home. HB 4007 also creates the First Time Home Buyer Savings Account, which will provide a small tax subtraction for first time home buyers with moderate incomes who are saving for a home. This is a good little bill that needs support. The lack of affordable housing in this state goes against our Unitarian Universalist values. When people cannot afford decent housing their worth and dignity is forfeited to those who can afford it. A just society takes care of people and provides them with opportunities to live in dignity. This week's Action of the Week is a phone call or email in support of this legislation. Click here to connect to your legislators and ask for their vote. Last week HB 4007 moved out of the House Revenue Committee. The bill now is in the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Its next step is the House and Senate floor for a full vote. Partner organization, the Oregon Housing Alliance, says now is the time to let legislators know that this a bill that has support. Let's get this done! In Love and Faith, Rev. Katie Larsell |
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