Jeff Milchen

The online kit, designed for ready reference, has checklists on key topics, including spiritual care, security, forming partnerships, and social media.

In this column, UU Justice Communications Associate Jeff Milchen interviews two UUs who campaigned and offers resources for those who want to explore their options.

Seventeen states have hosted ballot questions that gave voters direct power to shape abortion policy, and ten of them were presented last year alone.

Across the country, Unitarian Universalists collaborated with community partners to advocate for reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and other values central to the faith.

Voters in multiple states will choose whether to adopt nonpartisan reform to broaden democracy. UUs in Idaho are among those who are backing these measures.

Legal oppressions of vulnerable people motivate UUs to organize, state by state. The Unitarian Universalist Association’s UU the Vote initiative has joined the effort.

In this conversation, UUA Disability Justice Associate Rev. Amanda Schuber shares insight on progress being made, challenges that remain, and current advocacy priorities.

The Revival takes place September 28-29 and will unite UUs from across the United States on caring for the planet and advancing justice.

 A quick guide to getting involved in the 2024 election and beyond.

Since launching in early 2020—a year before the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol—a maturing UU the Vote is focusing on more than elections.

To help sway lawmakers, the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of North Carolina leaned into its partnerships, developing a blueprint others can follow.

To overrule anti-abortion legislatures and courts, reproductive rights advocates are turning to citizen-led ballot measures in states where that power exists.

We’re closely watching these cases that affect voting rights, abortion access, and public safety.

Many states are exploiting the opportunity created by the U.S. Supreme Court having gutted the Voting Rights Act. UUs believe democracy must be both accessible and equitable.

Massive complex would train area police, firefighters, and emergency responders

The UUA’s Side With Love team offers a variety of tools to help with public communication in the name of justice.

The 2023 Berry Street Essay urges UUs to recognize and confront an imminent threat.

Unitarian Universalists must work to defend voting rights for all.

Unitarian Universalists have worked consistently toward equality for all LGBTQIA+ people and, more recently, UUs are defending against escalating attempts to nullify civil rights advances.

The Unitarian Universalist Association and UU World are following several U.S. Supreme Court cases that address core UU principles and affect the rights of oppressed groups.

The campaign helped reach more than two million potential voters before midterms.

All of our voices are needed to stop a wave of hateful bills.

A Montclair coalition rallied the community to save the town’s first Black-owned home.

Rev. Viola Abbitt’s unconventional path from DA’s office to the ministry is a story of UU faith and principle.

Ten months ago, we critiqued the ill-advised and damaging plan by U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy to purchase tens of thousands of gas-guzzling delivery trucks. We’re excited to report the USPS changed course.

Responding to the effects of the June ruling that voided key elements of Roe v Wade requires us to build a lasting movement focused on cultural transformation and justice.

Socially responsible investing and shareholder activism advance UU values in the world.

In Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court will make crucial choices regarding limits to partisan manipulation of our elections.

First Parish in Portland, Maine, wins Bennett Award for work to support Wabanaki sovereignty.

The Legacy Fellowship program builds leadership capacity to advance democracy in 2020 and beyond.

The mobilization campaign organized events in Michigan and Georgia, where voter rights are most threatened.

Kansas organizers succeed through inclusive leadership and seeking dialogue with potential opponents.

The January 6 Committee is doing its job admirably. Now we must make sure its work results in action.

The case of Jayland Walker reminds us that, despite modest reforms at some departments, killings by police remain pervasive.

To save reproductive choice and preserve previous civil rights advances, it’s essential to recognize the need for structural change.

As threats to democracy grow, we’re determined to make 2022 the year love and justice regain the upper hand.

An effective tool exists to minimize the chance of illegitimate votes—those who fail to embrace it show professed concerns about voter fraud are false.

Our personal transportation choices matter, but significant emission reductions must also involve large-scale institutional change.

Reasonable people disagree on appropriate levels of immigration, but to have substantive debate, we must refute racist scapegoating and tactics of dehumanization.

While many corporations offer feel-good commercials promoting multiculturalism and equality, their political arms (like the Chamber of Commerce) and political investments perpetuate the dominance of wealth over our elections and the public interest.

Because opposition to reproductive rights is so often presented as religious, UUs have a special opportunity to present faith-based arguments for reproductive justice.

Voting rights bills being brought to a vote in the Senate.

This week, we introduce Jeff Milchen: kayaker, democracy activist, and new UU World columnist.

Disability rights advocate Imari Kariotis calls us to be aware of our actions to help protect vulnerable communities.

The struggle in Ohio over reproductive rights ultimately ended in a victory for direct democracy. Here’s how it unfolded.

UU the Vote featured at GA as one of the UUA’s foundational initiatives heading into the 2022 midterms