Issues Updates

1000 Voices for Immigration Justice - Write a Letter Today

UULMNJ's Immigration Task Force is launching a letter writing campaign to President Obama, encouraging him to more closely follow his own Administration's immigration policies. Their goal is to have members of...

Increase the Minimum Wage

The Economic Justice Task Force would like people to send letters to our Governor asking him to sign the minimum wage increase bill on his desk. The New Jersey State...

Environmental Justice Council - Feb. 9, 2013

The NY Metro District Environmental Justice Council will meet on February 9, 2013, from 10:30 am-1:30 pm. The location is yet to be determined. Register at the UU Justice Web...

Roe v. Wade - 40th Anniversary

January 22, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade case which made abortion legal in the United States. The UUA is partnering with the Religious Coalition...

UUA: Reproductive Justice: New Curriculum and Resources

A brand new six-week curriculum from the Unitarian Universalist Association titled, "Reproductive Justice: Expanding Our Social Justice Calling," will equip Unitarian Universalists with tools for effective public advocacy, tie us...

Immigration as a Moral Issue - Statement of Conscience

UUA CSAI (Congregational Study/Action Issue)2010-2014 “Immigration as a Moral Issue” At General Assembly in 2010, Immigration as a Moral Issue was selected as the UUA Congregational Study Action Issue for the...

Join the Marriage Equality Task Force

UULMNJ wants to overturn the veto on marriage equality in New Jersey. We need a strong task force to make this happen. We have a task force chair if it...

Report Documents Costs of Fracking

Environment New Jersey Research has released a report documenting a wide range of dollars and cents costs imposed by dirty drilling. As documented in The Costs of Fracking, fracking creates...

UUME - New Environmental Justice Curriculum

The Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth has created a five-session environmental justice curriculum. Called “Our Place in the Web of Life,” the curriculum was developed to help congregations meet the...

Comments on Medicaid Waiver Application

These comments are filed on behalf of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (UULMNJ), and address New Jersey’s Section 1115 Demonstration Comprehensive Waiver Application that was made available...

Marriage Equality - Votes on Feb. 13 and 16

Marriage Equality in Jersey is comig up for a vote. The full New Jersey Senate will on vote Monday, February 13. The session will begin at noon . Please try...

Marriage Equality - Senate Hearing Jan. 24, 2012

In the new legislative session beginning in January 2012, the very first bills posted in the Assembly and Senate (A.1 and S.1 respectively) would establish marriage equality in New Jersey. A...

National Park Service seeking input on Susquehanna-Roseland 500 kV power lines

The following information is being forwarded from the UULMNJ Environmental Justice Task Force. It has particular implications for our northern New Jersey congregations. Comments are being accepted until Jan. 31st. This month...

Occupy Wall Street Statement

The 99% of Us are 100% Committed to Change In just two months, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread across the country and across the globe, a public outcry of...

Health Care Task Force Update - Nov. 2011

On October 11, Health Care Task Force Chair Carolyn Baldacchini attended a Medical Advisory Council meeting at the NJ State offices of the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Commissioner...

Immigration Reform: Protest, Rally & March - October 9, 2011

Redefining Cruel & Unusual Indefinite Immigration Detention for-Profit Amid Toxic Waste in Essex County Protest, Rally & MarchSunday, October 9, 20111:30 pm Beginning at Peter Francisco Park(on the east side of Newark...

Immigration Policy Reform

UULMNJ's Immigration Reform Task Force reports that many congregations are offering a variety of programs around this issue. A few examples: Ridgewood: The Immigration Task Team is working on a program...

Poverty: An Issue of Justice - May 23

There will be a public regional forum, orgainzed by the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey and presented by our partners in the Anti-Poverty Network, to discuss poverty in...

Environment

Rev. Craig Hirshberg, Rohn Hein, Sally Gellert, and Daphne Speck-Bartynski met with the NJ Environmental Federation Executive Director, Amy Goldsmith on August 29 to discuss areas of mutual...

Marriage Equality

On June 29, 2011, Garden State Equality and seven same-sex couples and their children, represented by Lambda Legal, filed a lawsuit seeking marriage equality in New Jersey,...

Healthcare

The current administration wanted to lower eligibility for New Jersey residents for FamilyCare to 29% of the Federal Poverty Level, meaning that an uninsured parent with two children...

Economic Justice Update - Sept 2011

The main focus of the Economic Justice Task Force has been working for affordable housing, advocating for those in need of affordable housing in the following ways: Working with our expert...