Thanks to the congregation, we had a great year in the Lobby Room with over 3100 legislative contacts reported! Some highlights of the legislation are described below. The Lobby Room is a collaboration between EUUC Social Justice Committees, specifically Advocates for Women, Peace & Justice, and … read more.
Post-Session Wrap
The Lobby Room wrapped up in early March after logging 796 contacts with our state legislators! Many thanks to all who participated. We had some notable successes including: enhancing abortion access, allocating funds for launching a Medicaid-like program for immigrants, and improving the working family … read more.
School electrification can make a big difference in carbon emissions. Not only are school buildings contributing to the 40% of emissions from buildings in Washington State, but diesel school buses also pollute the air inside them and out. Therefore, a focus on decarbonizing schools and … read more.
Climate Change is human-driven but not created equally among Nations. Nor does it affect people equitably: the effects are most felt by those nations that participated least in the consumerism and addiction to fossil fuels that has driven Climate Change. Across the world, women and … read more.
This week the Peace & Justice committee voted to add EUUC’s name to two letters:
A letter to President Biden demanding that he use his executive authority to stop fossil fuel projects, end oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, and declare a … read more.
This month the Peace & Justice committee voted to add EUUC’s name as an endorsement to two letters to government officials.
One is a letter from the League of Women Voters to the Snohomish County Council, recommending adoption of the proposed new policy on urban tree … read more.
By Stephen Ernst
Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, a student of life, a philosopher, and the founder of the Wisdom School in Ontario Canada. This story, about an experience he had while on a speaking tour to New Zealand two years ago, seems eerily prescient for … read more.
From our colleagues in the Climate Alliance of Snohomish County –
Two Minute Tuesdays – 1/11/22
A simple, two-minute (or less) action that will make a meaningful difference to slow climate change.
Set a timer for two minutes (be sure to do this—if you spend longer than two … read more.
From our colleagues in the Climate Alliance of Snohomish County –
Two Minute Tuesdays – 1/4/22
A simple, two-minute (or less) action that will make a meaningful difference to slow climate change.
This week, set a timer for two minutes (be sure to do this—if you spend longer … read more.
The Peace & Justice committee voted to sign EUUC on to an organizational letter to the US Department of Justice, requesting they reverse their legal position that the youth plaintiffs in Juliana v United States have no right to access the courts to vindicate their … read more.
