Social Action Committee Updates

by Brian Dugas 

Risks to the people of this country and the world may be the greatest they have ever been. The last I heard, the Doomsday clock is just 85 seconds to midnight. I personally suspect that things are never going to go back to the way they were. What it will look like in the future is hanging in the balance right now. Whether we will have an authoritarian state owned by corporations and the wealthy, or a government that is actually of the people, for the people, and by the people will be determined in the very near future.

If you have ever wanted to get involved, now is the time to do it.
What our Social Action Committee is currently doing.
Social Action Committee: Voting Immigration, the Environment 

Voting
Primary elections May 19th where Democrats and Republicans select the candidates that will represent their parties in November, and
General or Mid term elections November 3rd
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 in the U.S. Senate
Will determine the 120th US Congress, 39 State and Territorial elections, and many state and local elections

• -UU the Vote 2020 combat white supremacy and fascism and organize faith communities around faith based goals and values. phone banks, post cards, and poll working
  
• -Vote Forward post cards 
• -Members of our congregation currently work as election workers in Wilkes Barre 12 Ward, Wilkes gymnasium
• -League of Women Voters

Immigration

• -Open a new office in Wilkes Barre through Catholic Social Services
  
• -Conducting a immigration Clinic with our newly identified immigration lawyer
• -Making connections with immigrant community
• -ICE watch

Environment

• -Food Independence UU Food pantry and other food pantries
  
• -Gardening - Hillside Farms
• -Watershed Project