Justice Coordinating Council
OUR MISSION
Organizing the talents and voices of our congregation to advocate for policies and practices at all levels of government and society that will positively impact the worth and dignity of people and our planet.
Harnessing Love's Power to Stop Oppression
Side with Love a public advocacy campaign of the UUA, seeks to harness love's power to stop oppression. Subscribe to their Newsletter for action updates on Climate Justice, Democracy & Voting Rights, Public Safety, and LGBTQ+ & Gender Justice.
First UU Houston invites you to join our mission to mobilize voters for this historic election. Know the issues, become a voting information resource, and take action. Our UUtheVote team has set 2024 goals for 100% of our members to VOTE and to energize others to do the same.
Here are ways you can join us and our community partners:
OUR CALL CAMPAIGN
We will ensure our members and friends know how, where and when to vote. We will make sure you have a ride to the polls or show you how to track your mail-in ballot. Take the pledge!
RECLAIM OUR VOTE
We’re writing postcards to 300,000 black women voters in Ft. Bend County ensuring they know when and where to vote.
EMPOWERING VOTERS. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY.
In Texas, you must be registered to vote by Oct. 7. Our voter registration team registers thousands at naturalization ceremonies and other events every month!
PHONEBANK with UUTHE VOTE Action Networks
You can change voter turnout connecting with voters across the country providing the information they need to know to vote. Training provided. Signup at https://uuthevote.org/events/
BE AN ELECTION WORKER
Poll workers are essential to successful elections! Harris County operates 750 Vote Centers each Election Day.
See firsthand what it takes for run an election! Setup Vote Center,
welcome and process voters, assist mobility challenged voters, and track
and deliver ballots for counting.
https://www.harrisvotes.com/Election-Workers
BLOCKWALK OUR ADOPTED PRECINCT!
We’ll be knocking on doors to get out the vote. We’re
partnering with Trinity United Methodist to mobilize the Third Ward. Saturday
and Sundays in September and October.
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT
Join the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) to turn out low propensity environmental voters!
https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved
RAISING VOTER AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE
On October 6, FUUCH will host a powerful installation memorializing the lives lost to gun violence. Together with Moms Demand Action, we invite you to join the team to write names on t-shirts.
All of these opportunities can be seen here:
Download our Volunteer Opportunites Flyer!
Guided by Unitarian Universalist principles, TXUUJM educates & organizes member congregations, and partners of sympathetic organizations to advocate effectively for public policies in Texas that:
- Uphold the worth and dignity of every person;
- Further justice, equity, and compassion in human relations;
- Ensure the use of the democratic process;
- Protect religious freedom; and,
- Promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence.
