All Blog Posts Tagged 'justice' (7)

The Environmental Justice Task Force is sponsoring two workshops with Clean Water Action in April and May in our congregation in Athens, PA.

Click here for a flyer you can hang in your congregation or share with your friends.

Dear UUPLANers, 



Your help is urgently needed. UUPLAN has been working with the Coalition to STOP Payday Lending in PA to oppose any legislation which would regulate predatory lending in Pennsylvania. Currently payday loans are illegal in PA including payday loan transactions online.  As you can see from the following notes, Sen. Brewster is a critical vote. He is a Democrat on the Committee representing Allegheny and Westmoreland who was in favor…

    Twenty five UUs from the Germantown, First Philadelphia, Buxmont, Main Line,  Delaware County, Lower Bucks and Restoration congregations gathered on Feb. 3^rd at the Unitarian Society of Germantown to meet and hear from Fabricio Rodriguez, leader of the Philadelphia chapter of…

UUPLAN is now connected with the Philadelphia Unemployment Project as part of our economic justice work. Here's what they had to say after the votes in Congress Wednesday and Thursday:

Friends, As part of the last minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, Congress has extended Emergency Unemployment Benefits for another year! This means that the 2 million unemployed workers across the country who would have been cut off will now continue to receive…

    You may have heard the Senate Appropriations Committee voted tonight to pass Gov. Corbett's budget and added $500 million to it. But that didn't include any of the $300 million for cash assistance. The vote could come up as soon as tomorrow for the entire Senate. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Senate Democrats will make another effort to put $150 million back in for cash assistance. Please…

Hi All: UUPLAN has heard from our sister organization PA Cares for All that they are set for a protest at the State Capital on the morning of May 7th to make clear how important the $300 million General Assistance fund is to thousands of needy Pennsylvanians. Without this valuable safety net, many are likely to fall further into poverty and homelessness.

And YES, this is the second rally on the same day that allows you to speak up for UUs' values. Last week we did indeed tell you…

Again, part of today's update from Pathways PA via the very knowledgable Dennis Brunn, member of Unitarian Society of Germantown:

Funding for Emergency Mortgage Assistance

The issue of the Homeowner’s Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) is becoming very prominent in Harrisburg and the news media at this time. The Governor’s budget includes no funding for HEMAP, a loan program for…