[UUA-L] UUs Advocate for Gulf Coast Civic Works Act

[Unitarian Universalist Association]

Hundreds of Unitarian Universalist congregations have sent volunteers
and raised money for the recovery of the Gulf Coast. Now, the Gulf Coast
Civil Works Act has been introduced in Congress, affording UUs a way to
connect our service and support with federal advocacy.  

The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act would create 100,000 living wage jobs and
training opportunities for local and displaced Gulf Coast workers
focused on restoring infrastructure and the coastal environment with
green building technologies. Advocates believe that, if passed, the Gulf
Coast Civic Works Act will empower workers, revitalize the region's
workforce, and restore faith in the government's will to respond to the
needs of its citizens.

 

Currently, the bill has fourteen co-sponsors-just over half the number
who were co-sponsoring the bill at the close of the last Congress.  Join
the UUA, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, the New Orleans
Rebirth Volunteer Center, and the Greater New Orleans UUs in advocacy
for Gulf Coast Recovery by sending an email message to your
representative urging them to become a co-sponsor, or thanking them for
their support.  See http://tiny.cc/6Rc8v <http://tiny.cc/6Rc8v>    for
further information.

 

To collect signatures from members of your congregation in support of
the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, see the UUA Washington Office for
Advocacy's 2 page Call to Action
(http://www.uua.org/documents/washingtonoffice/gulfcoast/0904_civic_work
s_act.pdf
<http://www.uua.org/documents/washingtonoffice/gulfcoast/0904_civic_work
s_act.pdf>   ).  To read an article on UU advocacy for the Gulf Coast
Civil Works Program or sign up for UU Gulf Coast Updates, please see
http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/142615.shtml
<http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/142615.shtml>  .