TELL CONGRESS TO SAVE THE POST OFFICE: Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding a vote on Saturday in the House on a bill that would prevent any changes or delays to the postal service. 350.org is asking folks who care about the postal service and are aware of the many different ways folks depend on the public mail service for prescriptions, connections, and support, to join them in asking our Congressional representatives to pass the Delivering for America Act, to protect the US Postal Service and also to ensure that voters who will use the mail to vote this year will be able to make their votes count. Click here to send a message to your representatives now!
Environmental Voter Project Training on Aug. 4
The Environmental Justice Team of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC will host a training with the Environmental Voter Project on Tuesday, August 4, at 2 p.m. on Zoom.
The Environmental Voter Project’s mission is to persuade environmentally passionate people to vote. Statistics show that many of them don’t. This has effects, not only on the outcome of elections, but on policy decisions. Politicians shape their agendas around the concerns of reliable voters. The EVP targets twelve states where turnout among environmentalists is particularly poor, reaching out to them through texting and phone calls. This is strictly nonpartisan. The EVP never endorses candidates or supports initiatives on the ballot. They simply offer information and encouragement.
On Wednesday, August 5, the EVP will be sending 500,000 text messages to Florida residents to urge them to sign up for vote-by-mail. The PNC Environmental Justice Team has made a commitment to send 25,000 of them. The training on August 4 will help prepare folks to take part in this mass text message effort!
The Keystone Green Team has identified voting as a key action for climate justice, and several members of the team are participating in this training. If you’d like to take part, contact Pastor Yuki, or sign up with Roberta Rominger by emailing roberta.rominger@ucc-ccmi.org.