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UU the Vote’ shaping the public discourse

Posted on Sep 26, 2020, Greenfield Recorder

GREENFIELD — This fall, three Unitarian Universalist congregations of Franklin County are collaborating in joint Zoom services and programs. We encourage our members, friends as well as the interested public to join us for these programs at 10:30 am on Sunday mornings. This Sunday, Sept. 27, we host a special service, UU the Vote, about progressive people of faith taking up a meaningful role in election years, without being partisan, by shaping the public discourse with a values-based framing, rooted in our UU theology and principles. Join the Franklin County UU congregations as we learn more about people having a meaningful voice and vote in this election year.

Join us “live” at https://www.youtube.comuser/FranklinCountyUUs/videos

In Politically Fraught Landscape, NC Voters Seek Moral Guidance

September 2, 2020, Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service

RALEIGH, N.C. — A month-long virtual series organized by the North Carolina Council of Churches aims to inform voters who might feel overwhelmed in an era of misinformation and political polarization.

The Rev. Isaac Villegas, pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship, said Americans always have turned to faith to guide decisions about who they vote for, but faith communities now are bridging the gap to help voters understand how specific policies align with their values.

“When we cast our votes, we ask elected officials to commit to the values that we care about,” he said. “What I would like voters to pay attention to is how people running for office – what they want for society, what kind of society do they want for us, and for our people?” Read more here

Vote your values this November

Posted on August 15, 2020 By Larry Rasmussen and Talitha Arnold

Whether we step into a voting booth this fall or put our ballot in the mail, we’re participating in what may be the most decisive election in our lifetime — no matter our age.

Moreover, we won’t be voting just for a candidate. We’ll be voting our values. When has an election been so transparently about the kind of society we want — or so revealing about the kind of country we want to be? The leaders we choose reflects what we value.

Fortunately, there’s a remarkably helpful voter’s guide, “Democracy Values & the 2020 Election,” published by two interreligious education and advocacy organizations, Faith in Public Life (50,000 faith leaders) and Interfaith Power & Light, present in all 50 states, including New Mexico. Read more here

Press Release:Ford and three other automakers announced that they struck a deal with California to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to gut the Clean Car Standards.

August 1, 2019

Last week Interfaith Power & Light (IPL), United Methodist Women (UMW) and the United Church of Christ marked a victory in our  #FaithtoFord campaign when Ford and three other automakers announced that they struck a deal with California to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to gut the Clean Car Standards.

More than 4,000 people of faith like you called on Ford Motor Company to stand by the Clean Car Standards, and we delivered those signatures to Ford Headquarters and at Ford dealerships around the country.

Ford’s decision to break with other major U.S. automakers in favor of cleaner vehicles shows the influence of the U.S. faith community. Now, the other automakers need to stand with California and against the Trump rollback of our Clean Car Standards. 

In making the deal with California, Ford and the three other automakers proved that the gutted car fuel efficiency standard that the Trump administration is proposing is unnecessary. While we still have work to do to push automakers to achieve and exceed the original Clean Car Standards they supported in 2012 (more than 50 mpg average by 2025), this is a big step forward.

CONTACTS:

Yvette Moore

United Methodist Women

YMoore@unitedmethodistwomen.org

212-870-3822

 

Susan Stephenson

Interfaith Power & Light

Susan@InterfaithPowerandLight.org

(510) 444-4891

 

Brook Bernt

United Church of Christ

Berndtb@ucc.org

216-736-3722

The Detroit News: Ford in green groups’ cross-hairs as mpg debate heats up

Keith Laing, The Detroit News Published 12:01 a.m. ET July 15, 2019 | Updated 6:54 a.m. ET July 15, 2019

Washington — When critics of President Donald Trump’s effort to roll back stringent Obama-era gas-mileage rules are looking for an automaker to single out, they frequently target Ford Motor Co.

As the Trump administration has pushed to freeze mpg rules at 2020 levels until 2026, Ford has repeatedly been called out in Washington by environmental groups like the Sierra Club, Safe Climate Campaign, Public Citizen and Interfaith Power & Light. They say Ford has paid lip service to believing in the importance of improving the fuel economy of its cars, but has lobbied behind the scenes to relax the rules. Read More

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