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Wednesday, July 26
8:00pm ET · 7:00pm CT · 6:00pm MT · 5:00pm PT
Join UUs for Social Justice, UU Ministry for Earth, and Side With Love as we come together to learn how we can engage our elected officials to take the pledge for a fossil-free future, by August 30th, ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in September 2023 in New York City.
We want as many elected officials -- from mayors and city council people to members of the U.S. Congress -- to join us in pushing President Biden to use the political capital he won with his election and say no more fossil fuels, start a fossil fuel phase-out now, and declare a Climate Emergency. This should be his ticket to entry for the Summit!
Guests include:
Rev. Kelly Dignan
UU Ministry for Earth
Doris Marlin
Strengthen Local Climate Commitments
Rev. Cathy Rion Starr
Side With Love
Laurel Levin
350 Network Council
Molly Morabito
Center for Biological Diversity
In December 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he would convene a first-of-its-kind Climate Ambition Summit in September 2023 to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (IISD).
Ahead of the September Summit, UUSJ joins an effort with People Versus Fossil Fuels to underscore support by ordinary American constituents for a global phase-out of fossil fuel use and production. The effort looks to urge President Biden to act in the ways that frontline, impacted, and sacrifice zone constituents have asked of him since he began to run as an environmental candidate and was then elected with solid support from green grassroots constituencies.
On Wednesday, July 26, we will meet as UUs to review the steps necessary to engage our elected officials. We’re asking UUs to go to the elected officials representing you and ask them to sign this pledge. We need officials from every level of government to be vocal, and we know that YOU, their constituent, are best positioned to get these pledges.
Are your local elected officials thinking primed to pledge? Strengthen Local Climate Communities suggests you check:
For more context, People Versus Fossil Fuels offers a Policy Brief: Pursuing a Just and Renewable Energy System: A Positive & Progressive Permitting Vision to Unlock Resilient Renewable Energy and Empower Impacted Communities.
Thank you for registering!
We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, July 26 at 8:00pm ET · 7:00pm CT · 6:00pm MT · 5:00pm PT
Zoom Meeting Login
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85646299559?pwd=a1ErdDR2dnhuM1JFZmtmbUlxRDQvQT09
Meeting ID: 856 4629 9559
Passcode: 172269
UUs for Social Justice, UU Ministry for Earth, and Side With Love appreciate your curiosity and willingness to learn more about how you can act for justice.