Join UUSJ via Zoom to hear from Congresswoman Judy Chu, who will advise us in our fight for justice in the federal forum. In the coming season, meeting the moment will require that we both defy autocracy and defend those policies our UU faith values compel us to champion.

This remains a season for federal engagement. Perhaps more important than ever before. Let's hear from Rep. Chu in preparation.

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Judy Chu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2009.  She represents the 28th Congressional District, which includes Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley of southern California.

Rep. Chu currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, revenues, Social Security, and Medicare legislation. In that Committee, Rep. Chu is a member of the Subcommittees on Health, which gives her oversight over healthcare reform and crucial safety net programs, Worker and Family Support, and Oversight. She also serves on the House Small Business Committee, which has oversight of the Small Business Administration, as well as the House Budget Committee. 

Chu was first elected to the Board of Education for Garvey School District in 1985.  From there, she was elected to the Monterey Park City Council, where she served as Mayor three times.  She then was elected to the State Assembly and then California’s elected tax board, known as the State Board of Equalization.  In 2009, she became the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress in history. 

Prophetic Voice Highlight:

Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons will offer a chalice lighting and grounding. Rev. Joseph (he/they), raised in UU communities in Western North America on traditional Molalla and Chinook lands, currently serves as a DRUUMM Community Minister, bringing a radical ministry rooted in mutuality and liberation. Alongside their partner Aimee, Joseph is a co-parent of three young adults and co-leads the Center for Organizing, Renewal, and Leadership in Southeast Asia.

After completing their studies at Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Joseph co-led grassroots groups in Oregon and Washington, focusing on youth and environmental justice in communities of color, contributing to power building and culture-shifting efforts. Their affiliation with the First Unitarian Church of Portland spanned fifteen years as an affiliate minister. Currently, Joseph is engaged in studying the spiritual anthropology of community organizers in the Philippines through the Pacific School of Religion