Action Network

trust act Members of our Unitarian Universalist congregations have been active in founding detention center visitation programs across California. We have witnessed, first hand, the appalling waste of human and tax payer resources, and the devastating impact on children and families that result from incarcerating and deporting undocumented immigrants who are not criminals.

We are in strong support of the TRUST Act (AB 4-Ammiano), which will reform California’s participation in the fundamentally flawed “Secure” Communities or S-Comm deportation Program.

Read full letter of endorsement from UULM Action Network.

Read fact sheet on TRUST Act.

Read the text of AB4

Join UULM at Immigrant Day at the State Capitol

Monday, May 20th 9:00AM – 3:00PM

Support the TRUST Act and immigrant families

CA Unitarian Universalists will join immigrants, advocates and allies for an interfaith procession, rally, lunch and legislative visits. Bring your older children and youth for a day of civic engagement, putting faith into action. Training will be available prior to attending Immigrant Day on-line via conference call and/or in regional trainings in Los Angeles (April 30) and in Oakland on (May 6).

Come up Sunday night if you are traveling far.

More information and register here

Vigil
Vigil at West County Detention Facility

Rev. Ramsden's Pastoral Letter responding to Governor Brown's veto of the TRUST Act:

October 1, 2012

Dear Friends,

Late Sunday night, Governor Brown vetoed the TRUST Act.

We at the UU Legislative Ministry and UULM Action Network are deeply disappointed in his decision. His veto puts many hard working immigrant families at continued risk of being split by deportations, and continues to erode the trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement, compromising our community safety.

Undocumented and mixed-status families are part of our congregations and communities. This is an especially important time to hold these families in our thoughts and prayers as well as all of the advocates who have worked so hard. It is profoundly hurtful and disorienting to have your family's safety and integrity continue to be the subject of intense political debate and public vitriol. LGBT families who lived through Prop 8 remember how it feels to be a community scapegoat.

While we were not able to get the Governor to sign the TRUST Act, let us not forget what we have accomplished. Neither California, the Governor, nor our coalition is the same.

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Read the full text of Rev. Ramsden's Pastoral Letter.

Read and share with your congregation the Restoring TRUST Litany and Prayers of the People.

September 25, 2012 Three cheers and thanks for all your support!

Governor Brown has signed AB685 (Eng), the Human Right to Water bill. Also signed was AB1830(V.M. Perez) a second bill in the Human Right to Water bill package which will protect residents in mobile home parks from unreasonable water rates. What a journey it has been. Members of low-income communities who live every day without access to safe affordable water have shown incredible resilience - never giving up and inspiring us all forward.

Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network, CA has been privileged to be part of an inspiring coalition of faith, environmental justice, public health, tribal and environmental groups that came together to champion the human right to water in California.

Thanks to all who helped our elected officials understand what is at stake. Together we are creating a wave of change.

Press Release - Governor Signs Human Right to Water
Read the Safe Water Alliance's Press Release.

Updated Fact Sheet on AB685(Eng) the Human Right to Water.

Read the Open Letter of Support from United Nations.

Recent news coverage:

Water crisis a moral mandate, matter of justice UU op-ed in San Diego Union Tribune

California Water: No More Tadpoles, Please UU op-ed in the Huffington Post

Make Safe Drinking Water a Priority - Maria Herrera, Community Water Center op-ed in the Vida del Valle

Who Carries their Water? feature story in the Sacramento Bee

Thanks for helping us to create a wave of change!

In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, prayer flags are used to send prayers for peace and compassion out into the world. The beauty of the flags has inspired many, and people of diverse faith traditions have used the flags to offer messages of peace. We invite you to create a prayer flag to send a message to your elected officials urging them to support the TRUST Act, which would bring greater peace and security to immigrant communities throughout California.

Hang them up in your congregation, then, when the time is right, we will ask for them to be sent to our office in Sacramento.
UULM Action Network, 717 K St. #514, Sacramento, CA 95814

Prayer flag templates - print Prayers for Trust on one side and choose one of the messages to print on the other
- Prayers for TRUST (back side on all of them)
- Family message - We pray that all families in California may live with safety and dignity.
- Justice message- May justice, equity and compassion be our guide
- Trust message - May TRUST be restored in our communities
- Matthew text - I was a stranger, and you welcomed me