Welcome to Edition One!! I’ve decided a newsletter is the best way to keep UUs and friends up to date on the things I am working on as a MUUSJN consultant. I hope to compile a list of interested folks, so if you’d like to be added to the list for future newsletters focused around Environmental and Racial Justice, send me an email! I hope that if you’re reading this you’ll share it with others, so they have the opportunity to read too! I hope to send a newsletter every 2-3 months, depending on how much I have to share. The stories will be very short updates, sometimes with a link for more info. Please always reach out with questions, or if you have resources […]

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE Mobilized our statewide network to advocate to: RACIAL JUSTICE LGBTQ+ JUSTICE WATER/ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Michigan Appropriations Committees Delete Funding For Racial Equity Office & Sickle Cell Treatment URGENT ACTION NEEDED: CONTACT GOVERNOR WHITMER & Members of House Conference CommitteeEMAIL GOVERNOR WHITMER or call the Governor: 517-335-7858 BACKGROUND:  Governor’s Proposal for an Office of Race, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Enhancement In May of 2018, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) approved and published a “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan” to “promote and foster a culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion” throughout the MDHHS and the diverse communities its serves. The plan defines “equity” as “fair and just treatment, access and opportunities for all people while building better outcomes for historically and currently disadvantaged populations”. The plan stated, and the COVID pandemic confirmed, that people from various […]