The Active Voices team works to create actionable messages on a variety of social justice topics. Our goal is to make it easy for community members to contact leadership at the local, state, and national levels and use our voices for action on important legislation.
Active Voices members follow current events and issues and identify legislation affecting those issues. We create related postcards with concise messages directed to senators, representatives, and the executive branch among others. We encourage FUS Sunday congregants to sign postcards, and Active Voices members complete the work of stamping and mailing them. For those unable to sign a postcard in person, we post our messages online along with the contact information of the intended recipients.
We value our support of each other and always make time for social interaction.
We value and desire the diverse perspectives of the young and old and all genders. All are welcome and encouraged to join.
Messages
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Got a Voting Plan?
Voting is a very important civic duty! The League of Women Voters MN has a useful site with candidate information. You simply have to enter your address. The Minnesota Secretary of State has a sample ballot — “What’s on My Ballot” — which you can preview. Again, simply enter your address. This is such an important election!…
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Let’s drink water not oil!
Enbridge Line 5 is unnecessary and a risk to the public. The US Army Corps of Engineers is ignoring this reality. A federal judge has found that Enbridge line 5 oil pipeline has been illegally trespassing on the Bad River Reservation since 2013. The court has ordered the pipeline to be shut down by June…
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Ensure Help for Children & Families
Reporting child maltreatment to appropriate agencies is the first step to helping children and families get the help that they desperately need. Current bills in the Minnesota Legislature SF4037 and HF4793 make clear that the failure to report maltreatment of a child is a misdemeanor. A mandatory reporter who knows or has reason to believe…
When we meet
Active Voices meets in person at FUS and via Zoom on most Tuesdays from 1:30pm to 3:00pm with some members staying past that time to complete the work of producing and mailing postcards. We also staff a table to collect postcard signatures on Sundays following the service.