<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the clarification. I guess I am a little too partisan and have done this work over my entire lifetime as a LWVoters member and partisan politician!<br><div>Mary Alice</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 6:38 AM Rev. Joan Javier-Duval <<a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for that question, Mary Alice. Let me clarify that any voter engagement activity of the UUA and UU congregations is and would be NONPARTISAN. This is an important distinction because we are a nonprofit and engagement in partisan activity is prohibited by law.<div><br></div><div>UU voter work would be focused on registering voters, getting people out to vote (via mail, at polls, etc), and protecting the vote WITHOUT endorsing candidates or working with political parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Nonpartisan voter engagement can focus on targeting specific geographic communities, identity groups (e.g. racial, age, religious, low income) etc.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</b></font><font color="#000000"> |<b> </b></font></font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394">Minister</font></b></span><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a> | <span style="font-size:small">802-223-7861 x1 | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#444444"><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i>"We are each other's harvest; </i></font><i style="font-size:small"><font size="2">we are each other's business; </font><font size="2">we are each other's magnitude and bond."</font><font size="2"> --Gwendolyn Brooks</font></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 9:44 PM Mary Alice Bisbee <<a href="mailto:maryalicebisbee@gmail.com" target="_blank">maryalicebisbee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sorry, I have a PT appt. tomorrow morning and as a delegate to the VT Democratic Party convention this weekend, I am wondering what this is all about? Votes for whom? I have registered for the UU convention. Please advise.<div>Mary Alice</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 1:00 PM Dell Waterhouse via SRCAction <<a href="mailto:srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Thanks for organizing this, Joan.<div>I’ll plan to be there tomorrow morning!</div><div>With gratitude,</div><div>Dell<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 28, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Rev. Joan Javier-Duval via SRCAction <<a href="mailto:srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Hi, everyone on this Social Responsibility Committee list,<div><br></div><div>How is this week going for you?</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to remind you, in case you hadn't seen it in the e-news last week, that I will be hosting a discussion tomorrow morning primarily about how we at UCM might get involved with the UU the Vote campaign. I am open, though, to discussing other topics related to our general social action ministry as a congregation in these times.</div><div><br></div><div>The details for the call are below. I hope you'll considering joining me!</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Joan</div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,101,101);line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span><strong><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">How can we "UU the Vote" in Vermont and beyond?</font></strong></span></p><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span>Join Rev. Joan for a discussion of the UU the Vote campaign and how our congregation can get involved in election protection and voter engagement this year. <strong>Friday, May 29 at 10AM.</strong> If you missed the hour-long "How We Thrive" event on May 12, you can </span><a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=9f65b426ff&e=4bb870b988" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">watch it here to learn more</span></a><div id="gmail-m_1104235588294867296gmail-m_-3682738729184448154gmail-m_-2091159745002597058gmail-URZriGhgOj" style="margin-left:4px;display:-webkit-inline-box;width:0px;height:0px"><div></div></div><span>. To join the May 29 meeting, </span><a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=146c97d5fc&e=4bb870b988" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">click here</span></a><div id="gmail-m_1104235588294867296gmail-m_-3682738729184448154gmail-m_-2091159745002597058gmail-OcaSjlTlFM" style="margin-left:4px;display:-webkit-inline-box;width:0px;height:0px"><div></div></div><span> OR open Zoom on your computer or device, enter Meeting ID 950 5541 9244 and Password 394949. You can also dial +1 301 715 8592 and enter the Meeting ID and Password. Please let Joan know if you plan to attend (</span><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</span></a><span>).</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</b></font><font> |<b> </b></font></font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394">Minister</font></b></span><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a> | <span style="font-size:small">802-223-7861 x1 | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#444444"><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i>"We are each other's harvest; </i></font><i style="font-size:small"><font size="2">we are each other's business; </font><font size="2">we are each other's magnitude and bond."</font><font size="2"> --Gwendolyn Brooks</font></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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