From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Sat Apr 6 14:25:56 2019 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 15:25:56 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] VT Legislature Guide Message-ID: Hi Folks, The Social Responsibility committee is putting together a guide for social justice advocates for the remaining weeks of the VT legislative session. We're looking for information on bills and debates that address racism and poverty (Health care, minimum wage, etc.) Our goal is to make sure the UCM congregation knows what is being debated and all the ways that they can make their voices heard. Many of you follow particular issues in the legislature and it's your knowledge that's needed! Please send me (ansel.ploog at gmail.com) any information that you think will help educate UCM members and friends. Thank you and Peace, Ansel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Tue Apr 16 09:19:30 2019 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:19:30 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Minimum Wage in the Legislature Message-ID: Hello Social Justice advocates, This week, the Democratic caucus in the VT Legislature meets to discuss the $15 minimum wage. The current bill (S.23) would slowly raise the minimum wage over a couple of years, reaching $15/hour in 2024. I urge you all to call, email, or write to your Representatives or contact the Sergeant-at-Arms to make your voice heard. Sergeant-at-Arms (802) 828-2228 sgtatarms at leg.state.vt.us To lookup your Representatives and Contact them directly: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/search/2020 Rights and Democracy VT has much more information about raising the minimum wage: http://www.radvt.org/ In Peace and Solidarity, Ansel Ploog co-chair, Social Responsibility Committee at UCM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Tue Apr 30 08:18:58 2019 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:18:58 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Mayday in Montpelier References: <5cc63742b8c16_596075e95b4124547789@ip-10-0-0-225.mail> Message-ID: <04EFF6B5-3ECF-4A97-B167-59CE30426FF8@gmail.com> Hi Folks, These Mayday events happen tomorrow! Ansel > > > > > > > > Vermont Youth Lobby: Rally for the Planet > > 10am March from Montpelier High School > > 10:15am - 1:30pm Rally, Music, and Lunch at Vermont Statehouse > > Join students from around the state as they march and rally for climate, jobs and justice > > The Road to Recognition: The Abenakis and the State of Vermont > > Main Lobby, Vermont Statehouse > > 4-6 pm > > Governor Scott and the Vermont General Assembly proclaim Abenaki Culture and Recognition Week with a new state house exhibit, followed by drumming, dancing and singing on the state house lawn. > > International Workers? Day Celebration > > 5:30-7 pm > > Sweet Melissa?s, 4 Langdon St. > > Join the VT Workers? Center and Migrant Justice as we celebrate International Workers? Day in Montpelier! On this historical day of resistance please join us as we celebrate the international working class and our organizing history. Come for snacks and a live performance from local musicians Django Koenig, Seamus Hannan and Liz Beatty-Owens! > > Courage and Compassion at the Southern Border: solidarity with the Central American Exodus > > 7-9 pm > > Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 130 Main St. > > Central Vermont Refugee Action Network is hosting this panel and discussion on Vermonters' experience with the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. Migrant Justice leader Beto Sanchez, recently released after months in immigration detention, will speak. > > > Happy Mayday! > > Migrant Justice > > Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante, please click here. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: