Of the 1000 UU congregations in the US ours qualified to be recognized as a Certified 2024 Good Trouble Congregation!* YOU are the reason for this honor. Here’s what you did:
- Postcards: Sent 33,000 Get-Out-The-Vote postcards** to black voters experiencing voter suppression. Some of you wrote postcards, some of you contributed $ for stamps for those who couldn’t, some of you recruited lots of others outside UUCM to join our campaign. All that was done by 175 individuals plus even more who generously donated funds to cover stamps for those who couldn’t.
- Phone bank calls: You made over 5100 calls
- Local Candidate Profiles: We researched and published local candidate profiles and helped community members access the League of Women Voters’ Forums
- We registered 23 new voters, had an official poll worker, and had folks doing door-to-to canvasing
- We held Worship Services that educated and inspired attendees to see social justice as a spiritual practice.
Celebrate with us Thursday, January 28 at 5 PM at UUCM as we attend the national online Good Trouble celebration and recognition of our role.
* Rep. John Lewis coined the term “Good Trouble” when he said “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
**Goal for 2024: 18,000; Actual as of Sept 20, 2024: 28,884; Projected final count: 30,000 +++. Number of writers:~175 (UUCM folks: 80; others we have recruited: 105) + lots more who have funded stamps.