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The VUU / UUJAZ Arizona Legislative Alert – Week 44 Action
DACA – an issue that shouldn’t be Shining a bright light for socially-just public policy in Arizona
All opinions are those of the author, Anne L. Schneider, PhD
September 3, 2017 To start a subscription to this newsletter or to be removed from it, send e-mail to [email protected]
DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, should not ever have
been an issue. There is no justice, no fairness, in deporting persons who
were brought here by their parents when they were children. There is no
strategic interest of the United States in deporting these 800,000 or so.
There is no reason whatsoever to do this. But there is a problem. The
original protection was by Pres. Obama (as Congress could not pass
anything), so now DJT can nullify that with the stroke of a pen.
Congress can fix this problem by granting a path to citizenship for all
these persons – and they can do it now. There are Republicans and
Democrats willing to support legislation that will protect the so-called
“dreamers” from DJT’s deportion notice – regardless of what he says,
which is expected to be announced on Tuesday.
What do say?
• Please support legislation that will regularize the legal status of
persons currently under the DACA program.
• Please support the most compassionate, the most long-term
solution for these persons that can pass the U.S. Congress. These
people were brought here as children who are still
“undocumented.” We need legislation to enable them to continue
their lives without fear and continue contributing to their families,
communities, and this country.
• (Personalize it if you can. If you know someone who is in this
status, hold up for them. Tell your own story).
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It is expected that legislation will be introduced this week, so please
send an e mail or make a call on labor day, or on Tuesday.
U.S. Representatives have made it increasingly difficult to simply send
e-mail to all of them, so they don’t list their emails! Click on the name of
your congressman/woman, below, and go through their web site to get to
their email info. Or, just call!! Or text “resist” to 50409. Or put
“resistbot.io” in your browser, and follow the instructions.
U.S. Representatives. WhoIsMyRepresentative.com
1 O'Halleran, Tom
D 126 Conner House Office Building 202-225-3361
2 McSally, Martha
R 510 Conner House Office Building 202-225-2542
3 Grijalva, Raul
D 1511 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-2435
4 Gosar, Paul A.
R 2057 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-2315
5 Biggs, Andy
R 1626 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-2635
6 Schweikert, David
R 2059 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-2190
7 Gallego, Ruben
D 1218 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-4065
8 Franks, Trent
R 2435 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-4576
9 Sinema, Kyrsten
D 1725 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-9888
SAVE THE CONSTITUION! Big Fun Rally Day.
September 12, rally to save the constitution. On the Capitol lawn. 9 to 11 a.m.
Speakers, music, costumes!!
Rep. Kelli Townsend’s and other Arizona Legislators are hosting a nation-wide
meeting to “practice” how they might be able to call and carry out an Article V
Convention that would create a “balanced budget amendment” or other extreme
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restrictions on the federal government. This meeting will go on for three days, Sept
12-15 in Phoenix, at the state capitol. Article V conventions are a second (never used)
way to amend the U.S. Constitution and most constitutional scholars think it is a
REALLY RISKY idea, as the risk of a “runaway” convention is high and could go
well beyond whatever the original instructions are, just as the current constitution
went well beyond the instructions to “amend” the Articles of Confederation. So, this
is a practice session!!!
This will be to show those attending that we like the US
Constitution as it is, and that they should NOT put it in
jeopardy by moving forward with these “Article V” Convention
ideas.
There’s a paper on Article V conventions at http://www.vuu.org/legislative-advocacy
and lots of information on the web.
The Rally: 9 a.m. to noon, Capitol lawn (1700 W. Washington St. Phoenix). Come
dressed as your favorite revolutionary war hero if you want. Wear red white and
blue if you want! The rally is Hamilton the musical themed and there are great
speakers and great music lined up. https://www.facebook.com/savetheconstitutionrally/
Voter Registration Training, at VUU, Sept. 12,
7 p.m. Open to the Public.
In advance of National Voter Registration Day on September 26th,
Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation will host a voter registration
training conducted by officials from the Maricopa County Recorder’s
office. 7 p.m. 6400 West Del Rio Street. The training will prepare you to
help others register. Then on Sunday, Sept. 24, after the VUU Worship
service, those who have been trained will spend about an hour knocking
on doors in the neighborhood surrounding VUU registering neighbors to
vote. Lunch will be provided.
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If you are interested in attending the training, please RSVP
Members and friends of VUU will meet at 5:30 that same evening at VUU
in the Sanctuary to make plans for 2017-18 Legislative Action. You are
welcome at this meeting, too.
Mark Your Calendar
Sun, Sep 10, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. UUJAZ is sponsoring its first webinar on
“justice strength training” and a second one Sept. 24. To register and for
more information, go to the UUJAZ web site: http://www.uujaz.org
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 9 to noon. State Capitol “Save the Constitution” - Hamilton
Themed. Come on down everyone and help bring opposition to the Arizona-hosted
national conference to “practice” holding a balanced budget constitutional
convention.
Also Tuesday, Sept 12, 7 p.m. at VUU. Voter Registration training session with
Maricopa County Recorder’s office. All are invited! 6400 W. Del Rio, Chandler.
Oct. 14. UUJAZ Issue and Action Day. Place to be arranged. All Day! Your favorite
issues!
October 22. El Paso, Texas. Rev. William Barber will bring The Poor People’s
Campaign to El Paso for a day of training. Some UUs from Arizona plan to attend.
Contact [email protected] if you are interested!
October 27-29. The Women’s Convention. Those who brought us The Women’s
March six months ago will be sponsoring The Women’s Convention, an inaugural
conference that will bring thousands of women and femmes of all backgrounds to
Detroit from October 27 - 29, 2017 for three days of workshops, strategy sessions,
inspiring forums and intersectional movement building. Check to see what might
happen in Arizona.
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Resistbot.io - What’s that? Put that in your browser and you
should get a screen that will help you send letters, fax, phone, e-mail the U. S. Senate
and/or your U.S. Representative or even the Governor or maybe a cabinet officer.
Several times I have sent a fax very quickly to all three of my congress people). This is a
free service, reportedly developed by volunteers. It will ask for your zip code or
address, and then you can send a fax, letter, make a phone call, send an e-mail to Sen.
Flake and McCain and the House member as well.
After you have sent several, it will ask you which of the various people you want it sent
to. At first, it just sends to all three. You get more services after you’ve used it awhile!
OR, just text “resist” to 50409.
Find contact information… U.S. Representatives: WhoIsMyRepresentative.com
1 O'Halleran, Tom
D 126 Conner House Office Building 202-225-3361
2 McSally, Martha
R 510 Conner House Office Building 202-225-2542
3 Grijalva, Raul
D 1511 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-2435
4 Gosar, Paul A.
R 2057 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-2315
5 Biggs, Andy
R 1626 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-2635
6 Schweikert, David
R 2059 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-2190
7 Gallego, Ruben
D 1218 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-4065
8 Franks, Trent
R 2435 Rayburn House Office Building 202-225-4576
9 Sinema, Kyrsten
D 1725 Longsworth House Office Building 202-225-9888
Know your State Legislators! 1. Do you know your legislative district? If not, find out! Click here and put in
your address. http://azredistricting.org/districtlocator/ write it down!
2. Do you know your legislators? Two Representatives and one Senator. These
will be the same people as last year. If you don’t know, find out here:
http://www.azleg.gov/ Click on “senate” to get your senator. Click on
“house” to get your two representatives. Write down their office phone
numbers and emails (put in your phone)!
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Here’s contact information for Arizona U.S. Senators Sen. John McCain
• Washington D.C. Sen. John McCain - 202 224 2235 218 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 e-mail: https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
• Arizona Offices (602) 952-2410 2201 East Camelback Road Suite 115 Phoenix, AZ 85016. Tucson 407 West Congress Street Suite 103 Tucson, AZ 85701 Main: (520) 670-6334
• Sen. Jeff Flake • Washington D.C. Sen. Jeff Flake - 202 224 4521. 413 Russell Senate Office Building Washington
DC 20510 e-mail: https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff • Arizona Office - Senator Flake - Phoenix AZ Office: (602)-840-1891
2200 East Camelback Road Suite 120 Phoenix, AZ 85016. Tucson Office 6840 North Oracle
Road Suite 150 Tucson, AZ 85704 P: 520-575-8633
Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation – Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Andy Burnette; Music Minister, Rev. Kellie Walker; Director of Life-Span
Religious Education, Marci Beaudoin. Administrator, Sue Ringler. Located: 6400 W. Del Rio Drive,
Chandler, AZ 480 899 4249 www.vuu.org For previous copies of the Arizona Legislative Alert, and for
all weeks (so far) of the 50 Week Action Plan go to https://www.vuu.org/legislative-advocacy. VUU
holds services each Sunday at 10:30. You are welcome here.
Unitarian Universalist Justice Arizona Network -- Executive Director Rev.
Lisa McDaniel-Hutchings; Justice Coordinator, Alison Wood Policy Coord inator, Anne L. Schneider.
Board Members, UUJAZ: Sharon Travis, Liz Swan (Chair),Rev. Matthew Crary, Bobbi Bollinger.
www.uujaz.org.
