This week our Unitarian Universalist Association awarded to our UUSS Interfaith Earth Justice team and Sacramento ACT a $1,000 Congregation Based Community Organizing (CBCO) training grant. This is for Sac ACT to lead environmental justice organizing training including how to talk about climate change and environmental burdens in grassroots language. Sacramento ACT is a UUA-identified
Congratulations team! A $350,000 grant has been awarded to develop a multi-modal transportation plan in a section of West Arden Arcade! We helped to make this happen by demonstrating community support in November 2018. The grant award states that major participants of this planning effort are to be the County, Regional Transit and neighborhood representatives. For
Individuals who are financially well off responded to Sacramento County’s first survey of the environmental health needs of West Arden Arcade residents. We want to be sure the voices of all in our community are heard! Would you like to help? If you meet individuals in West Arden Arcade whose voices should be heard in
This web survey is for residents of West Arden Arcade to give Sacramento County feedback to help them develop a plan to address environmental justice. The County-designated West Arden Arcade Environmental Justice Community (see map above) is bounded by: North – Interstate 80, West – Ethan Way, South Fair Oaks Blvd./Hurley, and East Watt Avenue.
Our Sacramento ACT Environmental Justice Committee met with County of Sacramento staff, County Supervisor Serna’s staff, and Supervisor Susan Peters. At these meetings we requested an opportunity for the voices of the people in West Arden Arcade who are affected by environmental injustice to be heard. Today, we were happy to get a positive response
At our Saturday January 12 Sacramento ACT Environmental Justice Committee meeting we reviewed our draft letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors (BOS) documenting that fact that there has not been adequate community engagement in the development of their Environmental Justice General Plan element that is coming before the BOS soon. We created a
We will gather on January 12 to develop the specific steps for in-depth and effective West Arden Arcade community engagement regarding Sacramento County’s environmental justice element coming before the Board of Supervisors in February. You are welcome to join our UUSS-hosted Sacramento ACT Environmental Justice Committee and members of the West Arden Arcade Community to
We hope you can join us at our first meeting of 2019! Newcomer orientation @ 6:30, meeting 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. We will discuss the status of Sacramento County’s Environmental Justice element and plans for us to address the County Board of Supervisors regarding West Arden Arcade’s community needs and opportunities.
After Sunday service for the next four weeks Hally Cahssai and the Interfaith Earth Justice group will be collecting signatures from City of Sacramento UUSS members and friends for the Sac Kids First initiative. Sac Kids First is launching signature gathering for a proposed March 2020 Measure. There will be 55,000 signatures that need to
