We stand in support of Measure U as an opportunity to invest and reinvest in neighborhood services and programs. Many impacted neighborhoods of Sacramento suffer greatly from severe gaps in social services of employment, housing and accessible programs for youth and the elderly. Sacramento ACT believes that Measure U offers a reasonable revenue approach for our city to address service gaps and uplift the living status of the most vulnerable among us.

ACT will be hosting 3 canvasses on October 13th, October 20th at UUSS (see below), October 27th (location TBD), and November 3rd at Mutual Housing River View. On October 13th we will start at South Sacramento Christian Center and canvass in memory of Stephon Clark. Next locations are TBA.

We will also have phone banks at the office from 6:30-8:30pm on October 15, October 29th, and all day on November 6th (last day of the election). 

Please sign up here. 

Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT) Environmental Justice Committee 

and UUSS Interfaith Earth Justice

Join us to have first hand experience with the diverse people in the neighborhood of West Arden Arcade and to help raise their voices by hearing their concerns and getting out the vote.

Wednesday, October 10 @ UUSS @ 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Join us to learn more about this work and to participate in the planning. We've got a great group and our meetings are fun! Newcomer orientation at 6:30.

Saturday, October 20 @ UUSS @ 9:00 a.m. We will canvass in West Arden Arcade with two purposes:

We will meet at UUSS at 9:00 for an hour of coffee, snacks and training. We will learn about some of the specific environmental hazards facing the neighborhood we canvass. Gabby Trejo, Executive Director of Sacramento ACT, will train us on how to canvas including some role playing, and answer any questions.

In addition, we are talking with Black Child Legacy and faith leaders in West Arden Arcade to join with others to address environmental racism and hazards in this area.

If you would like to know more come to our October 10 meeting or contact [email protected] 

The news is dominated by the Supreme Court nomination and the midterm elections but the administration continues with its vast policy shifts in the immigration system and pursuing a nativist agenda.

 

In a proposed new rule , known as "public charge"-- striking in scope and rooted in a history of xenophobia and racism -- the administration announced that immigrants who utilize virtually all public benefits risk jeopardizing their ability to stay in the country.  If adopted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take into account a number of additional factors in considering applications for immigration visas (like work visas or family-based visas) or green cards (permanent residency) .

 

The proposed rule is unprecedented in the history of the country. The Migration Policy Institute predicts millions of immigrants could be affected.  Also, by including programs like Medicaid and food stamps, which are much wider in scope, it would more likely hit working people - the majority of people on Medicaid are themselves employed, and almost 80 percent live in families with at least one working member.  Read more here.