Advocacy
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Unitarian Universalist communities are inclusive, you can bring your whole self: your full identity, your questioning mind, your expansive heart. Together, we create a force more powerful than one person or one belief system. As Unitarian Universalists, we do not have to check our personal background and beliefs at the door: we join together on a journey that honors everywhere we’ve been before.
We are organizing Illinois Unitarian Universalist congregations to advocate for policy changes in Illinois related to prisons. This includes; setting strict limits on the use of solitary confinement, implementing and funding pretrial fairness in Illinois, and allowing recently released to access to more job and housing opportunities.
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Wisdom from our members who are incarcerated inside and those recently released informs us of many needs of those who are recently released or still inside. Though there are immediate needs that must be addressed, our organization still holds onto to a long-term religious vision where the humanity of all is recognized and liberation/reconciliation is possible for all people. No One is Outside the Circle of Love!
Follow Restore Justice ILGet involved! Go to their website to sign up for advocacy opportunities. We are especially tuned into legislation that:
- supports and protects physical mail for those incarcerated in the IL Department of Corrections.
- seeks to end the use of solitary confinement