Environmental Lobby Day – Thursday, March 29, 2012 We will travel to Springfield to meet with our legislators and ask for their support on these important issues. Cost for the trip is $50, which includes bus transportation, lunch and dinner. Bus leaves from River Forest United Methodist Church, for Springfield at 6 AM, returning 7 PM. Join Unity Temple, Euclid Avenue United Methodist , Good Shepherd Lutheran and other local congregations on this bus.
As faith communities we have much to say about the care and treatment of creation. The interfaith organization, Faith in Place, helps Illinois congregations move beyond our local congregations and join with others in influencing our state’s legislature. Advocacy for (and against) policies that are being considered in our legislative bodies are an important part of the democratic process. The following two events will give you an opportunity to learn more about the advocacy process and to have an impact on state policy.
Faith In Place Policy Workshop - Sunday, February 26, 2012 / 2:00-4:00p.m.
Join us for the policy workshop at Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, which will introduce participants to the Faith in Place legislative strategy for 2012, and get us ready to write letters, make phone calls, hold in-district visits and go to Springfield with us to advocate for the sustainable state we want.
This year's efforts will focus on the fracking regulation which we got through the Senate but not the House in 2011. We're very hopeful it will pass this year, with everyone's efforts. Advocacy efforts will also be focused on a new bill designed to expand the rights of citizens to look to their own interests when they are impacted adversely by environmentally destructive activity, and a bill that would assess permit fees from CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feed Operations) for the industrial wastes they produce. Come and meet colleagues from other congregations who are exploring a more active civic presence motivated by the values of their faiths.
Environmental Lobby Day – Thursday, March 29, 2012
We will travel to Springfield to meet with our legislators and ask for their support on these important issues. Cost for the trip is $50, which includes bus transportation, lunch and dinner. Bus leaves Oak Park / River Forest for Springfield at 6 AM, returning 7 PM. Join Unity Temple, Euclid Avenue United Methodist , Good Shepherd Lutheran and other local congregations on this bus.
