By Thomas Moran
The Biochemistry Literacy for Kids Program has opened two courses in 3 weeks.
Marlene Miller
Environmental Justice Task Force Welcomes Mike Skelly, New Chair
UU FaithAction NJ’s Environmental Justice Task Force (EJTF) is pleased to share that Mike Skelly is serving as its new Chair. A long-time member of the Task Force and lead with the group’s work with the NJ Environmental Education Commissions & Student Learning Standards, Mike brings critical expertise from his experiences in his professional career.
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force Adopts Unified Strategy for 2026-2027
By Thomas Moran
At the January 2026 monthly meeting of the Criminal Justice Reform Task Force (CJR-TF), after a rather bitterly disappointing “lame duck” session of the Legislature, the task force decided to brainstorm around all the objectives we had been holding, and all the strains that called for attention, but never seemed to get enough traction to actually launch a powerful effort.
Mobilizing UU’s to respond to attacks on protections for Transgender students in NJ public schools
By Regina Branca, Reproductive Justice Task Force
Nationally the targeted attacks on transgender people have been getting coverage in the news. However, you may not be aware of the coordinated efforts taking place here, in NJ, to overturn policy 5756 that protects the privacy of transgender students in our public schools – some of which were successful.
Immigrant Protection Bills Pass and May Become Law
By Marty Rothfelder
The Faith Action Immigration Justice Task Force has been active for months in collation with other groups on legislation designed to provide protections for immigrants from data on their immigration status being unnecessarily required, disclosed, or shared and other related protections. At the end of December, Assembly Speaker Coughlin offered that instead of passing the Immigration Trust Act (ITA) itself, he offered to work to pass the substance of the ITA bill in three new bills.
Clemency for Friends of UU FaithAction
By Tom Moran
Two great friends of UU FaithAction NJ received clemency from lifelong parole in Governor Murphy’s Clemency initiative. Both have spoken to the Criminal Justice Reform Task Force breakouts at Fall Issues Conferences.
NJ Advocacy Organizations Come Out in Force for the People’s Agenda
December 8, 2025
Despite frigid temperatures and high winds, representatives from numerous advocacy organizations across the State rallied on Monday to push Senate and Assembly leadership to pass the seven priority bills that are part of the People’s Agenda.
A Year-End Update from our Reproductive Justice Task Force
Carol Loscalzo & Jami Thall
Co-Chairs, Reproductive Justice Task Force
The Reproductive Justice Task Force has been busy this fall, with multiple projects underway.
UU FaithAction NJ Celebrates Two Years of Action Hour! 🎉
In November, UU FaithAction celebrated it’s second anniversary of Action Hour. Here are some impact statistics:
In two years, we’ve made:
- 766 phone calls
- 593 emails
We’ve discussed policies and action with 158 individuals, averaging about 16 people in each Action Hour call.
NJ Advocacy Organizations Launch “People’s Agenda” To Pass Critical Social Justice Legislation in Lame Duck
An alliance of more than 30 advocacy groups say lawmakers must pass critical legislation to ensure New Jersey is a more welcoming, equitable, accessible, and just state