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Rights are Not Enough — We Must Advance Equity by Removing Barriers to Reproductive Health Care

by Emily ParkerNovember 11, 2021 2 Comments

More than 75 New Jersey based organizations have signed on to a statement declaring their support for the Reproductive Freedom Act urging lawmakers to take action and pass the bill in its entirety before the close of the current legislative session. Introduced in October 2020, the Reproductive Freedom Act (S3030/A4848) is a proactive bill that both ensures the right to abortion in New Jersey and removes barriers to access, especially for our most vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Justice Takes Flight in the ‘Lame Duck’

by Emily ParkerSeptember 21, 2021October 18, 2021 Leave a comment

The New Jersey legislative cycle is a two-year process. This year is an election year, which means that the current legislative cycle will come to an end in early January. Any pending legislation that is not passed and signed into law within the current cycle must start over from the very beginning in the new legislature.

Welcome, Laura!

by Emily ParkerSeptember 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Leave a comment

Laura Kushner, Ministerial Intern

It is our privilege and joy to welcome our new ministerial intern, Laura Kushner!

“Adiós” from Susan

by Emily ParkerSeptember 20, 2021September 20, 2021 2 Comments

After 8 years, it’s adiós from me to all of you faithful UUs

Susan MacDonnell, who for six years chaired or co-chaired the UUFANJ Criminal Justice Reform Task Force

While I am excited for my new life adventure to begin in San Miguel de Allende, and to see what it will be like to more purposefully create my own old-age “story,” there are many people and many qualities about my interactions with so many of you that I will deeply miss.