Justice Advocacy Corner

Welcome to the Justice Advocacy Corner! Here is a central hub for information sent to the UUCB Office about what steps can be taken to stand up for justice - on both local and federal levels.

League Offering Voter Registration Training on Sept. 12, 2026

The League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County will host a voter registration training session Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Monroe County Public Library. The session will focus on how to register Indiana citizens to vote and answer participants' questions about voter registration. The training session is open to any member of the public interested in participating in the election process. Questions can be sent by email to voterservice@lwv-bmc.org. You do not need to be a League member to attend; however, registration for the training session is required. Please sign up here. - Ralf Shaw

Date: Saturday, Sept. 12, 1-2 p.m.
Location: Monroe County Public Library, room 1B, 303 E. Kirkwood Bloomington
Presenter: Ralf Shaw, Voter Service Committee Co-Chair, League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County

Find Your Legislators!

Use the link below to find your legislators.
https://iga.in.gov/information/find-legislators

• Also, consider using the "5-calls" app - Susan Swaney, our Director of Music, recently recommended this. It is an easy way to make 5-calls a day to your representatives and legislators covering the topics you would like to express. The team behind the app does research on policies and even writes scripts that are helpful to use when calling your legislators. Click this link to find out more: https://5calls.org/
• Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray recently mentioned a very helpful tool for getting in contact with her representatives - her phone! She saves all of their numbers in her phone with their names, affiliations, and job title. That way, when you have an issue you would like to discuss with their offices, their phone numbers are already saved to your phone. Taking the time to do this once makes the effort much easier later!

Resources

From Side with Love

"Grounded, Resilient, & Responsible. Responding and Organizing In Authoritarian Times" Webinar Slides (PDF)

"Grounded, Resilient, & Responsible. Responding and Organizing In Authoritarian Times" Toolkit (PDF)

Information about Bills and Policies

This is a good overview of how federal cuts in workforce personnel harms our local communities: https://mailchi.mp/monroedems/action-alert-71022-call-houchin-no-doge?e=f94d1e7939