Tuesday, January 31, 2017

"Yes" to DACA, Sanctuary

On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, at a general meeting of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, the membership, by a wide margin, voted to approve a resolution supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (the DACA program), which protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children (also known as "Dreamers"), and declaring the 1stUUPB grounds a sanctuary for those currently eligible for DACA's protection and who would seek refuge and safety from deportation.

"Yes" to Black Lives Matter AIW

On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, at a general meeting of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, the membership voted, by a wide margin, to approve a resolution supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement as stated in the UUA 2015 Action of Immediate Witness (AIW).