[Green] GSC ONLINE VOTE to support ReImagine Appalachia initiative

[Kelcey Jacobs]

Yes For Chris and I

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> On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:35 AM, frogdlm--- via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
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> Yes for me.
> Debra
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> From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> On Behalf Of Dawn Hewitt via Green
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:55 PM
> To: Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues <green at fuusm.org>
> Cc: Dawn Hewitt <hewitt at earth-maker.com>
> Subject: [Green] GSC ONLINE VOTE to support ReImagine Appalachia initiative
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> Dear Green friends,
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> 1. I hope ALL of you will plan to attend the Sunday service this week—OUR service, planned and conducted by many GSC members, with Rebecca Phillips as worship leader! (Thank you, Rebecca.)  I’ve prepped the order of service, and I think it’s going to be an especially inspiring hour. Please try to attend if you can.
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> 2. George Banziger alerted me to a ReImagine Appalachia initiative that is seeking endorsement from partner organizations (such as us) and elected officials for their list of appropriations priorities for the FY25 Federal Budget. They’ve had input from lots of experts and citizens and organizations whose goal is to foster sustainable economies in Appalachia.  Here is a link to the letter they’d like us to endorse. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E1VjrnekHIEqLHFhswmrSaKcx1icnkPGR6aEFZ2vCxY/edit
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> Please reply to me with a Yea or Nay by Monday, April 15, at 9 p.m. If the “Yays" have it, I will fill out the form to add “Green Sanctuary Committee, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio” to their list of honorable signatories. 
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> As the letter notes, our land, children, families and workers are all essential parts of the foundation to a productive workforce and stable economy. Accordingly, this letter includes a spectrum of issues all of which are chosen because of their particular importance to the issues facing Appalachian communities and the work to build sustainable economies and support thriving communities. Priorities including workforce development, economic development, flood recovery and resilience programs, as well as funding to support coal miners and coal communities, are included. 
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> A quick note on Appropriations for those who are not familiar: President Biden released his recommended FY25 budget on March 11, 2024 (here). House and Senate members are currently soliciting priorities from advocates to inform their versions of the FY25 budget. The Appropriations Committees will take those priorities and create their FY25 budgets this summer. So now is an ideal time to submit our priorities and influence that process, but it is not the last opportunity we'll have to do so.
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> We'll continue to use these priorities to shape our advocacy on appropriations throughout the year. 
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> I vote YEA!  How about you?
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> Thanks!
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> —dawn
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