MWEG Members in Action
Hot on the heels of the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference and with voter registration in full swing, MWEGers have been busy keeping up with current political events, while doing their part to engage in civil discourse online and in person.
Members were called to action regarding the lowering of refugee resettlement to an all-time low of 18,000 by the current administration, along with a call to contact their representatives to make the full copy of the whistleblower complaint available to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees (the complaint was released to the public on September 26). These calls to action keep our representatives accountable to their constituents and ensure that we are not only talking about the changes we wish to see, but taking action to influence those we have elected to serve. It can certainly feel daunting to contact those in political offices, but even if the starting place is email, then working your way to a phone call, it’s important. Take the step, then continue onward from there.
Let’s take a look at other ways MWEG members have answered their own calls to action recently:
- Members of the Utah chapter hosted a booth at the Better Days 2020 event. They introduced our Six Principles of Peacemaking and had people write ways they could help make the world a more peaceful place.
- MWEG partnered with Voterise in Utah to become voter ambassadors and host voter registration drives.
Members around the country drew on the Six Principles of Peacemaking to assist them in engaging civilly with friends on social media. In this post you can read about the fruits of what can sometimes seem like labor.
