UPDATE: In light of the coming storm, we have opted to postpone the Saturday, 9/16 Network Meeting to October. This is an important gathering to have in person, and in the likelihood of significant power outages (if only Pine Tree Power was in place already!), we decided to postpone rather than shift to Zoom. As soon as we know the specific date in October we will send out an alert with the new date, as well as post here. Stay dry and safe!

Welcome to the Maine Unitarian Universalist 
​State Advocacy Network (MUUSAN)

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MUUSAN is a statewide advocacy and public policy network anchored in our Unitarian Universalist faith and animated by its principles. MUUSAN welcomes as partners and collaborators all those who share our values.  We link our 26 Maine congregations and many friends in an active legislative ministry.
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Unitarian Universalism calls us to change oppressive policies and structures to those that promote human development, protect the environment, and support communities. Our mission is to educate and to organize for a more just society.

MUUSAN Issue Groups

Realizing that we cannot respond to every issue and solve every problem, we have chosen four areas of public policy as our priority issues. ​​
  • Climate Change, including support for fossil energy conservation, development of solar and other renewable sources, and educating legislators and the public about the urgent call to slow climate change (with special attention to our own precious Gulf of Maine).
  • Democracy in Action, including efforts to strengthen our democracy by informing and engaging voters, protecting voting rights, promoting civil discourse, instituting Ranked-Choice Voting, supporting Clean Election laws and reducing the importance of money in campaigns.​​
  • Health Care, including advocacy for universal health care, monitoring legislation that affects our healthcare system, and promoting public health interventions.
  • Racial, Native and Immigrant Justice, addressing systemic oppression by advocating with and on behalf of racial, ethnic and indigenous populations and responding to the need to interrupt disparities in Maine's legal and economic systems.  
Click here or below to access MUUSAN's Tips and Tools for Legislative Advocacy!
MUUSAN's Tips and Tools includes all the resources you need to participate in citizen advocacy with the Maine state legislature. 
MUUSAN 2023 Portland Press Herald Letter to the Editor:
​Consent and Bodily Autonomy are Holy
Did you write a letter, make a call, testify, send an email, or participate in a vigil or rally? Click the below button and let us know! We want to record every UU action taken for social justice in this legislative session!

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MUUSAN logo by Jenny Mckendry.