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 25 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. ​​
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.  
Previous MUUSAN Network Meeting guest speakers include: State Senator Cathy Breen, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, State Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, Dr. Bill Clark, Passamaquoddy State Representative Rena Newell, and ​U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree
Support MUUSAN
Sign up for MUUSAN Action Alerts and Newsletters here: 
Be a part of UUtheVoteME! The upcoming elections are taking place at a crucial moment for American democracy, and members of Maine's UU congregations can play an important role in everything from poll-watching to get-out-the-vote efforts. Contact us (admin@muusan.org) if you'd like to be involved, or visit the UUtheVoteME Take Action page to learn about upcoming ways to get involved. 

Legislative Action

MUUSAN Responds: 
​COVID-19
​Black Lives Matter

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Five tThe designer of our MUUSAN logo, a green State of Maine as a lit chalice, is Jenny Mckendry.