MUUSAN Congregational Legislative Liaisons
Unitarian Universalist congregations in the state of Maine have an opportunity to build a stronger connection with MUUSAN's legislative advocacy work through a network of Congregational Legislative Liaisons. MUUSAN encourages each Maine Unitarian Universalist church to recruit one or two people to act as liaisons for their congregation.
The CLL is a time limited volunteer position that is synchronized with the Maine State Legislature’s sessions. The CLL’s primary responsibility is to act as a central conduit for information about social justice advocacy to flow consistently between individual UU congregations and MUUSAN.
The CLL is a time limited volunteer position that is synchronized with the Maine State Legislature’s sessions. The CLL’s primary responsibility is to act as a central conduit for information about social justice advocacy to flow consistently between individual UU congregations and MUUSAN.
Become a Congregational Legislative Liaison
The Congregational Legislative Liaison is encouraged to inform MUUSAN about their congregation’s planned advocacy activities and in turn the CLL will relay important legislative action alerts and activities to members of their congregation. CLLs are NOT responsible for leading electoral justice work in their congregation. It is hoped that the CLL will assist members of our UU congregations to participate fully in our shared social justice legislative ministry..
CLL’s will be supported by the MUUSAN Congregational Legislative Liaison Statewide Coordinator. Congregational Legislative Liaisons will have regular opportunities for virtual check-ins with fellow volunteers, as well as regular communication with the Statewide Coordinator.
CLL’s will be supported by the MUUSAN Congregational Legislative Liaison Statewide Coordinator. Congregational Legislative Liaisons will have regular opportunities for virtual check-ins with fellow volunteers, as well as regular communication with the Statewide Coordinator.
Weekly Network Meetings via ZOOM
All CLL’s are invited to participate in weekly networking meetings via ZOOM. The meetings will be hosted by the co-chairs of MUUSAN’s issue groups and at least one of the MUUSAN steering committee co-chairs will be present each week. The purpose of these meetings is to provide a venue to share information about our advocacy efforts throughout the state and to learn of urgent legislative advocacy actions. CLLs do not have to attend the meetings every week, but are encouraged to attend regularly.
Congregational Legislative Liaison Statewide Coordinator
MUUSAN has a Statewide Coordinator to establish and maintain communication with its network of Congregational Legislative Liaisons. We are grateful for the skillful leadership of Lane Sturtevant as Congregational Legislative Liaison Statewide Coordinator. The Coordinator will assist the CLLs in supporting the CLLs, collecting and compiling information from Maine congregations, making regular reports to the MUUSAN Steering Committee, and assisting congregations in identifying and connecting with resources and/or partner organizations. The Coordinator is responsible for centralizing data on individual congregational activities.
