GUUF FOOD DRIVE SATURDAY SEPT. 19TH FROM 9-11AM
We’re collecting food for the United Ministries’ Food Pantry. Items needed: Cans of Vienna sausages, tuna, salmon, chicken and beef stew (all cans should be pop top), powdered milk (individual packets), cereal, hotel-sized shampoo & soap, Q-tips and mini bottles of hand sanitizers.
 
If you prefer, you can donate checks and gift cards to the families participating in the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Make out your check to United Ministries with IHN in the memo line. https://united-ministries.org
 
HELP EXPAND SC MEDICAID PROGRAM
Do you believe access to healthcare is a right? If so, join the SJC as we team up with the Unitarian Church in Charleston to help expand the Medicaid Program in SC. This pandemic has shown how critical of a state issue it is.
 
The Unitarian Church in Charleston will present an online forum on Sunday, September 20 at 10 AM. You’ll learn how Medicaid works, who is left out of the system and how Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act would address that dire need. This is a racial justice issue that needs to be addressed. Link to the forum will be posted one week before the event.
 
VOTER REGISTRATION 
Go to SCVOTES.GOV to register or change your address. You must be registered 30 days before the November 3 election. Takes 5 minutes to check your status. 

POLL WORKERS NEEDED
Paid positions now available in Greenville County. Receive COVID-19 training and PPE. Apply here: https://www.scvotes.gov/poll-manager-information

RENTERS’ ASSISTANCE
The CDC moratorium expires in December and is pegged to a health finding, not economic distress. It may be challenged in courts. Congress needs to couple the moratorium with $100bn in renters' assistance as rent is still due during the moratorium. The moratorium also doesn’t include a renters' aid package. So this ask remains urgent despite the CDC relief. Write a letter to the editor at RESULTS Action Center. There you’ll find a letter template and background info. (We’ll even submit your letter for you.) Be sure to add a "hook" such as the recent national conventions.
https://results.org/volunteers/action-center/