UU the Vote 2026 Launches March 25 - Join Us!

Democracy is so much more than an election. It is not determined by the courage or the cruelty of our leaders. We the people make it real through our practice of showing up for one another, building trust, and embodying our shared values in public life. 

And yet elections can be sacred openings where this nation joins in collective practice to reimagine our future and shape who we become together.  

Join us on Wednesday, March 25 at 7pm ET as we gather in faith, courage, and collective purpose to ignite solidarity and reimagine democracy together.

This year, our elections invite us to reimagine democracy — shedding the fear that binds us to broken systems and instead taking hold of the new possibilities we discover when we act together for the sake of one another.

Too often, our world has been dominated by stories that divide us — narratives that justify systems that value some lives over others, that normalize exclusion, and that attempt to shrink our imagination of what is possible. But today we are witnessing the logic of domination begin to crumble.

From the global pandemic to the occupation of our cities, we have seen our inescapable interdependence laid bare. We have also witnessed our extraordinary capacity for compassion, service, and love. Even amid the rubble of collapsing systems, we find the strongest and most essential elements of democracy — people showing up for one another, building belonging, and refusing to abandon hope.

Be part of what comes next. Join us.

The work of building democracy amid collapse will require a radical awakening of spirit and community. This is work our faith does not shy away from. We refuse to organize from fear or be pulled off course by distraction. 

Instead, we root ourselves in power, clarity, and collective purpose, committing to the sacred task of creation, care, and community. There is no democracy worth having that does not demand our courage, our imagination, and our willingness to build something new together.

Our legacy calls us to this task. From the murder of Rev. James Reeb, whose life and legacy helped bend the arc of justice in Selma, to the lighting of the flaming chalice as a symbol of resistance and refuge, our tradition has always built new worlds new worlds in solidarity with the most impacted.

This legacy lives on today in the faithful witness of Texas UUs and interfaith partners at the Dilley family detention center, showing up in coalition, demanding freedom for detained families, and offering radical care and protection when met with state violence. Their presence reminds us that our faith moves us toward the places where harm is happening and asks us to embody love as liberation. 

We have tended the flame together: standing in defense of families at detention centers, speaking truth against systems of incarceration and dehumanization, organizing for the dignity and safety of trans people, and fighting for healthcare, living wages, and a shared abundance rooted in covenant rather than extraction.

As Unitarian Universalists, we understand faith as a journey toward discovering the sacred by honoring the inherent worth and divinity within us all. This belief calls us not only to build democracy, but to cultivate the trust, relationships, and shared values that sustain it.

Now is the time to lean in. To reach for one another. To ignite solidarity and reimagine democracy.

We invite you to join us as we launch UU the Vote 2026 — a new phase of organizing that goes deeper, builds broader, and equips us to meet this moment with courage, love, and collective power.

Join us. 

In faith and solidarity,

Nicole

Nicole Pressley

UUA Organizing Strategy Director