Summary: South Carolina Senator Mia McLeod represents Senate District 22 (Richland and Kershaw Counties) and is the first woman and the first African American to represent that district. She serves on the following Senate committees: Judiciary, Medical Affairs, Rules, Corrections and Penology, and Family and Veterans` Services. Her strong stance regarding issues that Unitarian Universalists champion include voting rights, public education, victim rights, laws to control domestic violence, common sense gun reform, increased diversity and inclusion, and personal choice for healthcare. She has been pushing for systemic reforms in policing, criminal justice, racial justice, healthcare access, and the politicization of the pandemic and race.
From Tyranny to Transformation
Our country is experiencing what Timothy Synder terms tyranny and appears to be heading toward authoritarian control. Many (all?) of us are finding the experience scary and frightening. What does our UU value of transformation have to say to us as we strive to resist tyranny and enact a radical transformation of ourselves and our […]