This month’s Share the Plate recipient is the Center for Common Ground. Their goal is to educate and empower voters of color in voter suppression states. This has become even more important since the Supreme Court gutted section 2 of the Voting Rights Act with their decision in Louisiana vs Callais. We have been working with The Center for Common Ground for years by writing postcards and phone banking to inform people of how to register and vote in their locality.  The Center also builds Democracy Centers to better know these communities: they build food banks if they need food, they provide internet access if they need it, they educate the community on the impact of new legislation e.g. HR1’s impact on healthcare, SNAP, etc. The Center for Common Ground is currently working on a “Beating Callais” campaign to target Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas with the goal electing state legislators that will end gerrymandering.

On Sunday, June 21, please help The Center for Common Ground to continue this vital work to help build a more representative government. For more information: https://www.centerforcommonground.org

Online donations can be made from the Friday before the service through the Tuesday following the service, using link https://www.uufrc.org/community/giving/ and writing “Share the Plate” in the memo line. Please make donations via charitable giving accounts (e.g. Donor Advisory Funds) payable to “UUFRC” and put the Share the Plate recipient name in the memo line. On the Sunday of the collection, all donations, unless otherwise specified, go to Share the Plate.