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January 2020 Full and Fair Trial Events in Utah
Last week, MWEG helped organize a cross-partisan coalition to advocate for a full and fair impeachment trial in the Senate. A prayer breakfast, news conference, and rally on Thursday in Salt Lake City, Utah, provided an opportunity to join our voice with others to pressure our elected officials to uncover truth, as is sought by the majority of American voters. The words spoken by our members at those events are deeply relevant to this moment in our history so we have shared the full text of each speech here. Prayer Breakfast: “(W)e also call upon fellow Utahns to view the actions and words of our elected officials involved in the…
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Full and Fair Trial Prayer and Action Breakfast Speech Text
January 16, 2020 Mormon Women for Ethical Government’s work is driven by four core attributes: We are faithful, nonpartisan, peaceful, and proactive. This morning, in this particular company, we want to share some of our ideas about the first of those attributes: What it means to be faithful in the context of civic engagement. For many of our members, faith is central to our advocacy and how we practice it. Faith drives us to participate in civic affairs because it demands that we love our neighbor as ourselves, and because where there is no vision the people perish. Because of our faith, we fight to preserve a society where each…
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Full and Fair Trial Press Conference Speech Text
January 16, 2020 My name is Debra Coe, and I am a Republican. My name is Neca Allgood, and I am a Democrat. My name is Catherine Eslinger, and I am a member of the United Utah party. We are all members of Mormon Women for Ethical Government, also known as MWEG. People often ask why MWEG continues to advocate so forcefully for a full and fair impeachment trial. They are surprised that this particular group of women would be so bold. We do this because, in this destructive partisan climate, we believe the only way to heal our nation is to uncover truth and start building consensus around it.…
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Full and Fair Trial Rally Speech Text
January 16, 2020 My name is Brooke Nelson, and I am a lawyer and a mom of two young children. My name is Tracy Nuttall, and I am also a lawyer and mother. We are members of Mormon Women for Ethical Government. We are here today representing the over 7,000 members of our organization. We are Republicans. We are Democrats. We are Independents and the unaffiliated. Our combined voices represent the majority of American voters, and we believe that as voters, we have a duty to remind our government leaders of their obligation to govern in truth. The overwhelming evidence brought to light in recent investigative efforts regarding our president,…
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Announcing Protect Family Unity Vigil in Arizona
MWEG Protect Family Unity Vigil WHEN: 6-7 p.m., Saturday June 23 WHERE: Corner of International Street and Dunbar Street Nogales, AZ https://www.facebook.com/events/204584533524160/ Contact: Andrea Dalton Arizona chapter head, Mormon Women for Ethical Government (520) 891-1727 Andrea.Dalton@mweg.org Mormon Women call for action by people of faith to support humane and ethical means for immigrant family unity at border fence in Nogales, Arizona. Nogales, AZ — People of faith will gather at the Protect Family Unity vigil at 6 p.m. Saturday. Held near the Nogales Placements Center that holds detainees and children from Central America, Honduras and Guatemala, the vigil will consist of music…
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Announcing Protect Family Unity Vigil in Utah
MWEG Protect Family Unity Vigil WHEN: 6-8 p.m., Saturday June 23 WHERE: City Creek Park Salt Lake City, UT https://www.facebook.com/events/549074445489924/ WHAT: In response to our current administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at our southern border and the inhumane separation of thousands of children from their families, we and others of like-mind will gather on Saturday, June 23 at 6:00 PM at City Creek Park in Salt Lake City to pray, sing hymns, and read meaningful statements and scriptural passages in an effort to shine a light on this horrific situation. MWEG recognizes the need for the United States to protect its border and is…
