SOCIAL JUSTICE & ALLIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY TEAM MEETINGS
We meet on the first TUESDAY of the month 12:00 to 1:30pm.
Our next monthly meeting, will be in person and virtually, Sept 6, at 12 pm. via ZOOM
*****We have scheduled a guest presentation by representatives of Mountain True on the 2045 County Comprehensive Plan in addition to our regular agenda.
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HIGHLIGHTS in this issue include:
- ARE ACTION ITEMS
- UU JUSTICE NC – ACTION HOUR information, Reproductive Justice Rallies & LEANDRO week of Action
- Action ALERT: protect our forests, farmland, and rural communities from sprawl (Mountain True). SEPTEMBER 6 Action (SJT meeting, Board of Commisioners Meeting)
- And more … United Way Day of Action, community volunteers – Feed the Kids Coalition & Grow Our Own mentors), Pisgah Legal Service Justice Forum (10-11-22)
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
from Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director UU Justice NC
FRIDAY ACTION HOUR
Every Friday at 11:00am UUs from across the state gather to recap the past week and take action on the issues impacting our state and country. In the coming month, we’ll be focusing on the
upcoming municipal elections and will also keep the pressure on our elected officials to better
promote the HOPE program. We always have good music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones! Join us via this Zoom link. If you can’t make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time – just check our UU Justice NC – Friday Action Hour 2022
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UU THE VOTE NC RETURNS SOON!
Launch plans are underway for a Get Out The Vote POSTCARD CAMPAIGN in partnership with Reclaim Our Vote.
Kitten Bulen, our UUFH – UU Justice NC liaison, is consulting with Lisa to map out the UUFH commitment and logistics – procurement of all materials for kits, assembly of kits, distribution to volunteers, and tracking of completed kits. We’re close – awaiting funding from our UU Justice NC grant application to UUA ($500 for each of 20 participating NC UU congregations).
For more Justice opportunities (Reproductive Justice RALLIES & LEANDRO Week of Action), see the current UUFH jUUstice Workers News
| MOUNTAIN TRUE ACTION ALERT: Protect Our Forests and Farms from Sprawl We need you to email the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and ask them to take action to prevent sprawl and protect our forests, farmland, and rural communities. |
| Henderson County is drafting its new Comprehensive Plan — the blueprint that will guide growth and development here for the next twenty years. As part of that process they have surveyed members of our community, and that survey shows broad support for conservation. Henderson County residents identified protection of open spaces and forests (55.30%), farmland preservation (45.16%), and conservation (35.04%) of unique natural areas as their top 3 priorities for the 2045 Henderson County Comprehensive Plan. Unfortunately, MountainTrue has serious concerns that the comprehensive plan being created by the county’s consultants is out of step with the desires and needs of Henderson County residents. The County has circulated a draft Future Land Use Map that prioritizes sprawl — development that spreads too far into the countryside, unnecessarily destroying forests, farmland, and rural communities — at great expense to taxpayers and against the desires of county residents. We need you to act today.Email your Henderson County Commissioners, and ask that they adopt a smart, responsible and sustainable comprehensive plan. |
FEED THE KIDS – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Since 2009, FTK has prepared and served over 60,000 meals at the Boys & Girls Club
(approx. 250+ kids per week – every Friday). The dates are shared and rotated among the
various teams including ours.
Our only job is feeding kids – wouldn’t you like to be part of that? The smiles are worth it!
Please consider giving an hour or two to one of these activities
Team #3 is made up of volunteers from Trinity Presbyterian Church, Agudus Israel Synagogue
and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville. Team co-leader, Charlotte
Corrigan, would like to add a few more UUFH volunteers to the servers pool.
Contact Charlotte to learn more or to join the volunteer pool.
OUTREACH COLLECTIONS REPORT for 2021-2022
Per the board approved revision to policy, there were 6 collections this year (the maximum) and all proceeds went to the recipient organizations.
YOUTH HUNGER (November 7, 2021) – Kay Thomas & Debby Staton representatives TOTAL:$2753 $1376.50 ea. to FTK Coalition and Backpack.
DREAM SCHOLARSHIP (February 6) – Rev. Judy Long and current recipient speakers TOTAL: $4083
UUSC / GUEST AT OUR TABLE (DEC) TOTAL: $1290.98
CLIMATE JUSTICE (April 10) – Rev. Fred Small service & workshop TOTAL: $1447.23 3 recipients for the Collection: Mountain True & Creation Care Alliance ($361.81 each) and The Climate Reality Project ($723.61).
MIGRANTS / IMMIGRANTS (MAY 8) Areli Perez Nava, Coordinator, Migrant Ed Project TOTAL: $1418.57 True Ridge (Migrant Ed. Project)
GROW OUR OWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND (JUNE 5) Larry Winecoff, fund spokesman TOTAL: $1305.72 Henderson County Education Foundation – Grow Our Own Fund TOTAL PROCEEDS: $12,298.50
THANK YOU for your ongoing generosity to the causes of Social Justice locally and around the world. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We have 6 collections planned for 2022-23 including some new recipients plus our usual Collections for FTKC / Backpack (Youth Hunger), Dream Scholarships, and Guest at Our Table / UUSC.
Let’s have another outstanding year.
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.