Justice is what love looks like in public.
SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT)
Our next SJT monthly meeting will be November 13 (Wednesday) at 11:30 AM and will be an online meeting.
The SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM is a self-selecting group open to all UUFH Members and Friends. We welcome all active participants. Whether your social justice interests are one or many, you can contribute to our SJT efforts. Your inputs are welcome. Contact any team member AND join the team to help carry out your suggestions.
Contact Charlotte Corrigan for the Agenda, minutes and meeting LINK and current schedule
GS2030 (Green Sanctuary Renewal) is included in our meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2023-2024
Join Social Justice Team (SJT)
We meet the first Tuesday of each month.
All are welcome to attend. These meetings are your chance to provide input and contribute to our UUFH Justice efforts. To participate, please e-mail Charlotte Corrigan for the agenda, minutes, and Zoom link.
NOVEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION: YOUTH HUNGER
On Sunday, November 3, your UUFH Social Justice Team begins a new Outreach Collection with our collection for Youth Hunger.
Food insecurity has long been a significant issue for many in our community – one now worsened by the spreading hardships and economic disruptions of Helene. Hungry children struggle not just to grow strong healthy bodies but also to learn and develop social skills. In Henderson County, 47% – nearly half – of all children are on the free lunch program at their schools. Many of them do not have access to a hot meal from Friday school lunch until Monday morning school breakfast.
Providing additional nutritious meals and snacks is the goal of both November Collection recipients: our Youth Hunger Collection is split between the Feed the Kids Coalition and the Flat Rock Backpack Program.
UUFH has supported these 2 organizations with donations, leadership, and volunteers from their beginnings over 15 years ago.
You can learn more at these websites: http://feedthekidscoalition.org/ and http://stjohnflatrock.org/backpack-program.
If you’d like to join other UUFH volunteers, see or contact Charlotte Corrigan (FTKC) or Liz Curtis (Backpack).
You can contribute throughout November by specifying Youth Hunger on the memo line of your check. If you choose to donate cash, specify Youth Hunger on the envelope (found in the foyer). The Donate button on our website is also available; select “Outreach Fund” from the menu.
WANT MORE NEWS?
If you’re not following the UUFH jUUstice WORKERS NEWS, you’re missing out on events and actions that support our UU values.
Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the email list or click the link to the current edition: JW NEWS
This week’s highlights: details are in the text!
- OUTREACH COLLECTION – NOVEMBER: YOUTH HUNGER (FEED THE KIDS COALITION & FLAT ROCK BACKPACK PROGRAM)
- UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour, and more actions
- UU the Vote:
- UUFH Democracy in Action Plan updates
- Detailed VOTING information including 3 new sites for Early Voting -Etowah, Fletcher and Edneyville, resources for candidate information, non-partisan endorsements, HB1074 proposed Constitutional Amendment, & ELECTION DAY
- UUA Side with Love: Forward Together: ANCHORING IN COMMUNITY POST-ELECTION virtual series – begins November 6.
UU JUSTICE NC
Subscribe to receive the monthly newsletter & action alerts in your inbox at UUJusticeNC.org DONATE to UU Justice NC via this link: You Can Donate Here!
FRIDAY ACTION HOUR
Every Friday at 11:00 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. And we always have good music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones!
Join via this Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91029655107
If you can’t make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time – just check out our UU Justice NC – Friday Action Hour 2024 to view the materials for the current and previous sessions
BONUS:
Sign up for the Weekly Friday Action Hour community listserv Email
Each email includes a promo of the week’s actions, the Zoom link, and the link to our Actions List (Google Doc) direct each week to your inbox. Click here to sign up!
SAVE THE DATE:
North Carolina UU the Vote Pre-Election Event – SUNDAY, November 3 at 7:00pm.
Join UU Justice NC and UUs across North Carolina for this special pre-election day gathering. Together, we will celebrate NC UU the Vote – the largest activation of UUs in the history of our state! We will also get grounded in our faith and values as we prepare for election results.
UUFH has a strong history of involvement in the UU the Vote Campaigns in 2020 and 2022. This requires many hands – not just those of the SJ Team. members.
We have 2 new SJT volunteers, Richard Lottenberg and Elizabeth Ritchie, who are working with guidance from Kitten Bulen to spearhead UUFH efforts for 2024.
As Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, UU Justice NC, reminded us: “It is time to go deeper. For most of us, postcarding should only be the appetizer before the meal. This year our moral legacy is on the line. And if we can go further than postcarding, we have a moral responsibility to do so.”
UUFH: OUR UU THE VOTE PLAN FOR 2024 — UUFH Democracy in Action
We launched our UUFH Democracy in Action Plan on May 26. Our Plan sets out a course of actions from now until the General Election with lots of options and actions to choose from beyond Postcards.
Every time you complete an action, fill out a report slip UUFH ACTION REPORT.docx FINAL.4 docx (1).docx and drop it in the box in the lobby. Additional Democracy in Action Plan copies and report slips are in the lobby
Our goal is 300 actions by November 5.
Contact a DIA team leader (Elizabeth, Richard or Kitten) for information on current action items.