SOCIAL JUSTICE & ALLIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY TEAM MEETINGS
We meet on the first TUESDAY of the month (Feb 7, 2023) 12:00 to 1:30pm. via ZOOM
All are welcome to attend; these meetings are your chance to provide input and contribute to our UUFH justice efforts. Please e-mail Charlotte Corrigan for additional information – i.e., agenda, prior minutes, and Zoom link – if you would like to participate.
ARE updates and news can be sent to Charlotte Corrigan for inclusion in emails, eBlasts and Justice Worker News.
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CONGREGATIONAL PROJECT SEARCH for 2023-2024
It’s January 2023 and for the UUFH Social Justice Team, it’s now time to begin the process of finding a Congregational Project for the 2023-2024 church year. Our current Allies for Racial Equity Project began in the summer of 2022 will expire, if not renewed, on June 30, 2023. Prior to the current project, we adopted an Environmental Justice Project.
The “Gardiner model” GARDINER model -2023.docx was introduced to the UUFH Social Justice Team in 2017. The model is adaptable for congregational needs and capabilities and unites the congregation – not just the Social Justice Team – around a chosen social justice issue.
Input from the congregation is vital for the selection process and participation is vital to implementation and success. Your attendance at this meeting is especially welcome; additional project meetings may be scheduled.
If you have a project that you would like to see adopted and are willing to be a leader, co-leader or major contributor to the effort, please submit a draft proposal to the Team for consideration at our February SJT meeting (via Zoom, noon, Tuesday, February 7).
Use the example in the Gardiner model link GARDINER model -2023.docx as the starting point for your submission. The Team will work with you to develop a project proposal for the Annual Meeting vote by the Fellowship.
HIGHLIGHTS in this issue include:
- SEARCH for 2023-2024 CONGREGATIONAL PROJECT
- CONGREGATIONAL READ – January 15 & February 26
- ARE ACTION ITEMS including some great web links and MLK DAY events
- UU Justice NC ACTION ITEMS including SIDE WITH LOVE: 30 Days of LOVE 2023, Expand MEDICAID (Love Thy Neighbor postcards)
- 2045 HC Comprehensive Plan – MountainTrue update and ACTION ALERT
UUFH OUTREACH COLLECTIONS:
UUSC – GUEST AT YOUR TABLE –
The collection ended on January 8 with the return of boxes and envelopes. Watch for proceeds news.
In February, we’ll have our annual DREAM SCHOLARSHIP COLLECTION.
UU Justice NC
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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.
And 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 2022
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For more Justice opportunities, see the current UUFH jUUstice Workers News.
Henderson County LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS NEWS
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| Meet Our Superintendent January 24, 2023 5:30 – 6:30 PM. Henderson County Main Library Kaplan AuditoriumLWVHC Education Team presents Mark Garrett, Superintendent, Henderson County Public SchoolsGarrett became the new superintendent in July, 2022. Prior to coming to Henderson County, Garrett was Superintendent of McDowell County Schools. During his tenure there, McDowell experienced its highest graduation rates, lowest dropout rates, and lowest teacher turnover rates in district history, and exceptional academic growth. This program advances the League’s long and productive partnership with the Henderson County Public Schools. PLAN TO ATTEND… AND BRING A FRIEND. |
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.