SOCIAL JUSTICE & ALLIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY TEAM MEETINGS
We meet on the first TUESDAY of the month (March 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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Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the email list for UUFH JUSTICE WORKER NEWS (published weekly on Wednesday)
HIGHLIGHTS in this issue include:
- ARE February 18 Workshop announcement: Healing the unconscious BIAS in the Henderson County School System
- CONGREGATIONAL READ – update for February 26
- FAT TUESDAY Community Fundraiser for FTK – February 21
- REPRISE – special access to Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray presentation
- PLUS MORE… 30 Days of Loves (ends 2-14), Book Studies at UU Asheville and First Congregational Church, IAM needs for February, League of Women voter programs, etc.
UUFH OUTREACH COLLECTIONS:
DREAM SCHOLARSHIP COLLECTION – begins February 12th
The Social Justice Team will present a guest speaker this Sunday, February 12 to begin our Outreach Collection for the Dream Scholarships. This effort continues through March 1. In the 10 plus years since its founding at UUFH, donations in our community have funded scholarships for approximately 50 college students brought to the US as children. These Dreamers are qualified through a rigorous process and may receive up to $2500/year towards their continuing education.
To ensure that your donation is correctly credited:
[1] you can put your cash donation in the
Sunday plate – any cash donation must be labeled for the Outreach Collection),
[2] you can donate by check through March 1 – please put Outreach Collection in the memo line, or
[3] you can donate online through March 1 at the UUFH website – select “Outreach Fund”.
Let’s make this another stellar Outreach Collection.
UU Justice NC
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DONATE to UU Justice NC HERE
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
SIGN-UP MAKES IT EASY: to receive weekly updates automatically. Click Here to Sign Up! Receive an email with all the details prior to Friday’s Action Hour
For more Justice opportunities, see the current UUFH jUUstice Workers News.
Fundraiser for Feed the Kids Coalition – February 21
Join Feed the Kids coalition volunteers – including those from UUFH – in support of this
community-wide fundraiser for Feed the Kids on :Fat Tuesday”.
Side with Love’s annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, 30 DAYS OF LOVE will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 16) through Valentine’s Day (February 14).
This year’s 30 Days of Love is a love letter to our whole beloved community – families, religious professionals, partners and communities that embody our values and work for justice and liberation year round. Each week will feature a spiritual theme overlapping with one of Side With Love’s intersectional justice priorities, and we’ll share an array of offerings to help nourish your spirit and give gratitude and affirmation. Learn More Here
ACTION ALERTS: 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRAFT
Delivering on Goals Requires Strengthening Recommendations
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| MOUNTAIN TRUE COMMUNITY MEETING Come learn more about ways to support the best possible plan for growth in Henderson County and advocate for our environment. Monday, January 30th, 5:30 pm Edneyville Community Center, 15 Ida Rogers Drive Questions? Contact Nancy Diaz nancy@nullmountaintrue.org, 828 290-9175 |
For MORE on this vital issue, see the current UUFH jUUstice Workers News.
Check out the IAM website for current PANTRY and CLOTHING needs or to volunteer:
www.iam-hc.org: CLICK on “Current Needs” or the banner link on the home page.
FYI:
An on-site DONATION “BOX” is located in the
ALCOVE leading to the UUFH Quiet Room.
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.