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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HIGHLIGHTS in this issue include:
- ARE February 18 WORKSHOP REMINDER: Healing the Unconscious BIAS in the Henderson County School System
- Outreach Collection for DREAM Scholarships plus DREAMERS Action Alert
- UU Justice NC: Medicaid Expansion Bill NEWS & Action Alert
- EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY: Action Alert: NC General assembly background checks repeal
- MountainTrue News – 2045 HC Comprehensive Plan draft UPDATE
PLUS MORE…
FAT TUESDAY Community Fundraiser for FTK, MountainTrue NEWS, YOU CAN VOTE 2023 Kickoff, Book Studies at UU Asheville and First Congregational Church, IAM needs for February, upcoming League of Women voter program, 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
Subscribe to UUJMNC to receive the monthly newsletter and action alerts at UUJusticeNC.org ( new link!– the NEW website is now live!)
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”.
North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a dangerous gun bill that would repeal background checks on all unlicensed handgun sales, including from gun shows or strangers offering handguns for sale online.
This bill would open up a massive and dangerous loophole in our state. By eliminating the pistol purchase permit, it would also eliminate the unlicensed sale background check requirement. This makes it easier for felons, domestic abusers, and extremists with criminal histories to buy handguns.
Send a message to your lawmakers urging them to oppose HB 50 >>
Thank you for taking action, North Carolina Advocacy Team Everytown for Gun Safety
Check out the IAM website for current PANTRY and CLOTHING needs or to volunteer:
www.iam-hc.org: CLICK on “Current Needs” for clothing & pantry lists
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.