Justice is what love looks like in public.
SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT) MEETING
Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, December 5th at NOON via Zoom
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. Please contact Charlotte Corrigan for the Zoom link if you plan to attend this meeting.
Join Social Justice Team (SJT)
We meet the first Tuesday of each month from 12-1:30pm via Zoom.
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, prior minutes, and Zoom link.
GS2030 (Green Sanctuary Renewal) is included in our meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2023-2024
GS2030 UUFH Congregational Project: CONGREGATIONAL READ
We are looking forward to continuing to learn and grow together, and we invite you to join us in our Congregational Read: All We Can Save: Truth Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine Wilkerson. Discussions and other activities will start after the holiday season. Stay tuned for details!
UPDATE: Rev. Terry Davis is planning a service based on the book on Sunday, February 11th. Add the book to your reading list now. The book is an anthology of short chapters so it’s easy to browse and read chapters of special interest to you. Stay tuned for additional updates and details!
2023-2024 OUTREACH COLLECTIONS:
NOVEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION: YOUTH HUNGER FEED the KIDS & BACKPACK
SUNDAY, November 26 is the last date to give through UUFH Collection Plate.
On Sunday, November 5 your UUFH Social Justice Team we began a new Outreach Collection with our ongoing inclusion of a collection for Youth Hunger.
In this time of year when we celebrate our blessings, food insecurity remains a significant issue for many in our community. We all recognize that hungry children struggle not just to grow strong healthy bodies but also to learn and to develop social skills – not the futures we would wish for any of them.
Our Youth Hunger Collection is split between the Feed the Kids Coalition and the Flat Rock Backpack Program. Your donations have provided funding for these two organizations for many years.
The Backpack Program began in 2008 to serve Henderson County school children deemed “nutritionally deprived” at their homes on the weekends. Children are identified by their schools and discreetly supplied with a bag each Friday to take home. The bag is filled with nutritious, easy to prepare meals and snacks. Volunteers assemble these bags each week for distribution to the recipients.
The Feed the Kids Coalition started in 2009 and serves a nutritious meal each Friday during the school year and beyond to those enrolled in the Hendersonville Boys & Girls Club. Teams of volunteers prepare nutritious meals on Fridays which they then serve at the Club to roughly 250-300 K-12 kids. UUFH is part of Team #3 and our volunteers serve a build it yourself chicken taco meal much loved by the kids.
If you would like to join these volunteers, please contact Charlotte Corrigan.
To direct your offering to these programs, please write “Youth Hunger” in the memo line of your check. Or, if you are giving cash, please use an envelope (provided in the Foyer at UUFH), write your name on it, and mark it “Youth Hunger.” You may also contribute through your Vanco account via the UUFH website. Click “Donate” at the top of the website home page and select “Outreach Fund.”
Thank you for your generosity!
These Outreach Collections and the Board’s “Pass the Plate” Collections put our UU values into actions in our local community and beyond.
Want more NEWS?
Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the UUFH jUUstice WORKERS NEWS email list. Use this link for this week’s news compilation: JW NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS in this issue: details are in the linked JW NEWS text!
- OUTREACH COLLECTION NEWS: Youth Hunger (November ) in progress
- SOUP SUNDAY is December 3. Sign up for food contributions and to volunteer.
- UU JUSTICE NC – news, Friday Action Hour
- Love Reaches Out: Children of Migrant Families Christmas
- Side with Love: Faithful Grounding – Nov. 23, 7:30 pm
- Hendersonville Green Drinks – December 14, 5:30 pm (MountainTrue co-sponsor)
- Pro-Choice NC Quarterly Update: Tuesday, November 28
- IAM HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE
And more…
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!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
from Rev. Lisa Garcia Sampson, Executive Director, UU Justice NC: see the current UUFH jUUstice Workers News for additional specific actions you can take.
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
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 the weekly update in your inbox automatically. Click Here to Sign Up! Receive a listserv email with all the details prior to Friday’s Action Hour.
December 3rd is Soup Sunday!
Following the start of our Guest at Your Table / UU Service Committee Outreach Collection at the December 3rd service, the Social Justice Team and Family Ministries will co-host a Soup Sunday event.
SIGN up after our 11/26 service or online by contacting re@nulluufhnc.org (Sunday Parker) or
Charlotte Corrigan with your food contribution or to help.
We’ll need SOUPS, BREADS,DESSERTS, and VOLUNTEERS Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten-Free options are encouraged.
VIGIL FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES
On Wednesday, December 6th, the 11th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence will be held at St. Marks Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. The multi-denominational event brings together survivors of gun violence, victims’ family members, concerned citizens, faith leaders, lawmakers, and leaders of gun violence prevention organizations including Everytown for Gun Safety and the Riley Howell Foundation.
In that spirit, we will be holding a local event at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, December 6th. We will be remembering the victims, survivors, and communities that have been impacted by gun violence in 2023.
Details about the service will be shared in future communications.