Social Justice News:

Justice is what love looks like in public.

SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT) MEETING

Our next monthly meeting is FRIDAY, JANUARY 5– NOON @ UUFH

NOTE the special date & agenda:

Our January meeting will consist of a brief business meeting, optional brown bag lunch and then we will set up the Sanctuary for our January 7 World Cafe Green Sanctuary service with Rev. Terry Davis.

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.

UPDATE: The book is an anthology of short chapters so it’s easy to browse and read chapters of special interest to you. The link above takes you to the project website where you can purchase the book directly as well as link to an excerpt. Rev. Terry Davis is planning a service based on the book on Sunday, February 11. Add the book to your reading list now. Stay tuned for additional updates and details!

2023-2024 OUTREACH COLLECTIONS:

DECEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION:

Guest at Your Table – Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

On Sunday, December 3, your UUFH Social Justice Team began a new Outreach Collection with our annual Guest at Your Table Collection supporting the work of UUSC – the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

This year we were delighted to have a guest speaker for the service, Julian Sharp. Julian is the Senior Associate for Congregational Support at the UU Service Committee. In this role, he works to strengthen relationships between the UUSC and UU congregations. Julian manages the Guest at Your Table program, UUSC Sunday, and other congregational philanthropic initiatives.

To direct your offering to these programs, please write “GAYT” in the memo line of your check. Or, if you are giving cash, please use an GAYT envelope or GAYT box. 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 for December: UUSC – Guest at Your Table
UU JUSTICE NC – news, Friday Action Hour –SCHEDULE: 12-15-23 through 01-05-24
UUMFE WINTER SOLSTICE Celebration – Wednesday, December 20, 7 pm
IAM HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE – ends December 15

And more…

UU JUSTICE NC

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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

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 2023

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.

OPPORTUNITIES for ACTION

Medicaid Enrollment Action Hour: Friday, December 15 at 11:00am

Following this month’s enactment of Medicaid Expansion, it’s time to get to work, spreading the word to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who are now eligible for healthcare. This week, Rebecca Cerese, Health Policy Advocate with the NC Justice Center will join us to talk about the campaign to enroll North Carolinians in Medicaid! Join via this Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91029655107 and sign-up for the weekly Friday Action Hour promo email here.

December 22nd we will be writing Letters to the Editor in partnership with the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Following December’s rallies at the Governor’s Mansion, we will call on Governor Cooper to commute the sentences of all 138 individuals on death row in North Carolina.

December 29th – Our Annual Year in Review Action Hour. We will recap all the issues we took action around in 2023 and look ahead to 2024!

January 5th – When the Lights Went Out in Moore County. One year ago, a domestic terror attack incapacitated utilities to 45,000 households for 5 days in Moore County, NC. At least one person died as a direct result of this malicious act, and many more residents were harmed. To date, no one has been held accountable for this attack and nothing has been done to prevent future attacks. Our partners at Blueprint NC teamed up with the Laura Flanders Show (PBS) to break this silence. This Friday, we will watch the brand new 30-minute episode that tells this story.

You’re Invited! Winter Solstice Celebration

Let’s celebrate sacred light! UU Ministry for Earth is excited to invite you and your communities to our third annual Solstice celebration.

Wednesday, December 20, 7 pm ET

The Winter Solstice occurs when Earth’s axis tilts away from the sun, making it the shortest day and longest night of the year for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. Join UU Ministry for Earth the evening BEFORE the Winter Solstice for music, reflection, meditation, and spiritual grounding.

On this longest night, we will be featuring the work of the Energy Democracy Project and sharing a portion of our offering with them. Let’s work for light for all on the longest night of the year. Our service is part of the larger arc of Clean Energy as a Human Right being led by Side with Love.