Social Justice News:

Justice is what love looks like in public.

SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT) MEETING

Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, June 4 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.

GS2030 (Green Sanctuary Renewal) is included in our meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2023-2024

The meeting on June 4 will be our last of this fiscal year.  

We will then hold an Annual Planning Session (date TBD) to plan for next year’s activities.  Your inputs are welcome.  Contact any team member or join the team to carry out your suggestions.

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, minutes, and Zoom link.

A blue and white sign with white letters

Description automatically generated

See text in UUFH jUUstice Workers News


Want more NEWS? 

If you’re not following the UUFH jUUstice WORKERS NEWS, you’re missing out on events
and actions that support our UU values.
Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the email list OR use this link for this week’s news:

Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the UUFH jUUstice WORKERS NEWS email list, OR use this link for this week’s news:  JW NEWS

HIGHLIGHTS in this issue: details are in the linked JW NEWS text!

  • MAY Outreach Collection through May 31: TRUERIDGE Crisis Response Fund
  • UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour
  • “Moving from Environmentalism to Climate Justice”: Thursday, May 23rd
  • UU the Vote: LWV Voter Registration Training @ UUFH 3 pm – JUNE 1 (Saturday)
    • You Can Vote:  training sessions 
    • UU Justice NC UU the Vote Launch (slideshow from 05-14)
  • Green Drinks schedule
  • UUFH-NAACP Charleston: IAAM and more – trip recap
  • And more…

MAY OUTREACH COLLECTIONthrough May 31 

TrueRidge Crisis Management Fund for Migrant Workers

May is the month for the Outreach Collection to benefit the Crisis Management Fund for Migrant Workers at True Ridge.  

This Fund has been active for about 2 years and has been invaluable in many crisis situations.  Examples include:

  • The fund has provided money for emergency medical treatment when none was available from local organizations.  
  • Money was quickly obtained to hold rental property as it goes as fast as it comes on the market.  
  • We are now working with a family whose mother is in hopes of getting some help for a botched leg amputation and they are living in one small room with only a one burner hotplate for cooking and no transportation until they can get tags and license plate.  We are trying to help them get items to make their lives a little better. The father has been in the hospital but normally is a migrant agricultural worker. 

100% of the money goes to help migrant workers.

If you would like your offering to go to this program, please write “Crisis Response Fund” in the memo line of your check. Or, if you are giving cash, please use an envelope (provided in the Foyer), write your name on it, and mark it “Crisis Response Fund”.  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.


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! 

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 2024  to view the materials for the current and previous sessions

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.