Social Justice News: Guest at Your Table, Smithsonian Exhibit

Justice is what love looks like in public.

SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT)

Our next SJT monthly meeting will be Tuesday, December 3 at 6:30pm 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. Your inputs are welcome. Contact any team member AND join the team to help carry out your suggestions.

Contact Charlotte Corrigan for the Agenda, minutes and meeting LINK and current schedule

Join Social Justice Team (SJT)

We meet the first Tuesday of each month.

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.

DECEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION:

Guest at Your Table – UU Service Committee

On Sunday, December 1, your UUFH Social Justice Team begins a new Outreach Collection: Guest at Your Table (GAYT) benefiting the UU Service Committee.

Since it began in 1975, the Guest at Your Table program has introduced generations of Unitarian Universalists to our grassroots partners working for justice around the world with your support. This church year, we are celebrating Guest at Your Table’s 50th anniversary with the theme “Expanding the Welcome Table.”

Videos: “What is Guest at Your Table?” animated video and “Meet This Year’s Guests!” Introduction Video

You can meet the guests representing this year’s expanded Table in these individual videos:

2 Young climate activists in the Marshall Islands helping their communities heal from the destructive legacy of nuclear testing by the United States while envisioning a sustainable future for their people. Video of Konea Ishimura from Jo-Jikum
LGBTQ+ leaders in Ukraine offering resources and companionship to the queer community impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion. Video of Anna-Maria Tesfaye from Queer Svit
Haitian academics researching racism’s impacts on the experiences of migrants of color in the United States. Video of Suleyman Wellings-Longmore from the Haitian Bridge Alliance
Trans organizers forming networks of safety and welcome for trans and gender expansive people forced to flee unsafe communities and states. Video of the Pink Haven Coalition

This year because of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend timing, the Family Ministry kids will distribute the traditional Guest at Your Table boxes and envelopes on December 8^th.

Please note Guest at Your Table (GAYT) on the memo line of your check or envelope. Or simply select “donate” on our website.

Contributions will be accepted through January 5, 2025.

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This week’s highlights: details are in the text!

DECEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION: Guest at Your Table – UU Service Committee
UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour, and more actions
MOUNTAIN TRUE Action Alerts – protect our WNC rivers
Library Exhibit: VOICES & VOTES – a Traveling SMITHSONIAN Exhibit opens December 9, Henderson County Main Library
Save the Date – Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America: Remembrance Ceremony: January 25, 2025 at 3pm
And more…

UU JUSTICE NC

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FRIDAY ACTION HOUR Every Friday at 11:00

Join UU Justice NC for our Weekly Friday Action Hour.

Every week, UU’s and justice partners across the state gather to recap the past week and take action on the issues impacting our state and country. And there is always great music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones!

Join via this Zoom. Link: NEW ZOOM LINK If you can’t make it on Fridays, just check out our Action Hour Link: Google Doc This link permits viewing, at your convenience, all the links & materials – including the Actions List – for the current and any previous sessions for 2024.

BONUS: Sign up for the Weekly Friday Action Hour community listserv Email Each email includes a promo of the week’s actions, the Zoom link, and the link to our Actions List (Google Doc) direct each week to your inbox. Click here to sign up! Review this week’s resources and actions on our Google Doc, and Join via this Zoom Link.