Social Justice News: Side with Love & Calling all Spanish speakers!

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SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT)

Our next SJT monthly meeting, is TUESDAY, April 8 at 7:00 pm 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 

GS2030 Green Sanctuary Renewal is included in our SJT meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2024-2025. 

FEBRUARY OUTREACH COLLECTION: DREAM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Dream scholarship which was founded by UUFH is a collaborative project of three churches in Hendersonville: UUFH, Saint James Episcopal and First Congregational Church to aid undocumented college students.  Once again, we have a FANTASTIC result: your contributions totaled $3426.77.


Join Social Justice Team (SJT)

We meet the second 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.

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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 click on this link JW NEWS –

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

  • OUTREACH COLLECTION – DREAM SCHOLARSHIPS proceeds – another WOW!
  • UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour —  MARCH 14:  250th  Action Hour Celebration!!
  • Side With Love:  Action Center Weekly Update (LINK updated each week) – actions & resource materials, 
  • Henderson County Social Justice Network:  Spanish speaking and other  “helping hands” volunteers needed
  • YOU CAN VOTE:  criminalizing voter registration campaigns via NC House Bill 127


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

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.

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!

UU Justice NC’s 250th Friday Action Hour Celebration, March 14 at 11:00am. 

Since May of 2020, North Carolina UUs and friends have gathered together every Friday to experience the joy of community, and the power of our actions. Join UU Justice NC this Friday for a special celebration of our 250th action hour. It will include a recap of all of our major wins over the last five years, and reflections from special guests and members of the Friday Action Hour community. 

Review this week’s resources and actions on our Google Doc, and Join via this Zoom Link.

Call to Action – Tell our U.S. Senators and Representatives to Protect Medicaid

Congressional leaders in Washington are currently negotiating a budget resolution and are threatening to make cuts to Medicaid funding. Medicaid provides affordable coverage to 1 in 4 North Carolinians, and any cuts to it would be catastrophic for the people of NC and our state budget. Join people across the state in calling our congressional delegation to demand that they fight to protect Medicaid.

Script

  • Hello. My name is _______ , I live in___________,  and I am a person of faith / conscience. 
  • I am calling to urge Sen./ Rep.____ to fight to protect Medicaid funding in the federal budget. 
  • Medicaid is a lifeline – providing affordable health coverage to 1 in 4 North Carolinians including children, people in nursing homes and those living with a disability and chronic illness. 
  • Any cuts would be catastrophic to millions of people in our state, and would also destabilize hospitals and health care systems that we all rely on, especially in rural communities.
  • Can we count on Sen./ Rep. _______ to vote NO on any cuts to Medicaid? 

Upcoming Siembra NC Immigrant Justice Trainings – virtual training sessions

Our movement in North Carolina is now in high gear preparing systems of safety and care for those at risk of deportation by the Trump administration. UUs across North Carolina can join in this sacred work by attending an upcoming virtual training session with our partners at Siembra NC.

  • Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00pm – Training: How Workers Can Fight Wage Theft & ICE Detentions – Register Here

To login, click “Event Login” in the upper-right hand corner. 

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We are in a critical moment. Power is being consolidated in the hands of the few, while attacks on democracy, bodily autonomy, and human dignity escalate. But nothing is inevitable. Justice movements are powered by people like you—people who organize, resist, and build a loving and liberated world.
That’s why we have launched the Action Center Weekly Update—a resource to keep you informed, equip you with immediate actions, and help you strengthen your organizing skills. Each Tuesday, find our newest update at our Action Center as well as the archive of past updates.
Check out this week’s update:  sidewithlove.org/actioncenter
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.     Audre Lorde

Henderson County SOCIAL JUSTICE NETWORK — Events & actions

This is a new group formed in December 2024; contact Charlotte Corrigan for more  information if you’d like to join their efforts.  

The group is led by Bob Miles of Trinity Presbyterian Church and meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the Month, 6:30pm at Grace Lutheran Church (Hwy 64 at Blythe)

Your Helping Hands are Needed —– Calling all Spanish speakers!

If you speak Spanish, (even haltingly) your community needs you! Through the Henderson County Social Justice Network, organizations that serve  Latinos (Safelight, El Centro, True Ridge) are seeking volunteers to be on an “on-call list” who can help as interpreters, translators, and providers of transportation.

This may involve assisting with medical appointments or even running basic errands (grocery shopping, picking up children from school, etc.) for those who are afraid to leave their homes.

If you are able and willing to help with this effort, contact Dorothy Fantle (dfantle@nullyahoo.com) or Larry Winecoff (larrywinecoff@nullyahoo.com).