Social Justice News: Spring Street Initiative,MLK Day, Smithsonian Exhibit,

Justice is what love looks like in public.

SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT)

Our next SJT monthly meeting will be held online (Zoom) on Tuesday, January 14 at 6:30 pm.
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. 

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.

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 the link to the current edition:  JW NEWS

DECEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION:   Guest at Your Table  –  UU Service Committee

Contributions close SUNDAY, January 5.  GAYT Boxes should be returned via the “BIG BLUE BAG” at the rear of the sanctuary; labeled envelopes or checks should be placed in the collection plate during the offering.

JANUARY OUTREACH COLLECTION:  SPRING STREET INITIATIVE

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

  • January OUTREACH COLLECTION:  SPRING STREET INITIATIVE
  • MLK Holiday Events:  UNITY BREAKFAST & DAY OF SERVICE, January 20, 2025
  • UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour, and more 
  • UUSJ upcoming WEBINARS:  The New Reality for Farm Workers (1/14, 8PM), The Path Forward… Congresswoman (& UU) Judy Chu (Tuesday, January 27, 8 PM)
  • Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America:  Remembrance Ceremony:  Saturday, January 25,  at 3 pm
  • Civil rights Trip planning – Selma & Montgomery (March 6-9)
  • Library Exhibit:  VOICES & VOTES – a Traveling SMITHSONIAN Exhibit: December 9 through January 25, Henderson County Main Library

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 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.


MLK Federal Holiday EVENTS – January 20, 2025

NOTE:  The UUFH Social Justice Team has contributed to these 2 events as sponsors.  Additional information may be found in the UUFH jUUstice Workers News.

MLK UNITY BREAKFAST January 20  (8:15 – serving, 9am presentation)
The MLK Unity Breakfast celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision by bringing the community together to reflect on his legacy and recognize those who embody his commitment to unity and service.  This year’s Theme is Service  and this year’s Speaker: is DeShannon Bynum Dixon. Rev. George Grimm-Howell will present the closing prayer.

TICKETS are available at UUFH: To attend this event, please write a check for $15 per person to UUFH and give it to Judy Bonner or Charlotte Corrigan.   We have bought a block of tickets for us sit as a group. 

MLK DAY OF SERVICE January 20, NOON

Please join the Hendersonville community on Martin Luther King Day, January 20, at noon at St. James Episcopal Church (766 N Main St, Hendersonville, NC 28792).  For this annual service project.  We will once again bag a TON of dried beans and rice to share with our neighbors in need via the Storehouse.   This is a fun, multigenerational event.


Traveling SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT – Per League of Women VOTERS newsletter:  Voices & Votes, Democracy In America

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Be sure to put this fabulous exhibit on your calendar and invite your friends and family members of all ages to attend. Learn more about the exhibit here.