Justice is what love looks like in public.
SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM (SJT)
Our next SJT monthly meeting will be November 13 (Wednesday) at 11:30 AM and will be an online meeting.
Notes:
- Many UUFH & SJT members will be busy on Election Day, November 5 – which would be our normal meeting date – working as poll workers, protectors and carrying out other actions – thus the atypical date/time.
- Those attending the Mountain Retreat will have an opportunity to participate in a Social Justice Meeting with participating team members – see retreat schedule for date/time.
- Our October 1 meeting, of course, was cancelled due to Hurricane Helene!
In December, we’ll be back to our regular schedule: 6:30 pm on the First Tuesday.
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 meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2023-2024
Join Social Justice Team (SJT)
We meet the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30 -8pm.
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.
SEPTEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION:
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION initiative funding
UUFH committed to sending 3,000 postcards to NC voters. These have been divided into 100 kits/30 cards each. Not even a hurricane could stop our efforts. Our thanks to all those who completed their kits and submitted them for mailing or even mailed them in the days after Helene struck.
Collection OUTCOME:
You generously gave a total of $942.13 towards our expenses for the postcards project. Thank you for this generosity and all your efforts towards completing various Democracy in Action tasks.
GS2030 (GREEN SANCTUARY RENEWAL) is included in our SJT meetings per the Fellowship’s approval of our UUFH Congregational Project for 2024-2025.
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Another casualty of the hurricane was our Climate Justice Revival; both the workshop and the Sunday service are to be rescheduled – most likely to sometime after the new year.
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Contact Charlotte Corrigan to join the email list.
link to the current edition: JW NEWS
This week’s highlights: details are in the text!
- OUTREACH COLLECTION – September: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION funding results
- Climate Justice REVIVAL – workshop and service to be rescheduled
- UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour, and more actions
- UU the Vote:
- UUFH Democracy in Action Plan updates
- Detailed EARLY VOTING links & information, resources for candidate information, non-partisan endorsements, etc.
UU JUSTICE NC
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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
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!
UUFH has a strong history of involvement in the UU the Vote Campaigns in 2020 and 2022. This requires many hands – not just those of the SJ Team. members.
We have 2 new SJT volunteers, Richard Lottenberg and Elizabeth Ritchie, who are working with guidance from Kitten Bulen to spearhead UUFH efforts for 2024.
As Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, UU Justice NC, reminded us: “It is time to go deeper. For most of us, postcarding should only be the appetizer before the meal. This year our moral legacy is on the line. And if we can go further than postcarding, we have a moral responsibility to do so.”
UUFH: OUR UU THE VOTE PLAN FOR 2024 — UUFH Democracy in Action
We launched our UUFH Democracy in Action Plan on May 26. Our Plan sets out a course of actions from now until the General Election with lots of options and actions to choose from beyond Postcards.
Every time you complete an action, fill out a report slip UUFH ACTION REPORT.docx FINAL.4 docx (1).docx and drop it in the box in the lobby. Additional Democracy in Action Plan copies and report slips are in the lobby
Our goal is 300 actions by November 5.
Contact a DIA team leader (Elizabeth, Richard or Kitten) for information on current action items.