Social Justice News: Youth hunger, VOICES & VOTES

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.

NOVEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION: YOUTH HUNGER

On Sunday, November 3, your UUFH Social Justice Team begins a new Outreach Collection with our collection for Youth Hunger.

Food insecurity has long been a significant issue for many in our community – one now worsened by the spreading hardships and economic disruptions of Helene. Hungry children struggle not just to grow strong healthy bodies but also to learn and develop social skills. In Henderson County, 47% – nearly half – of all children are on the free lunch program at their schools. Many of them do not have access to a hot meal from Friday school lunch until Monday morning school breakfast.

Providing additional nutritious meals and snacks is the goal of both November Collection recipients: our Youth Hunger Collection is split between the Feed the Kids Coalition and the Flat Rock Backpack Program.

UUFH has supported these 2 organizations with donations, leadership, and volunteers from their beginnings over 15 years ago.

You can learn more at these websites: http://feedthekidscoalition.org/ and http://stjohnflatrock.org/backpack-program.

If you’d like to join other UUFH volunteers, see or contact Charlotte Corrigan (FTKC) or Liz Curtis (Backpack).

You can contribute throughout November by specifying Youth Hunger on the memo line of your check. If you choose to donate cash, specify Youth Hunger on the envelope (found in the foyer). The Donate button on our website is also available; select “Outreach Fund” from the menu.

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

NOVEMBER OUTREACH COLLECTION: YOUTH HUNGER (FEED THE KIDS COALITION & FLAT ROCK BACKPACK PROGRAM) – through November 30.
UU JUSTICE NC – News and Friday Action Hour, and more actions
UUSJ Webinar: IMMIGRATION REALITIES, a Post-Election Perspective Tuesday, November 19 @ 8:00pm
Library Exhibit: VOICES & VOTES – a Traveling SMITHSONIAN Exhibit opens December 9, Henderson County Main Library

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!

UUSJ WEBINAR

Immigration Realities, a Post-Election Perspective

Tuesday, November 19 @ 8:00 p.m. ET RSVP: via Zoom

Misinformed assumptions and harmful misconceptions pervade conversations about immigration. They have been rife throughout the election season and will likely influence public opinion and policy for the foreseeable future.

Join us to hear from Ernesto Castañeda, Ph.D, Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, the Immigration Lab, and the Masters in Sociology, Research, and Practice at American University in Washington, DC, on his new book Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions (with Carina Cione Columbia University Press 2024); and to share his perspective on how these issues played in the election and will be profoundly influential moving forward.

[See REGISTRATION LINK in the header above.]

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