All members & friends are welcome to join the efforts of the Social Justice Outreach Team
The next Social Justice Outreach Team meeting is Wednesday, April 7 at 1:00 pm. All are welcome to attend; contact Charlotte Corrigan for more information and the virtual link if you would like to participate.
OUTREACH COLLECTION: Dream Scholarships
The results are in for the recently concluded Dream Scholarship Outreach Collection. Thanks to your generous donations, we raised $4444. Of this, $3999.60 will go to the Community Foundation Dream Scholarships Fund and $444.40 to the SJOT Fund (10% holdback). Your contributions will make a difference in the lives of the scholarship recipients and beyond. Thank you.
UUJMNC: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
Action(s) of the Week –
from Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of NC
Speak out against Anti-Trans Bill HB 358. This bill in the state legislature would ban transgender women from competing on women’s athletic teams at public schools and universities. Call your State Representative and tell them that all young people in NC deserve the opportunity to experience the benefits of playing sports. Click here for talking points.
and
UU Community Safety Conversation, April 7th, from 8:00 – 9:30. Join UUs from across the country in a conversation to deepen our understanding of the call to defund the police and invest in communities. Register here
FRIDAY ACTION HOUR
Join UU Forward Together every Friday at 11:00am for Friday Action Hour. Gather in community to recap the week and take action on issues impacting our state and country. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91029655107
MORAL MONDAYS – Poor People’s Campaign
Join the Poor People’s Campaign every Monday at 3:00 during the first 100 days of Biden’s Presidency. Each week’s National Moral Monday virtual event focuses on one of the movement’s 14 Policy Priorities to Heal the Nation. Watch the Livestream here.
Migrant Worker Gift Bags
“If you ate today, thank a migrant worker.”
Soon many migrant workers will arrive here in Henderson County. They will be coming in trucks and vans, weary from previous work and the long trip, carrying their possessions in a plastic bag. At this point, receiving a small gift with a welcome card showing they are not looked upon with contempt or dismissed is enough to put a smile on their weary faces. Heart of Hendersonville Immigration Task Force is coordinating a “Let’s Get Started” drive to provide some key necessities.
For more information contact Anne Backer, Heart of Hendersonville Immigration Task Force and member UUFH Social Justice Outreach Team (acbacker@nullcopper.net or 828 697 0641).