All members & friends are welcome to join the efforts of the Social Justice Outreach Team
Social Justice and ARE Teams are now meeting in joint session. The sessions at 1 pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Due to rising Covid-19 counts, we are returning to the ZOOM only virtual format.
All are welcome to attend; these meetings are your chance to provide input and contribute to our UUFH justice efforts. Contact Charlotte Corrigan for more information – i.e., agenda, prior minutes, Zoom link – if you would like to participate.
ARE updates and news can be sent to Charlotte Corrigan for inclusion in emails, eBlasts and Justice Worker News.
The monthly RACIAL JUSTICE FORUM series will resume in the fall.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
from Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director UU Justice NC
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 us via this Zoom link. If you can’t make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time – just check our Weekly action list.
Action(s) of the Week –
Call your State Elected Officials about the HOPE Program.
Call your State Elected Officials about the HOPE Program.
As of August 26, there is no longer a CDC or state eviction moratorium in effect so evictions have begun again.
The Hope Program is the way that Federal money, through the Recovery Act, is being distributed in North Carolina for rent and utilities assistance. The fact that only a fraction of the $85 Million has been distributed reflects a lack of knowledge that the program exists and how to access it. This week we’re calling our NC Rep & Senator to ask them what they are doing to promote the Hope Program. Click Here to Take Action!
CLIMATE JUSTICE CONGREGATIONAL PROJECT
Having received UUFH approval to continue with this vital project, we can now move forward with some on-hold activities and seek new opportunities for congregational education and action, including use of UUA/& UU Justice NC resources, and continuing UUtheVote advocacy, with a focus on fair redistricting and voter rights.
We’ll add a new emphasis on the 8th principle per a separate congregational vote held at our Annual Meeting.
The 8th Principle states: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
You are invited to the following UU event:
ARE September Community Caucus: discussions of the 8th Principle
When: 09/18/2021 4:00 PM, EDT
Where: Zoom meeting
Will you be attending?
9/6 update: APPARENTLY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL, BUT there is a WAITLIST at https://www.uuare.org/event. Erase whatever e-mail address is in the box and enter your e-mail to start the process…
EVENT DETAILS:
We invite White Unitarian Universalists to join the upcoming virtual regional caucus sessions on September 18th at 4 pm to 6:30 pm Eastern. This year’s caucuses will focus on discussions of the 8th Principle. The caucuses are intended to nourish anti-racist community; to inspire attendees with a sense of parallel connectedness to DRUUMM (Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries); and engage deeply in reflection and analysis for sustainable anti-racist work.
DRUUMM is a Unitarian Universalist BIPOC ministry and anti-racist collective bringing lay and religious professionals together to overcome racism through resistance and transform Unitarian Universalism through our multicultural experiences. ARE’s Community Caucuses are being held concurrent with the Fall 2021 DRUUMM Regional BIPOC Caucuses.
NAACP MEMBERSHIP – Henderson County Chapter
A message from Judy Bonner, UUFH SJ Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) leader:
I urgently invite you to join our local chapter of NAACP. It is vital to support our chapter especially at this time. I thank you in advance for your membership.
An Application Form is available from Charlotte Corrigan or Judy Bonner Please complete the membership form and mail with your payment of $30 to:
NAACP 318 N. Main Street Suite #11 Hendersonville NC 28792 Our local unit number is 5477
Check this website to learn about the NAACP mission and vision. https://naacp.org/about/mission-vision
Henderson County COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING – SURVEY
Henderson County is starting comprehensive planning. This is an important opportunity for you to have a voice in how our county grows and develops to meet the challenges of climate change, a growing population, and increased pressures on our built and natural environments.
This link is MountainTrue’s guide, information about the survey:
LWV NEWS for CITY of HENDERSONVILLE voters:
Important Dates for the Municipal Primary Election (only candidates for the Hendersonville City Council will be on this ballot):
September 16 – One Stop Early Voting begins. Vote at the Board of Elections OCTOBER 5 – PRIMARY ELECTION DAY at your designated polling location VOTE411 will be available on September 16 with responses from the candidates for the Hendersonville City Council.
Note: other County municipalities do not have contested primary races so they only vote in the November 2 General Election.
UU Service Committee — HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS
Please help UUSC get resources to grassroots groups in Haiti by making a gift to our Emergency Response Fund today.
09-14 update from UUSC:
UUSC is deeply grateful to our members and supporters who have contributed to our Emergency Fund in the wake of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern parts of Haiti last month, followed by tropical storm Grace.
In response, we have been listening to local Haitian groups, including UUSC’s former Haiti-based partners, about the most urgent needs on the ground and how to best deliver relief to those affected who are left out of traditional aid responses.
Your generosity will enable UUSC to provide immediate humanitarian support to peasant farming communities whose homes and livelihoods have been completely devastated and who are unseen and unserved by current humanitarian responses. Additional funding will be directed to long-term recovery work, which could encompass ensuring more equitable access to rebuilding resources and supporting community-led advocacy efforts to defend the human rights of internally displaced people and refugees.
The international community must not move on simply because the news cycle has moved on. While urgent humanitarian assistance is needed now to sustain people affected by the earthquake, long-term support is also needed to rebuild what was destroyed, achieve political autonomy, bolster grassroots movements for change, and restore ecological biodiversity.
Wherever we respond to a crisis, UUSC’s disaster justice approach calls on us to establish deep, long-term relationships with partners in the region to ensure we are providing the support communities themselves ask for, not the support we think they need.
Thank you for your steadfast commitment to the people of Haiti.
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.