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 s 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 –
FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT
Tell our US Senators: We want the Freedom To Vote Act
The FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT includes the most important parts of the FOR THE PEOPLE ACT, including ending partisan gerrymandering and protecting the right to vote for millions of Americans. It has the full support of Senator Manchin, the key senator needed to pass it. Click here to write to our Senators.
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.”
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:
NOTE: UUFH Justice Worker NEWS also has more detailed information from Mountain True. ( if you wish to be added to the newsletter, contact Charlotte Corrigan hcorrigan@nullmsn.com )
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
LWV NEWS for CITY of HENDERSONVILLE voters
OCTOBER 5 – PRIMARY ELECTION DAY at your designated polling location for the Municipal Primary Election (only candidates for the Hendersonville City Council will be on this ballot)
VOTE411 became 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.