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.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. 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.
Special UU Justice NC Friday Action Hour
Friday October 15 at 11:00am, as part of Green Faith’s Faiths for Climate Justice Global Days of Action. We’ll be calling on President Biden to halt permits for fossil fuel infrastructure AND on Governor Cooper about HB951 and his recent agreement with Duke Energy. You can join via this Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91029655107
Action(s) of the Week –
Any day now, the NC General Assembly will send their budget to the Governor’s desk. Our faith calls us to join others across the state in telling Governor Cooper to Fight for Medicaid Expansion and the Leandro Plan in state budget negotiations. Click here to take action!
We are anxiously waiting for the NC General Assembly to bring their state budget to the Governor. The budget drafts we’ve seen so far don’t include Medicaid Expansion, but they do include the elimination of the corporate income tax. At the same time as the General Assembly is saying “We can’t afford to give people healthcare”, they’re also saying “We have too much money in the bank, and we need to give corporations a break.” The budget drafts also have failed to fully fund the Leandro Plan — the court-ordered Comprehensive Remedial Plan to ensure that NC meets the minimum standards for a sound basic education for our youth.
UU Justice NC ANNUAL GATHERING
Mark your calendars for UU Justice NC’s Annual Gathering on Sunday, October 24, from 4:00 – 6:00pm.The Gathering will be Virtual via Zoom.
This year’s theme is “The Power of Story”. In addition to celebrating our work in 2021, we’ll also reflect on the history of our young organization and the part we each play in the unfolding story of UU Justice NC.
Our keynote speaker will be Susan Leslie, from the UUA’s Side with Love Organizing and Strategy Team! Susan will reflect on her 30-year career working for justice at the UUA and the evolution of our denomination’s justice work since the early 90s.
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.”
For more information about the 8th Principle, see 8thprincipleuu.org/background. This UUA site is organized by responses to these key questions:
what is the origin?
why now?
why single out racism?
what is beloved community”
what does it mean to be accountable?
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 )
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – Henderson County
Per the Board of Elections website
One-stop EARLY VOTING for the General Election (Board of Elections Office 75 E. Central St., Hendersonville ONLY): October 14 – October 29 (8:30am – 5:00pm) and October 30th (8:00am – 3:00pm)
ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST DEADLINE for General Election: October 26 (5:00 pm)
ELECTION DAY – Municipal General election: November 2 (6:30am – 7:30pm)
Specific information on voting locations, candidates (sample ballots), absentee ballot information, etc., is available on the Board’s website. Similar Information can be found on the websites for other counties.
FYI, information about this election can also be found through the YOU CAN VOTE website and the League of Women Voters’ site, vote411.org.
ANOTHER CHANCE: PISGAH LEGAL 11th ANNUAL JUSTICE FORUM
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha – Pediatrician • Scientist • Activist Hear her first-hand account of exposing the Flint Water Crisis and her ongoing efforts for health and racial equity.
Please enjoy this recording of the Justice Forum in case you want to re-watch or or could not attend the 10-07 event.Per PISGAH’s agreement with the speaker’s bureau, the recording will only be available until October 22, 2021. |
“I am driven, and I know you are driven by the words of one of my heroes, Frederick Douglas who said: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” And we are determined to create the conditions that build strong children rather than continue to rely on our children to overcome preventable adversity after adversity.” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, from Pisgah Legal’s Justice Forum. |
Watch a recording of the Justice Forum with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha |
Follow Dr. Mona on Twitter and Facebook Buy a copy of her book, What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and Hope in an American City. You can order it from Asheville independent bookseller, Malaprop’s or from Dr. Mona’s website at www.monahannaattisha.com. Stay up to date on her articles and advocacy on her website. Watch her TED Talk Flint’s fight for America’s children and various talks and interviews here. |
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.