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 (Dec 1) of each month, via ZOOM
The Team is considering EVENING ZOOM MEETINGS beginning in January.
If evening sessions would enable you to participate, team members would like your FEEDBACK for day of the week and time preferences.
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.
JUSTICE SUNDAY – Youth Hunger
At the UUFH service on November 7, we held our first OUTREACH COLLECTION of the year which featured 2 guest speakers – Kay Thomas of FEED the KIDS Coalition and Debby Staton of Backpack.
Food insecurity is experienced by 1 in 5 children in Henderson County.
Collection donations may be made through November 30 (by check or on the UUFH website).
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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 Keeping the pressure on our elected officials to better promote the HOPE program. 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.
ONGOING e-mail sign up
You can now sign up to receive UU Justice NC’s NEW Friday Action Hour Weekly E-mail that will include a promo of the week’s actions, the Zoom link, and the link to our Actions Google Doc. Click Here to Sign Up!
Special “Day of Gratitude” Action Hour – Friday, November 19 at 11:00am.
Join UU Justice NC and UUs across the state for this Zoom gathering. We’ll be sending messages of gratitude to those in our lives who are creating a more loving and just world. We’ll also be using the Indigenous Solidarity Network‘s Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit to gain tools to help us center our values this Thanksgiving. The Zoom link is: https://zoom.us/j/91029655107.
Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit
Developed by the Indigenous Solidarity Network. This toolkit was primarily developed to help white people discuss Thanksgiving with family, friends, and communities, but many of the resources may be helpful to people of other racial identities as well as multi-racial communities. Content includes practicing land acknowledgements, reflecting on settler privilege, and learning more about the foundational myths behind Thanksgiving.
REDISTRICTING MAPS UPDATE
NC Legislative and US Congressional district maps were approved by the legislature – over the protests of minority Democrats and under the shadow of guaranteed legal challenges.The nonpartisan Princeton Gerrymandering Project has rated all three maps with an “F” grade.
Lawsuits are already underway against these gerrymandered maps. UU Justice NC will be keeping us informed of news and actions seeking fair maps.
State of Education in Henderson County
per League of women Voters – Henderson County announcement December 7, 5:00-6:00pm Kaplan Auditorium – Hendersonville Main Library HCPS Superintendent Dr. John Bryant will speak on the state of pre-K-12 public education in Henderson County.
No registration needed; open to the public. Please come and bring friends.
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?
See the NOVEMBER UUMFE Newsletter at this web address.
https://api.neonemails.com/emails/content/ol1shI9F9UBw0GVvVtLW6HoPTCS0eOn_IbVW2rsbe5Y=
contact Judy Bonner.
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:
Complete County Survey HERE.
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.