SJOT Update:
All members and friends are welcome to join the efforts of the Social Justice Outreach Team. We currently meet via Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 1:00 pm. Contact Charlotte Corrigan for access link to participate or observe.
Creation Care Alliance Outreach
As mentioned last week, the Social Justice Outreach Team is hosting our first ever virtual Outreach Collection and it will be in support of the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina or CCA. Last November the Congregation voted to make Environmental Justice our focus. Creation Care Alliance promotes the ideals embedded in Environmental Justice and is committed to carrying out related projects.
They are a network of congregations who have united around a moral and spiritual call to preserve the integrity, beauty, and health of the Earth and work to ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
They bring practical and hopeful solutions to congregations in Western North Carolina, and engage hearts and minds through education, service, and advocacy. With limited resources but lots of passion, CCA of WNC has been able to accomplish some amazing things in the past two-and-a-half years: a climate and faith forum, clergy breakfasts, public educational events, and multiple advocacy initiatives, just to name a few.
UUFH entered a covenant partnership several years ago. As a covenant partner, we committed along with CCA to being faithful stewards and agreed to benefit from the resources and network of the Creation Care Alliance.
You can learn more about them at their website: https://creationcarealliance.org/ and you can donate by going to our website uufhnc.org, clicking on Donate at the top righthand corner of the page and specifying Outreach Fund, or by sending a check to UUFH and specifying CCA Collection in the memo line.
Creation Care Alliance needs our financial support even while most events are on hold in these times of Covid-19.
Thank you in advance for your generous gift.