All members & friends are welcome to join the efforts of the Social Justice Outreach Team
SOCIAL JUSTICE & ALLIES FOR RACIAL EQUITY TEAM MEETINGS
We meet on the first TUESDAY of the month 1:00 to 2:30pm. via ZOOM
Our next meeting is TUES, April 5, 2022
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.
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MIGRANT PROJECT ACTION – DRIVE-THROUGH COLLECTION.
Saturday, March 19, 2-5 pm – UUFH Parking Lot Saturday, March 26, 12:30 pm – Agudus Israel: lunch and gift bagging
This year, Agudas Israel and UUFH will host a joint drive-through event for you to drop off items to be given to migrant workers coming to our community to labor in fields, warehouses, and orchards putting food on our tables.
Contact Anne Backer to volunteer for the drive-through (3/19) and/or Gift bagging (3/26)
If you can’t make it on the 19th to volunteer or drop off items, Anne has alternate drop-off location information.
These items are requested for Gift Bags this year:
- Toothbrushes & toothpaste
- bar soaps
- Neosporin ointment (or generic version)
- Razors
- laundry soap & laundry softener
- ball caps & bandanas (Sherman’s on Main Street in Hendersonville is ordering basic ball caps which are reasonably priced, along with nice cotton large bandanas.)
Saturday, March 26 at 12:30 pm: at Agudas Israel Synagogue (505 Glasgow Ln, Hendersonville).
Each person will bring a brown bag lunch and Agudas will furnish drinks. We will eat first and then pack the Welcome Bags. We will have the bags and the items we collected at our drive- through there and ready to pack. Rabbi Rachel Jackson will join us for a fun day as we get to know each other better.
Any monetary donations can be mailed to True Ridge, 110 Edney Street, Suite A Hendersonville, N. C, 28792 Note: you must designate “For Migrant Workers” on the memo line of the check
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
from Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director UU Justice NC
FRIDAY ACTION HOUR
Every Friday at 11:00am 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.
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MORE Opportunities for Action
Per UPDATES from Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director, UU Justice NC:
8TH PRINCIPLE EVENT FOR NORTH CAROLINA UUs
This spring, UU Justice NC is teaming up with DRUUMM to offer a virtual event for North Carolina UUs interested in learning more about the 8th Principle. We’ll have the incredible opportunity to hear directly from the co-author of the 8th Principle, Paula Cole Jones. We’ll also learn more about the process of adopting the 8th Principle from two lay-leader panelists who have led this work in their own congregations. Register Here!
NOTE: UUFH will have a MOTION on the 8th Principle on the Agenda at our upcoming Annual Meeting. This Zoom event is recommended for all members to study and learn about this important issue.
UKRAINE
Our hearts are heavy this week as we continue to witness the Russian invasion of Ukraine. UU Justice NC wanted to share two statements from our UU leadership about this unfolding situation:
“We Demand An End to the Bloodshed” UU Service Committee Responds to Vladimir Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine – Putin’s aggression will certainly lead to human rights violations. Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, UUSC President and CEO.
(At the bottom of the statement are links to various ways to help the people of Ukraine.)
POSTCARDS PROGRESS REPORT:
A new postcard campaign to encourage and empower voter registration in Union County, NC (southeast of Charlotte) is underway. All 40 kits (1000 postcards) have been claimed by members and are in process or have been mailed to recipients. Great work by 27 Justice Worker volunteers!
CLIMATE JUSTICE CONGREGATIONAL PROJECT
In the remaining months for this Project, we’ll add a new emphasis on the 8th principle and climate justice through webinars and workshops, recognizing that Racial Justice and Climate Justice are inseparably linked.
The proposed 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.”
Events specific to the 8th principle are coming soon including the JUUSTICE FORUM on March 28; a UU Justice NC – DRUUMM joint sponsorship of Zoom presentation with Paula Cole Jones, a co-author of the 8th principle, on April 3 at 8:00 PM; and a special service on May 1st.
For more information about the 8th Principle, see this UUA site The 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism
The 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?
Other resources can be found on the UUA website and in the UUFH Justice Workers NEWS.
REV. FRED SMALL WORKSHOP
Don’t miss our workshop from Rev. Fred Small, “GIVE LIGHT: SPIRITUAL SUPPORT for CLIMATE ACTIVISM”, on April 9, 10:00 am-12:45 pm
“As we come to understand the gravity of climate disruption, it’s easy to become disheartened. How to maintain equanimity and compassion for ourselves and others while sustaining effective activism? In this interactive workshop, welcoming all faith traditions and spiritual orientations, Rev. Fred Small will invite us into guided meditation, reflection, conversation, and song, fortifying our spirits and deepening our resolve in the struggle for climate justice.”
Contact Charlotte Corrigan to register for the workshop. Spaces are limited so you’ll want to sign up right away. We are allocating some spaces to attendees from the community and to other UU congregations in NC.
Rev. Small will also lead our service on April 10.
For more information about Rev. Small, see his website: revfredsmall.com
The more that we work together, the greater impact we have.