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For Social Action Chairs: Helping our Communities in Tough Times

01/07/2009 - 7:00pm
01/07/2009 - 8:30pm
Location:
Conference Call - 1.218.486.1300 pin #541300

Agenda:

Opening Words
How do we support our Social Action work?
- Organizational models
- Finding the spirituality in our work
- Sharing resources
Next steps
Schedule next call

Elaine - Wellesley
Deborah - Waltham
Gil - Intern for UU Mass Action and Mass Bay District
Paul - Worcester
Gerri - Franklin
Jean - Brookline
Lynn - Newton
Deb - Belmont

Social Action Youth Con

12/12/2008 - 5:00pm
12/14/2008 - 12:00pm
Location:
UU Church of Reading
Sponsoring Congregation:
UU Church of Reading

Friday evening to Sunday noon
Cost: Sliding Scale: $10 to $20

SAC is finally here! Social Action CON is hands down one of our most exciting CONferences. SAC is a "working CON" which means that our workshops will be focused on specific topics that relate to social action. SAC is a great way to learn more about issues and also how to get social action projects going in your youth group!

Awesome workshops will include topics such as:

* Prison Industrial Complex
* The City School: homelessness
* Anti-Racism / Anti-Oppression

Question #1 Meeting

10/29/2008 - 7:37pm
10/29/2008 - 9:37pm
Location:
First Congregational Church 121 W. Foster Street, Melrose.
Sponsoring Congregation:
Mass Advocates for Arts and Humanities

November 4th Election Day is rapidly approaching

School Smarts, a non-partisan, volunteer community arts/education advocacy group, urges you to get out and VOTE next Tuesday!

While we are all focused on this very important national election, be sure to find out about Question #1 on the Massachusetts ballot.

Question #1 is legally binding legislation to repeal the state's income tax. If passed, this will go into effect within two months and lead to a cut of $12 billion, 40% of the state's operating budget.

Sacred Struggle: The Living Legacy of Unitarian and Universalist Social Justice

11/15/2008 - 2:00pm
11/15/2008 - 4:00pm
Location:
Sacred Struggle: The Living Legacy of Unitarian and Universalist Social Justice
Sponsoring Congregation:
UUUM

UUUM Special Fall Event!
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Location: UU Urban Ministry at First Church in Roxbury

The UU Urban Ministry
Cordially Invites you to a
Jack Mendelsohn Forum special event

Sacred Struggle: The Living Legacy of Unitarian
and Universalist Social Justice

Presented by Harvard Divinity School Senior Lecturer Dan McKanan

Immigration Info Night: Welcoming Massachusetts

11/13/2008 - 7:30pm
11/13/2008 - 10:00pm
Location:
Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading
Sponsoring Congregation:
Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading

Anthony Zuba from the Massachusetts Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice will speak on the Welcoming Massachusetts Program.
Followed by a Q&A session.

Songfest and "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" Screening

10/19/2008 - 5:00pm
10/19/2008 - 7:30pm
Location:
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
Sponsoring Congregation:
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist

Event: Songfest and "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" Screening
What: Performance
Host: The Jamaica Plain Forum
Start Time: Sunday, October 19 at 5:00pm
End Time: Sunday, October 19 at 7:30pm
Where: First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=53177389936

Looking at Immigration Through the Lens of Faith

10/20/2008 - 7:00pm
10/20/2008 - 9:00pm
Location:
MORSE INSTITUTE LIBRARY, NATICK, MA

> Illegal Immigrants? Undocumented Workers?
> Or our Neighbors?
> “Looking at Immigration
> Through the Lens of Faith”
> A program presented by Pax Christi Metrowest
> MORSE INSTITUTE LIBRARY, NATICK, MA
> (Parking behind Police & Fire Stations, E. Central St., Rte. 135)
> Monday, October 20, 2008, 7-9 pm
> Speaker: Patty Kupfer of America's Voice
> ALL ARE WELCOME
>
> *Ms. Kupfer is the Manager of Partnerships at America's Voice, where she supports religious leaders and organizations in building the power needed to pass fair and humane immigration reform.

Call to Action: We Call for a Moratorium of ICE Raids

10/01/2008 - 5:00pm
10/01/2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
Boston City Plaza (by the Government Center T Stop)
Sponsoring Congregation:
Arlington St. Church

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE

A Call for Allies of Immigrants:
We Must Expose and Oppose Detention of Immigrants

Raids, Detentions and Deportations:

Grassroots Community Cookout and Justice Fair

10/12/2008 - 2:00pm
10/12/2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
First Parish in Malden
Sponsoring Congregation:
First Parish in Malden

Grassroots Community Cookout and Justice Fair, Oct. 12, gathers local human service, advocacy, and community organizing groups

Malden-area community organizations are gathering for a Grassroots Community Cookout and Justice Fair on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 2 - 6 p.m. at the First Parish in Malden, Universalist. Children and families are welcome, and the free event will take place rain or shine.

Witness for Justice - Immigration Allies Oppose Detention

10/01/2008 - 5:00pm
10/01/2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
Boston City Plaza (by the Government Center T Stop)
Sponsoring Congregation:
Arlington Street Church

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE

A Call for Allies of Immigrants:
We Must Expose and Oppose Detention of Immigrants

WHEN: Wednesday, October 1st, 5pm-6pm
WHERE: at Boston City Plaza (by the Government Center T Stop).
This location is near the JFK Building – home of the immigration court.
 
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