FUSsa-alert Mailing List: First FUS Social Action alert

[Becca Brackett (ecbrackett]

This is the first FUS Social Action alert/announcements.
                                                                                                 
Upcoming events:
                                                                                                 
Saturday November 19, 2005
 9:00 AM  -  4:00 PM     Open Elections Debate & Forum
 Includes Video "Secret Ballot" about USA Electoral system
 Contact: MaryAnn Lundquist  Location: FUS Lower Assembly Hall
                                                                                                 
Sunday November 20, 2005
 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM    Environmental Committee
 Contact: Jay Shahidi     Location: FUS Heritage Room
                                                                                                 
Sunday December  4, 2005 Next FUS Social Action meeting
 (replaces 4th Sunday meetings for November AND December)
  Decisions on disbursement of funds are expected to be
  made at this meeting
                                                                                                 
Sunday December 11, 2005 Congregational Meeting
 at about 11:45 after service to vote on two resolutions:
 1) That torture by US personnel ... be banned
 2) We oppose any amendment to the Minnesota Constiturion that
    prohibits marriage, civil unions and/or other legal
    protections for same sex couples.

Link to The Oct 30, 2005 FUS  Social Action Committee Minutes can be
viewed at: http://lists.muusja.org/archives/fussa-talk/msg00046.html
                                                                                                 
They include:
2) TREASURER'S REPORT  - Madalyn
3) ANNOUNCEMENTS
4) OLD BUSINESS
5) MUUSJA UPDATE  - Jo (who is Muusja co-chair)
6) SERVICE PRIORITIES
7) SAC EDUCATION & SUPPORT. Supporting FUS individuals active in Social
8) SOCIAL CHANGE WORK - brainstorming about FUS connections to N Mpls:
                                                                                                 
Some links to Social Action related web sites:
FUS  http://www.firstunitariansociety.org/
FUSsa-talk archives where you can browse more social action discussion:
    http://lists.muusja.org/archives/FUSsa-talk
MUUSJA Metro UU Social Justice Alliance  http://muusja.org
Prairie Star District UU  http://www.unitarian.org/pstar
UUSC http://www.uusc.org/
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers http://www.mapm.org