Muusja Mailing List: May 13 MUUSJA E-Event Update UU Interfaith Project and Forums on Religion

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MUUSJA E-EVENT UPDATE  MAY 13,  2005 
Metro UU Social Justice Alliance--Bringing together   
UUs to work collectively for social  change. 
This update includes announcements  about: 
A. UU Events  
B. Community Events  
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A. UPCOMING UU EVENTS  
1. 
TUESDAY MAY 17  
7:00  PM 
MEETING, INTERFAITH PROJECT WORKING GROUP MEETING   
Includes discussion of "Draft Statement of Purpose"  (please  
come with comments and suggested language), learnings  from the  
April 30th workshop. 
First  Universalist  Church, Room 206   
FFI: Phyllis Stenerson at info [at] wisethoughts.com.   
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2. 
THURSDAY, MAY 19  
FREE FILM SHOWING “THE CORPORATION” 
White Bear  Lake  UU Church,  328 Maple Street,  Mahtomedi
FFI: Todd Hierlmaier. 952.920.1809

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3. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 10 
7:00 PM 
SPEAKER:  WE’RE WAY THERE: YOUR LIFE WITHOUT OIL… 
Peak Oil  expert Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and 
the  Fate of Industrial Societies will discuss implications of the  dwindling 
oil supply, such as rising gas prices, energy scarcity, and the  potentially 
violent competition for resources, and his vision for adapting  to the 
post-carbon world and the potential silver lining if we do it  right. Rev. Kate 
Tucker 
of First  Universalist  Church  will provide a faith perspective in her  
introduction. 

Good  will donations at the door--$5.00 suggested.  
Sponsored  by UU EcoMinds: Putting Faith in  Environmental Action, a working 
group of MUUSJA.   
FFI:  Marcy at 612.824.3240. 
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B. COMMUNITY EVENTS OF  INTEREST 
1. 
FRIDAY MAY 13   
12 Noon

RALLY TO  FIGHT FOR  GENERAL COLLEGE!

Plaza of McNamara Alumni Center  U of M
200 Oak Street SE, Minneapolis
FFI:  missmunoz [at] netzero.net or  651-428-0658

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2. 
MAY 14   
10:00-11:30  AM

SAVING CHRISTIANITY FROM  EMPIRE 
Coffee Hour Resource Center of the Americas) Saving Christianity from  
Empire. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer will speak and sign copies of his latest  book, 
Saving 
Christianity from Empire. Jack has been deeply involved in  Latin American 
issues for more than 20 years and currently teaches at  the
University of St.  Thomas.

Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha  Ave., Mpls
Cost: $4 ($3 for  members)

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3. 
SATURDAY MAY  14 
10:00 AM to  12 Noon

PEACE TRAIN TO BEIJING (What is BEIJING and Why Should We Care?) Metro Branch 
of Women's  Int'l League for Peace and Freedom invites you to a video on the 
Peace  Train to Beijing journey in 1995 when 230 women (20 from  Minnesota) 
traveled for many days across  Eastern  Europe,  Central  Asia, and  China to 
the UN Conference on Women in  Beijing. Discussion with coffee and snacks will 
follow on  the worldwide movement for women's rights in the 10 years since the  
conference.  
Van Cleve Community Center,  901 15 Av SE Minneapolis
Refreshments, Free, Everyone welcome!
FFI:  Leslie Reindl, chair, 651-633-4410.

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4. 
MAY 18, 21, 23  
FREE SHOWINGS OF FILM: “THE CORPORATION” 
For a balanced film review check out _Daniel McLeod's piece_ 
(http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Dec2004/mcleod1204.html)  from Dec 2004 issue of 
Z-Magazine.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY 18 White Bear Lake Town  Hall 
 
SATURDAY, MAY 21 Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave. S.  Mpls
MONDAY, MAY 23 Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, 2105  First Av. S. 
Mpls

Sponsored by IMPACT…”another world is possible, a  world where people and 
the earth are more valued than profit.”
FFI:  Todd Hierlmaier. 952.920.1809


5. 
MONDAY, MAY 16 
7:00 to 9:00  PM 
WORKSHOP: IS  AMERICA A  HOLY NATION?: THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN  
CIVIL RELIGION. The Reverend Neil Elliott, Chaplain at  the  
University Episcopal Center, will help us identify  American  
civil religion and see how it differs from  Christianity.  
Mayflower Congregational Church 
106 E. Diamond Lake  Road (at Hwy. 35W),  Minneapolis   
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6. 
MONDAY, MAY 16 
8:15 AM to  Noon  
7:15 AM  Regis. and continental bkf  
LIBRARIES & THE PATRIOT ACT: YOUR PRIVACY AT RISK?   
Speakers incl Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) and Chuck  Samuelson  
(ACLU-MN).  
Con’t Education Conference Ctr. U of M  St. Paul Campus   
FFI: www.mnlibraryassociation.org or 651.641.0902   
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7. 
MONDAY, MAY 16  
7:00  PM 
"IS  AMERICA A  "HOLY NATION?: THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN CIVIL RELIGION" with 
Rev Neil  Elliott, Ph.D. Does our culture have  
a religion?   How does it differ from the Christian faith  
tradition?   As "moral values" dominate the news, join us for a   
provocative conversation on civil religion in  America. 
Mayflower Congregational Church, 106 E.   
Diamond Lake  Road (at Hwy 35W) Mpls  
$5.00 at the door 
FFI 952.473.7839  
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8. 
THURSDAY MAY 19  
12 NOON   
PRIVATE GUNS, PUBLIC HEALTH 
Wesminster  Presbyterian  Church Town  Hall  
Forum with David Hemenway, Profess, Health  Policy, 
Harvard  School of Public  Health. 
Nicollet at 12th,  Minneapolis 
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