Muusja Mailing List: July 17 E-Event Update

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MUUSJA  E-EVENT UPDATE JULY  17, 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. 
MORAL  VALUES FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY­­--
How  might the moral and ethical grounding of Unitarian Universalism be given 
 greater voice in the public square?  
This  is the UUA’S new Study Action Issue (SAI) and it fits well with 
MUUSJA’
s  newest Working Group on Worldview and Issue Framing, chaired by First  
Universalist member, Phyllis Stenerson. Our goal is for UUs to effectively  
communicate the issues we care about to decision makers, candidates, and  the 
public. Contact Phyllis for more information at _info [at] wisethoughts.com_ 
(mailto:info [at] wisethoughts.com) . Learn more  about the SAI at UUA’s 
website: 
_http://www.uua.org/ga/ga05/SAI_2005.html_ 
(http://www.uua.org/ga/ga05/SAI_2005.html) . 
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2.   
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005 
9:00  AM to 12 Noon   
MUUSJA  encourages UUs to consider mobilizing voters for the 2005-2006 
election!  One of our key partners in our successful 2004 Metro UU Voter 
Registration  Campaign was the MN Participation Project. MPP is sponsoring a 
kick off  
workshop to help folks get ready. We encourage you to  attend! 
MPP  KICK-OFF MINI-CONFERENCE: NONPROFIT CAPACITY  BUILDING  FOR VOTER 
PARTICIPATION IN ’05 AND ‘06!    
Includes  the chance to assess your organization’s capacity for election 
activities  in ’05 and ’06, participate in mini-trainings on voter 
registration 
and  voter education, and receive updated info on changes to MN election  law.  
Carondelet  Center.  1890  Randolph Avenue,  St.  Paul 
FFI:  _www.mncn.org/mpp_ (http://www.mncn.org/mpp) .   
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B. COMMUNITY EVENTS OF INTEREST 
1.   
MONDAY,  JULY 18
9:00  AM to 11:00 AM 
MINNESOTA  GOVT SHUTDOWN & ELECTION REFORM
Wendy Wilde Show. AM 950 Air  America Minnesota Radio

FFI: www.wendywilde.com 

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2. 
EVERY  MONDAY  
11:00  AM   
CONVERSATIONS  WITH AL MCFARLANE (PUBLISHER OF INSIGHT NEWS, an
African-American  weekly newspaper). Topic on August 8th is Homeownership and 
 Wealth Creation--Changing the Face of Minnesota Initiative.

KFAI  Radio, 90.3 FM Mpls, 106.7 FM, St.  Paul   
FFI:  www/kfai.org

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3.   
MONDAY,  JULY 18 
6:30-7:45  PM   
Free 
3RD  MONDAY MOVIES: "THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON  TERROR" 
"The  Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror," a 93 minute documentary narrated 
by  Edward Asner, looks at both the human cost and the greater geostrategic  
picture of George Bush's "war on terror". Includes original footage shot  on 
location. Discussion follows. 
St  Joan of Arc  Church 
Upper  Room Parish House 
4537  Third Avenue South,  Minneapolis 
Parking  is close, free, and easy.  
FFI:  Call the WAMM office at 612-827-5364 
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4.   
THURSDAY,  JULY 21 
7:00  PM   
FULL  MOON TOUR AROUND THE HISTORIC COLDWATER SPRING AREA.  Learn about  
historic Coldwater – some of the legends and stories and what is happening  
today. 
 Henry Feldseth, guide.  
Meet  at south end of Minnehaha  Park  in the pay parking lot off of East  
54th St,  Minneapolis. 
FFI   _www.friendsofcoldwater.org_ (http://www.friendsofcoldwater.org/)     
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5. 
SATURDAY,  JULY 23 
9:00  AM to 4:30 PM 
REFUSING  TO FIGHT: WORKSHOP FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR COUNSELING. Special 
Focus  for Educators.  
Workshop  will cover these topics: claiming CO status, the possibility of a 
draft,  Delayed Entry Program, current Selective Service Act, proposed 
Universal  Service Act, and much more. Registration  limited to first 50.  
Experienced 
instructors are John Martinson of  American Friends Service Committee and Don 
Olson who has spent 3 decades  as a military and draft counselor. Sponsored 
by Every Church a  Peace  Church,  Veterans for Peace, and WAMM. 
Holy  Trinity  Lutheran  Church 
28th  Ave (between Lake  St.  and 31st  St.),  Minneapolis 
$25.00  includes materials, morning coffee and afternoon  snack. 
FFI:  612-721-6908 or 952-473-7839. 
 

6. 
WEDNESAY,  JULY 27  
8  to 10:00  AM 
SUPPORT  FOR AFRICANS IN MINNESOTA  with Elizabeth Namarra and Ephraim Olani 
of Sub-Saharan African Youth and  Family Services  
St.  Martin’s  Table, Minneapolis   
FFI:  _www.justview.org_ (http://www.justview.org/)  _cmasters [at] 
bitstream.net_ 
(mailto:cmasters [at] bitstream.net)    
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7. 
SATURDAY,  JULY 30 
7:00  PM 
"COURAGE  TO CHANGE" with speaker, Lila Lipscomb from Michael Moore's 
"Fahrenheit  911." Lila, the Flint,  Michigan  mom whose son Michael was killed 
in  
Iraq,  moved audiences with her poignant and powerful comments about war and  
loss.  
Black  Dog Café 
308  Prince Street  (4th and Broadway, Lowertown), St.  Paul.   
Good  will donations. 
FFI:  The Black Dog Café at 651-228-9274. 
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UUs  JOIN CYBER-MARCH AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING  
UUA  president, Rev. Bill Sinkford, who has signed on, says:   
"I join this Cybermarch Against  Global Warming, and  
encourage  other Unitarian Universalists to do so, because  
it  is an act of faith to speak out on behalf of our earth. For   
hundreds  of years, our theology has been radically  
incarnational--  we do not understand the Holy to be  
separate  from this life, on this planet, made manifest in  
concrete  acts of caring for one another in our mutual  
vulnerability.  As we sing out praises for the beauty of the  
earth,  we also sing out commitment to protect that beauty."   
Add  your signature under Rev. Sinkford's name at  
www.stopglobalwarming.org.  Signal to our political leaders  
and  the UUA Board of Trustees the depth of our concern for   
Earth  and for the threat of global warming.   
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