Muusja Mailing List: E EVENT UPDATE AUG 5, '05

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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 RELATED EVENTS  
1. 
FRIDAY,  SATURDAY AUGUST  5, 6

Monica  Williams, UU Social Action Chair at MN Valley UU Fellowship and MAP  
member, will be attending the August 6th event at  7:30  AM  and probably the 
evening event too. She’d loved to meet you there! She’s  also interested in 
viewing the A  Bomb Photo Exhibit at St.  Paul  City  Hall  from Aug 25-Sept 
15th. Contact Monica at magpie04 [at] mn.rr.com to find out  more and to 
coordinate 
carpool arrangements.  
 
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FRIDAY  at 6:00  PM 
HIROSHIMA  NAGASAKI  60TH ANNIVERSARY TIME OF REMEMBRANCE ‘05 
Commemorative  Tea Ceremony with Karen and Jack Sontag-Sattel. This will be 
held  simultaneously with a ceremony in Hiroshima,  Japan,  at the exact time 
of the atomic bomb explosion at 8:15  a.m.,  August  6, 1945.
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SATURDAY  ALL DAY 
7:30  a.m.  Peace Crane Ceremony with Ritual by Steve Heitzig 9:00  a.m.  
Unveiling of Spirit of Peace boulders.  
The  Legend of Sadako Crane-folding. Japanese children's songs.
All day  Vigil with action alerts. Crane-folding
7:30  p.m.  Peace Concert at Bandshell. Music, poetry, dance.

The  Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee  offers these events to the 
community as a time for reflection on the past  and hope for the future through 
action in the present. It calls for the  total abolition of nuclear weapons 
throughout the world as one measure of  ensuring a just and lasting peace. 
All  events at Peace  Garden,  across the road from the Rose Garden, on the 
northeast shore of  Lake  Harriet,  Minneapolis.  
FFI: JoAnn Blatchley, email _jab229 [at] cs.com_ (mailto:jab229 [at] cs.com)  
or call  
952.922.0308 


2.  
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. WE’RE HOSTING A SPECIAL WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER with the area’s  best 
expert! 
Watch for details. Contact Phyllis for 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) . 
 

3.  UUs JOIN CYBER-MARCH AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING (see  below) 
 

B.  COMMUNITY EVENTS OF INTEREST 
1.   
FRIDAY,  AUGUST 5 
THE  SHADOW PROJECT: INTERNATIONAL ANTI-NUKE ART PROJECT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR... 
 the eve of Hiroshima Day, people all over the world, will make chalk  
shadows on the streets/sidewalks of our cities, remembering the human  shadows 
burnt 
into the streets of Hiroshima  by nuclear bombs. WAMM encourages 
participation in this political art  project, by the people, for the world.  
FFI:  WAMM office at 612-827-5364 or visit  www.shadowprojecthome.org.

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2. 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST  10 
5:30  PM   
CODE  FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY C4CR GATHERING   
Includes  potluck, stuffing our newsletter and, time permitting, hearing 
updates  from our sub groups. VISITORS  ARE WELCOME. 
2112  Emerson Avenue South #3,  Minneapolis. 
FFI:  _http://www.c4cr.org/nextmeeting.html_ 
(http://www.c4cr.org/nextmeeting.html)   or  
_http://www.c4cr.org_ (http://www.c4cr.org/)  
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3. 
AUGUST  11-14 
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY  GARDENING CONFERENCE. 
Join community gardeners and  activists from around the world.   
Includes a film festival,  silent auction, kayaking down the  Mississippi, 
and eclectic  tours of gardening & green sites throughout the  Twin Cities, 
plus 
over 50 workshops about sustainable development, urban  livability, urban 
farming, gardening 'how-to's, youth leadership and  more. 
Cost: $25 Local Gardener  Special for gardeners who live within 50 miles of 
the Twin Cities. Fee  covers one workshop, ACGA membership, film festival and 
keynote speech by  UU MARK RITCHIE! Local Gardeners may also attend individual 
events by  registering a la carte for other workshops, meals, dinner and 
silent  auction, and local tours. 
FFI: _www.communitygarden.org_ (http://www.communitygarden.org/)  or  Corrie 
Zoll at czoll [at] greeninstitute.org or  612-278-7119. 
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4. 
AUGUST  12-14 
Friday  6:00  pm to 9:00 pm  
Saturday  9:00  am to 9:00 pm  
Sunday  12:00  pm to 6:00 pm

ALTERNATIVES  TO VIOLENCE PROJECT -- BASIC COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Learn  more about peacemaking and conflict outcome in an Alternatives to 
Violence  Project (AVP) workshop and increase your job skills, people skills, 
and  
able-to-make-a-difference skills. Conflicts may always be around, but we  
have the power to transform how we resolve them. Experiential exercises,  
games, 
discussions, and role-plays give opportunities to instill new and  creative 
ways to be peacemakers. The Alternatives to Violence Project in  Minnesota  
builds community with workshops in state and county correctional  facilities, 
local high schools, and in the neighborhoods.


Friends  for a Non-Violent World, 1050  Selby Ave.,  St.  Paul
Registration  deadline August 7th.

FFI:  Abdul-Hakim As-Siddiq, 651-644-5851, _avp [at] fnvw.org_ 
(mailto:avp [at] fnvw.org) , 
_http://www.fnvw.org/index.geni?mode=content&id=125_ 
(http://www.fnvw.org/index.geni?mode=content&id=125)  
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5. 
FRIDAY/SATURDAY,  AUGUST 19, 20 
Starts  Friday: 6:30  PM

YOUTH  LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON NONVIOLENCE --  
The  weekend conference is geared to bring together youth (16 yrs of age and  
older) to develop goals for promoting nonviolence strategic action in  
schools, communities and the world. The specific aim of the conference is  to 
involve youth in exploring the nature and importance of nonviolence as  a 
creative, 
powerful, and effective process for addressing and resolving  conflicts.

Nonviolent  Peaceforce Office 
425  Oak Grove St., Minneapolis next to St. Mark's Episcopal Church 
FFI:  Hindolo (Michael) Pokowa, 612-871-0005, 
_mpokawa [at] nonivolentpeaceforce.org_ (mailto:mpokawa [at] 
nonivolentpeaceforce.org) .   
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6. 
AUGUST  25-29 
VISIT  FROM SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING (HIBAKUSHA)  
 
Visitors  will speak at the opening of the A Bomb Photo Exhibit at  St.  Paul 
 City  Hall  on Thursday, August 25, at 1:00  p.m.  Everyone is invited to 
that event.

Watch for details about other  speaking venues. FFI: JoAnn Blatchley, email 
_jab229 [at] cs.com_ (mailto:jab229 [at] cs.com)  or call  952.922.0308. 

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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