Muusja Mailing List: Oct 21 Event Update

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MUUSJA  E-EVENT UPDATE OCTOBER  21, 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.   
SUNDAY,  OCTOBER 23 
3:00  to 5:00 PM 
MUUSJA  QUARTERLY MEETING 
Great  opportunity to exchange information about social justice programming 
with  other metro UUs. We’ll also discuss a new UU proposal to organize UUs  
statewide to fight a constitutional ban on gay marriage plus a short intro  to 
In-reach, a process for building relationships for social change.  MUUSJA will 
offer a special training on In-Reach later this  fall. Light refreshments and 
music! Please bring finger foods to  share. Next Quarterly Meeting is Sunday,  
January 22, 2006. 
First  Unitarian Society  
900  Mt. Curve Avenue,  Minneapolis 
RSVP  to Betsy at erallis [at] aol.com. 
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2. 
STARTING  NOW 
UU  ECOMINDS CAMPAIGN TO PASS A RENEWABE ENERGY STANDARD (RES)   
EcoMinds  is working with citizens and United Steelworker organizers in 
critical  suburbs to let suburban legislators know that most Minnesotans 
support  
RES. The RES was voted down by a narrow margin in 2005, but we can help  
suburban citizens send a strong message to their legislators that moving  
toward 
clean, home-grown energy sources will create jobs and make  Minnesotans less 
vulnerable to fluctuating energy prices. 
Upcoming  RES Campaign Activities include:

SATURDAY,  OCTOBER 22 
10:30  AM   
Doorknock  in the Suburbs for RES and RES Petition!  
Plymouth  (Location TBA)
FFI: United Steelworkers at fightback05 [at] gmail.com or  call 612-623-8003.

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WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 26 
Open  Town Forum On RES and energy issues with citizens & legislators from  
Eden  Prairie,  Minnetonka,  Edina.  All are welcome.  Details  pending.  
FFI:  Madalyn at mcioci [at] earthlink.net  
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ONGOING   
Circulate  petitions and encourage others to Sign the Renewable Energy 
Petition. Help  Deliver 1000’s of signatures to Gov Pawlenty. 1000’s have 
already 
signed  the petition!
FFI: Get petition at fightback05 [at] gmail.com or call  612-623-8003 to have 
petitions sent. Visit www.fightback05.com. 

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3. 
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER   
UU  ECOMINDS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ENERGY CONSERVATION  
Join EcoMinds members in learning more about the issues.   
WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 26 
6:30  to 8:30 PM  
Workshop to help draft Mpls 10-year transportation action  plan 
The  City of Minneapolis  is hosting a series of workshops to let citizens 
share ideas on improving  its transportation system. Includes an overview of 
10-Year plan, now in  development, transportation challenges facing the City. 

Keewaydin  Recreation  Center,  
3000  East 53rd Street,  Minneapolis  
FFI: Charleen Zimmer at 612.673.3166 or  charleen.zimmer [at] 
ci.minneapolis.mn.us.

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NOVEMBER  2 
8:00  PM 
PBS  special on GLOBAL WARMING

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NOVEMBER  10 
12:15  to 1:30 PM

"Ethical  Framework for Analyzing
Global Warming" with Donald Brown, Dir of  Pennsylvania  Consortium for 
Iterdisciplinary Environmental Policy   
Theater,  U of M at St.  Paul  Student Center
RSVP by Nov 3 to lawvalue [at] umn.edu or  612-625-0055 
Includes  lunch. 
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NOVEMBER  20, DEC 4, DEC 5:  
Global  Warming presentation by Will Steger, arctic explorer, scientist &  
first hand observer of global warming effects. Watch for details about DEC  4th 
program at MN Valley UU Fellowship.

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NOVEMBER  20 
5:00-8:00  PM   
Meeting  of Metro "Green" Churches Network to share strategies that 
congregations  can use to conserve energy, a new "energy efficiency tool kit" 
for  
individual use, and to plan Earth Day events. Sponsored by Congregations  
Caring 
for Creation (C3) Edina  Community  Lutheran  Church.  FFI: www.c3mn.net

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4. 
WEEK  OF NOVEMBER 13 
UU  SHOWINGS of the new Robert Greenwald film on WAL-MART: THE HIGH PRICE OF  
LOW COST as part of a national launch of the film. (See  below) 
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5.   
UUs  TAKE ACTION! YOU CAN TOO! Wal-Mart, Global  Warming, Voter Registration 
(See below) 
 

B. COMMUNITY EVENTS 
1.  VOTER EDUCATION FORUMS 
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General  Election Candidate Fair 
WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 26, 2005
7:00  - 9:00 p.m.
DeLaSalle  High  School  Gymnasium
One  DeLaSalle Drive,  Mpls
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Mayoral  Candidate Forum
TUESDAY,  NOVEMBER 1, 2005
6:00  - 8:00 p.m.
Minneapolis  Urban League
2100  Plymouth Ave N,  Mpls
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FFI:  http://www.mncn.org/mpp/candevents.htm#spoct18 
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2. 
NOW  THROUGH ELECTION  
VOLUNTEERS  NEEDED TO GET OUT THE VOTE (GOVT) ON NOVEMBER 8! 
The MN  Participation Project MPP helped MUUSJA and hundreds of other 
nonprofit  organizations set up voter reg and GOTV drives during the 2004 
election.  
It’s now organizing its GOTV effort for Nov 8. Key sites include:  YWCA 
Midtown in Mpls, and Dayton Presbyterian and West Side Citizens  Organization 
in St. 
 Paul.    
Call  651-642-1904  or visit http://www.mncn.org/mpp. 
OTHER  GOTV VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.  
“Kids  Voting Minneapolis” aims to include every student in every school in 
Mpls and to be  present at all 130 polling places on November 8th. Need 600 
Election Day  volunteers 16 and older to assist with adopting Kids Voting 
precincts,  staffing the polling sites, and fundraising.  3-hour shifts. 
Training  
provided. Contact Kids  Voting Minneapolis at  612-288-2899 or 
_KVMpls [at] gmail.com_ (mailto:KVMpls [at] gmail.com) . Visit 
_www.kidsvotingminneapolis.org_ 
(http://www.kidsvotingminneapolis.org/) . 
“League  Of Women Voters” Mpls needs volunteers. Many opportunities to 
help. 
2-4  hour shifts. Call  612 333 6319 or email:vote [at] lwvmpls.org for more 
information about dates  and locations. 

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3. 
WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 26  
(and  every Wednesday) 
3:00  to 4:00 PM 
MEETING  OF ANTI-TORTURE GROUP TACKLING TORTURE AT THE TOP 
St.  Martin's  Table, 2001 Riverside Ave
FFI: lynne [at] usfamily.net

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4. 
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1,  2005  

Minnesota  Alliance 2005 ANNUAL PEACE CELEBRATION WITH WINONA LADUKE SPEAKING 
ON “VISIONS OF  SUSTAINABILITY!”  
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5. 
NOVEMBER  2 
8:00-9:00  PM   
GLOBAL  PBS SPECIAL ON GLOBAL WARMING. Hosted by Alanis  Morissette. 
Underwritten by  Toyota  USA  and Swiss Re, the program examines what is 
certainly our 
most crucial environmental issue, in the  context of the United  States. 
A  full press kit is also available from the program's publicist Lance 
Webster at _LanceCoach [at] aol.com_ (mailto:LanceCoach [at] aol.com) . You can 
also  download 
the program's two PSAs and a two minute  clip at 
_http://www.stonehaven.ca/media_ (http://www.stonehaven.ca/media) .  We are 
granting NGOs the right to 
post the clips on their  websites. 
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6. 
THURSDAY-FRIDAY,  NOVEMBER 3-4 
JOSEPH  GRADY SPEAKS RE “FRAMING: CRAFTING MESSAGES THAT BUILD SUPPORT” at 
the MN  Council Of Nonprofits Annual Conference. 
Grady,  co-founder of Cultural Logic and research collaborator with 
FrameWorks  Institute, will discuss framing versus spin and how good framing is 
about  
helping people see things they couldn’t see before. Conference includes 30  
breakout sessions, on issues relevant for staff and board  members. 
Register at _www.mncn.org/conference.  $149_ 
(http://www.mncn.org/conference.%20$149)  for MCN members.  
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Here  is an educational program on global warming. 
7. 
FRIDAY,  NOVEMBER 18, 7  P.M. 
FRANCES  MOORE LAPPÉ on “DEMOCRACY’S  EDGE” and her  pioneering work on 
the 
global issues of food, land, and democracy–and why  there is real hope for 
progressive change. The event is a fundraiser for  the Land Stewardship 
Project. 
Lappé is the author of fifteen books,  including her first, “Diet for a 
Small 
Planet” and co-founder of two  national organizations that focus on food and 
the roots of democracy. She  is the fourth American to receive the Right 
Livelihood Award, the  “Alternative Nobel.” 
Saint  Joan of Arc Catholic Church  
4537  Third Ave. South,  Minneapolis 
FFI: Mike  McMahon at 612.722.6377 or _mcmahon [at] landstewardshipproject.org_ 
(mailto:mcmahon [at] landstewardshipproject.org)    

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UUs  TAKE ACTION NOW! 
 
JOIN CYBER-MARCH  AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING 
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. Pass  this on to your friends, UU or not! There are lots of 
other 
leaders  
collecting signatures in their name.


JOIN  A NATIONAL UU CAMPAIGN TO UNMASK WAL-MART---SIGN UP TO HOST THE NEW  
WALMART MOVIE! 
Five  metro congregations have scheduled a showing of the  new Wal-Mart 
movie: “The  High Cost of Low Price!” UU  for a Just Economic Community, a 
close 
MUUSJA partner, is an official  sponsor of the film launch. UUJEC is organizing 
UU congregations  to host a screening as part of its  “Unmasking Wal-Mart and 
Other Big Box Retailers” Campaign. Let’s raise our  collective UU voice! 
Learn more, sign on at _http://www.walmartmovie.com/sunday.php?track=uujec_ 
(http://www.walmartmovie.com/sunday.php?track=uujec) .  Showings  can be at 
your 
congregation, in  homes, public places, wherever makes sense. Learn  why UUs 
should get involved and how at  _http://www.UUJEC.org_ (http://www.uujec.org/)  
or by  contacting Campaign chair, Betsy Allis, at _erallis [at] aol.com_ 
(mailto:erallis [at] aol.com) .   
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FIGHT  AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND COMPROMISE THAT WIDELY RESTRICTS VOTER  
REGISTRATION 
The Affordable  Housing Fund (AHF) is a new source of money that will be made 
available to  Minnesota for  affordable housing production, preservation, and 
rehabilitation. But  nonprofit and public  organizations that do voter reg 
with their own funds, won’t be able to  receive grants from AHF.  
Nonprofits should  NOT be prevented from conducting nonpartisan voter 
registration activities  or from affiliating with organizations that do. PARTS 
OF THE 
BILL WILL BE  HEARD IN THE HOUSE THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 24.  
CALL The  National Housing Trust Fund Campaign at 1-866-864-NHTF (toll-free) 
and ask  to speak to your Representative’s Legislative Director or Housing 
Staff to  deliver this message: 
“I have  learned that language that will restrict an organization’s right 
to 
engage  in voter registration may be included in H.R. 1461 when it goes to 
the  floor for a vote. 
“I oppose any  language that restricts voter registration and freedom of 
affiliation by  nonprofit and public organizations when using their own  funds 
“I urge  Representative ________ to tell House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) 
and  Financial Services Chairman Mike Oxley (R-OH) to reject these 
restrictions  and bring the bill to the floor for a vote without this 
language.”       
FFI:  Joshua  Schenck Winters at 651-642-1904  ext. 250or josh [at] mncn.org  
http://www.mncn.org. 
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