Muusja Mailing List: Nov 10 Event Update

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MUUSJA  E-EVENT UPDATE November  9, 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. 
UU ECOMINDS RENEWABLE ENERGY, CONSERVATION  CAMPAIGN.  
EcoMinds is working to engage metro UUs in  achieving two goals: passage of a 
Renewable Energy Standard (RES) in  partnership with the United Steelworkers 
and initiation of  congregation-based campaigns to conserve energy. For more 
information,  contact co-chairs Madalyn Ciocci at joemadalyn [at] earthlink.net 
or 
Chris  Burda at _cburda [at] earthlink.net_ (mailto:cburda [at] earthlink.net) 
.  UU 
events are listed below. See Community Events for other  events. 
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1a. 
SATURDAY,  NOV 12 
10:00  AM 
CAROLYN  RAFFENSPERGER SPEAKS ABOUT “THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE,” a way to 
take  action against threats to health and the eco-system even in the absence 
of  full scientific certainty. In 2001 the _NY Times Magazine_ 
(http://www.sehn.org/pollan.html)  listed the  principle as one of the most 
influential ideas 
of the year.  Raffensperger  is an environmental lawyer and founding director 
of the Science and  Environmental Health Network.  
First  Universalist  Church,  Cummins Rm 
3400  Dupont Ave.  Mpls 
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1b. 
SUNDAY  NOV 13  
10:00  to 11:00 AM

"WHAT'S  SOCIAL JUSTICE GOT TO DO WITH SUSTAINABILITY?" 
Everything.  Alliance  for Sustainability President Terry Gips will explore 
why through an  inspiring, life-changing discussion. We'll also discuss an 
innovative  approach to sustainability called the Natural Step Framework which  
utilizes the Basic Needs Work of Alternative Nobel Prize-winning work of  
Chilean Economist Manfred Max-Neef to show that we can meet the basic  needs of 
every person on the planet while overcoming our consumption  addiction or 
"affluenza". 
Unitarian  Universalist Church of Minnetonka
605  Rice Street,  Wayzata,  MN    _www.uucmtka.org/_ 
(http://www.uucmtka.org/)     
952.473.5900 
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1c. 
SUNDAY NOV 13  
4:00 to 7:00  PM   
CONGREGATIONAL NETWORKING EVENT sponsored by   
Congregations Caring For Creation C3, a  partner of UU EcoMinds. Get ideas 
for your winter & spring action  campaigns. Find out how your congregation can 
save up to 40% on energy  bills. Soup, Bread & Spread Supper ($5 donation). 
Pease bring a team  of 3 to 5 volunteers from your congregation and be prepared 
to share your  creation care activities.  
Edina Community Lutheran Church 
4113 W 54th  St 
952.926.3808 
FFI: _cburda [at] earthlink.net_ (mailto:cburda [at] earthlink.net) ,  
joemadalyn [at] earthlink.net 
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1d. 
SUNDAY  DEC 4 
7:00  PM

POLAR  MELTDOWN with WILL STEGER, renowned polar explorer, educator, writer 
and  photographer. Steger has led the most significant feats in dogsled  
exploration in history.  Includes discussion and suggested actions  for 
reducing the 
risk of global warming.  

Minnesota  Valley UU  Fellowship 
10715  Zenith Ave. S.,  Bloomington 
FFI: Lisa Hershberger at mlfe [at] aol.com

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2.  
UU SHOWINGS of WAL-MART: THE HIGH PRICE OF  LOW COST, Robert Greenwald's 
eye-opening documentary on Wal-Mart. 95  minutes. Discussion follows. The 
showings 
are part of a national campaign  sponsored by UUs for a Just Economic 
Community (UUJEC) to engage UUs in  working collaboratively with the United 
Food and 
Commercial Workers and  interfaith partners to hold Wal-Mart accountable for 
unjust business  practices in their local area. FFI: Betsy Allis at 
erallis [at] aol.com.   
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2a. 
SUNDAY, NOV 13 
UU Church of Minnetonka 12  noon 
UU Fellowship of  Northfield 1:00 pm 
Michael Servetus Unitarian Society  5:00 PM 
Unitarian Chapel  (Grand  Rapids)  3:00 PM 
White Bear UU Church 7:00  PM 
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2b. 
TUESDAY, NOV 15  
Unity Church-Unitarian.  St.  Paul.  6:30 PM 
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2c. 
WEDNESDAY, NOV 16  
First Universalist Church Welcome Home  Wednesday  
Dinner at 6:30 ($5), movie starts at 7:30  pm 
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2d. 
FRIDAY, NOV 18  
First Universalist Church  
7:00  pm 
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3. 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 
1:00  PM 
FREE SHOWING OF "INVISIBLE BALLOTS: A  TEMPTATION FOR  
ELECTRONIC VOTE FRAUD", a 50-minute  documentary film outlining the risks and 
potential for vote fraud from  electronic voting machines. Discussion follows 
with reps from Citizens for  Election Integrity MN, a non-partisan, 
non-profit group. Cosponsored by  FUS Social Concerns.    
First Unitarian Society 
900 Mt. Curve  Avenue, Mpls  
FFI: ElectionIntegrityMN.org or 612-724-1736  or UU Jenny Thomas at 
jjthomas [at] skypoint.com.  
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4.  
MONDAY  NOVEMBER 21 
7:00  to 9:00 PM 
ORGANIZING  AND STRATEGY MEETING: UU'S OUT FOR MARRIAGE.  UUO4M is a new 
working  group of MUUSJA. Our goal is to organize and mobilize UUs across  
Minnesota  to fight against the expected anti-marriage constitutional  
amendment.  
Join us as we organize our campaign to bring a statewide  UU moral voice into 
the coalitions forming for the 2006 legislative  session to convince 
legislators 
to keep the amendment off the  ballot.  We need your ideas and your help!  
Monica Meyer, Public  Policy Director at OutFront Minnesota  will be our guest 
presenter. 
White  Bear  Unitarian  Universalist  Church 
328  Maple St.,  Mahtomedi  MN   
_www.whitebearunitarian.org_ (http://www.whitebearunitarian.org/)   for 
driving directions 
FFI:  'Tri-chairs' Ralph Wyman 612.728.3921 _ralph-longfellow [at] 
earthlink.org_ 
(mailto:ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.org)   and Peter and Carol Lawson 651. 
340.2694 _twolawsons [at] comcast.net_ (mailto:twolawsons [at] comcast.net)  
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B.  COMMUNITY EVENTS 
1. 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9  
4:00 to 8:00  PM   
FREE ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS. Get help  from energy experts from the 
Center for Energy and Environment to prepare  your home for upcoming heating 
season. Includes saving money on utility  bills; analyzing home energy 
efficiency; getting home improvement  financing.  
Coon Rapids City  Hall 
11155 Robinson  Drive 
FFI: Center for Energy and Environment at  612.335.5858 or 
http://www.mncee.org/ 
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2. 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9  
7:00  PM

PUBLIC  INSIGHT FORUM: IS OUR DEMOCRACY UNRAVELING?  
A  Talk with Richard Harwood, Hosted by MPR and Citizens League. The media  
and politicians portray the U.S.  as a nation divided - into red and blue, 
religious and secular, urban and  rural. But this conventional
wisdom, which drives today's politics and  public life, is dead wrong, 
according to Richard Harwood. 

Macalester  College,  Kagin Commons Hill Ballroom.
Register at 651.293.0575 x10.  
http://citizensleague.net/upcoming/archives/2005/11/publ 

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3. 
WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 9  
7:00  PM 
BALANCING  CIVIL LIBERTIES WITH THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION with 
Colleen  Rowley, FBI Special Agent. 
While serving as chief division counselor  for the Minneapolis office of the 
FBI, Ms. Rowley garnered considerable  media attention in 2002 for
speaking out on what she saw as the  Bureau's ineffective investigation of 
Zacarias Moussawi, a suspected link  to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  

Unity  Church -  Unitarian  
732  Holly Avenue,  St.  Paul,  MN  55104
651/228-1456

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4. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 10 
12  NOON   
NOVELIST  SALMAN RUSHDIE at WESTMINSTER  TOWN HALL FORUM 
Rushdie  is best known as the author of Midnight's  Children and The Satanic 
Verses, which brought him under a fatwa in 1989.  Forced to live in exile, 
Rushdie produced some of his most compelling work  including The Moor's Last 
Sigh 
and The Ground Beneath her Feet.
His  newest novel is Shalimar the  Clown.

Westminster  Presbyterian Church 
Nicollet  Mall at 12th  Street,  Minneapolis 
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5. 
THURSDAY, NOV 10 
12:15 to 1:30  PM   
"Ethical Framework for Analyzing Global  Warming"  
with Donald Brown, Dir of  Pennsylvania  
Consortium for Interdisciplinary  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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6. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 10
2:30,  5:30,  and 7:30  PM 
GET  REAL! CITY PAGES DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL. 
2:30  pm:  Minnesota  Stories 
5:30  pm:  Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
7:30pm:  After Innocence. Closing night party follows at The Independent in  
Calhoun  Square. Free  appetizers, drinks and mingling with one very special 
guest and festival  staff. 

Landmark's  Lagoon Cinema 
Lagoon  Ave. off Hennepin Ave.S, uptown Mpls  
FREE.  www.citypages.com/getreal

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7. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 10 
4:30  to 5:30 PM 
CALL  ON TARGET TO "FILL MY PILLS NOW!"  
On  September 30th, Target refused to fill a prescription for emergency  
contraception for a 25-year-old woman in Fenton,  Missouri.  The pharmacist 
said:  
"I won't  fill it. It's my right not to fill it." Planned Parenthood 
supporters  generated over 91,000 emails and telephone calls to Target, 
demanding a  
policy that guarantees prescriptions are filled in-store, without delay.  These 
letters have not been enough, and it is time to increase public  attention 
about this issue.    
Downtown  Target store Nicollet mall.  
Planned  Parenthood will provide signs, chants, and an opportunity to stand 
up for  birth control.

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8. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 10 
5:00  PM 
SMALL  IS BEAUTIFUL Meeting of folks interested in 
promoting small business  and coops, local production, and self-sufficiency 
and limiting big boxes,  chain stores, TIF, and corporate welfare..

Cahoots  coffeehouse
Selby 1/2 block east of Smelling in Spatula
FFI: Jesse  Sorenson at jmortenson [at] Macalester.edu.

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9. 
NOVEMBER 2-8 
EXHIBIT: BUILDING A CULTURE OF PEACE FOR THE  World’s CHILDREN. Brings 
together the ideas of hundreds of people and  organizations dedicated to 
finding a 
lasting path to peace. On exhibit in  venues across the world, it focuses on 
eight key UN action areas for a  culture of peace.  
Metro State U, 2nd floor, Library and  Learning Center 
645 E. Seventh  Street,  St.  Paul  Campus 
Free and open to all  ages 
FFI: Rebecca, 651.793.1296 or  Rebecca.Ryan [at] metrostate.edu.  
Or www.cultureofpeaceexhibit.org   
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10. 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12  
Starts at 5:30  PM 
THE GREAT ACTIVIST GET TOGETHER   
Join activists from diverse Twin Cities  communities to  
network, share visions, and have fun. Potluck  and group  
tabling will continue through the  evening.  Includes folk and  Latin jazz 
musical acts, occasional speakers, and an open mic. Emcee is  Chris Spotted 
Eagle of KFAI community radio. Featured acts include The  Granary Girls, dance 
party specialists, Salsabrosa, and Truth Serum Blues  actor/author, Ismail 
Khalidi.    
Macalester College, Olin Rice Building.  
$5 admission. FFI: grassroots_fair [at] yahoo.com  or  
call David at  651-696-7121. 
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11. 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
7:00  PM 
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   
NOV 4-DEC 29  
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12. 
ART EXHIBIT: A LEAP OF FAITH: AT THE  INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND POLITICS. A 
national group of 22 artists from  all faith traditions were asked: How do 
faith & politics interact?  Should they interact? How does one affect the 
other? 
Artists responded  with painting, sculpture, books, mixed media & video. These 
artists  share a  
great concern about the narrowing gap between  church and state.    
Susan Hensel Gallery  
3441 Cedar Ave.  S,  Mpls  
http://www.susanhenseldesign.com 
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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.  
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GET INVOLVED IN UUA STUDY/ACTION/ISSUE  PROCESS  
Check out the following SAI materials online  at http://www.uua.org/csw:    
Global Warming Draft Statement of Conscience.  Comments are due March 1, 
2006.  
Moral Values for a Pluralistic Society  Study/Action Issue Resource Guide. 
Comments due March 1.   
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