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MUUSJA E-EVENT UPDATE JANUARY 6, 2006(Key UU working group meetings) Metro UU Social Justice Alliance--Bringing together UUs to work collectively for social change. Peace and Good Will During This Holiday Season! And many thanks for all you’ve done--with MUUSJA and beyond--to help create a community that serves the common good. **** This update includes announcements about: A. UU Events B. Community Events C. Support MUUSJA’s Work D. **** A. UPCOMING UU EVENTS 1. UU'S OUT FOR MARRIAGE (UUO4M), a new MUUSJA working group is organizing UUs statewide to convince legislators to vote against the anti-marriage constitutional amendment and keep it off the ballot in 2006. Meets monthly. Next meeting of UUO4M is Monday, February 6, 7-9 pm at Unity-Unitarian Church in St. Paul. Steering committee meets January 23, 7 pm at First Unitarian Society. FFI: Contact tri-chairs Ralph Wyman, _ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net_ (mailto:ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net) or Carole or Peter Lawson, twolawsons [at] comcast.net. ** 1a. MONDAY, JANUARY 9 6:30 to 8:30 PM PEOPLE OF FAITH ROUNDTABLE TRAINING Faith communities and people of faith are working together to create a powerful and unified movement for GLBT rights. Your help is needed! Join the POF Roundtable made of up OutFront Minnesota, Faith Family Fairness Alliance, UUs Out for Marriage and others in this special night of training and skill building for religious leaders and others wanting to strengthen their communications skills, shape their message about the Amendment and work with the media. Features a panel discussion with Ann DeGroot from OutFront MN, Rebecca Voelkel from Welcoming Resources Institute and others. Sabbathani Community Center 310 38th Street East (3rd floor) Minneapolis http://www.sabathani.org ** 1b. MONDAY, JANUARY 30 6:30 to 8:30 PM PEOPLE OF FAITH (POF) ROUNDTABLE MEETING First Unitarian Society 900 Mt Curve, Minneapolis. ** 1c. JAN 10-FEB 2: OUTSTATE TRAININGS FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. Help spread the word to friends, family in greater Minnesota. Training dates and venues are listed at the end of this E Update. **** 2. THURSDAY, JAN 19, 2006 7:00 to 9:00 PM UU ECOMINDS MEETING This quarterly meeting will focus on upcoming actions related to its key campaigns: (1) Door knocking events to educate, advocate for RES in key legislative areas; (2) Launching a congregation based energy conservation effort; (3) How congregations can respond to the UUA Study Action Issue on Global Warming. White Bear Lake UU Church 328 Maple Street Mahtomedi, MN http://www.whitebearunitarian.org/ Contact Co-chairs Madalyn Ciocci at mcioci [at] earthlink.net, or Chris Burda at cburda [at] earthlink.net. **** 3. SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 3:00 to 5:00 PM MUUSJA QUARTERLY MEETING. “UUs IN ACTION – BEING EFFECTIVE AT THE LEGISLATURE!” Hear about MUUSJA’s two 2006 legislative campaigns: (1) UU EcoMind’s plan to promote passage of a Renewal Energy Standard for Minnesota and (2) UUs Out for Marriage strategy for heading off a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage! Learn how you can be involved and effective. Speakers include Ann DeGroot, executive director of OutFront Minnesota and Julie Risser, energy lobbyist for the League of Women Voters. We’ll also honor our amazing UU Affordable Housing Partnership on their fifth anniversary and provide updates on other MUUSJA work. Refreshments and fellowship included! First Universalist Church Chalice Room 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis FFI: Betsy Allis at erallis [at] aol.com **** 4. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 6:30 PM New Orleans Dinner 8:00 PM Program and Jazz Concert KATRINA FAMILY BENEFIT, co-sponsored by UU Affordable Housing Partnership and Oasis Crisis Intervention Center, includes a dinner, program that includes stories from Katrina families in Minnesota, and a jazz concert! Your $25 contribution will help pay rent for Katrina families in Minnesota. First Unitarian Society 900 Mt. Curve Avenue, Minneapolis FFI: Carol Koepp at ckoepp [at] mn.rr.com B. COMMUNITY EVENTS 1. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 5:00 PM SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL MEETING. Limit bigboxes, chain stores, TIF, corporate welfare, billboards; promote small business and co-ops, local production and self-sufficiency. Cahoots coffeehouse Selby 1/2 block east of Snelling in StPaul FFI: http://www.gpsp.org/goodbusiness **** 2. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 7:00 PM TORTURE featuring speaker, Sigrid Bachman, retired pediatrician and volunteer with the Center for Victims of Torture. She will talk about the torture problem, the work done by CVS, shifts in torture policy, and volunteer opportunities. Sigrid spent the first half of her life in Germany and the second half in the US. She will share parallels she sees between what happened in Germany and what is currently happening in America. Ascension Episcopal Church in Stillwater 214 North 3rd St, 3rd building north of post office FFI: Wayne at 651.439.6414 or scot at 651.430.9111 at _earthmannow [at] comcast.net_ (mailto:earthmannow [at] comcast.net) **** 3. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 8:00 PM. "WELCOME TO PALESTINE" Photography Exhibit by K. Flo Razowsky Viewing Hours January 11 through 29, Wednesdays, Noon to 6:00 pm. Fridays, Noon to 4:00 pm. Saturdays, 1:00 to 6:00 pm. and Sundays, 1:00 to 6:00 pm. Art of This Gallery 3222 Bloomington Avenue S, Minneapolis. FFI: _ismtwincities [at] riseup.net_ (mailto:ismtwincities [at] riseup.net) **** 4. SATURDAY, JANUARY 07 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pax Christi Retreat -- God Almighty is Dead and Good Riddance: Reassessing God's Power (and our own) As We Challenge U.S. Empire. Featured speaker is Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. St. Joan of Arc Church 4537 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis $30 includes lunch To register, call 651.699.8565 and leave your name and phone number. FFI: Lynn Cibuzar, 651.645.1611, _lynncibuzar [at] yahoo.com_ (mailto:lynncibuzar [at] yahoo.com) **** 5. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 7:00 to 9:00 PM FAM TRAINING: FAMILIES ALL MATTER BOOK PROJECT. Training for teachers, parents, RE staff/volunteers and others includes ways to implement the FAM book project, a demonstration of a classroom session, and reader materials. FAM is a project of aMaze, a non-profit group that champions safety and belonging for all children and families. Adaptable for many settings, First Universalist Church 3400 Dupont Ave South, Minneapolis FFI: 612.724.4323 or contact amaze at _info [at] amazeworks.org_ (mailto:info [at] amazeworks.org) . $25 per person, $100 for groups of 5 or more. Make checks payable to, mail to AMAZE, PO Box 17417, Mpls. MN 55417. Can also pay at the training. **** 6. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis Free parking in church parking lot Free and open to the public FFI: Joe Schwartzberg, _schwa004 [at] umn.edu_ (mailto:schwa004 [at] umn.edu) **** 7. JANUARY, JANUARY 29, 2:00 to 4:00 PM 1:30 PM Orientation LEGACY '06 KICKOFF MEETING Find out what's in store for the Minnesota House in 2006 and hear how Progressives have changed the debate. _Join_ (http://mnlegacyproject.org/join.htm) a team of skilled volunteers and help grow our membership and our clout! The 2006 election will be one of the most important in state history. Help reinstate policies related to education, health care, and environmental protection that serve the common good. Many volunteer opportunities! Faith Mennonite Church 2720 East 22nd Street, Minneapolis FFI: Contact Heather at 612.822.3322 or _mnlegacyproject [at] yahoo.com_ (mailto:mnlegacyproject [at] yahoo.com) **** C. SUPPORT MUUSJA’s WORK Thank you to all who sent in year end gifts to MUUSJA. It’s not too late to lend your support. Send checks payable to PSD-MUUSJA and mail to our Treasurer, Wendy Jerome, 37 Upton Ave S, Mpls, MN 55405. PSD stands for Prairie Star District, our fiscal sponsor. Thank you so much for your contribution! We ’d love to send you a copy of our accomplishments over the last year. Send requests to Betsy Allis at _erallis [at] aol.com_ (mailto:erallis [at] aol.com) . **** D. UUA ADVOCACY 1. ALITO CONFIRMATION On December 12, the UUA announced its opposition to the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. The UUA's opposition is based on concerns over civil liberties, including religious liberty, the right to privacy, and due process. For full coverage of our opposition, including our decision making process, visit: http://www.uua.org/news/2005/051212_alito/index.html. **** 2. DOMESTIC SPYING … On Wednesday, December 21, the ACLU released FBI documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests that confirm that the FBI is using its counterterrorism resources to monitor and infiltrate peaceful activist groups such as … Greenpeace and United for Peace and Justice. It is now clear that the FBI has expanded its definition of "domestic terrorism" to include citizens and groups that participate in lawful protests or civil disobedience. "The FBI should use its resources to investigate credible threats to national security instead of spending time tracking Americans who criticize government policy, or monitoring groups that have not broken the law," said Ann Beeson, Associate Legal Director of the ACLU. "Labeling law abiding groups and their members 'domestic terrorists' is not only irresponsible, it has a chilling effect on the vibrant tradition of political dissent in this country." **** 3. FEDERAL BUDGET As Evangelical Christian the Rev. Jim Wallis, says, "Budgets are moral documents that reflect what we care about." The latest budget cuts spending by less than one-half of 1% over the next five years, with the poor bearing the burden of the cuts. Most of the "savings" come from changes to Medicaid, child support enforcement and foster care -- whereas original targets for belt-tightening, such as pharmaceutical companies and private insurers, largely escaped sanction. The budgetwould allow states to impose new fees on Medicaid recipients, cut federal child support enforcement funds, impose new work requirements on state welfare programs and squeeze student lenders. President Bush and Congressional Republicans have vowed to push for more tax cuts. How does this reflect our priorities as a nation, and as people of faith? How does cutting social programs that serve low-income people to make room for tax cuts for the wealthy square with our religious imperative to care for those in need? [Note: for coverage of UU ministers getting arrested to protest the immoral budget: http://www.uua.org/news/2005/051214_budget/index.html. **** 4. WAR IN IRAQ It doesn't make sense to stay the course if the course is wrong. Supporters of a plan for withdrawal want victory just as much as Bush. In fact, we believe that victory can ONLY be achieved by getting out, as more than 2/3rds of Iraqis now want us to leave. In order for the Iraqi people to trust their government, that government must be seen as independent from American influence. The large-scale presence and activities of the US military are fueling the insurgency. We can't build democratic institutions with military force, which is why we need a change of course. We need to focus our resources on economic and political stability, both of require the US to dramatically scale back troop levels. We don't need to leave immediately, but we DO need to show the Iraqi people that we have a timetable for withdrawal. President Bush has said we'll leave when the job is done, but he refuses to declare that the US won't maintain permanent bases in Iraq. It is past-time for Congress to have a serious debate about US policy in Iraq. This war has cost the lives of more than 2,200 American servicemembers, more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians by the President's own admission, and hundreds of billions of dollars. The budget just passed by Congress doesn't even include money for the war. The Administration needs to be held accountable for its conduct of the war, and we the people deserve a say in how long we'll devote massive human and financial resources to it. FFI: Visit the Washington Office website at http://www.uua.org/uuawo for current information on issues and activist resources on Effective Advocacy. E. ADDENDUM OUTSTATE TRAININGS RE CIVIL MARRIAGE ADVOCACY. Help spread the word about trainings to friends, family in greater Minnesota. Details at OutFront Minnesota _https://www.outfront.org/events/trainings.html_ (https://www.outfront.org/events/trainings.html) January 10. Fargo, ND. UU Church of Fargo-Moorhead, 121 S 9th Street. 6:30-9 pm. 701.235.0394. January 11. Bemidji. Bemidji State University, Crying Wolf Rm, Hobson Memorial Union, 1500 Birchmont Drive NE. 6:30-9 pm. 218.755.-2001. January 12. Hibbing. Androy, 502 East Howard St. 6:30-9 pm. January 13. International Falls. North Woods Coffee Roaster, 444 Third Street. 6:30-9 pm. 218.283.8316. January 18. St. Cloud. University Lutheran Church of the Epiphany, 390 4th Avenue S. 6:30-9 pm. 320.252.6183. January 24. Willmar. Willmar Senior Citizen Community Ctr, Sunshine Rm, 624 NE Hwy 71. 6:30-9 pm. 320.235.0711. January 25. Marshall. Southwest MN State University, Conference Ctr, 1501 State St. 6:30-9 pm. 800.642.0684. February 1. Winona. Winona State University, Maxwell Leadership Conference Ctr, corner of Sanborn (8th Street) and Johnson Streets. 7-9 pm. 507.457.2963. February 2. Red Wing. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 320 West Avenue. 6:30-9 pm. 651.388.7106
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