| Jan 19 Event Update | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: ERALLIS (ERALLIS aol.com)
|
|
| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:36:32 -0800 (PST) | |
MUUSJA E-EVENT UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2006(MUUSJA QUARTERLY MEETING) 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 C. UUA Advocacy D. Addendum **** A. UPCOMING UU EVENTS 1. SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 3:00 to 5:00 PM MUUSJA QUARTERLY MEETING. UU’s AT THE LEGISLATURE-- MAKING OUR VOICE HEARD with Ann DeGroot, Director, OutFront Minnesota, and Julie Risser, Energy Lobbyist, League of Women Voters. Bring YOUR voice to the legislature to help UU EcoMinds promote passage of a MN Renewable Energy Standard and UUs Out For Marriage head off a constitutional ban on same sex marriage. Our meeting also includes a tribute to UU Affordable Housing Partnership--for five years of amazing work--MUUSJA updates, and fellowship with UU justice makers. Refreshments included. Please bring finger foods to share! First Universalist Church Chalice Room 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis FFI: Betsy Allis at erallis [at] aol.com **** 2 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 stories from Katrina families in Minnesota! Your $25 contribution helps pay rent for Katrina families in Minnesota. First Unitarian Society 900 Mt. Curve Avenue, Minneapolis FFI: Carol Koepp at ckoepp [at] mn.rr.com **** 3. MONDAY, JANUARY 30 6:30 to 8:30 PM PEOPLE OF FAITH ROUNDTABLE (a partner of UUs Out For Marriage) Hear UUA Director of Advocacy and Witness, the Rev. Meg Riley speak about organizing from a UU perspective! First Unitarian Society 900 Mt Curve, Minneapolis. FFI: Contact Ralph Wyman, _ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net_ (http://us.f338.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net) or Carole or Peter Lawson, twolawsons [at] comcast.net. **** 4. MONDAY, FEB 6 7 to 9 PM UU'S OUT FOR MARRIAGE (UUO4M) MONTHLY MEETING. Strategy session. Learn about our UU campaign on civil marriage and be part of the next steps in equality for Minnesota! Unity-Unitarian Church 732 Holly Ave, St. Paul. FFI: Contact Ralph Wyman, _ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net_ (http://us.f338.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ralph-longfellow [at] earthlink.net) or Carole or Peter Lawson, twolawsons [at] comcast.net. **** 5. SATURDAY FEB 11, 25, and MARCH 11 9:00 AM-1 PM UU ECOMINDS DOOR KNOCKING FOR A MN RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD. Twenty other states have a RES. Lets make Minnesota the 21st! Each event focuses on a key precinct and includes training and materials. Bring your entire family! FFI: Madalyn Cioci for details about where to meet at _mcioci [at] earthlink.net_ (http://us.f338.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mcioci [at] earthlink.net) . **** B. COMMUNITY EVENTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 7:00 to 9:00 PM AN EVENING OF CONVERSATION AND ACTION: HEALTH CARE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS ACTION FORUM. Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network and Service Employees International Union Local 113 are supporting organizing efforts by low-wage and immigrant health care workers at metro hospitals to win affordable health care benefits for themselves and their families. Their struggle is our struggle. Workers will join us to tell their stories and to talk about what this means in terms of the larger issue of health care reform. You'll have an opportunity to take concrete actions to stand in solidarity with these and other workers who find that health care is out of reach, and we'll talk together about how to organize with the workers over the long haul. FFI: Matt Gladue at 612-332-2055, or gladuem [at] tcrln.org **** 2. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 9 AM -4 PM PUBLIC POLICY DAY 2006: NONPROFITS AS A FORCE FOR CHANGE. MCN annual day-long public policy conference. National and local leaders and experts will address strategies for nonprofit advocacy in the upcoming legislative session through plenary and interactive breakout sessions. Miles Rapoport and Michael Lipsky will speak about how states like Minnesota can develop a new vision of state governance that empowers citizens while restoring respect for public service and support for governmentb_s protective and supportive capacities. FFI: _www.mncn.org/event_policy.htm. _ (http://www.mncn.org/event_policy.htm) *** 3. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 7:30 to 10:30 PM OPENING PREVIEW THE EXHIBITION "THE HOME HOUSE PROJECT: The Future of Affordable Housing." $10.00 public, $5.00 member Part of the Affordable/Sustainable Housing Series. Weisman Art Museum Shepherd Room FFI:612-626-4747 ** 4. SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 2:00 to 3:30 PM THE HOME HOUSE PROJECT: HOW A MUSEUM CAN INITIATE CHANGE David J. Brown, the HOME House Project Director, Sr Curator at SECCA, describes this multi-year project. Remarks by Thomas Fisher, Dean, U of M College of Architecture, and Thomas Fulton, President, Family Housing Fund follow. Weisman Art Museum Shepherd Room Free FFI:612-626-4747 **** 5. 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_ (http://us.f338.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mnlegacyproject [at] yahoo.com) **** D. UUA ADVOCACY 1. ALITO CONFIRMATION **TAKE ACTION** Please ask your Senators to vote against the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. Call and leave a message for the relevant staff person (it makes an impact!) by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202.224.3121. Or send an email or fax. FFI: http://www.uua.org/news/2005/051212_alito/index.html or _www.supremecourtwatch.org_ (http://www.supremecourtwatch.org/) . **** 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 b& 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. **** 3. FEDERAL BUDGET 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. Make your voice known! Check out _http://www.uua.org/news/2005/051214_budget/index.html_ (http://www.uua.org/news/2005/051214_budget/index.html) for coverage of UU ministers getting arrested to protest the immoral budget **** 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 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
- (no other messages in thread)
Results generated by Tiger Technologies using MHonArc.