Muusja Mailing List: E-EVENT UPDATE FOR APRIL 13, 2007

[Lauren Culbert (lculbert]

MUUSJA E-EVENT UPDATE FOR APRIL 13, 2007
 
Minnesota UU Social  Justice Alliance--Bringing  together UUs to work
collectively for social change.
 
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This  update includes announcements about: 

A. Local Social Justice News
B. National UU Advocacy
C. Social Justice Links

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1.
FRI, APRIL 13
5:30 TO 7:00 PM
INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY
2104 STEVENS AV S. MPLS

AND OTHER TIMES AND VENUES

DAVID KORTEN, global activist and writer will speak on "TURNING EARTH's
CRISIS INTO OPPORTUNITY" this weekend at several Twin Cities locations.
Korten is the author of the widely acclaimed book, The Great Turning: From
Empire to Earth Community and co-founder of YES Magazine and the Positive
Futures Network. His presentations have been heard across the country and he
will be a featured speaker at the UUA UU General Assembly in Portland. His
presentation  will focus on how we can turn this moment of environmental and
economic crises into a new era grounded in community, caring and
cooperation. 
 
FRIDAY, April 13: 5:30-7pm. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2104
Stevens Ave. South, Minneapolis. (free)
 
SATURDAY, April 14: 9:30am-12:30pm. Unity Church Unitarian, 732 Holly Ave St
Paul. (free)
 
SATURDAY, April 14: 3:15-4:30pm. UU Prairie Star District Conference.
Marriott Hotel Downtown Minneapolis. Sponsored by UU EcoMinds. ($130 for
entire conference) 
 
SATURDAY, April 14: 7pm. Presentation and book signing. May Day Bookstore,
301 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis. Sponsored by Minnesota Greens. (free)
 
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2. 
SUN, APR 15
1 PM TO 6 PM
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
1900 NICOLLET AT FRANKLIN

GENEROSITY SUNDAY--A PATHWAY TO PEACE. Free, all are welcome. Come when you
can and leave when you must.

This is a rally to explore generosity as a pathway to peace through music,
dance, dialogue and inspiring speakers including Member of Congress Betty
McCollum and Keith Ellison; Eveline Herfkens, United Nations Executive
Coordinator for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign;
Fred de Sam Lazaro, international public television journalist and many
more. 

Learn about projects that are developing pathways to peace through
generosity: legislation to establish a cabinet level Department of Peace;
launch of the Minnesota Millennium Initiative urging the United States to
honor its obligation to the United Nations campaign to reduce poverty; and
the proposed Global Marshall Plan for thriving countries to help heal and
transform countries mired in poverty, modeled after the Marshall Plan that
rebuilt Europe following World War II. 

Tour the exhibits in Guild Hall and talk to people who are actively involved
in pursuing peace. Learn about these organizations and how you can
participate. 

Sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives - Minnesota. For details
and program schedule go to www.nspmn.org.

For more information about the national Network of Spiritual Progressives
and the Global Marshall Plan, go to www.spiritualprogressives.org For the
Minnesota chapter go to www.nspmn.org

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3.
THURS, APRIL 19
NOON
Minnesota Capitol Lawn, St. Paul
 
UU's Out 4 Marriage (UUO4M) invite everyone to join us at the Minnesota
State Capitol on Thursday, April 19th, 12 noon.  This year the Legislature
is considering restoring access to healthcare insurance equality for the
partners of GLBT government employees.  Opponents are calling it "too
similar to marriage"  We need to turn out lots of people to let our
legislators know that it's not just when a 'Marriage Ban' is threatened that
we show up and get counted!  Last year over 300 UUs attended the rally -
lets do it again!  
Wear your blue "Standing on the Side of Love" T-shirt of you got one last
year.  We'll have a UU banner as a meeting place.  Info at:
http://www.outfront.org/action/lobbyday.html and after signing up with
OutFront, visit: 
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/eureka123 [at] earthlink.net/lobbyday07 to 
let
UUO4M know you'll be there!

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4. 
EARTH/PEACE DAY  Sunday, April 22
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, MINNEPOLIS
9:00 AM AND 11:00 AM

"ONE: one person, one action, one EARTH!"

A day to celebrate; contemplate; extrapolate; rejuvenate; participate.  Take
the Minnesota Energy Challenge and you will see how your actions can make a
difference. The sermon at the first service will be given by Jack
Nelson-Pallmeyer, Author and Associate Professor of Justice and Peace
Studies at St.Thomas. Jack will also lead a Forum after the service in the
Cummins Room.

"A Network of Mutuality: Ecology, Peace & Justice" is Reverand Ted
Tollefson's sermon at the second service, followed by a Forum led by Martha
Roberts from World Citizen, Inc. Activites and exhibits fill the Social
Hall, including a live animal presentation by Dan Newbauer, an animal
rehabilitator.

Participating in Earth Day is a way to honor and act upon our community
history as a green church and as a peace site. By practicing sustainable
earth stewardship, environmental justice, and peace, we honor our Seventh
Principle:  Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we
are a part. This 4th Annual Earth Day is brought to you by First
Universalist EcoMinds, a working group of MUUSJA.

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5.
SUNDY, APRIL 12
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH SANCTUARY
6:30 TO 9:00 PM

"PEACE ON EARTH: Poetry, Music & Spells"

Open drumming will precede an evening of music by the Jazz Trio with John
Jenson and The Universal Rock Band, interspersed with poetry readings by
Richard Broderick, Kathryn Kysar and Thomas R. Smith. This free concert is
hosted by Reverend Ted Tollefson.

" A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability
and beauty of the community; and the community includes the soil, water,
fauna and flora as well as the people."
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac. 1949

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B. NATIONAL UU ADVOCACY

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1.
APRIL 14
VARIOUS SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY

StepItUp2007.org is asking for people to help organize a nationwide day of
hundreds and hundreds of rallies on April 14. They hope to have gatherings
in every state, pushing for Congress to enact immediate cuts in carbon
emissions, and pledge an 80% reduction by 2050.  The individual rallies will
be linked together electronically via their website to create the largest
demonstration on global climate change that the country has seen. 

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A LIST OF ACTIVITIES IN MINNESOTA
http://events.stepitup2007.org/events/search/state/MN

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2.
MON, APRIL 16
WASHINGTON DC

DC VOTE: EMANCIPATION DAY RALLY. http://www.votingrightsmarch.org/

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C. SOCIAL JUSTICE LINKS
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To find out about other local and national social justice events, check out
these websites.  

UU SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OTHER UU LINKS:
Unitarian Universalist Association:  http://www.uua.org/

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee:  http://www.uusc.org/

UUA Washington Office for Advocacy http://www.uua.org/uuawo/new/

UUA Congregational Advocacy and Witness:
http://www.uua.org/programs/justice/

Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA):  http://www.muusja.org/

Prairie Star  District: http://www.psduua.org/

FOR UU SOCIAL ACTON CHAIRS, sign up for regular e-news from the UUA, called
Sac-news www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo
 
UU Ministry for Earth http://uuministryforearth.org/index.shtml

UUs for a Just Economic Community http://www.uujec.net/

UU Committee for Socially Responsible Investing
http://www.uua.org/finance/sri/ 

UU Gulf Coast Advocacy http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/advocacy.html

OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE LINKS: 
*note: if you are  member of a group who would like us to list your web
site, send it to muusja-editor [at] muusja.org

Alliance for Sustainability www.afors.org
 
Minnesota  Alliance of Peacemakers  http://www.mapm.org/
 
Women Against Military Madness at  www.worldwidewamm.org
 
Progressive Calendar subscribe by emailing  shove001 [at] tc.umn.edu.
  
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota:   www.ppmns.org
 
NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota:   www.prochoiceminnesota.org

Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing (MICAH):
http://www.micah.org/
 
Code Pink: www.codepink4peace.org

Center for Victims of Torture: http://www.cvt.org/main.php

Network of Spiritual Progressives: http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/

Network of Spiritual Progressives, local chapter http://www.nspmn.org/

Congregations Caring for Creation http://www.c3mn.net/