Muusja Mailing List: E-EVENT UPDATE FOR JANUARY 22, 2008

[Lauren Culbert (lculbert]

MUUSJA E-EVENT UPDATE FOR JANUARY 22, 2008
 
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. Social Justice Links

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A. LOCAL SOCIAL ACTION NEWS

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1. 
TONIGHT!
7:30
MICHAEL SERVETUS UNITARIAN SOCIETY
6565 OAKLEY DRIVE
FRIDLEY, MN

FREE SHOWING OF MICHAEL MOORE'S SICKO. See it again with like-minded folks.
Free popcorn and discussion.

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2.
SUN, JAN 27
3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH

EXPLORING THE EQUITY AND JUSTICE ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MUUSJA ANNUAL
MEETING. Panel discussion. Bring a wrapped item for a "regifting" exchange.

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3.
TUES, JAN 29
2:30 TO 4:30 PM
2-101 HASSELMO HALL--NEAR COFFMAN UNION
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

DIALOGUE ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF FAITH AND SEXUALITY.DIALOGUES ON THE
INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY Series continues with a January conversation
focusing on faith and sexuality. What are the prominent and pressing
questions, complexities, contradictions, and collisions of faith and
sexuality? In addition to issues of sexual identity and expression, faith
and sexuality also intersect and sometimes collide over sexual practice and
purpose. Likewise, human belief is revealed across a wide spectrum from
atheism and renunciation of all religion, to agnosticism, to Jewish,
Christian, and Islamic fundamentalism, to Christians queering the Bible to
retaining faith through broadened examination and understanding of various
sacred texts and scriptures. Regardless of where you stand personally on the
faith continuum, this will conversation will challenge you to consider
diverse perspectives. Join University faculty, students and staff members in
a probing and thought-provoking dialogue on the intersections of belief,
morality, ethics, and human sexuality.

Space Is Limited  Please RSVP to: oed [at] umn.edu -OR- 612.624.0594

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4.
WED, JAN 30
7:00 PM
VARIOUS UU CHURCHES
WILL YOURS BE ONE OF THEM?

Are you wanting to get more involved in SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CLIMAT CHANGE?
Focus the Nation
(www.focusthenation.org) is asking groups of people nationwide to organize
screenings of a live webcast: "The2% Solution" at 7 pm on January 30th.
Communities of faith are encouraged to host events.  In Minnesota, UU's have
organized screenings at Unity Church in St. Paul,  White Bear UU Church, and
Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship in Bloomington.  Other locations are in the
works.  If you'd like to host a screening, all you need is high-speed
internet, a location to gather folks, and some publicity - and maybe a large
screen or projector if you expect a big group!  Contact Ralph Wyman at
rwmuusja [at] gmail.com or 612-998-6624 for more information on hosting and
publicizing your event, and to let MUUSJA know your group has decided to
host.  The goal is 10,000 screenings nationwide.  UUs can be part of that
success!

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5.
WED, JAN 30
6:45 PM
RIVERVIEW THEATER
3800 42ND AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS
(E. 38TH STREET AND 42ND AVENUE S)

UNCOUNTED: THE NEW MATH OF THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS 
 
Minnesota theatrical premier of a riveting new documentary on the
vulnerability of U.S. Elections featuring a Q&A with Emmy Award winning
filmmaker, David Earnhardt, after the film. Find out if your vote will count
in 2008 - invite your friends!  Hosted by the Voting Rights Working Group of
Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA)
www.muusja.org and Association of Universalist Women (AUW). Co-hosted with
Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota www.ceimn.org. Doors open at
6:15pm. Film is 80 minutes; Q&A will follow. FFI: Contact Jennifer Thomas,
Jennifer [at] ceimn.org or 612-920-2653.  
 
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6.
THUR, FEB 21
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
700 Snelling Ave S, St Paul
Faith Family Fairness-aMaze-Inst of Welcoming Resources sponsor a GLTB
RESOURCE FAIR

Faith Family Fairness Alliance, the aMazeworks and Institute of Welcoming
Resources are organizing a resource fair at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in
St. Paul on February 21st. This will be an excellent opportunity for clergy,
religious educators and lay people to check out materials that promote GLBT
education within the congregation. We will be displaying materials for
elementary through adult audiences addressing how to become a welcoming
congregation, encourage advocacy work and inform people about various
aspects of the GLBT community through various mediums. Come and meet other
congregational leaders working on GLBT equality within the faith community. 

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7.
SAT, FEB 9, 16, 23, MAR 1
10 AM TO NOON
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
3400 DUPONT AVE. S., MINNEAPOLIS

Faith and Choices, New Co-Ed group!

Faith & Choices provides an opportunity to increase dialogue about morality,
faith, and reproductive choice. The curriculum works with a UU specific
Faith & Choices Action Kit, developed by the Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice.  Resources include: denominational statements about
reproductive choice, sample sermons and testimonies before congress,
relevant theological excerpts. The curriculum helps to bring those resources
to life in the context of group discussion. Participants will gain an
understanding that many religious denominations developed pro-choice
position statements before abortion was legal in the United States. 

This four-lesson reproductive choice curriculum helps congregation members
have a broader conversation about reproductive choice, helps people clarify
their own beliefs in relation to their faith tradition, and empowers people
to work for reproductive justice.

All are welcome, please pre-register by e-mail or phone to Cathy Apostle,
(952)941-0642 or caquilt51 [at] aol.com

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8.

UU Social Justice Training coming up in April!
If you're going to Omaha for the Prairie Star District Annual Meeting April
11-13 plan to arrive by 1:30pm on Friday and attend the Social Justice
Preconference Workshop - an exciting skill-building opportunity!
Interfaith Congregation-based Community Organizing
Trainer:  Willie Bennett, community organizer, Industrial Areas Foundation
How can we leverage congregational and community power to bring about
important and needed social change?
Mr. Bennett is the Lead Organizer of Dallas Area Interfaith.  DAI is an
affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, a 60-year-old network of
congregations and community organizations committed to social justice and
the common good.  He has been a community organizer with the IAF for over 12
years and has worked in cities across the southwest including Fort Worth and
Austin, Texas.
There is no charge for this workshop. 

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B. 
SOCIAL JUSTICE LINKS
To learn 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

Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota www.ceimn.org

Minnesota  Alliance of Peacemakers  http://www.mapm.org/

Minnesota Metro Branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
www.wilpfmn.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

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

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

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

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