| SJ E-Event Update for April 10, 2008 | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ralph Wyman (rwmuusja gmail.com)
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| Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:39:21 -0700 (PDT) | |
---------- E-EVENT UPDATE FOR APRIL 10, 2008 ---------- Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance--Bringing UUs together to work collectively for social change. **** This update includes announcements about: A. MUUSJA & UU Social Action news: --1 SUN 4/13 Noon Film: Uncounted --2 MON 4/14 7:00 PM MUUSJA Board Meeting --3 SAT 4/19 10:00 AM MUUSJA Voter Rights meeting --4 SUN 4/27 3:00 PM MUUSJA Spring Meeting - Comprehensive Sex Ed --5 SUN 5/4 7:00 PM Film: For the Bible Tells Me So B. Allied Social Action news: --6 MON 4/14 7:00 PM Network of Spiritual Progressives Meeting --7 TUE 4/15 5:00 PM Metro Clean Energy Resource Teams Kick-Off --8 THUR 4/17 12:00 PM JustFair Lobby Day & Rally for LGBT Rights --9 APR 24-27 Climate Change Film Festival **** --1 UNCOUNTED Screening & Discussion SUN, April 13 NOON - 3:00 pm Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship 10715 Zenith Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431. Join Jenny Thomas, the MUUSJA Voter Rights group & MVUUF's Monica Williams for this presentation of the documentary UNCOUNTED, followed by discussion/action steps. **** --2 MUUSJA Board Meeting MON APR 14 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Unity Church - Unitarian Room T.B.A. 732 Holly Ave, St. Paul All are welcome to attend our monthly board meeting to observe and to join in conversation. Included will be preparations for the annual cycle of proposals for Issue Working Groups to be presented/voted on by membership at the fall 2008 meeting. Contact Ralph at 612-998-6624 or rwmuusja [at] gmail.com for more information or to request an agenda. **** --3 MUUSJA Voter Rights Meeting SAT, April 19 10:00 Am - NOON Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship Fireside Room 10715 Zenith Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431 Planning for Voter Rights actions. The next election is not that far off & there are many UUs to be educated and mobilized in support of free, fair and ACCURATE elections! Refreshments will be served. Contact: MaryAnn Dean mdean6 [at] comcast.net or 952-944-6401 **** --4 MUUSJA Spring Membership Meeting ==Comprehensive Sex Ed== SUN April 27 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM First Unitarian Society 900 Mt Curve, Minneapolis Learn about the issues around Comprehensive Sex Ed and it's status in the Minnesota Legislature, and curriculum development in our UU/UCC "OWL" program. A new U of M survey shows that 89% of Minnesota parents polled support Sex Ed in public classrooms that teaches young people how to prevent pregnancy and disease. Learn more & what we can do to support informed youth & adults on this sensitive topic! (See the survey results http://www.med.umn.edu/img/assets/24293/PEDSAHMPRC_Parent_Survey_SexEd.pdf) **** --5 Film: For the Bible Tells Me So SUN MAY 4 7:00 PM Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship 10715 Zenith Ave S, Bloomington A free showing of a film about 5 families of faith and how they handle the realization of having a gay child. Three questions are considered: Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? And, is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? This film offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the cross hairs of scripture and sexual identity. For information on the film go to www.FortheBibleTellsMeSo.org. The Reitans, a local family portrayed in the film , will be present for the discussion after. Film is appropriate for high schoolers and above. Nan Corliss, Welcoming Congregation Committee, MVUUF 952-835-6832 ****/++++ B. Allied Social Justice news: ++++ --6 Network of Spiritual Progressives Meeting MON APR 14 7:00 PM Plymouth Congregational Church 1900 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis Monthly chapter meeting Network of Spiritual Progressives. Affinity group networking, snacks and new member orientation at 6:30. www.nspmn.org ++++ --7 Metro Clean Energy Resource Teams Kick-Off TUE APR 15 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Landmark Center 75 West 5th Street, St. Paul Interested in localizing your energy? Join community, business and non-profit leaders, elected officials, students, state agency staff, and congregations as we kick-off the new Metro CERTs (Clean Energy Resource Team) Network. Come and network, see old friends, meet new ones, enjoy local and organic refreshments and hear about exciting community-based energy projects happening in the Twin Cities. There will be a very short program at 6:30pm. RSVPs contact Diana McKeown at the Green Institute 612-278-7125 (mckeown [at] greeninstitute.org) or Clarence Chaplin 651-695-0982 (cachaplin [at] mac.com) ++++ --8 OutFront Minnesota's JustFair Lobby Day Rally for LGBT Rights THUR APR 17 12:00 PM Rally on the Capitol Lawn (& lobbying and education all day) Join other fair-minded Minnesotans in letting our leaders know that Minnesota cares about equality for our GLBT citizens and their families. Educational sessions will be held in the morning, followed by a rally on the front lawn of the capitol from 12 - 1 pm. Appointments with lawmakers scheduled throughout the day. Info and Lobby Day registration at: www.outfront.org. Questions? Contact Jo Haberman: jhaberman [at] outfront.org 612-822-0127 x 103. ++++ --9 Climate change Film Festival APR 24-27 Bell Museum U of M Campus The Bell Museum will kick off its four-day climate change film festival on Thursday, April 24 with "Everything's Cool", a 2007 documentary that mixes humor with urgency in its look at what it takes to rouse the public and federal government into action on climate change. Join Sierra Club for a reception at 6 pm and a viewing of the museum's exhibit about global warming's impact on the Northwoods, "Paradise Lost", before the film at 7 pm. Complete festival program at http://www.bellmuseum.org ++++ MUUSJA Links: visit a complied Links page at http://justcomm.org/sjlinks.htm
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