Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Rev. Gregson Zoom call
2020-08-13 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | NJ, United States
ED conference call

GVP leadership Zoom call
2020-08-14 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
Please check with Rev. Rob Gregson with any questions.

Virtual Panel Discussion – Exploring Restorative Justice in NJ: Toward a Healing Approach to Crime and Public Safety
2020-08-15 11:00 - 12:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85842095901
Virtual Panel Discussion – Exploring Restorative Justice in NJ: Toward a Healing Approach to Crime and Public Safety
Learn more about Restorative Justice in New Jersey, what´s happening now and its outlook for the future. Panelists include:
• NJ State Senator Troy Singleton, a primary sponsor of recently passed legislation to establish Restorative Justice Pilot Programs in NJ public schools.
• Retha Onitiri, Community Engagement Director at the NJ Institute for Social Justice, where they are working on a proposal to use restorative justice throughout the state
• Rev. Brenda Ehlers, from Morrow Memorial Church in Maplewood, NJ, where they work with the municipality to divert first-time youth offenders to their restorative justice program.
Restorative Justice is a process to deal with a crime, infraction, or injustice that seeks to heal or repair the harm that was done to the victim and to the community, rather than simply punishing and locking away the person who committed the harm (or suspending them, in the case of schools.) In this process the offender is held accountable to repair the harm they caused and to work on themselves to become a person that doesn´t commit that kind of harm again. Restorative justice shifts our perspective from control and punishment to growth and healing.
For more information, please contact Tricia Idrobo at pfressidrobo@hotmail.com

Zoom call Rev. RG
2020-08-18 14:30 - 15:30 | NJ, United States
Contact Rev. R. Gregson for more info about this call

Book Discussion of "Until We Reckon"
2020-08-19 11:00 - 12:30, 2020-09-02 11:00 - 12:30, 2020-09-16 11:00 - 12:30, 2020-09-30 11:00 - 12:30 | Online with Zoom connection
Join our discussion of UUFANJ Common Read, Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered. This 5-session book discussion will take place every other Wednesday between 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. beginning August 19 thru October 14 2020. All sessions will be conducted via the Zoom video conference app (see link below.)
Contact Tricia Idrobo for information at pfressidrobo@hotmail.com
Zoom video link: https://zoom.us/j/185324449

Aug Congt'l Liaisons call (rescheduled)
2020-08-20 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
The monthly call for all FaithAction congregational liaisons, usually held the first Thursday of every month. For more information, please contact the administrator at admin@uufaithaction.org.

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2020-08-24 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around women’s reproductive justice and rights in New Jersey. To join the call via phone or video, please see details below.
Carol A. Loscalzo (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood) Task Force For more information, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo, TF chair

Welcome to the Reproductive Justice Task Force monthly call!
Time: this is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/153587254
Or iPhone one-tap :
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Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 153 587 254
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=K4sSO3ip6lRKzBkWCjs05g64KmjSSP3Q

Montclair Prophetic Council Event
2020-08-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Montclair Prophetic Council: Join us in abolishing abusive policing
Grounded in a shared movement toward collective liberation, we will gather for a Prophetic Council on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
The Montclair Prophetic Council pledges to:
–Educate ourselves about the force report data for our municipality, history of policing and current demands in our community.
–Commit to creating and/or supporting community responses that demilitarize our communities
–Rely on community responses in the event of a non-violent crime, rather than calling the police. These types of responses promote restorative justice
Racialized and abusive policing is a part of our history and it continues to be the standard in New Jersey – a standard that demands witness and transformation. At this prophetic council, we will listen, openly, and actively to the lived experience of our community members so that we might collaboratively face this injustice. Together, we will lament as we educate our community to the often overlooked reality that abusive policing happens right here in Montclair.
Following this council, we will continue to gather and sustain a movement of allies, collaborators, and co-conspirators with a prophetic commitment to liberation.
Registration is required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h_4fCQ57RvinkgKXiq9VxA
For questions and/or connection, please contact Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, (703) 731-9018, RevAnya@uumontclair.org

ED/CJTF/RJTF leaders call
2020-09-01 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
For more info about this call please contact Rev. Rob Gregson execdir@uufaithaction.org

Environmental Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-09-03 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-10-01 12:00 - 13:30 | NJ, United States
Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join this call please contact co-chair, Peggy Middaugh, at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489 for the call in information. Seeing each others’ faces on video link is our preferred way to conduct the call. You can join using your desktop, laptop or smartphone camera and the free, downloadable Zoom app.
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).

UUFANJ internship Zoom mtg.
2020-09-08 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
For more information about this call, please contact Rev. Rob Gregson 973 908 0211.

Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2020-09-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-10-14 08:00 - 09:00
Rev. Rob Gregson joins other paid and volunteer staff on this monthly networking call. CUUSAN is the national organization that coordinates state-level UU social justice witness in 25 states across the U.S. If interested in joining the discussion, please reach out to Rev. Gregson at execdir@uufaithaction.org

Events Cmte Zoom call
2020-09-11 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
For more info. please contact Rev. Rob Gregson

Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2020-09-16 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
The monthly statewide conference call for Unitarian Universalists and our friends to get the latest news and to strategize around Gun Violence prevention, advocacy and legislative action in New Jersey.
To join the GVP Task Force call, held the third Weds. of every month from 1 to 2 p.m., please follow the video/call in information listed below.
For more information and to receive the call agenda in advance, please email GVP Task Force chair, Liandra Pires at: gvptfchair@uufaithaction.org
Topic: Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/138911695?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 138 911 695
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One tap mobile
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Dial by your location
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+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 138 911 695
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcwcGBIH5b

Congregational Relations monthly call
2020-09-16 16:30 - 17:30 | NJ, United States
For more information about this meeting please contact Cong. Relations chair, Mark Williams.

Restorative Justice in NJ Networking Call
2020-09-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Join a conversation with practitioners and advocates of Restorative Justice in NJ. Our goal is to promote restorative justice in municipalities and schools across the state through public education, advocacy and direct assistance. To join this group and this monthly networking call, please contact Tricia Idrobo at pfressidrobo@hotmail.com

Task Force Committee Meeting
2020-09-24 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
Agenda is:
Finalize the TF leadership roles and responsibilities around Chair, Co-Chair, Vice Chair terms, term limits, etc.
Review the TF leadership takeaways to send to the TF leadership for discussion and revision and to present results so far to the Board in the TF committee report.

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-09-28 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around women’s reproductive justice and rights in New Jersey. To join the call via phone or video, please see details below.
Carol A. Loscalzo (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood) Task Force For more information, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo, TF chair
Topic: Reproductive Justice TF monthly meeting
Time: Every month on the Fourth Monday 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85258330749?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 852 5833 0749
Passcode: [REDACTED]
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,85258330749# US (Germantown)
+13126266799,,85258330749# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 852 5833 0749
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcYpUKis7p

Voting ABC’s: How it Will Work During the Pandemic
2020-10-01 16:00 - 17:00 | NJ, United States
Presented by the Union County Board of Elections
Voting may be confusing during the pandemic. They are expecting many more vote-by-mail ballots. How will it work? How will the Union County Board of Elections handle it? Sign up at bit.ly/UPLlive at least one hour in advance.

Congregational Liaisons Monthly Call
2020-10-01 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
Held the first Thursday of every month (except for July and August 2021, see calendar for new dates/times) organizing call for all UU FaithAction NJ congregational liaisons. An agenda is sent out in advance; please contact the Office Administrator at admin@uufaithaction.org for a copy (which includes the Zoom sign on information) if you are a new liaison.
Led by the Executive Director, an interactive call and advocacy/legislative/justice update with and for our “on the ground” representatives to UU congregations. If you are a liaison, please join in using either your telephone, smartphone or (ideally!) from a laptop or computer with a camera so we can see one another.

Monthly UUFANJ Board Meeting
2020-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | NJ, United States
Members/supporters of UU FaithAction NJ are welcome to attend our monthly all-volunteer Board meetings. To access online meetings (all meetings from March 2020 to present time will be conducted online) via the Zoom conferencing platform, please contact the Board President, Mia Morse or Vice President, Nick Lewis, ozballnick@gmail.com and request the “Zoom login” code. You must give at least 48 hours notice to request the code to allow our volunteer board members enough time to reply.
In the event that you do not hear back prior to that 48 hour cut off, please contact the Executive Director, Rev. Rob Gregson, execdir@uufaithaction.org or on the office phone, 908-376-6535.
As per our bylaws, the board leadership reserves the right to call an executive session of the board to discuss matters not appropriate for a more public conversation.

History of the NAACP
2020-10-06 14:00 - 15:00 | NJ, United States
Tuesday, October 6 | 2:00-3:00pm
Presented by Ray Daniels, President of the Tri-City NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is one of the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organizations in the nation. Their mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. Its history is the history of the civil rights movement. Learn about the past and what they are doing today. Sign up at bit.ly/UPLlive at least one hour in advance.

Issues Conference mtg.
2020-10-07 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
Event Committee Meeting. For more info. pls contact Mark W. RNRE610@gmail.com

Why Voting Matters/ Por Qué es Importante Votar/ Bilingual
2020-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Presented by The Lupe Fund/Iveth Mosquera
The election is coming up and your vote matters. Find out how to do it during this year’s Pandemic. Sign up at bit.ly/UPLlive at least one hour in advance.
Presentado por The Lupe Fund / Iveth Mosquera Se acercan las elecciones y su voto importa. Descubra por qué y cómo hacerlo durante la pandemia de este año. Regístrese en bit.ly/UPLlive con al menos una hora de anticipación

Weekly internship Zoom call
2020-10-13 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
For more information, please contact Rev. Rob Gregson execdir@uufaithaction.org
