Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Congregational Liaisons Monthly Call
2020-10-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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, 2020-11-02 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, 2020-10-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-10-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-11-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
For more information, please contact Rev. Rob Gregson execdir@uufaithaction.org

Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2020-10-14 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-11-11 07:00 - 08:00
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

Book Discussion of "Until We Reckon"
2020-10-14 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

Congregational Relations mtg.
2020-10-14 16:30 - 17:30 | NJ, United States
Committee Meeting. For more information please contact Mark W. RNRE610@gmail.com

Reparations panel UU Church Cherry Hill
2020-10-14 19:00 - 20:30 | UU Church in Cherry Hill, 401 N Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 08034

Fighting for Financial and Racial Justice in a Pandemic
2020-10-20 10:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States
Register today for New Jersey Citizen Action’s 11th Annual Financial Reform Summit: Fighting for Financial and Racial Justice in a Pandemic, on Tuesday, October 20th and Wednesday, October 21st from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This will be a free interactive virtual webinar and live panel discussion with elected officials and expert panelists from across the country. We are pleased to announce that this year’s Summit will feature a Keynote Address by the Honorable Gurbir S. Grewal, New Jersey Attorney General.
Join community leaders, advocates, students, elected officials, financial institutions, small business owners, and other stakeholders to hear experts and leaders discuss the intersection of race and a range of financial justice issues, including fair housing & New Jersey’s housing crisis, consumer financial protection, Community Reinvestment and redlining in 2020, public banking in New Jersey, and the student loan debt crisis, and how these issues have been impacted by COVID-19.

Ministerial intern Zoom call
2020-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 | NJ, United States

Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2020-10-21 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
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Meeting ID: 138 911 695
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcwcGBIH5b

Why We Vote:The Black Freedom Struggle in New Jersey 1613 - 1860
2020-10-21 19:00 | NJ, United States
A series of four video lectures by Montclair State University are presented by the Martin Luther King Birthday Committee of Bergen County in conjunction with the Teaneck public library. The lectures will premier during October on successive Thursdays,, Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29. The presentations run about 20 minutes each and reflect research and collection of previously little known or disseminated information.
Below is the link to Part 2 titled, “The expansion of slavery and resistance in colonial and revolutionary New Jersey, 1713-1783”.
Links to the other lectures will be provided in this space.

Tech rehearsal Zoom mtg.
2020-10-22 14:30 - 15:30 | NJ, United States
For more info please contact Rev. R. Gregson execdir@uufaithaction.org

Events Committee
2020-10-26 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
Issues Conference Planning. For more info. please contact Mark W. at RNRE610@gmail.com

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-10-26 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

Reparations Conversation/UU Princeton on Zoom Oct. 29 7 p.m.
2020-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United States
Racial Justice Program: The Case for Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved People
Have you been wondering what Reparations are all about? The ACLU believes the issue of reparations should be seriously considered by all Americans and some institutions have already taken action. Last year, the Princeton Theological Seminary announced it had pledged to spend $27 million reparation on scholarships and other initiatives to address its historical ties to slavery, in what appears to be the biggest effort of its kind.
The UU Congregation of Princeton Racial Justice Task Force has invited local attorney and activist, Caroline Clarke, Esq., to give her presentation with time for Q&A:
Date and Time: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 7 pm on zoom:
Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItcO2gpjssHNz23c1dpPKH43ByguyYI8re
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The program is free and open to the public.

Environmental Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-11-05 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).

CJTF chairs/ED call
2020-11-05 13:30 - 14:30 | NJ, United States
For more information please contact Rev. R Gregson at execdir@UUfaithfaction.org

Issues Conf Tech rehearsal
2020-11-05 14:30 - 16:00 | NJ, United States
For more info please contact C. Loflin @ charles@uufaithaction.org

Youth Caucus facilitator Zoom mtg.
2020-11-05 18:00 - 18:30 | NJ, United States
For more info. please contact Rev. Rob Gregson

UUFANJ Fall Issues Conference
2020-11-07 10:00 - 15:30 | NJ, United States
Our yearly Fall Issues Conference where we determine in small “break out groups” the top legislative and justice issues the organization will focus on the coming legislative calendar year. FREE REGISTRATION HERE

HR Committee call
2020-11-10 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
For more info. please contact Rev. R. Gregson
