Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2018-11-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-10-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
2018-11-20 14:30 - 15:30 | UU Congregation at Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair, New Jersey
Transgender Day of Remembrance Interfaith Worship Service
Tuesday November 20th, 7:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair
67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ

All Are Welcome to Join in this Observance of Remembrance, Mourning, and Affirmation.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgenderwoman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

“The Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.”
Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Let us gather for this essential work which will move us through lamentation to solidarity and support.

Questions and offers to participate, volunteer, or sponsor can be directed to Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael at revanya@uumontclair.org

Note for Seeking Volunteers and Support:

Volunteer Support Sought for the:

Transgender Day of Remembrance Interfaith Worship Service
Tuesday November 20th, 7:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair
67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgenderwoman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Volunteers are needed to:

Greet: creating a truly welcoming environment for all.
Participate: lighting candles and reading the names of the transgender individuals that were killed this past year due to anti-transgender violence. (Individuals or all ages that express as transgender, gender expansive, and/or gender non-conforming, as well as their intimate family members are sought for this role.)
Join the Interfaith Choir.
Sponsor: have your organization’s name added to the program and support this event in a variety of ways.

Questions and offers to participate, volunteer, or sponsor can be directed to Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael at revanya@uumontclair.org

Residential Solar Panels
2018-11-15 14:30 - 16:30 | Christ Church, Summit, 561 Springfield Avenue, Summit
Public Service presentation on residential solar panels. End time approximate.

Environmental Justice TF Video Conference Call
2018-11-14 14:30 - 15:30
Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
To join the video conference insert the link below in your computer search/browser window and follow the instructions (This 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). For questions, please contact Peggy Middaugh at peggymiddaugh@gmail.com or 508-864-3489

Use this link to join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/712490459

Or Telephone (please note the Meeting ID number below the dial in number):
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NJ CAIC Sunday Morning Dialog at UUCMC in Lincroft
2018-11-11 04:00 - 05:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. FRONT STREET, Lincroft, NJ, 07738, United States
https://www.njcaic.org/
Sunday Morning Dialog

Dialog - NJ Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement
2018-11-11 04:00 - 05:00 | UU Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 West Front St., Lincroft, NJ, 07738, United States
Marshall Justice Roundtree

Lay Preaching Workshop Part II
2018-11-10 05:00 - 11:00 | The Unitarian Society, A Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, 08816, United States
Come Grow Your Voice!
Come Grow the Voice & Visibility of FaithAction!
UU FaithAction NJ is sponsoring a workshop to help lay folks learn the art of sermon writing and how to lead worship. Our goal:

Grow FaithAction’s visibility in more of the 21 member congregations
Provide a valuable service to congregations looking to fill their pulpits in the summer, as well as throughout the year

Workshop in Two Parts
Part I focuses on generating written texts, takes place at any UU congregation that accepts the invitation to schedule it. Curriculum is provided for the 2.5 hour workshop.
Part II folks come together from all NJ on Saturday, November 10, 10 -4 at The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick. The second builds on the first, so attendance at the first is required in order to take part in the second.
Has your minister scheduled one of the workshops to take place before the statewide one in November? Check in with them to find out if it will be on your congregation’s schedule. Maybe you can help make it happen.

FaithAction led Rally for Jorge Chajon
2018-11-09 18:45 | Federal Immigration Court, 97 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, United States
An important, UU FaithAction led and directed rally, happening in Newark, Friday Nov. 9th at 11:45 p.m., Federal Immigration Court, 97 Broad St. Newark NJ. I am urging my fellow UUs to turn out on Nov. 9th, if at all possible.

We have the chance to make a real difference in the life of one family, the Chajons, caught up in the draconian changes in US policy, but also to many other detainees languishing in prisons for no other reason than they sought refuge, safety and a better life free from grinding poverty, gangs and endemic violence.

If you haven’t yet signed the petition to release Jorge Chajon from his 17 month detention in the Elizabeth Detention Center, you may do so here:
https://www.change.org/p/kristen-peck-keep-the-chajon-famil…
What’s Different About this Rally:
Many of you have already signed the petition circulated by NJ UU from Beacon/Summit, Dr. Kristen Peck supporting 15 month detainee, Jorge Chajon.
UUs and our allies will be staging this rally in front of the ICE Regional Office the same day as what may be Jorge’s final detention hearing. Jorge came to the US as a 13 year old from Guatemala, making the dangerous journey to follow his parents. He was granted DACA status by the previous administration and has no criminal record. He has a US citizen wife, a 2 year old and 10 month old child he has never visited outside of detention center visits.
Our goal is to create a media event, humanizing it with the story of one man and his family and dramatizing the ongoing plight of many like them here in NJ and across the US. We will unfurl a large banner made up of some of the 2500+ petitions and some of us will sit in on the hearing to show our support to the judge and staff for Jorge’s case.
Please let me know if you are able to join me and fellow UUs and lay activists for all or part of that Friday afternoon. We could use extra helpers, marshals, social media/smart camera operators, etc. Please reach out to our office to volunteer www.uufaithaction.org. A crowd helps! Invite all and sundry, and expect more communications including a press release over the next several days.
And thanks. We amplify each others voices and those whose voices are suppressed or lost in the shuffle. I appreciate your ongoing support for UU FaithAction NJ.

Community Solar Stakeholder Meeting
2018-11-08 08:00 - 14:30 | Rutgers: Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Two sessions of this public meeting, at 1 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m., so ending time is a best guess for the second session. Event is at the Florio Forum at Rutgers’ Bloustein School.

NJDEP Public Hearing: Franklin Compressor Station
2018-11-05 12:30 - 15:00 | Franklin Township High School, 500 Elizabeth Ave., Somerset
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has scheduled a Public Hearing for the Freshwater Wetlands Permit Application for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project with Compressor Station 206 and pipelines in Old Bridge, Sayreville, and through Raritan Bay.
Rally will be outside at 5:30 p.m.
If built, the compressor station emissions will pollute the entire area for decades, and, once in operation, there is little doubt that the company will add more turbines in the future. We need to tell the NJDEP that we oppose the construction of Compressor Station 206 as well as the pipelines which will dredge up even more pollution. The risks to our safety and health demand that we stand up for ourselves, the environment and future generations. Come out and bring friends and neighbors.
HEARINGS: People do not need to arrive at 6PM or stay for the entire hearing.
* NJDEP staff will facilitate the meeting.
* People usually get 3 minutes to speak at a microphone in front of the group about their concerns, and a stenographer records it. It’s not like the FERC meeting where you went into a separate room.
* If you want to speak, sign-up when you arrive. Talking points will be provided.
* Pre-written comments can be submitted at the meeting & more comments can be sent after the meeting up until November 20. Include your name & full address on written comments.
* We DO expect that pro-NESE people will be there to voice their support (like they were at the FERC public meetings), so we need many concerned folks there to tell NJDEP why we do not want NESE.
NJDEP’s PUBLIC HEARING RULES OF CONDUCT
The purpose of the hearing is to gather public comment from anyone who wishes to speak. Any action taken by any person that prevents the public from commenting is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Anyone who violates these rules of conduct may be removed from the hearing.
* No signs mounted on sticks, or otherwise attached to an object, are allowed within the auditorium
* No food or drink is allowed within the auditorium
* Please remain seated until called forward to provide comment
* No interrupting when someone is speaking
* No unruly/disruptive behavior (i.e. yelling, chanting, use of foul language)
* Testimony will be limited to three minutes per speaker

Filling Your Justice Toolbelt - Advocacy Workshop
2018-11-03 05:00 - 08:00 | Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon, Pennsylvania, 1933
You are invited to a Hands-on Advocacy Workshop hosted by the Greater Philly UUs. Rev. Rob Gregson will be facilitating this event.

Impact of Gerrymandering on Democratic Process
2018-11-01 15:30 - 17:00 | Westfield High School, 550 Dorian Road, Westfield, NJ, 07090, United States
Come hear what is sure to be a fascinating and informative talk by Yurij Rudensky from the Brennan Center for Justice in NYC. His relevant talk on gerrymandering is Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 pm at Westfield High School in Westfield.

Interfaith Vigil for Pittsburgh
2018-11-01 15:30 - 16:30 | Ohr Shalom, 67 Kent PLace Blvd, Summit
I sit here, wavering between anger and sadness at yet another week of senseless violence perpetrated by domestic terrorists. At the insufficient responses from our government leaders and what their inaction is telling our children. That this is “the new normal” — to sit and offer up prayers or good thoughts but to do nothing to improve things or to call out evil and injustice. Beloved, there is nothing “normal” about violence of any kind, especially when it stems from intentional ignorance and fear. Normal is showing up for each other, speaking up to say, “We are here for you” and “NO, this will not stand!” when another’s life and safety is stolen by senseless fear.

We have an opportunity to do just that in a few days. Our sister congregation, Congregation Ohr Shalom (67 Kent Place in Summit), is hosting an Interfaith Vigil for Pittsburgh on Thursday, November 1st at 7:30 PM. I implore you and your children be in solidarity, holding our Jewish friends during this time of pain and saying in one loud voice, “Hate is abnormal and it has no home here!”
Our religious freedom is a right purchased for all people by the literal blood, sweat and tears our ancestors. Yet there are some in this country (many of whom live with access and acceptance that I’ll never see in my lifetime) that believe their rights outweigh ours because we don’t worship the same (or any) god. Because we choose to love who we love regardless of gender, sex, race, ability or creed. Because we are willing to give up some of our privilege to give someone else a fair chance to thrive. I choose to not be afraid of difference and I will embrace others as equals. That is the message I want to send to our kids. Please join us in this fight for our lives.
Holding you all in love and light,
Jamaine

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2018-10-29 15:00 - 16:00

Rally for the 94%
2018-10-27 08:00 - 10:00 | Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 231-251 Seymour Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
Please stand with us on Saturday, October 27, at 12:00 PM at Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, located at 231-251 Seymour Avenue in Newark, NJ.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Mount Calvary 50 years ago to build support for the Poor People’s Campaign.

Ninety-four percent of Black voters cast their ballots for Governor Phil Murphy in 2017. Without this support from the Black community, it is unlikely that Phil Murphy would be New Jersey’s governor: Fifty-three percent of white voters supported his opponent. But nine months into his administration, Governor Murphy has not focused on critical issues facing the 94%. The Institute and its partners call on Governor Phil Murphy to take action on the following racial justice issues:

Transforming the Youth Justice System: A Black child in New Jersey is 30 times more likely to be incarcerated than a white child — the highest disparity rate in America. Thus, even though research shows that Black and white young people commit most offenses at similar rates, just 22 white kids are incarcerated in New Jersey.
In the wake of the historic youth prison closure announcements, Governor Murphy must dedicate his time, platform, and resources to prioritizing the fundamental transformation of New Jersey’s failed youth justice system. This will require Governor Murphy to commit to addressing the structural racism that devours young Black and Brown kids in the current system.
Murphy should convene a youth justice commission with a mandate to create and oversee a comprehensive youth justice plan that, with meaningful community input, addresses the policies and practices that drive the racial disparities, prioritizes alternatives to incarceration and rehabilitation, and invests the anticipated $20 million closure cost savings into community-based programs in neighborhoods most impacted by incarceration. The commission should also develop a plan and timeline for the closure of New Jersey’s three youth prisons, including its most secure youth prison — the Juvenile Medium Security Facility. No construction should commence before the commission issues its recommendations.
Governor Murphy must also hold public hearings throughout the state to provide updates on the status of the youth prison closures and to seek meaningful input on next steps. The construction of the new youth rehabilitation centers should not commence until the task force issues its recommendations.

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: The median net worth for New Jersey’s white families is $271,402 — the highest in the nation. But the median net worth for New Jersey’s Latino and Black families is just $7,020 and $5,900, respectively.
Murphy should champion the effort to close the racial wealth gap by supporting a statewide plan for individual development accounts (IDAs), which would provide matched savings for low-income residents. Murphy should also lead the effort to empower poor residents in communities segregated by race through deep government infrastructure investments that will raise the property values in communities of color, thereby raising the value of most families’ largest asset — their home. This investment should support and protect current homeowners from losing that asset, as well as expand homeownership among residents of color, including through providing grants for down payment assistance and ensuring access to low-interest, fixed-rate mortgage loans.

Restoring the Right to Vote to People with Criminal Convictions: New Jersey denies the vote to nearly 100,000 people who are in prison, on parole, or on probation. Half of those denied the right to vote are Black, though Black people comprise just 15 percent of the state’s population.
Governor Murphy must commit to signing and using the power of his office to urge the passage of S-2100/A-3456, historic legislation that will restore the precious right to vote to people in prison, on parole, or on probation. New Jersey first denied the right to vote to people with criminal convictions in 1844, the same year it adopted a constitution that restricted voting to white men. By continuing to link the right to vote to a racially discriminatory criminal justice system, New Jersey is today accomplishing the same racial exclusion that was commonplace in 1844 and meant to be eradicated by the 15th Amendment.
New Jersey’s most stark and pressing racial disparities are calling out for courageous leadership and Governor Murphy can and should make clear that he is as committed to the 94 percent as they were to him.
We stand ready to work with him when he does.

Annual Fall Issues Conference
2018-10-20 06:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States
One of two major UU FaithAction gatherings each year. Each fall UUs and allies from across the state gather to review the most pressing social justice, advocacy and legislative issues facing New Jerseyans that year and decide together on the top issues that call for joint action as per our shared UU Principles and Purposes. Participate in one of 6 workshops in our six areas of concern (Environmental, Immigration, Reproductive, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice Reform and Gun Violence Prevention), hear an update from Exec. Dir. Rev. Rob Gregson on the social justice and legislative climate in the state and a keynote address from a well known advocate (TBA.)

Voter Disenfranchisement Rally
2018-10-18 13:00 - 17:00 | UU Congregation at Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair, New Jersey
A rally and march during the Month of Resistance against Mass Incarceration
Thursday, Oct. 18th Rally and March at Church Street Plaza (GPS: 12 Church St., Montclair)
Many externals invited: ministers, Solidarity Singers, leaders of NAACP, ACLU, POP. Anti-Racist Alliance of North Jersey

Rally Time: 5-6 pm
March to UUCM: 6-6:15 pm
Discussion at UU: 6:15-7:30 pm Peierls Room
Confirmed Ron PIerce, Democracy and Social Justice Fellow of NJ Institute for Social Justice, formerly incarcerated for 30 years, to answer questions on voter disenfranchisement.

Environmental Justice Monthly Call - SEPTEMBER CALL CANCELED
2018-10-17 15:30 - 16:30, 2018-09-19 15:30 - 16:30
Use this link to join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/712490459

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Meeting ID: 712 490 459

Interfaith Candidates Forum - CANCELED
2018-10-14 10:30 - 12:30 | Temple Beth El, Hillsborough, NJ, 67 US-206, Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, 08844
For those UUs and our friends who live in the 7th and 11th congressional districts an interfaith nonpartisan candidates forum on October 14, 2018 might be of interest. (If you aren’t sure in which district you live, District 7 covers Hunterdon, most of Somerset, and a portion of Morris counties; Leonard Lance (R) is the current congressman for the 7th. District 11 touches on District 7 to the east and represents the bulk of Morris Co. and includes parts of Essex, Passaic and Warren counties. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) is the retiring representative from the 11th.

The October forum is a collaborative interfaith effort to introduce voters to the major candidates running for the 7th and 11th congressional districts and for the US Senate seat from NJ. Attached is a draft of the plan for the event which we hope will gather a broad range of faith communities. Our intention is to be heard by the candidates, as well as to be heard by them. We are looking to highlight the issues of gun violence prevention, immigration, and environmental responsibility.

Rally for Justice, Stand for Fair Wages
2018-10-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Bethel AME Church, 32 Courtland Street, Woodbury, New Jersey, 08096
Show your support for an increase to minimum wage – currently farm workers and tip-earners may be excluded.

October 9, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Bethel AME Church located at 32 Courtland Street, Woodbury, NJ. 08096. Farm workers and tip-earners are overwhelmingly people of color and women. Our brother and sisters are hard-working New Jersey’s who are struggling to raise their families in this high-cost state. Everyone deserves an increase in minimum wage!

League of Women Voters Advocacy Workshop
2018-10-06 04:30 - 08:30 | UU Congregation of South Jersey Shore, 75 S Pomona Road, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, 08215
The League of Women Voters of New Jersey is hosting a series of regional trainings around the state. These trainings are for League members and anyone else who is looking to be a more effective activist or learn more about getting involved in the League.

Our next training will take place Saturday, October 6 from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore in Egg Harbor City.

Training Sessions:

Membership Engagement (9 am – 10 am)

Join League of Women Voters of New Jersey Program Associate Helen Kioukis for a discussion about how to grow your League and better engage supporters, members, and volunteers.

Everything but the Kitchen Sink (10:15 am – 11:15 am)

Members of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey Board and staff will lead a discussion about local League basics, resources and toolkits available from LWVUS and LWVNJ, fundraising tips, and voter service best practices.

Step up your Activism (11:30 am – 12:30 pm)

League of Women Voters of New Jersey lobbyist Sandy Matsen will train you in being a more effective activist! Learn the secrets to lobbying and amplifying your voice in government.

Registration is $10 – please register by October 3 . Registration and a light breakfast begin at 8:30 am

https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=drwutqcab&oeidk=a07efok9xrda618328c

Economic Justice Task Force Monthly Call (October Only)
2018-10-05 08:30 - 09:30
The last Friday afternoon call of the Econ Justice TF will be Oct. 5th from 12:30 to 1:30. We will update and strategize around several economic justice issues in play in New Jersey. To join the call via phone or video, please see details below
Jerry Fried, Chair
For more information, please email Jerry at econ_justice@uufaithaction.org
Topic: Economic Justice TF meeting
Time: this is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3422164493

+1 646 558 8656
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Meeting ID:
342 216 4493

Economic Justice Monthly Task Force Call
2018-10-05 08:30 - 09:30
The monthly conference call held the 4th Thursday of every month to update and strategize around furthering economic justice in New Jersey. To join the video call using a desktop/laptop computer or smartphone (strongly preferred for ease of use!) or by phone, please see details below. All are welcome to attend!
Jerry Fried (UU Montclair) Chair
For more information, please email Jerry at econ_justice@uufaithaction.org
Topic: Economic Justice TF meeting
Time: this is a recurring meeting; meet anytime
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/3422164493

Or dial one of the following two numbers to join by phone and then follow the prompt to enter Meeting ID code below:
+1 646 558 8656
+1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID:
342 216 4493

Monthly Liaison Call
2018-10-01 15:00 - 16:00
Monthly call between the Executive Director and congregational liaisons. If you are a liaison, to join the call:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/466835134

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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: 466 835 134
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/xDfEb

Murray Grove Homecoming
2018-09-27 - 2018-09-30
Join us for a dynamic weekend as we combine inspiration and instruction in social justice with celebrating ways that the arts have the power to inspire people justice efforts.

Murray Grove Homecoming September 28-30 this year is focused on Social Justice. The theme is Universal Love in Action and the theme speakers are Rev. Robin Tanner and Rev. Charles Boyer, co-chairs of the New Jersey Prophetic Agenda and New Jersey’s expression of the Poor People’s Campaign.
In addition to these inspiring speakers, we are offering practical workshops to assist congregations in their social justice work:

– Workshop on advocacy by Rev. Rob Gregson of UU Faith Action NJ
– Workshop on fundraising for social action by Gary Nissenbaum
– Workshop on Welcoming the Stranger by Rev. John MorganAt the heart of the weekend is a Congregational Showcase of successful social action projects. You are invited to participate by bringing what you are proud of and by seeing and learning of others’ successes. Our congregations can be such good teachers and supporters of each other!

Go to https://www.murraygrove.org/homecoming-1 to register!

We are 1844 No More
2018-09-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Rutgers-New Brunswick Student Center, 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
“The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the denial of the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” But New Jersey’s law that denies the right to vote to people with criminal convictions undermines the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on explicit racial discrimination by linking the right to vote to a racially discriminatory criminal justice system.
New Jersey leads the nation in having the highest racial disparities in having the highest Black/white incarceration rates for both adults and youth, making the laws racially discriminatory impact particularly acute.” – New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Please join fellow UUs on Monday, September 24 at the Rutger’s-New Brunswick Student Center to partake it what is sure to be a riveting and informative discussion!

Concert Across America
2018-09-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 19 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
A national Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, scheduled for Saturday, September 23, 2018. The Haddonfield, NJ event, to be hosted by Grace Episcopal Church, will be one of several concerts held across the U.S., each connected via social media and online at www.concertacrossamerica.org. Admission is FREE.

The Concert Across America will take place on Sept. 23, the date designated by Congress in 2007 as a day of remembrance for murder victims. This nationwide event will bring together a network of organizations, activists and artists to remember the victims of gun violence across the nation and in our state.
