Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2019-01-14 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
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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The People's State of The State
2019-01-14 06:00 - 08:00
Stand up in support of economic, political, and social justice at The People’s State of the State!
New Jerseyans are still waiting for movement on critical issues like a $15 minimum wage for all workers, drivers licenses for all, marijuana legalization, environmental justice, and a tax code that ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.
We deserve lawmakers who share our sense of urgency and recognize that now is not the time for politics as usual. Now is the time to create a stronger and more-inclusive state for all residents, not just the wealthy and well-connected.
Together we can create the fairer and more-just New Jersey we all envision. Join us on January 10th outside the State House Annex!

WHEN: January 10, 2019 at 10am – 12pm

WHERE: State House Annex
131 W State St
Trenton, NJ 08608
United States

RSVP: https://www.bluewavenj.org/peoplesos

Words of Choice
2019-01-13 09:30 - 12:00 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States
A woman’s right to choose soars in a tapestry of 12 powerful ‘shorts’ — serious and comic. These are stories from the heart: humorous and tender; poignant and riveting; from theater, spoken word, comedy poetry, oral history and journalism. Smart, funny, endangered!
Speaker: Dr. Lynn Roberts, editor, “Radical Reproductive Justice”

Mid-Year UU FaithAction Board Retreat
2019-01-11 - 2019-01-12
Annual midyear review and planning session for current c3 and c4 Board members.

Environmental Justice TF Video Conference Call
2019-01-09 14:30 - 15:30, 2018-12-12 14:30 - 15:30, 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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Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2019-01-09 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

Workshop: Economic Injustice 101
2019-01-05 05:00 - 10:00 | The Unitarian Society, A Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, 08816, United States
UU FaithAction NJ and the Economic Task Force, together with Work Environmental Council, are hosting a training conference to help us learn how to effectively campaign to promote economic justice in our communities and our state. We will learn how to be more effective at bringing people together to exercise political power.

WHAT: Interactive Economic Training for Advocates Conference
WHEN: January 5, 2019
TIME: 10 am to 3 pm
WHERE: The Unitarian Society of East Brunswick, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick

To get a little sense of how these educational/community-organizing trainings work, please take a look at this 4 minute video, which was produced after one of these trainings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQjeGMxjDY

These are interactive workshops where we share our own experiences. Attending this training with other UUs will be a great way for us to learn more about each other and that knowledge will make us a stronger and more effective organization. I bet it will help us be effective advocates for economic justice!

No matter how much time we spend learning about what’s going on in the world, sometimes the best thing to do in rough times is to come together. And maybe come up with things we can do. Even better if different groups are doing different things but pushing towards the same goals.

Please consider attending this training with other UUs, but also people from other faiths and backgrounds. To move forward on our agenda for promoting Economic Justice we have to not only be well-educated on the inequities that exist but well-trained in organizing. Let’s put our heads together and work on a campaign with help from people who are doing this effectively nationwide.

REGISTER HERE!!

Economic Justice Monthly Task Force Call
2018-12-27 14:00 - 15:00
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

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2018-12-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-11-26 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States

New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice Summit
2018-12-18 05:00 - 12:00 | The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing, New Jersey, 08618
NJAIJ’s annual Immigrant Rights Summit is on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing, NJ.
Attorney General Gubir Grewal will be the keynote speaker this year.
It will be a day of learning and empowering discussions about the state of immigrant rights in New Jersey. With the continuous onslaught of attacks on immigrants rights from the federal administration, it is vital that we continue to stand together in the fight for immigrants rights here in New Jersey.

Annual Immigrant Rights Summit
2018-12-18 03:00 - 12:00
The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice’s annual end-of-the-year Immigrant Rights Summit is Tuesday, December 18th! This will be an important day where we come together to discuss the most important fights for immigrants’ rights in New Jersey. We will have more details coming soon.

Women of Color Meeting
2018-12-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington Street, Newark

UUCMC's Earth Room Concerts presents "Deeper Than the Skin" with Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway
2018-12-08 14:30 - 16:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. FRONT STREET, Lincroft, NJ, 07738, United States
For four decades, singer-songwriter, storyteller, and activist Reggie Harris has brought African American spirituals, folk, gospel, rock, and the music of the civil rights movement to stages across America. Greg Greenway is a chart-topping folksinger with eight studio albums both as solo artist and as a member of the trio Brother Sun.
Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway have a unique story. Born three days apart, ancestry flowing through the same portal of history, Richmond, Virginia, they are on a pilgrimage together – one that began three decades ago. The racial divisions that are the reality of America started them in two different worlds, but the amazing bonds of music, respect, admiration, and shared vision have brought them together as friends and colleagues.
Reggie Harris is the Music Education Director of the Living Legacy Project of the UUA, co-leading tours through the hallowed Civil Rights ground of the South. He is a Woodrow Wilson Scholar. Solo, and in the duo, Kim and Reggie Harris, he has led hundreds of programs on Race and Social Justice.
Greg Greenway was a part of the planning committee (at Reggie’s request) of Marching in the Arc of Justice, the Unitarian Universalist conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma Voting Rights Action. He had the honor for two years of having his song, “Rosa Parks”, play when rosaparks.com was opened. Greg led his song, “What Must Be Done”, in the trio Brother Sun, before thousands of UUs at the opening service of the Providence, RI General Assembly.
Together and individually, Reggie and Greg have brought the issue of Race before audiences all across North America. They share not only a story of overcoming, but provide a living, breathing example of celebration, creative resistance, and joy. There are many who say that they are the embodiment of those traits – that their talent and communication skills make their performance infectious. Both are committed professionally to inspiring people, to encourage others to take that step beyond their comfort zone, and as they reach across the racial divide, to foster the relationships that are, in the end, a path to healing.

AntiRacist Alliance Meeting
2018-12-06 14:00 - 16:30 | Montclair Friends Meetinghouse, 289 Park Street, Montclair, New Jersey, 07043
Please join us for our next meeting as we continue to review and process our analysis, strategize and cooperate in each other’s professional and personal efforts, and strengthen an anti-racist, net-that-works in your area based on the principles of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.

The AntiRacist Alliance, North Jersey
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Montclair Friends Meetinghouse
289 Park Street, (entrance on Gordonhurst Ave.)
Montclair NJ 07043
Agenda:

Debriefing Statewide Gathering
Debriefing for Undoing Racism Training November 30-December 2
Planning for next Undoing Racism Training: date and venue
Organizing Check-Ins

PLEASE RSVP: antiracistalliancenj@gmail.com

No Fossil Fuel Campaign Launch
2018-12-05 07:30 - 08:30 | State House Annex, 125 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey, 08608
On Wednesday December 5th, New Jerseyans from all corners of the state will converge in Trenton to launch a bold new campaign. Join us aswe call on Governor Murphy to lead the way on climate initiatives by enacting an emergency moratorium on all fossil fuel projects, and a rapid and fair transition to 100% clean renewables.

What: Empower NJ: No Fossil Fuel Projects Campaign Launch
When: Wed., Dec. 5th at 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Where: Outside the NJ Statehouse Annex Building, 137 W. State Street, Trenton
Program: Hear from grassroots leaders resisting fossil fuel expansion projects in their communities, experts and advocates for a 100% clean renewable New Jersey.
What to bring: A sign representing your fight against a fossil fuel project in NJ, or a general sign about the urgency of the climate crisis.
Please share this email and facebook event to promote our campaign launch to your friends and communities!
Background:
Climate change is an immediate and grave threat to the 9 million people who call New Jersey home. The combination of rising sea levels, increasingly destructive storms, severe and more frequent flooding events, and other devastating climate impacts represent nothing short of an emergency. According to a 2018 report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we may have as little as 12 years to reach critical levels in stopping greenhouse gas emissions before we cross irreversible climate tipping points.
After Trump pulled the US out of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, Governor Murphy signed New Jersey onto the US Climate Alliance, a pledge to uphold the goals from Paris to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and no higher than 2 degrees. We commend the Governor for this pledge, but we simply cannot achieve this critical goal if his administration continues approving new, long term fossil fuel infrastructure projects. Simply put, if the Governor doesn’t take immediate action to fight climate change by stopping new sources of green house gas pollution in NJ, and by implementing a real plan to rapidly reduce existing green house gases, then he will be putting thousands of lives and billions of dollars in economic damage at risk.
We’re launching this campaign to call on the Governor to enact a moratorium on all new fossil fuel development in NJ, including the 12 power plants and pipeline projects currently proposed in NJ, as well as complete complete ban on fracking, water withdrawals for fracking, and fracking wastewater in the Delaware River Basin and New Jersey. The current Delaware River Watershed fracking moratorium is under attack by big oil and gas and the Trump administration, and we cannot allow this toxic, climate disrupting industry to gain a foothold in the watershed for over 10 Million people throughout the region.
Governor Murphy has all the evidence and regulatory tools he needs to enact an emergency moratorium on new fossil fuel development, at least until New Jersey has a real plan to immediately reduce green house gas emissions and transition to 100% clean renewable energy.
Please join with us as we launch the campaign for a moratorium on fossil fuel projects and a rapid and fair transition to a 100% clean renewable energy economy!
We hope to see you in Trenton on Wednesday!

Reproductive Justice Legislative Training
2018-12-03 03:30 - 06:00 | Thomas Edison State University, 11 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey
Who: NJ state legislators, legislative staffers, advocates, and activists
What: Reproductive Justice Legislative Training, hosted by expert Dr. Krystal Redman, of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW, an RJ organization from GA. This training is free, complimentary breakfast will be provided, and RSVP is required!
Where: Thomas Edison State University, 111 W State St, Trenton, New Jersey 08608
When: Monday, December 3rd from 8:30am-11am
Why: This training is a unique and timely opportunity to learn about the Reproductive Justice Movement and Framework by an expert in the field. The training will focus on: the Background/History of the Reproductive Justice movement; and Introduction of Reproductive Justice framework as a policy strategy; and NJ’s next chapter of reproductive health policy agenda through a Reproductive Justice lens.

to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeocJUYdzPvTvyRO7ecYOcLc79okvMzvy2QMXFhv-NGhCKdUw/viewform

UNDOING RACISM™ AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORKSHOP
2018-11-30 13:30 - 2018-12-02 10:00 | Rutgers Medical School, 185 South Orange Ave, Newark, New Jersey, 07103
Undoing Racism is an intensive 2.5 –day workshop designed to train, educate, challenge and empower people to undo the racist structures that hinder effective social change. The training is based on the premise that racism has been systematically constructed and that it can be undone when people understand where it come from, how it functions, why it is perpetuated, and what we can do to dismantle it.

The workshop is offered by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (www.pisab.org), a national, multiracial, anti-racist collective of veteran organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social change. Since 1980, the People’s Institute has trained over 400,000 people in hundreds of communities throughout the United Stated and internationally. It is recognized as one of the most effective anti-racist training and organizing institutions in the nation.
LOCATION
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (formerly UMDNJ), Rosemary Gellene Room
185 South Orange Ave (Medical Science Building), Newark, NJ 07103
SCHEDULE
Friday, November 30, 2018 – 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, December 1, 2018 – 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 2, 2018 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
REGISTRATION
http://www.antiracistalliance.com/ARA-training.html
COST
$350 per person;$175 Student rate; scholarships, sliding scale and group rates available
INFORMATION
Renee: (973-476-3359) or antiracistalliancenj@gmail.com

EJTF Zoom Call/Videoconference
2018-11-29 03:00 - 12:00
This month’s call had to be changed because of the holiday.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3422164493
+1 646 558 8656
+1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID:
342 216 4493

Economic Justice TF Zoom call
2018-11-28 14:00 - 15:00
This month’s meeting has to be changed because it’s THANKSGIVING. Please change your calendar to reflect this change – it is rescheduled for Wednesday, November 28 from 7-8. Future Zoom meetings will be on the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3422164493

+1 646 558 8656
+1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID:
342 216 4493

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.

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
