Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Book Discussion of Until We Reckon
2020-05-17 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Online with Zoom connection
Join our discussion of the first ever UUFANJ Common Read: Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered. This is a 5-session discussion from March to May and is conducted on Zoom. Participants can join the Sunday late afternoon group (4:00 PM), the Wednesday afternoon group (2:30 PM) OR the Wednesday evening group (7:30 PM)
Contact Tricia Idrobo for information.
Zoom video link: https://zoom.us/j/185324449

"NJ Teens Talk About Racism" leadership conference
2020-05-19 09:00 - 13:30 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, Dickinson Hall, Wilson Auditorium, 140 University Plaza Drive, Hackensack, N.J., 07601
RESCHEDULED! NOW BEING HELD TUESDAY, MAY 19 2020
Where: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, Madison, NJ, ​Wilson Auditorium

“Teens Talk About Racism” annual teen leadership conference

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Teens Talk About Racism (TTAR) is a leadership conference for youth who want to create strategies to understand and stand up to racism in their schools and communities. TTAR brings youth leaders together to collaborate and lead school diversity work. Through activities that foster empathy and dialogue, students learn to recognize thought patterns that may be barriers to respectful communication. Moving from a place of deeper understanding, students return to their campuses to create action plans for a more inclusive school culture.

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2020-05-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-06-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-07-27 19:00 - 20:00, 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 :
US: +16465588656,,153587254# or +16699006833,,153587254#
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

Criminal Justice Task Force Call
2020-06-02 20:00 - 21:00
Held the 1st Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., please join us on the UU statewide call to strategize around issues like mass incarceration, prison conditions, solitary/isolated confinement and more. To join the call via phone or video use dial-in instructions below.
For more information or to get on the email list for upcoming meetings and events, please contact Susan MacDonnell, Task Force Chair susmacdonn@gmail.com(UU Congregation in Princeton) or Anne Houle, Vice Chair, annehoule0102@gmail.com (UU Congregation of Monmouth Co, Lincroft)
Topic: Criminal Justice Reform TF meeting
Time: Every first Tuesday evening of the month, 8 to 9 p.m.
Preferred! Please try to join from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android using this video link so we can see who you are: https://zoom.us/j/185324449
Smartphone: the meeting ID is automatically dialed when you cut and paste one of the following two sequences onto your screen: +16699006833,,185324449# or +16465588656,,185324449#
Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 6833 followed by this Meeting ID when prompted: 185 324 449
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=3Y5zCDC0Pfwes4YTVDALak3Ja5cqdVFx

Environmental Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-06-04 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-06-11 12:00 - 13:30

Environmental Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-06-04 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-07-02 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-08-06 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).

Rescheduled UUFANJ Annual Meeting
2020-06-06 10:00 - 13:00
The Board voted on March 27th to reschedule our UU FaithAction NJ Annual Meeting, previously to have been held April 25th at the UU Church in Cherry Hill, to Sat. June 6. We anticipate this will be a “virtual” meeting held via video/phone conference call, but more information about timing, agenda, etc. will be forthcoming.
To help the Board Annual Meeting team plan for this event, please contact Board member, Tom Moran (UU Morristown) at thomasmoran.inspace@gmail.com Mobile: (973) 960-2346

Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2020-06-10 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-07-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-08-12 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

Environmental Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2020-07-02 12:00 - 13:30 | NJ, United States

Exec. Dir. Zoom mtg.
2020-07-08 11:00 - 12:00 | NJ, United States

Restorative Justice Working Group
2020-07-15 11:00 - 12:30 | NJ, United States
A planning meeting following the “Until We Reckon” common read to strategize around restorative justice practices here in New Jersey. Under the auspices of the Criminal Justice Task Force. For more information please contact the organizer, Tricia. I. at pfressidrobo@hotmail.com

Events Cmte Zoom call
2020-07-15 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
Board committee meeting

Rescheduled Congregational Liaisons Monthly Call
2020-07-15 19:00 - 20:00 | NJ, United States
In lieu of the usual First Thursday liaisons’ call, we have rescheduled the hour-long call for Weds. July 15th from 7 to 8 p.m. Please look out for an email with the Zoom link to join the call; if you are unsure whether you are on the list or have any additional questions, please text or call Rev. Rob Gregson: 908-376-6535 or email: execdir@uufaithaction.org.

Tech mtg. Exec. Dir.
2020-07-20 13:00 - 14:00 | NJ, United States
Exec. Dir. and 2 others

Rev. Gregson Zoom call
2020-08-13 13:30 - 14:30 | 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 | 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.

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
