Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

90th Birthday Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr
2019-01-21 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck, New Jersey
The 90th Birthday celebration in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr
Monday, January 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck, NJ

MLK Be an Upstander not a Bystander Event at TUS
2019-01-21 05:00 - 10:00 | The Unitarian Society, A Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, 08816, United States
Our beloved colleague Karen Johnston invites you to :

MLK@TUS: Be an Upstander, Not a Bystander Event
(See URL below to reserve a free ticket)

Dr. King’s Holiday – Monday, January 21, 2019 – is a chance to bring attention to his vision of building the Beloved Community. There is a National Day of Service that encourages individual and collective acts of volunteering. In the spirit of this national effort, The Unitarian Society is hosting this event which will honor Dr. King’s legacy by providing the community a daylong event, “How to be an Upstander,” a chance for participants to learn how to interrupt hate and to practice it.

Tentative Schedule (subject to change)

10am Welcome and Introduction to the Day

10:15 Meta Theatre Company – dramatic, interactive

12:15 Community Lunch (chili & cornbread provided — vegetarian/vegan options available)

1:00 Exploring & Practicing Interrupting – Sempai Elena Waldman

2:45 Coming Together & Closing

Folks are encouraged to come to any one or all parts of the day. Space is limited to about 90 participants – please get your ticket through EventBrite to ensure your participation

Here is the link to reserve a free ticket:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlktus-be-an-upstander-not-a-bystander-tickets-53237879932?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2crVvL35lMNTxbI6owVPLSNzk7_Ap2XvnWAZ58bf4j_JxpY3U2LHyF4fM

Interfaith Worship Service and Annual March for MLK Jr.
2019-01-21 05:00 - 09:00 | Ridgewood United Methodist Church, 100 Dayton Street, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 07450
Featured speaker is Reverend Gregory Jerome Jackson, Pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Hackensack. Special guest is Nancy Gilles. The Annual March takes place at Van Neste Square.

UU FaithAction Office closed
2019-01-20 - 2019-01-21
In observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the UU FaithAction office will be closed today.

Join the ‘No Fossil Fuels’ contingent at the NJ Women’s March
2019-01-20 05:15 - 08:00
The Women’s March movement has emerged as one of the most powerful, intersectional forces in the US progressive movement. On Saturday, January 19th our campaign will join forces with the NJ Women’s March on Trenton. We’ll march together with signs and banners that amplify our local fights and visualize our demand for the Governor to enact a moratorium on fossil fuel development. And by joining the march we’ll seek to demonstrate that fossil fuel pollution and climate destruction disproportionately impact women and particularly women of color. Meet us at the NJ Sierra Club office at 125 W. Hanover Street in Trenton on Sat. Jan. 19th at 10:15am. We’ll distribute some signs and banners (or feel free to make and bring your own!) before we march two blocks to join the beginning of the Women’s March at 11am. Email msmith@fwwatch.org to RSVP and with any questions you may have.

Social Justice Forum
2019-01-19 11:00 - 13:00 | All Saint’s Episcopal Church, 40 Central Avenue, Glen Rock, New Jersey, 07452
This year, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Committee of Ridgewood/Glen Rock has expanded their offerings in celebration of Dr. King to the entire weekend. Please join us for a Social Justice Forum featuring NJ State Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Bergen County YWCA CEO Helen Archontou, and 2 students each from Glen Rock HS and Ridgewood HS in a panel discussion moderated by Glen Rock Mayor Bruce Packer. The theme of this year’s MLK events is ‘Lift Your Voices, Now More Than Ever’ and with that in mind, our panel discussion will focus on the theme, Why Young People Should Lift Their Voices Now More than Ever. Admission is Free so please join us!

MLK Jr. Documentary Film and Discussion
2019-01-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Ridgewood Public Library, 125 N. Maple Street, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 07450
King in the Wilderness (2018; US; TV-14; 1h50m) Friday, January 18, 7pm. This film chronicles the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
Speaker: Dr. Obery Henricks, Jr. Columbia University Professor/MLK Scholar. FREE EVENT. Registration REQUIRED.
Presented in association with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee of Ridgewood & Glen Rock.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Annual March for Equality
2019-01-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Martin Luther King Statue, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey
Join us for the People’s Organization for Progress’ annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr March for Equality, Justice, Peace and Democracy.

Bird-dog Murphy at the State of the State
2019-01-15 09:00 - 10:00 | State House Annex, 125 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey, 08608
Governor Murphy will deliver the most important address of his Governorship to date on Tuesday, January 15th at 2pm in the Statehouse. We’ll be there to greet him with a strong, unified message: “You can’t fight climate change and achieve 100% renewable energy while continuing to approve new oil and gas pipelines and power plants. New Jersey needs a moratorium on fossil fuel projects now!” We’ll meet in the Cafeteria in the basement level of the Statehouse Annex Building, located at 131-137 W. State St. in Trenton at 12pm. Once there we’ll handout our moratorium signs and brief participants on our plans for the event. Email msmith@fwwatch.org to RSVP and with any questions you may have.

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2019-01-14 14:00 - 15:00
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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Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
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Meeting ID: 153 587 254
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=K4sSO3ip6lRKzBkWCjs05g64KmjSSP3Q

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
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):
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 712 490 459

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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
