Monthly UUFANJ Board Meeting
2022-10-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Congregational Liaisons Monthly Call
2022-10-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Held the first Tuesday of every month, our organizing call for all UU FaithAction NJ Congregational Liaisons.
If you are interested in our Congregational Liaisons program, please contact Administrator Emily Parker at admin@uufaithaction.org or at ‪(908) 767-5145‬.

Activist Training Program: Introduction to the Legislative Process (101)
2022-10-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Online

March To ROEvember
2022-10-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Montclair City Hall, 205 Claremont Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
Freedom of choice, the right to privacy, and even democracy itself are all on the ballot this year. The Supreme Court’s decision to strip away our reproductive rights, which has already resulted in disastrous consequences for so many Americans, is just the beginning. Their rulings will not stop with the elimination of our right to choose. The Supreme Court is poised to strike at many of our fundamental freedoms, such as our right to love and be loved by whomever we choose and the right to be the gender we know we are.

The only path to protecting our rights and freedoms and preventing federal bans is by having a pro-choice majority in the Senate and House, which will stop legislative bans and be a check against extremist judicial positions.

Join us on Oct. 8th at 11 am as we March and take action in support of the values that most Americans embrace.

Please March To ROEvember with us!

Speakers:

Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill
Jeannine LaRue, Garden State Equality
Celeste Fiore, Trans Affirming Alliance
Rhonda R Nichols, Healthcare Provider
Tatiana Castrillon, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
More to come!

Partner Organizations:

Bangladeshi American Women’s Development Initiative
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
BlueWaveNJ
Cherry Hill Women’s Center
Latina Civic Action
Latino Action Network Foundation
National Organization for Women
NJ 11th For Change
NJ Resistance
North Jersey Sierra Group
Northern New Jersey NOW
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan NJ
The Resistance Cafe!
Women for Progress
Signup here to have your organization added: https://forms.gle/q9p4F4egXAL6YfJm8

UUFANJ Board Meeting
2022-10-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-10-13 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
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 onward will be conducted online) via the Zoom conferencing platform, please contact Board President Mia Morse, at mia.morse19@gmail.com, or board member Nick Lewis, at 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 you do not hear back with 48 hours notice, please contact Executive Director Charles Loflin, at execdir@uufaithaction.org or at (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.

Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2022-10-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-11-09 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

FAIR (Youth Group)
2022-10-13 20:30 - 21:30, 2022-11-10 20:30 - 21:30 | Zoom
F.A.I.R. is an interfaith group of youth in grades 8-12 from across NJ and PA. Our goal: To work to incorporate racial bias education into NJ and PA school systems and provide educational opportunities to our community’s on the topic of race.
We meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM on Zoom. Sign up here!
Find us on Instagram @faithactionyouth_
Contact us at fair@uufaithaction.org if you have any questions or concerns!
Contact our adult advisors: Rev. Rob Gregson at rob@uufaithaction.org, or Laura Kushner at laura@uufaithaction.org.

Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
2022-10-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us on the third Monday of the month from 7–8 PM for our UU statewide Criminal Justice Reform call, where we strategize around issues like racial justice, mass incarceration, prison conditions and more.
For the Zoom or phone dial-up information to join the call, and/or to get on the email list for upcoming meetings and events, please contact admin@uufaithaction.org.

Reparations Task Force Monthly Call
2022-10-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Reparations Task Force convenes monthly, for Unitarian Universalists to strategize around advancing reparations for New Jersey. Newcomers are warmly welcome!
Read and sign the petition.
For more info and to join the call, contact Task Force Chairs Dionne Ford and Rohn Hein (reparations@uufaithaction.org) or administrator Meera Rao (admin@uufaithaction.org).

Reparations Task Force Monthly Call
2022-10-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Reparations Task Force convenes monthly, for Unitarian Universalists to strategize around advancing reparations for New Jersey. Newcomers are warmly welcome!
Read and sign the petition.
For more info and to join the call, contact Task Force Chairs Rohn Hein (reparations@uufaithaction.org) or administrator Emily Parker (admin@uufaithaction.org).

To Offer Compassion - A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion by Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf
2022-10-18 19:30 | Online
Discussion with the Authors
To Offer Compassion: A History of the Clergy Consultation Service tells the story of how members of the clergy organized to help people find safe abortion care pre Roe v. Wade. Not only is it an important and fascinating history; it is also a potential play-book for our post-Roe world.
On Tuesday, October 18, 7:30pm, our Reproductive Justice Task Force is hosting a discussion with the book authors on Zoom. Join authors Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf and Jersey UU activists for this important discussion!
Register to attend: https://uufaithactionnj.salsalabs.org/tooffercompassion/index.html

UUtheVOTE National Call to Pennsylvania
2022-10-20 18:30 - 20:30
PLEASE PARTICIPATE
UUs across the country are invited to join
UUtheVotePA and our partner, Supermajority Education Fund.
(Visit them at Supermajority Education Fund)
We will be making Get Out the Vote calls to women of color &
white women ages 18-25 across PA.
Let’s get everyone to the polls.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
6:30 – 8:30 ET
5:30-7:30 CT
3:30-5:30 PT

The Ordination of Charles Loflin
2022-10-23 15:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Montclair, 67 Church St, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey invites you to the ordination of Charles Loflin at 3:00pm Eastern on Sunday, October 23, 2022. The service will take place in-person in Montclair and streaming online.
Reception to follow the service.
R.S.V.P.

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2022-10-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around reproductive justice and rights in New Jersey. Join us monthly on the fourth Monday, 7-8 PM.
For Zoom invitation and agenda, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo, Task Force Chair.
Carol A. Loscalzo (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood) is Task Force Chair. For more information on reproductive justice, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo.
For general inquiries about our Task Forces, email admin@uufaithaction.org.

Reclaiming Our Bodies - From Advocacy to Action
2022-11-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Unitarian Univerlist Congregation at Montclair, 67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
Reclaiming Our Bodies: From Advocacy to Action is an in-person panel discussion on reproductive healthcare and abortion rights. It will specifically deal with the problems, solutions, and legislation that will improve and expand those rights and access specifically for women of color in the state of New Jersey.
Join with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/bic-diht-xno
Or dial: (US) +1 314-492-4458 PIN: [REDACTED]#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/bic-diht-xno?pin=1361068787853&hs=7
Learn more about Meet at: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720

UU The Vote - PA
2022-11-04 00:00 - 2022-11-06 00:00
Weekend Of Action

Civic Saturday
2022-11-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Doylestown Library, 150 S Pine St, Doylestown, PA, 18901, United States
Register here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-saturday-bucks-county-tickets-446192482727?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse

Fall Issues Conference - Stronger Together
2022-11-12 | Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960
We need you at our 2022 Issues Conferences, to share your congregation’s unique experience, to learn from fellow Jersey UU congregations, and to participate in shaping our common action plan for the year ahead.

Fall Issues Conference
2022-11-12 09:30 - 15:00 | Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960
“Covenants are life affirming and life-saving, because the truth is, we need each other… It is why we gather in religious community. It is why we are deeply held and changed by its presence in our lives – by each other’s presence in our lives.” – Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
We need each other, for spiritual care within our communities and to expand justice beyond our communities. We need each other’s wisdom, energy and people-power. We need each other to build the world we are imaging. Our inter-congregational covenant as a State Action Network is an acknowledgement of our interdependence. We are stronger together!
We need you at our 2022 Issues Conferences, to share your congregation’s unique experience, to learn from fellow Jersey UU congregations, and to participate in shaping our common action plan for the year ahead.

Fundraiser for Howe House
2022-11-17 18:00 - 21:00 | montclair brewery, 101 Walnut Street, Montclair, 07042
History is not for sale.
Montclair Brewery will host the Fundraiser for Howe House on Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Tickets go to the purchase of the James Howe House, ensuring that this African American heritage is preserved. James Howe, the first African American homeowner in Montclair was manumitted by Nathanial Crane in 1831. His home is up for sale. We can’t lose this opportunity to preserve his story and tell his truth.
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Use the link below to join us for this fundraiser: https://www.friendsofthehowehouse.org/store

"Abortion: Stories Women Tell".
2022-11-20 12:30 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
Our Commitment to Reproductive Justice
This week, Rev. Robin and Beacon member Claudia Cohen
talk about the impact that
our commitment to reproductive justice has made.
We invite you to join us on
Sunday, November 20, at 12:30 PM, at Beacon,
to watch the HBO documentary, “Abortion: Stories Women Tell”.
Pizza will be served, followed by the film, and then small group discussions, including about how we continue to
live into our commitment to reproductive justice.
Read more and get the link to register at bit.ly/film1120.
Invite your friends!
