Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

League of Women Voters Advocacy Workshop
2018-10-06 04:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York) | 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
+1 669 900 6833
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

Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16465588656,,466835134# or +16699006833,,466835134#
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!

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2018-09-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-08-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-07-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-06-25 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

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.

Environmental Justice Monthly Call - SEPTEMBER CALL CANCELED
2018-09-19 15:30 - 16:30, 2018-08-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2018-07-18 15:30 - 16:30, 2018-06-20 15:30 - 16:30
Use this link to join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/712490459

Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699006833,,712490459# or +16468769923,,712490459#
Or Telephone:
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

Greater Philly UU Cluster Legislative Advocacy Training
2018-09-18 05:30 - 08:30 | Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 S Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA, 19333, United States
Rev. Rob Gregson (UU FaithAction NJ) and Richard Williams (UU Pennsylvania Legislative Advocacy Ministry–UUPLAN) will be co-leading an advocacy training day for UUs within the greater Philadelphia area, covering both PA and NJ political arenas.

Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice rally and festival
2018-09-08 07:00 - 08:30 | Morristown Town Hall, 200 South Street, Morristown, NJ, United States
September 08, 2018 • 11:00 AM
Morristown Town Hall lawn and steps• 200 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960

Join us for Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice rally and climate festival!

The Peoples Climate Movement, and hundreds of partners from across the US and around the world, will bring out tens of thousands of people to show our leaders that we demand real action on climate change.

The rally starts at 11 a.m. and the family-friendly festival follows at 12 noon. Join us!
Co-hosted by:
GreenFaith
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters
Jersey Renews
ReThink Energy NJ
Food and Water Watch
New Jersey Sierra Club
Citizens Climate Lobby
The Watershed Institute
Wind of the Spirit
Central New Jersey Coalition Against Endless War
Organizing for Action
Climate Reality Project
Environmental Justice Task Force of UU Faith Action NJ

Rally for Licenses!
2018-09-06 06:30 - 08:00 | State House Annex, 125 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey, 08608
Please note that New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice has changed the time of the rally on September 6th. It will now be from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.
September 6th is the first day of school, so we had to change the time to accommodate families who need to pick their children up. The location remains the same, State House Annex in Trenton.

Oppose the Meadowlands Power Plant
2018-08-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Iglesia de Dios en Cristo la Senda, 300 75th Street, North Bergen
MEADOWLANDS POWER PLANT CONCERNS — POLITICO’s Danielle Muoio: A proposed power plant that would be built in New Jersey’s Meadowlands and exclusively feed electricity into New York City is facing regulatory headwinds as it moves through the permitting process. Developers of the North Bergen Liberty Generating plant are seeking approval to build a natural gas facility in the town that would feed electricity into midtown Manhattan via an underground cable in the Hudson River. The developers, Diamond Generating Corporation, say the 1,200-megawatt plant would reduce electricity costs for New York ratepayers, boost local coffers, increase reliability and create more than 2,000 temporary construction jobs. Nearby residents and environmental groups say the plant would pollute the environmentally-sensitive Meadowlands region with no gain in local service or reliability. The proposal has received its first set of permits in New Jersey, but it’s facing some hurdles across the river. In recent filings with the New York Public Service Commission, Con Ed and New York City officials expressed concerns over the developer’s permit request to build the transmission line and have called on the PSC to enact a more rigorous review process. The comments indicate that, even if the project appears to be moving forward quickly in New Jersey, several challenges remain in New York.

Public Meeting: Meadowlands Power Plant Proposal
2018-08-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Iglesia de Dios en Cristo la Senda, 300 75th Street, North Bergen
An out of state corporation is proposing a massive power plant for North Bergen, NJ to send electricity to NYC. The power plant would more than double the air pollution already caused by the PSEG Bergen Generating Plant, producing particulate matter and ground level ozone, both of which cause chronic heart and lung disease. The plant would also threaten the environment of the Wetlands region, and would be one of the largest sources of green house gas emissions in NJ for decades to come. Learn how you can protect your health, safety, environment and property values at the public information meeting on Wednesday, August 29th at 7pm. The meeting will be held in the Iglesia De Dios En Cristo La Senda, 300
75th Street, North Bergen 07047
For more information about the power plant proposal and it’s impacts visit http://nomeadowlandspowerplant.com

Joint NJ Assembly and Senate Hearing on Plastic Waste
2018-08-23 06:00 - 09:00 | Toms River Municipal Complex, 33 Washington Street, Toms River, 08753
The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will be meeting with the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on Thursday, August 23 to hear testimony and discuss the issues of single-use plastics and plastic waste and what the state can do to address the matter.

Monthly Reproductive Justice Task Force Call
2018-08-20 15:00 - 16:00
Monthly Reproductive Justice Task Force Zoom call.

Screening: “Little Pink House”
2018-08-14 04:00 - 13:00 | AMC Theatres, Clifton Commons, 405 State Route 3, Clifton
One Garfield is “a group of concerned community members who believe that that there are better ways to improve Garfield than Eminent Domain to our properties”.
The film “tells the true story of Susette Kelo, an EMT worker who took her fight to save her home from eminent domain abuse all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Susette was represented by the Institute for Justice.” [from the Facebook event page]

Stop the Fracked-Gas Compressor Expansion! Rally & State Hearing
2018-07-29 04:00 - 13:00 | West Essex Regional High School, 65 W. Greenbrook Rd, North Caldwell
The NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection has agreed to demands of Roseland against the Compressor Station, supported by the district’s state legislators, to hold a public hearing on the proposed Gateway Expansion project. If approved, the project would create a massive new fracked-gas compressor station immediately next to an existing compressor in Roseland New Jersey, and would increase the amount and pressure of fracked-gas through a 60+ year old pipeline in Roseland and 15 other Essex County communities.
The company behind the project, Williams Transco, is a major fossil fuel corporation with a long history of environmental violations and deadly explosions. Williams Transco currently has several new fracked-gas pipeline and related infrastructure expansion projects proposed all throughout New Jersey and the region. This public hearing is an opportunity to unite all our individual fights against Williams Transco, and send a clear message to NJDEP and Governor Murphy: No more pipelines through our communities and water sources! Our health and safety must be prioritized over fossil fuel industry profits!
The public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th at 6pm at the West Essex Regional High School, located at 65 W. Greenbrook Rd. in North Caldwell, NJ.

UU FaithAction Leadership Retreat
2018-07-28 09:00 - 2018-07-29 10:00
Annual leadership retreat for Board members, Task Force chairs, Committee chairs and staff. This year at the UU retreat center, Murray Grove in Lanoka Harbor NJ.

Church Hurts: Sexuality and Religion Film Showing
2018-07-27 15:00 - 17:00 | First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ, 07060, United States
Film showing

Queen City Pride Film Showing
2018-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 | First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, 724 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ, 07060, United States

*Special* Immigration Justice TF call
2018-07-09 13:30 - 14:30
A call for all interested in immigration support following up on the June 30th Keep Families Together! marches across NJ and the country.
The call starts at 5:30 p.m. and will end by 6:30. Click on the links below (if you have never used the Zoom conference call app, please try it ahead of the call to make sure your computer/phone is properly set up.)

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/633581209

Or Telephone:
Dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)

Meeting ID: 633 581 209

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16465588656,633581209# or +14086380968,633581209#
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=ndMbSaEc_-CASmHE_zW9LDbxDueqU9Wc

Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2018-06-27 09:00 - 10:00
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around Gun Violence Prevention Justice in New Jersey. To join the call via phone or video, please see details below.
Jeannine Clayton-Coyne (Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill) Chair
For more information, please email gvprevent@uufaithaction.org, attn. Jeanine Clayton-Coyne, TF chair
Welcome to the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force monthly call!
Time: This is a recurring meeting
Topic: Gun Violence Prevention
Every month on the Third Wed
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Monthly: https://zoom.us/meeting/534117495/ics?icsToken=[REDACTED]
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/534117495
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699006833,,534117495# or +16465588656,,534117495#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656
Meeting ID: 534 117 495
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=XS4j1ZYhW3pJ_STOR5GgzI6LoEgVnnjE

Rev. Rob G. @ UUMA/UUA General Assembly
2018-06-16 - 2018-06-23 | UUMA Days/General Assembly, Kansas City, MO, United States
Rev. Rob G. will be away Sun. 6/17 until Sat. 6/23 at the annual UU Ministers’ Association, CUUSAN (Council of UU Social Action Networks) and General Assembly of UU Congregations meeting held this year in Kansas City MO.
