Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ

Better Angels Debate on Guns in America
2019-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
Better Angels Debate on Guns in America: Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 7 – 9 PM, Summit, NJ

You are invited to a Better Angels Debate on Guns in America to be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 from 7 – 9 PM, hosted by Beacon UU Congregation in Summit and the Summit NJ Better Angels Alliance.
A Better Angels Debate is a different kind of debate in which a group of people bring their views, and think together about a difficult question. There are no winners or losers. The purpose is to express your views AND listen to others’ views. More information about Better Angels Debates, including a video, can be found at www.better-angels.org/debates/.

We use a modified parliamentary procedure, which helps us speak respectfully and listen carefully to each other. A specific issue on the general topic of guns in America will be chosen through this registration process, phrased in the form of a Resolution. At the debate, participants will express their thoughts For or Against the Resolution. It is also okay, actually encouraged, to express doubt or nuance, and even to change your mind. At its best, this debate is a collective search for greater understanding about an important issue through a vigorous, passionate airing of views, without descending to personal attacks.
There are three goals here:
– To better understand our own views
– To better understand opposing views
– To form stronger relationships with those around us.
After the debate adjourns, we’ll take a few minutes to share what we found surprising, and what we enjoyed.
We hope you find this intriguing and will decide to contribute your thoughts to this exchange of ideas. If you do plan to attend, complete this registration form, including the survey (do not complete the survey if you do not plan to attend). This debate format works best with a moderate number of participants, so attendance will be limited to 45 people, on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to come, register soon.
The debate also works best when the group is divided on the issue, with half in favor of, and half opposed to, the resolution. The survey is intended to see which of the following Resolutions: a) interests people most; and b) splits opinion closest to 50%-50%. For each of the Resolutions we are considering, we will ask:
– your level of interest in discussing the resolution.
– your position (agree, disagree, neutral) on the resolution.
The survey closes Friday, October 18, at midnight.
We’ll send an email during the week of October 20 to let you know which resolution we’ll be debating, and ask you to confirm that you will attend. Then we will follow up with any last-minute instructions.
If you have any questions about this event or Better Angels, email: betterangelsworkshop712@gmail.com.
Thank you for your interest!

* Required

Women of Faith Conference
2019-10-29 17:30 - 21:00
This conference is hosted by the Union County Interfaith Coordinating Council and Community Access Unlimited. Location will be announced closer to the time of the event.

Reproductive Task Force Monthly Conference Call
2019-10-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2019-09-23 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

Movie "True Justice" & Discussion Night at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Red Bank
2019-10-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, 172 Shrewsbury Avenue, Red Bank
Screening of the 2019 documentary, True Justice, produced by The Equal Justice Initiative and presented by the New Jersey Social Justice Remembrance Coalition. The film will be followed by a discussion about the 1886 racially-motivated lynching in Eatontown, NJ of a former slave and the Coalition’s efforts to place a historical marker at the site of the lynching.
For further information please contact Tim Hartley (UU Congregation in Princeton) at dafthartley@gmail.com

What's In Our Drinking Water?
2019-10-25 08:00 - 18:00 | Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington Street, Newark
Rutgers Environmental Health Summit on Emerging Concerns in NJ

Planned Parenthood Monmouth County Community Action Team Night
2019-10-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Planned Parenthood Shrewsbury, 69 East Newman Springs Rd, Shrewsbury, 07702
Want to take action to help make real, lasting change in your community while protecting and advancing access to reproductive health care? Join Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey for our monthly Community Action Team (CAT) meeting. We will provide updates on the current state of play around reproductive health access, make plans and take action!
Our community activists help protect reproductive health through advocacy and engaging other community members around Planned Parenthood’s mission, services, and more. By engaging with our Community Action Teams, you will play an integral role in ensuring access to reproductive health care. No experience required; just a desire to make a difference and protect reproductive health and rights in your community!

2019/20 Annual Fall Issues Conference
2019-10-19 10:00 - 15:30 | Central Unitarian Church, 105 Fairview Ave, Westwood, 07675
Our annual opportunity for UUs and our allies from across the state to discuss the most important policy and social justice issues of the day. Come join the conversation and help determine the course that UU FaithAction, through its Task Forces, will take legislatively and in its intersectional social justice advocacy in the Garden State!

Register here:http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51510/c/301/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=11572

Green Cleaning Community Forum
2019-10-13 12:15 - 14:00 | St. John’s Lutheran Church, 587 Springfield Avenue, Summit, 07901
A panel on environmentally responsible home cleaning.

NJ Sierra Club Central Group Meeting
2019-10-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Mercer County Community College Student Center, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, 08550
Tim Dillingham of the American Littoral Society will discuss the protection of horseshoe crabs and endangered shorebirds: habitat restoration, fisheries policy and management, aquaculture, and other conflicts in critical foraging areas of the Delaware Bay. We have a lot to talk about, including economics and the environment.
Pizza will be served.
RSVP kipatthesierraclub@gmail.com

Environmental Justice TF Video Conference Call
2019-10-09 15:30 - 16:30
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

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

UU Social Action Networks: "Capacity Building in Your State" webinar
2019-10-09 12:00 - 13:00
Join Rev. Rob from UU FaithAction and other UUs across the US involved in state-based UU social justice to share best practices and help build up our own capacity to be effective in our faithful social justice witness here in the Garden State. From 12 noon to 1 p.m. C’mon down!
Look back here for call in information.

Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
2019-10-09 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

Public Forum: Proposed Gibbstown LNG Export Terminal
2019-10-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, 08034
A public forum on the Gibbstown Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal in Gloucester County, NJ will be held on Monday, October 7 in Cherry Hill, NJ to examine and discuss the operations that are proposed, the potential impacts to the environment, public health and safety, and the status of the project. Expert speakers include Fred Millar, LNG and environmental and transportation safety expert.
New Fortress Energy and Delaware River Partners are proposing to add a dock with two more shipping berths to the Gibbstown terminal’s one dock already under construction, potentially tripling the activity at the facility and requiring approximately 1,650 truck trips every day and 24-36 ship passages of loaded LNG or natural gas liquid (NGL) vessels on the Delaware River each year. Rail transport may be added and a new access road built. The Gibbstown site is located adjacent to the residential community of Gibbstown, including schools, playgrounds, and public buildings. Transport by truck and rail will require this flammable and potentially explosive cargo to be carried 125 miles or more through Pennsylvania and New Jersey communities. The highly dangerous loading of LNG directly to ships by pipes will be a continuous operation 24/7, 365 days per year. NGL will be stored on site in an old underground cavern. The entire property is a polluted superfund site that was owned by DuPont as an explosives-manufacturing plant and by other industries that added to the pollution.

Disrupting Environmental Inequality – Panel Discussion
2019-10-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States
The Environmental and Racial Justice Committees of the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood invite you to “Disrupting Environmental Inequality,” a Social Justice Weekend at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th FILM: MANN V FORD
Ramapough Tribe’s legal fight with Ford Motor Company over the contamination of Ringwood, NJ.
Discussion following film led by USR member John Nolan.
7:00 pm in the Fellowship Room
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th: PANEL DISCUSSION
Panel discussion on how environmental racism allows our neighbors to suffer disproportionately from pollution and environmental hazards featuring Jeff Tittel, Director, New Jersey Sierra Club, Chief Vincent Mann, Turtle Clan, Ramapough Lenape Nation, Amy Goldsmith, State Director New Jersey Clean Water Action, and Steve Kehayes, Paterson Habitat for Humanity.
Light supper served, $10 suggested donation. Reservations for dinner: usr.secretary@gmail.com
Doors open at 6:00pm, speakers 7:00pm in Anderson Auditorium

NJDEP Fall Forestry Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2019-10-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Forest Resource Educatino Center, 495 Don Connor Blvd, Jackson Township, 08527
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will celebrate trees, autumn and New Jersey’s outdoors with the 25th Annual Fall Forestry Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson. The festival, featuring a variety of outdoor-themed activities for children and adults, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. Admission and parking are free.“We’re thrilled to celebrate the Fall Forestry Festival’s 25th year,” said Division of Parks and Forestry Director Olivia Glenn. “We invite nature lovers, families and scouts to get outside, enjoy the fall weather and scenery and participate in the festival’s array of nature-themed activities.”

National Solar Tour
2019-10-05 - 2019-10-06 | Find on Web Site
See what it’s like to live solar. Solar homes, businesses, schools, and more will be opening their doors and answering your questions about what it’s really like to generate your own electricity with solar panels during the National Solar Tour. Find an event near you and see for yourself!

Disrupting Environmental Inequality – Film: MANN V FORD
2019-10-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States

UU FA Communications Comm. Zoom call
2019-09-30 19:00 - 20:00

Jericho Walk for Maria
2019-09-30 08:30 - 09:30 | Federal Immigration Court, 97 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, United States
There is a Jericho Walk, organized by the American Friends Service Committee, on September 30 at 8:30 am. This is to show support and solidarity for an immigrant mother, Maria, and her two children, as Maria reports to ICE. We first brought the plight of Maria to your attention on May 28 when we organized a rally in Newark for her benefit. Maria has been required to report to ICE every month, since late last year, and she brings her children everytime.
The walk begins at 8:30 am on September 30 outside of the federal building located at 970 Broad Street, Newark, NJ.
We urge anyone who is able to show up and demonstrate the community’s backing of Maria and to accompany her to her ICE check-in. Bring people from your congregation and other friends. It is extremely important that ICE understands that many people in this state support immigrants like Maria and hold ICE accountable for treating them fairly.
We are also looking for someone willing to be the point person for this Jericho Walk, who will coordinate UUs and friends interested in going that morning and write something for an action alert. Anyone who is willing to do this, contact the FaithAction office, (908) 376-6535 or admin@uufaithaction.org. We hope to have a strong sea of UU supporters!

Art Against Racism - "Racism is a Drag"
2019-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Bayard Rustic Center, Princeton, New Jersey

Speaking Truth to Power
2019-09-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States
UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF RIDGEWOOD,
PEACE AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE
113 COTTAGE PLACE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
7:30 P.M.
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Emigrants, Immigrants and Refugees: Their Dilemma…and Ours
Join Judy Manton* for a presentation focusing on the complex issues of immigration based on her interactions with the Latin American community throughout her career. Judy will discuss how people are affected by emigration and immigration and the experiences of guest workers, asylum seekers, refugees, and detainees. She will report on how the situation at the US/Mexican border has changed since 2015 and will also discuss orderly legal migration and successful asylum seekers and their resettlement.
*Judy Manton, has taught “Cross-Cultural Perspectives” at Fairleigh Dickenson University for 28 years. She has taught English as a Second Language to adult immigrants both in New York City and at Bergen Community College. Judy directed a migrant worker program in Iowa. Currently, she is the director of a summer training program for Teachers of English in various parts of China.
“The ‘Push’ Factors behind Emigration: Honduras
Last November Judy joined a delegation to Honduras sponsored by The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice and hosted by Foro para La Vida, an umbrella group of 17 organizations of activist women, who have witnessed narco-trafficking, rape by police and the military, and land seizure by big business. Their struggle in speaking truth to power against their illegal government will be another main focus of the presentation.
CO SPONSORED: Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition, Northern NJ NOW and USR Council
Child care available with two (one) week’s notice. For reservations, contact Jeannie Nametz at usr.dre1@gmail.com

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER Emigrants, Immigrants and Refugees: Their Dilemma...and Ours
2019-09-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States
Join Judy Manton* for a presentation focusing on the complex issues of immigration based on her interactions with the Latin American community throughout her career. Judy will discuss how people are affected by emigration and immigration and the experiences of guest workers, asylum seekers, refugees, and detainees. She will report on how the situation at the US/Mexican border has changed since 2015 and will also discuss orderly legal migration and successful asylum seekers and their resettlement.
*Judy Manton, has taught “Cross-Cultural Perspectives” at Fairleigh Dickenson University for 28 years. She has taught English as a Second Language to adult immigrants both in New York City and at Bergen Community College. Judy directed a migrant worker program in Iowa. Currently, she is the director of a summer training program for Teachers of English in various parts of China. She is an active member of the UU Congregation of the Palisades
“The ‘Push’ Factors behind Emigration: Honduras
Last November Judy joined a delegation to Honduras sponsored by The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice and hosted by Foro para La Vida, an umbrella group of 17 organizations of activist women, who have witnessed narco-trafficking, rape by police and the military, and land seizure by big business. Their struggle in speaking truth to power against their illegal government will be another main focus of the presentation.
CO SPONSORED: Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition, Northern NJ NOW and USR Council

Murray Grove Celebration
2019-09-27 10:00 - 2019-09-29 14:00 | Murray Grove

26th Annual Clothesline Project
2019-09-26 10:00 - 16:30 | The Green in Nackensack

Do You Know What’s In Your Water?
2019-09-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Montclair, 67 Church St, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
Do You Know What’s In Your Water?
Please come to hear more about this very important issue!
Topic: Do You Know What is in Your Water?
Details: A speaker from Clean Water Action will address the state of our water in Essex County and how it relates to Social Justice Issues
When: September 25, 2019, 7 PM – 8 PM
Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 67 Church Street in Montclair, in the Rotunda.
Sponsor: The Environmental Committee of the League of Women Voters
Leader: Ron Pate, 973 965-7578, ronaldjamespate@gmail.com
If you have questions, ask Ron.

Art Against Racism - Not in Our Town
2019-09-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Morven Museum, Princeton, New Jersey

Beacon's Immigrant Justice Team, UUFaithAction and 1st Friends training
2019-09-22 13:00 - 17:00 | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States
The presentation will introduce individuals and/or congregations to the need for Temporary Housing and or Transportation for Immigrants released from detention. Temporary Housing may involve picking a released detainee up from detention, feeding them a meal, housing them overnight, and then taking them to catch a Greyhound bus to another destination. Another option is a bit longer, for the detainee/ person who has been granted Asylum,and /or and is staying in the area. It involves housing them for for 1-3 weeks until they are placed with refugee service agency. Congregations or individuals might be willing to offer this support. Transportation and activities in all cases would be coordinated with 1st Friends.

Temporary Housing Needs Meeting
2019-09-22 13:00 - 15:00
First Friends and UU FaithAction are hosting an open meeting to discuss Temporary Housing Needs.

Living the Legacy - Community/Interfaith Discussion
2019-09-20 19:30 - 22:30 | Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, United States
