Jun 20, 2023 | Featured
COMMUNITY EVENT
Day of Outrage & Solidarity Yellow t-Shirt Brigade
July 1st, 5 pm, Pack Square Park (by the old monument) Cities across the state are joining in the NC People’s Power Coalition Statewide “Day of Outrage”. The Asheville planning team will host speakers and a “community speak out” to protest far reaching legislation that will affect our communities for generations to come. Our bodies, our schools, our health, our environment, our rights, our income, our jobs, our communities, and our democracy are under attack. Let’s gather to speak up and together work to take back our rights! To RSVP, go here. Questions? Contact Everett at elena@southernvision.org or 919-413-1276.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
Opportunities to engage in legislative advocacy grounded in our values of justice and equity so that all may thrive in our communities.
Common Cause NC is organizing several phone banks to connect constituents to their elected officials in the NC General Assembly to oppose both SB 747 and SB 749. Go here to get details and sign up for one or more!
The Racial Justice Coalition is asking people to sign on in support of reparations for Black community members in Asheville and Buncombe County. Go here to get specifics and become one of the 5,000 people they are trying to reach by July 1st!.
Earlier this month, the NC Board of Elections opened a public comment period for rules for voter ID. Get details from this media release and how you can offer your comments. The deadline to offer comments online is June 23rd.
The ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) is leading an effort to get people to share their opposition to book bans. Go here for details and to sign.
The National Immigration Law Center is asking people to tell Congress to find a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients. Go here to express your support.
Jun 20, 2023 | Justice Ministry
UU Avl Events
July 9/10 – EAC Book Study: The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture, by Mary Pipher. In person Sunday, 9:30-10:45 am, 23 Edwin Parlor; Zoom, Monday 7-8:15 pm (contact Sunita for zoom link sunitapatterson@gmail.com); Section 5: The Transcendent Response
Community Events & Beyond
Yellow t-Shirt Brigade July 1 – People’s Power Coalition Day of Outrage; 5PM Join labor, community and faith organizations for a “Day of Outrage” to protest against the impact of current legislation and budgeting on our community. Get location and other details here.
June 27th– “Lunch and Learn: Ensuring Free, Fair, Safe, and Accessible Elections”,12:30 pm. Get details and register here. While this is from a Jewish perspective, all are welcome.
June 28th– Jews United for Democracy and Justice offers The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein in conversation with Patt Morrison on the topic “Sixteen Months to Elections, The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein Sets the Stage”, 8 pm. Get details and register here.
June 29th– Learn how you can become part of the Clean Energy Generation at this webinar, 2:30 pm.
July 1 – People’s Power Coalition Day of Outrage; 5PM Join labor, community and faith organizations for a “Day of Outrage” to protest against the impact of current legislation and budgeting on our community. Get location and other details here.
July 5th– Jews United for Democracy and Justice presents Election Law expert and author Rick Hasen in conversation with Madeleine Brand on the topic “Voting rights, Election Laws, the Supreme Court and What Lies Ahead.”, 8 pm. Get details and register here.
September 24th – Save the Date for this year’s Hunger Walk. Get details from this eblast sent out recently.
October 17th – Save the Date for Pisgah Legal Services’ 13th Annual Justice Forum with Mathew Desmond.
Jun 20, 2023 | Sermons
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Rev. Claudia Jimenez, Minister of Faith Development
In 2015, our denomination approved a Reproductive Justice Statement of Conscience. For there to be reproductive justice, all women and birthing people must have the freedom, without shame or judgment, to choose to have children, to not have children, to have the right to bodily autonomy and to parent in a safe, well-resourced environment where children may thrive. Join Rev. Claudia, Worship Associate Joyce-Hooley Gingrich and Alexis Crosswell as they reflect on today’s complicated legal and moral landscape after the repeal of Roe.
Jun 20, 2023 | Sermons
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Rev. Cathy Harrington, Interim Lead Minister
On this 100th Anniversary, join as we celebrate one of Unitarian Universalism’s most significant ceremonies. Unitarian Rev. Nobert Čapek created this meaningful ritual in 1923 to help the people of Prague heal from the ravages of WWI.
Please bring a flower with you as we bless these flowers and the gift of our beloved community.
