Top issues and events from UUJEC:

• Climate Diplomacy is winning the fight against zero sum mindset.

There's a growing international mindset that acting decisively is an investment, not a cost.
https://www.ft.com/content/e1127520-43f4-4324...

• A better way to celebrate Thanksgiving

Here is an Action of Immediate Witness, AIW, that Rev. Bob Murphy wrote and UUJEC sponsored at GA last June: Thanksgiving For All People.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/THANKSGIVING%20DA...

• We can afford the Green New Deal

The Green New Deal is more relevant than ever--especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying economic meltdown.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observat...

• Indigenous People's Day

Read Reverend Judith Deutsch's sermon explaining why we should drop Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous People's Day.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Indigenous%20Peop...

• Charming Story about Social Class

Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Learned%20about%2...

• UUJEC Board Member, Rev. Judith Deutsch on Reparations

Reverend Judith Deutsch 9/27/2020 sermon, "Atoning for our Sins" validating the need for reparations for African Americans.
https://uujec.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=W...

• Roots of Justice

Check out UUJEC's webinar on the Roots of Justice. If you don't understand the roots, you're just tinkering around. Thursday, October 18.
https://uujec.org/webinars

• UUA General Assembly workshop library now available.

Check out whatever you missed at GA--and if you didn't go, get an idea what went on.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/7462757

• Letter to Oregon Senator Merkley.

Send a letter or call your Senators. Until we have healthcare for all, we must assure all people can access medical care during the Pandemic.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/Letter%20to%20Mer...

• How do you reach UUs when disaster hits?

UUs and Disaster: what we do and contact information to donate or find help.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/UUs%20and%20Disas...

• UUJEC's Summer Newsletter is here

UUJEC worked to bring attention to the Pandemic--presenting both a Action of Immediate Witness, AIW and when it was rejected, we went back and championed a Responsive Resolution that passed with an 80% approval. That and Labor Day and profiling our UUJEC board member, Cindy Piester.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/UUJEC%20Summer%20...

• Bill McKibben's warning: "130 Degrees"

So now we have some sense of what it’s like: a full-on global-scale crisis, one that disrupts everything. Normal life—shopping for food, holding a wedding, going to work, seeing your parents—shifts dramatically.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/08/20/c...

• The basis of David Korten's presentation at our annual meeting.

This paper outlines the background for David Korten's presentation. The video for the event will follow
https://council.science/human-development/lat...

• UUJEC is joining a UU coalition to partner with PPC

Here's a video from the Poor People's Campaign. We will need volunteers to make this partnership work--if you're interested email uujec@uujec.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62vG9w_0twA&f...

• See article in our newsletter on planting trees.

The could be a great project for RE kids. They could explore what trees to grow--what trees people want to plant. Then they could collect seeds, plant them and in the fall, put the trees in containers or transplant them on the church property. They could even make it a fundraiser, if that's what they want.
https://uujec.org/Portals/0/2020%20Newsletter...

• Where NOT to put your money.

Financial institutions are finally catching on that oil investments are no longer secure investments
https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/clim...

• Videos of Key Speakers for the Create Climate Justice, Building a Movement for a Green New Deal Conference

Ta Da! You can see what this conference was all about--Building a Movement for a Just Transition to renewable energy.
https://app.frame.io/reviews/3a23fdda-9145-45...