JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. LET’S CARPOOL TO THE KICKOFF MARCH AND RALLY ON JAN. 14! This is the 2025 Campaign Kickoff & Lobby Day to support passage of the Medical Aid In Dying act with advocates coming from around the state. We will march from … Continue reading Social Justice Team’s news: January 3, 2025
JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. JOIN IN THE HOLIDAY CARD WRITING SUPPORTING MAID – After the worship service this Sunday we will write cards to Gov. Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senator Tedisco, and Rep. Carrie Woerner. Want to do them … Continue reading News from Our Social Justice Team December 27, 2024
Join our Social Justice Team for a Dr. King Celebration Weekend event! January 19, 2025 6pm to 7:30pm In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. … Continue reading Movie Screening, Jan 19: An Unsettling Force
JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. JOIN IN THE HOLIDAY CARD WRITING SUPPORTING MAID After the worship service on December 29 we will write cards to Gov. Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senator Tedisco, and Rep. Carrie Woerner. Want to do … Continue reading Our Social Justice Team News December 20, 2024
December 19, 2024 That’s a Wrap on 2024! On behalf of NYUUJ, I’d like to thank you for an amazing year. Because of you, we were able to do so many things, including but not limited to: Hold seminars and meetings on our various focus issues Rally in Albany to pass specific legislation Create Issue … Continue reading NYUUJ December Newsletter
New Yorkers United Against Mass Deportation Rally 1st Day of Legislative Session, January 8 On behalf of four immigrant justice campaigns — New York for All, Dignity Not Detention, the Clemency Coalition of NY, and CARE — we invite you stand up for Immigrant New Yorkers and against Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan! Join us in … Continue reading Anti-Deportation Rally in Albany Jan 8
JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com 1. MOVIE NIGHT! Join us this Sunday, December 15 at 6:30 as we host an interfaith movie night – Keeping the Faith with Ben Stiller and Ed Norton. Share the film and follow up discussion with members from other liberal religious organizations … Continue reading Social Justice Team Announcements December 13, 2024
Your Finance Committee and its Chair, Sue Bender-Wilkinson, have gone to great lengths to make sure the budget is sound, supports our staff and our activities, and creates opportunities for all of us to have a safe and welcoming space for spiritual growth. Our values and priorities are reflected in the budget, and your Board … Continue reading Welcome to the start of the Annual Meeting preparations!
Beloveds, As we enter into our holiday season once again, I am suffused with gratitude for all of the ways that UUs have been living their faith boldly in the past year –in your congregation’s ministries, in worship on Sundays, during our historic Climate Justice Revival last September, and in sharing our values with voters … Continue reading We Gather With Love: A Holiday Message from UUA President Sofía Betancourt
We had a very successful Budget meeting after services yesterday. Thank you to Harry Moran for an informative presentation, and to all of those who participated. It is an austere budget this year, and one of the places that we could not keep up with the cost of living was in non-ministerial staff wages. John … Continue reading Opportunity To Support Non-ministerial Staff