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- News from our Social Justice Team February 21, 2025ACTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN DO NOW From your SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM! Contact justice@uusaratoga.org for more information -Support the 24 hour “black out” on purchases on Friday, Feb. 28 Join Americans pledging to stop making any purchases for a full 24 hours on February 28. The national economic blackout is scheduled as a way for Americans to boycott major retailers ...
- A Blessing for the Future: Honoring the Land at 400 Louden Road January 24, 2025Yesterday — January 23, 2025 — was a milestone moment in the history of our congregation. We gathered at 400 Louden Road—the site of our future meeting house—for a heartfelt “Tree and Land Blessing.” As Board Secretary, I felt it my responsibility to document this occasion, a poignant blend of gratitude and farewell, as we ...
- Our Social Justice Team news January 10, 2025 January 9, 2025JOIN 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 the Legislative Office Building to The Egg, ...
- Toasting Our Progress Toward a New Meeting House November 27, 2024On the same Sunday that the Butterfly Team hosted a service focused on the opening of time capsules buried in 2002 and 2013, New Home Task Force Chair Art Holmberg marked a major milestone in our campaign to build our new meeting house. “This is a toast to you all,” Art began, raising his compostable cup ...
- Celebrating Past and Future: The UU Saratoga Time Capsules November 27, 2024The time is approaching for us to leave our meeting house at 624 North Broadway, which Jim Mihuta once called “the ugliest building on the city’s prettiest street.” Built by Jehovah’s Witnesses, it’s a modest structure that’s sufficiently flawed to make us greatly look forward to moving out, but it’s filled with great memories. In a special ...
- The City Greenlights Our New Meeting House November 15, 2024The Saratoga Springs Planning Board has approved the site development plan for our new meeting house. Clearing of the land will start shortly and should be completed by mid-December. The dozen trees we want to be sure to save have been marked with bright green ribbon. “We’re rolling,” said New Home Task Force Chair Art Holmberg. “Our goal ...