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 the
Legislative Office Building to The Egg, in conjunction with the Governor’s State of the
State presentation. Sign up in the back of the sanctuary or contact Lucy Manning at
lucymnnng@gmail.com
Here is the latest information about the bill from Compassion and Choices-NY – CLICK
ON THE BLUE LINK TO REGISTER:
This month marks the start of our tenth year of advocacy for medical aid-in-
dying legislation in New York. Our progress last year was remarkable:
we expanded our coalition of organizational supporters to include the two largest
physician organizations in the state, The Medical Society of the State of New York
(MSSNY) and the New York State Nurses Association.
Our bill has already been reintroduced in the Senate and Assembly with nearly 80 co-
sponsors representing every corner of the state. Next week, we’ll gather this dynamic
group of lawmakers, voters and civic organizations — representing the Empire State’s
broad diversity — to continue the fight for end-of-life autonomy.
Join us in Albany next week for the beginning of a new and exciting
chapter in New York’s end-of-life options movement.
Following your registration, organizers will email you detailed information about the
day’s events.
Yes, that’s our own Marian Bigelow holding the “THE” sign making a difference!
According to NYUUJ and their recent convocation in Albany, this year really could be it!
We now have the support from the large New York State Nurses
Association for the Medical Aid in Dying Act as well.
This is not an election year, so representatives will be more willing to
address a controversial issue.
2.
Puppet Show and Singalong – Saturday, Jan. 18, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
We are hosting this MLK Weekend event, courtesy of our own Marigold (aka
Julie Holmberg), Rev Joe, Dan Berggren, and members of the Division St.
School with music teacher Melissa Ferrie!
Come celebrate the values love and friendship that animated Dr. King’s life
with this puppet performance and singalong. Perfect for youngsters and their
caregivers; all are welcome!
3.
For MLK Weekend join our Social Justice Team for movie night on January 19,
from 6pm to 7:30pm in our sanctuary. We will show the documentary A New and
Unsettling Force about the Poor People’s Campaign which has been over twenty years in
the making. Filmmaker Dara Kelly has worked with Rev. Liz Theoharis and Bishop
William J. Barber II throughout those years while the “Poor People’s Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival” evolved. From the first 40 Days of Action through
Moral Mondays to 2021, the film tracks the development of this “fusion movement.”
4. UU Common Read is here in March!
The 2024-25 UU Common Read is Authentic
Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families (Skinner House,
2023).
Kickoff event – Movie Night on Sunday,
Feb 2 – 6:30-8:30pm
Will & Harper is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Josh
Greenbaum and following Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as the duo made a 17-day road
trip across the United States, the latter having recently completed a gender transition.
114 min.
Discussion Series:
March 2, 9, 16, and 30. 6:30-8pm in sanctuary
Look for news soon how to get your book at a discount.
In Our Community:
Help a refugee family arriving soon to our area! The Saratoga Area Welcome
Circle is a grassroots group formed to sponsor a refugee family through Welcome
Corps, www.welcomecorp.org, a program that matches private groups with refugees
waiting to be resettled in the United States. We have a young Afghan family of 3
assigned to us and they arrive in February! Our goal is to make the family self-sufficient
in 3-4 months. You may a make a tax-deductible gift by sending a check to UUCSS and
mark that it is for the Saratoga Area Welcome Circle or volunteer your time in many
other ways. Needed by March is a 1- or 2-bedroom apartment to rent, ideally near a bus line and a grocery store. Contact Lucy Manning at
lucymnnng@gmail.com if you can help!
Attend the many events offered by MLK Saratoga from Jan. 17-20.
Check the schedule for details: https://www.mlksaratoga.org/2025-dr-king-
celebration-weekend