JOIN US FOR THESE IMPORTANT SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES!
Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com
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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
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.
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Make plans to join us and carpool to this rally! If your yellow Side With Love UU shirt is large enough, wear it over your coat!
When: January 8, 2025 at 11AM (Rally/March) + 12PM (Press Conference) t
Where: Capitol Building, Albany, NY, exact location TBD
What: New Yorkers United Against Mass Deportation Rally & Presser
Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnQ129dCFomjysGgHKEWuOa0XJUq5l12qcBmqEhn6cISMeAw/viewform
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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!
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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.”
5. 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
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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 on January 23! 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. They will need a 1- or 2-bedroom apartment, furnishings and supplies, plus ideas for employment. The father has a degree in electrical engineering and speaks English! Contact Lucy Manning at lucymnnng@gmail.com if you want to help the Circle!
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