Social Responsibility Committee
Promoting the Worth & Dignity of Every Person
Join Justice
Seeking UU’s Going to Lansing March 11th
Mark Saturday, March 11th on your calendar as a special day
for justice seeking Unitarian Universalists in Michigan. That’s the day
that the Michigan UU Social Justice Network holds a hands-on workshop for UU’s
entitled: “A little Less Talk A LOT MORE ACTION”.
This action-packed
day will feature:
Training
from the UUA on creating justice seeking congregations;
Inspiration and justice insights by UU Church of Flint’s Rev. David Carl
Olson;
Michigan UU churches tell how they planned and carried out great justice projects;
Workshops on how to get involved with Michigan campaigns involving affirmative
action, universal health care, minimum wage and save our water;
Continental breakfast and lunch;
Opportunities for home hospitality on Friday and Saturday evenings; and
Information tables to display your church’s justice activities and issues.
Registration fees: only $35 for adults; $15 for persons on fixed incomes, students
or unemployed. Free child care is available. Students are welcomed! Registration
brochures should be available at every Michigan UU church.
OUR
The Social Responsibility Committee’s mission is to respond to community
needs and to address social justice issues which reflect the values of members
of Northwest UU Church. The Committee is called upon to participate with the UU
Service Committee, the Department of Faith in Action of the Unitarian
Universalist Association (UUA) with its United Nations & Washington D.C.
offices, and the Heartland District.
RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY NEEDS
St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen - NWUU volunteers (adults and children) buy
food, bake brownies, prepare and serve hot lunches and sack lunches for about
200 low income people four times a year at St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen Church in
Adopt-A-Size - Each December, NWUU families buy clothes to meet the
needs of 12-15 needy
Thanksgiving Baskets - A Sunday morning service in November is
dedicated to packing donated canned goods and produce into Thanksgiving
baskets for up to 10 struggling
ADDRESSING
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES
Sunday Morning Discussions - The Committee learns how church members feel about issues and promotes education and action on social justice issues. The Committee regularly organizes Sunday morning issue discussions, reviews issues promoted by the UUA Study/Action Committee and hosts information tables.
Social Justice Issues – The
following issues have been subjects for discussion and action over the years:
war and peace; environment; gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender issues; civil
liberties; campaign finance and election reform; prison reform; poverty;
universal health care; education reform, long term care, media issues;
abortion/reproductive rights; racial justice; education reform; globalization;
war on drugs, death penalty; etc.
DENOMINATIONAL
AFFAIRS
The Committee provides information
about the UU denomination, including the activities of the UUA, the Heartland
District and affiliated organizations such as the UU Service Committee.
We meet at noon on the third Sunday each month at NWUU. Contact: Randy Block (248-549-5170, beelock47@comcast.net) or Doug Weiss (313-277-1861, dougweiss@hotmail.com)
This page prepared by Randy Block, Governor, Social Responsibility Committee