| Greetings!
In this busy season of many holiday traditions, all of us at MUUSJA want to wish each of you a Joyful Winter Solstice and Happy New Year!
The next few weeks will be a fairly quiet time for MUUSJA, but rest assured, we are planning a busy January and a full 2009 of working collectively for social justice.
In faith,
Ralph Wyman
MUUSJA Director/Organizer
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AUW/MUUSJA Reproductive Rights/Sacred Choices
Saturday, January 3, 2009
10 am - Noon
(Scones and social time at 9:30)
First Universalist Church Library
3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis
Finalize plans for a special screening of " The Education of Shelby Knox" this will be an outreach event to connect RR/SC with UUs from as many area congregations as possible. Event date is March 6th--details coming soon!. Also, RR/SC has been given a workshop slot for PSD-2009 in Duluth! FFI Sara mckru@comcast.net
MUUSJA Board Meeting
Thursday, January 8
7 - 9 pm
Unity Church Unitarian
732 Holly Ave, St. Paul 55104
All are welcome to attend and to join in conversation at our monthly board meeting. Contact Ralph at 612-998-6624 or rwmuusja@gmail.com for more information or to request an agenda.
AUW/MUUSJA Voter RightsSaturday, January 10 1 - 3 pm First Universalist Church, Library 3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis Follow up on the election and the recount! Help draft the proposal for a Voter Rights workshop for General Assembly 2009 in Salt Lake City. It is also already time to start thinking about GA 2010 in Minneapolis and what this team may want to propose for programming. FFI Jenny Thomas jjthomas@skypoint.com or Carol Johnson 612-825-3322.
MUUSJA EcoMinds
Tuesday, January 13
7 - 9 pm
First Universalist Church
3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis
Begin implementation of the 2008-2009 work plan: Global warming, green jobs, and environmental & economic justice. We hope to start state-wide UU social justice conference calls, starting with EcoMinds as the featured topic in late January. FFI contact our new EcoMinds Chair Sammy at samanthaschutz@gmail.com
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Prairie Star District Annual Conference
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Our Blue Boat Home: Living the Seventh Tradition
April 3-5, 2009
Duluth, Minnesota
Just a short trip from most anywhere in Minnesota, make plans soon to attend the PSD Annual Conference! Conference Information is now available on the PSD web site.
MUUSJA works closely with the Prairie Star District Social Justice Network (PSD-SJN) to help sponsor and promote the annual Pre-Conference Social Justice Training. This year's topic is Successful Strategies for Environmental Justice. Pre-conference training is Friday afternoon, April 3rd, and ends in plenty of time to attend the evening's activities of the Annual Conference. This training is only $5 if you are attending the Annual Conference!
MUUSJA's EcoMinds, together with UU Congregation Duluth, and MUUSJA/AUW's Reproductive Rights/Sacred Choices each have a workshop offered during the Saturday sessions of the Annual Conference! And MUUSJA and PSD-SJN will be offering a workshop as well. Details are here and here, and will be highlighted in future issues of The Connection.
Congratulations to our Working Group volunteers for having two workshops accepted for the 2009 conference!
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As 2008 comes to a close, we hope you can make a tax-deductible year-end gift to MUUSJA!
Our grant funding only covers a portion of our activities, and we were recently advised that our most stalwart funder will not be able to make grants to UU advocacy groups including MUUSJA for fiscal 2009!
So, we will be relying on your generosity and support more than ever to help us meet our funding and action goals.
To make a contribution to MUUSJA, download this form to mail your donation. Or call Ralph at 612-998-6624 for more information on memberships and giving. MUUSJA wishes to thank our 2008 funders. We are supported in part by the UUSC, the UU Funding Program, and the First Universalist Foundation. The Prairie Star District of the UUA acts as our fiscal sponsor. We are grateful for the support and assistance. |
Interested in our Web Site?
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www.MUUSJA.org can become a great tool to communicate all of the excellent work that MUUSJA is doing across Minnesota.
Our site got a nice upgrade about a year and a half ago--but now it needs to be refreshed and have new functions added.
If basic web design and maintenance is an area you have experience in, MUUSJA is seeking volunteers to join our web site committee!
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We have new energy and volunteer leadership ready to start designing and implementing improvements to the site. Join with us as we bring MUUSJA to the next level of on-line communications.
FFI about our first web site committee meeting, contact Ralph at 612-998-6624 or rwmuusja@gmail.com.
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