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The Connection:
MUUSJA News and Events
Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance
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Greetings!
Budget & tax bills are advancing. An enhanced Renewable Energy bill is gaining traction. MUUSJA worked to help pass the original 25% by 2025 bill, and now solar is part of an expanded standard. You can help advance solar inclusion! The Will Steger Foundation is urging action, take a moment to respond. Thank you.
Our UU and MUUSJA involvement is helping gain Freedom to Marry. All eyes are on the MN House and Senate votes in the next few days! Please call your legislators today to again ask for a Yes vote! And come to St. Paul this evening for an Interfaith Vigil in support of Freedom to Marry. Details on this historic moment are below.
We're almost there. The end-of-session crush in on. Together we can Stand on the Side of Love for our fellow Minnesotans! Thank you.
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Standing on the Side of Love
Freedom to Marry - Interfaith Vigil
Floor votes this week!
 Faith Vigil
Wed. May 8th, 7:00-8:00pm
Christ Lutheran on Capitol Hill Church
105 University Ave W
St Paul, MN 55155
The Interfaith Roundtable invites you to this evenings vigil on Capitol Hill in St Paul. This faithful gathering just before tomorrow's House debate and vote will show that we support marriage for all loving couples because of our faith.
House to vote on Thursday, Senate to follow
Come to the Capitol and help pack the hallways with marriage supporters! The House will take up the bill this Thursday, May 9th. Time still t.b.a., but likely by noon, possibly at 10 am. Floor debate timing is hard to pin down - please watch for developments and come to the Capitol when you can!
The Senate may take up the bill Saturday, or any time thereafter. Again, timing is up to legislative leaders, w e'll update via muusja.org and facebook as info on the House and Senate votes develop. |
Rebuild the Dream
Van Jones at Unity Church
Sunday May 19th, 5:00 p.m.
Unity Church - Unitarian
733 Portland Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Growth & Justice, with Van Jones. Van's work and advocacy synchronizes with Growth & Justice's ambitions to broaden prosperity by making smart investments for practical solutions that improve our human capital and physical infrastructure. Van Jones is a great speaker, an antidote to cynicism and political dysfunction. Van Jone's 2008 UUA G.A. Ware Lecture electrified our denomination. Come see him in a much more intimate setting!
Purchase tickets online at www.growthandjustice.org. $25 for lecture ($10 students), $100 for lecture and reception supporting Growth & Justice, a local research and advocacy organization developing innovative public policy solutions.
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Climate Justice 
State Climatologist Dr. Mark Seeley
Wed., May 22, 7:30pm
White Bear UU Church
328 Maple Street
Mahtomedi, MN (map)
Dr. Seeley, respected scientist and professor in the U. of M. Department of Soil, Water and Climate and popular MPR weather commentator, will speak about climate change in the WBUUC sanctuary. Seeley edited children's books called the "Amazing Science Series" and has published two volumes about Minnesota's weather and climate. He received the University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service. Free event.
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Faith in public life
Nonbeliever Nation:
The Rise of Secular Americans
Saturday, June 8, 10am -2:30pm
First Unitarian Society
900 Mt Curve, Minneapolis
Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers - and they are flexing their muscles like never before. Yet we still see almost none of them openly serving in elected office, while Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and many others continue to loudly proclaim the false myth of America as a "Christian nation."
In his book Nonbeliever Nation and this workshop, leading secular advocate David Niose explores what this new force in politics means for the unchallenged dominance of the Religious Right. Free event, thanks to the Bookstore at First Unitarian Society, celebrating its 10th Anniversary. FFI contact Bill Weir at 612-751-0445.
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UUA GA worship
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Are you going to General Assembly?
The annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists is an amazing experience of worship, workshops, fellowship and community. Online registration is open through June 7.
If you will be at G.A., please let us know! MUUSJA will be part of the UU State Advocacy Networks booth (#506) in the Exhibit Hall. We'd love to connect with you at G.A., and then after, to debrief all the great experiences.
There is lots of information about social justice at G.A., so you can plan ahead to get the most out of being there. We encourage you to get delegate credentials from your congregation so that you can vote on the Study-Action issue as well as up to three Actions of Immediate Witness.
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Your membership, renewal or donation unleashes the power of collective UU justice. Your membership or gift sustains us! Thank you.
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Checks may be made payable to PSD-MUUSJA and mailed to: PSD-MUUSJA, 122 West Franklin Ave #303, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Contributions to MUUSJA are tax-deductible.
Mission: MUUSJA unleashes the courageous leadership and collective power of Minnesota UUs to realize a just and loving world.
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