Social Justice Recognition Award!!!!

The Social Justice Committee is instituting its first, annual, Social Justice Recognition Award, which will begin during the COW campaign for 2010. Members and friends of the congregation are invited to register their participation in social justice activities. They are also invited to submit to the social justice committee their current social justice and community service activities, for personal recognition and to enlist participation from others in our church community. Here's how it works. Activities will be listed on the Social Justice Calendar and on our Volunteer Registration Form. Visit this site. Register as a Social Justice Volunteer. Then, enter yourself as a participant in whichever events you want to do. At the end of the year, we will tally the numbers, and offer the following four awards:

1st place: $400

2nd place: $300

3rd place: $200

4th place $100

donated to the charity/cause of your choice.

Please note: You can visit the site before COW publishes its activities, but you will only see sample, to allow you to register as a participant and to familiarize yourself with this new system.

Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities

Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:00 AM

The Social Justice Committee of UUCCH, in co-sponsorship with Garden State Equality, has invited the Human Rights Campaign from Washington, D.C. to provide, open to the greater community, a free workshop on religion and transgender issues. The workshop features guest facilitator, Allyson Robinson, Associate Director of Diversity, at the Human Rights Campaign. The workshop is open to the public. We hope to attract members of all religious denominations. The workshop runs from 10 to 2. Lunch is provided.

For more information, visit the Human Rights Campaign's website

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Important News

NEA Education Call In Day May 26

MAZZONI CENTER PROJECT

The Social Justice Committee, in coordination with the social justice committees from 10 other UU churches from DC to Northern New Jersey, is sponsoring a table and advertisement at the Mazzoni Center Transgender Health Fair, from June 3 through June 5, at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Our participation in this nationally recognized event sends a strong message to the transgender community that we support you and welcome you to our congregations.

Click the following links to see:

UU Mazzoni_Ad-page 1

UU Mazzoni_Ad-page 2

UU Mazzoni Table Information

Census News from Garden State Equality

Haiti

We have all been touched and horrified by the devastating earthquakes in Haiti. The Social Justice Committee wants to thank all members of the congregation that have contributed so generously to the relief effort. During our lay led service on January 17, we collected $4,730 which was sent to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee along with an additional $500 from our Social Justice funds. Those funds were channeled to relief causes through a joint effort of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association. We urge you to continue to support this very worthy cause by contributing directly to the following organizations.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Madre

Doctors Withouth Borders

American Red Cross

Helpful Links:

American Friends Service Committee

The Mazzoni Center

New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Community Projects is a new section in which we identify projects of interest from our local, national, and international communities. Unlike Urgent Alerts, these projects represents causes of worth which are unfolding over time. They are posted at the suggestion of members of our congregation, not necessarily projects of the Social Justice Community. Contact Ken Goldberg, Social Justice Chair, if you have such a project (or organization) you would like listed here

One Million Bones
Contact Steven Kressel, for more information.

January 17, 2010, Social Justice Committee Service

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