[Green] Activities relating to Earth Day 2018 - register our events with UUMFE?

[Cindy Taylor]

Thanks Adeline and Mike for all your work.
I think this is great to get these events registered... and more visible..
I like the idea of letter writing and engaging public.
I know some of the congregation is WV and some OH, so giving basic info
about who to address to and what to say would be helpful.

Would the Adult RE events also be appropriate to mention?

This was how I listed those sessions in the Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action
recent minutes under Calendar of events: ( other events are also listed)

*Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10:00 - 10:45 AM, Climate Change Program,
Part 1*presented
by Jean Ambrose and Giulia Mannarino, speakers from Al Gore’s Climate
Reality Leadership Corps and members of Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action. The
programs will delve into the science and impacts of climate change, and a
look at possible solutions for a habitable future on Planet Earth.
Organized by FUUSM’s Green Sanctuary Committee, the class is open to the
public. Location: Social Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Society of
Marietta, 3rdand Putnam St., Marietta, OH.


*Sunday, April 29, 2018, 10:00 - 10:45 AM, Climate Change Program,
Part 2*presented
by Jean Ambrose and Giulia Mannarino, speakers from Al Gore’s Climate
Reality Leadership Corps and members of Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action.
Organized by FUUSM’s Green Sanctuary Committee, the class is open to the
public. Location: Social Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Society of
Marietta, 3rdand Putnam St., Marietta, OH.


I plan to be at FUUSM tomorrow and also participate in the Social Justice
event. I would be glad to help in whatever way will help the most helpful.
Let me know.

Cindy Taylor

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Adeline Bailey via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Hello, Green friends,
>
> As many of you most likely also received info from UU Ministry For Earth,
> you are aware that congregations are invited to register their Earth Day
> activities. I think I did that last year or the year before without
> discussing it with anybody, but this time I wanted to make it a group
> decision.
>
> We're doing a good bit this year: booth/table at Marietta Earth Day,
> sponsoring a Sun Dance Hoedown to celebrate the success of meeting our
> goals for Faithify and the Solar Match Fund, taking a role (just what we'll
> do is yet to be determined) in the Earth Day Sunday service, and working
> with B&G on plans for energy efficiency improvements in the RE/Office
> Building.
>
> After reading through the UUMFE plans for the month, I'm inspired to do a
> couple more things: Mike and I are organizing the Social Justice Sunday
> program this coming Sunday, and I hope you'll be able to join us. We'll be
> talking about environmental justice and its history in the U.S. and showing
> the documentary "Cheshire, Ohio." The documentary tells the story of a
> small Ohio town that had a challenging relationship with a huge, (formerly)
> AEP-owned, coal-burning power plant, located not that far from us along the
> Ohio River.  In this year's Earth Day materials, UUMFE is partnering with
> UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ) to sponsor a letter-writing campaign in
> support of the RECLAIM Act 2017, a bipartisan bill which would unlock
> existing funds to assist coal communities. UUMFE and UUSJ believe this will
> provide a “Just Transition” from a coal-dependent economy and will put
> people back to work, leading to a more sustainable community and a brighter
> future.  I think the campaign is a great fit with the environmental justice
> theme of the social justice forum, and I plan to introduce it then. It
> would be something we could DO, instead of just talking about the inequity
> of locating power plants, landfills, and the like in places where people
> feel they have no power over big corporations. Additionally, I'd like to
> continue the letter-writing activities with a table in the Social Hall on
> the following two Sundays (April 15 and 22). We'll collect the letters and
> send them to UUSJ gathered in a packet that they will combine with letters
> from other congregations to hand-deliver to our senators' offices.  What do
> you think? Let me know if you'd be able to help with the campaign, and make
> this part of our Earth Day activities. (I'm introducing it this Sunday at
> the forum, regardless. If we want to expand it to the whole congregation, I
> think I'll need some help.)
>
> Secondly, UUMFE's theme for Earth Day 2018 is "Justice for Each
> Generation," recognizing intergenerational equity as a component of the
> first Unitarian Universalist Principle and expressing solidarity with the
> 21 youth plaintiffs in the Juliana v. U.S. constitutional climate lawsuit.
> I don't know a great deal about the lawsuit, but I'd like to know more. It
> could make for an interesting Social Justice Sunday in June, when I think
> there is an open slot in Michelle's schedule.  Anybody interested? There is
> more info about the lawsuit at UUMFE and Our Children's Trust
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> .
>
> Please let me know that I have an OK from the committee to register our
> activities with UUMFE, and share your opinions about the letter-writing
> campaign.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adeline
>
>
>
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