[Green] Fwd: Business Resolution 2023 "Complete Divestment from the Fossil FuelIndustry and Subsequent Reparations" Information Session

[George Banziger]

Dawn,

    I think it might be good to have a GSC discussion about this issue of
disinvestment from fossil fuels.


George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)


On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 3:34 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Sent to me from the church lady. Is this worth adding to Sunday’s GSC
> agenda? —dawn
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> Sent from my iPad
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> *From:* Fuusm Office Assistant <fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com>
> *Date:* May 18, 2023 at 10:18:00 AM EDT
> *To:* Dawn Hewitt <hewitt at earth-maker.com>
> *Subject:* *FW: Business Resolution 2023 "Complete Divestment from the
> Fossil FuelIndustry and Subsequent Reparations" Information Session*
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> Dawn Hewitt
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> Office assistant
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> First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta
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> *From: *UU Young Adults For Divestment <uuyadivestment at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, May 17, 2023 6:36 PM
> *To: *UU Young Adults For Divestment <uuyadivestment at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Business Resolution 2023 "Complete Divestment from the Fossil
> FuelIndustry and Subsequent Reparations" Information Session
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> We are reaching out as members of the Unitarian Universalist Young Adult
> Divestment Caucus to invite members of all UU congregations to attend an
> information session on our business resolution "Complete Divestment from
> the Fossil Fuel Industry and Subsequent Reparations
> <https://www.uua.org/files/2023-03/2023%20Business%20Resolution.pdf>"
> which will be going to the floor at General Assembly in 2023. Our business
> resolution was submitted to the UUA with 415 signatures across 42
> congregations in January this year.
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> We recognize for many of our congregations, this may be the first time you
> are hearing about our business resolution, as the UUA has yet to publicize
> our business resolution. We want to make sure UUs are as informed as
> possible going in to general assembly this year about the business
> resolution, our ongoing organizing as young adult Unitarian Universalists
> deeply committed to environmental justice, and how they can be in support.
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> To that end, we're going to be hosting two information sessions in early
> June. The first will be *Saturday, June 3rd at 10am PT/ 11am MT/ 12pm
> CT/1pm ET, *the second information session will be* Sunday, June 4th at
> 3pm PT/ 4pm MT/ 5pm CT/6pm ET. *These times are to ensure we are
> accessible to people with varying work schedules and across time zones. You
> can *register for our zoom info sessions at this link*:
> bit.ly/ResolutionInfo
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> We'll be giving some background on ourselves, presenting on the resolution
> itself, some of the frequently asked questions, and leaving a lot of time
> for questions and answers. We especially encourage any delegates to General
> Assembly this year to attend.
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> *Between now and the information sessions, here are three things you can
> do.*
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> 1.    Please make this available to members of your congregation or
> organization.
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> 2.    Read the full text of the business resolution
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> 3.     The UUA's CFO has put out a statement against our resolution, here
> you can read his memorandum and our responses
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/13EX5quWzrQs_wu3QO38CXnz1H9ebHUNd/view?usp=sharing>
> .
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> 4.     You can reach out to us on this email. If you have questions you
> want to make sure are covered in the information session, please let us
> know.
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> 5.     Follow us on Instagram (@uuyadivestment
> <https://www.instagram.com/uuyadivestment>) and our Facebook Page (UU YA
> Divestment)
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