A Notice and Invitation from our Elected Board of Trustees · Board meetings are the 4th Thursday each month, 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm, usually in the Theodore Abell Library at UUSS–EXCEPT for November, which will be Nov 30, 2017, because of Thanksgiving, and December which will be in the Fahs Classroom on Dec 21, 2017,
Gabby Trejo, Associate Director of Sacramento Area Congregations Together, will teach Sacramento ACT’s organizing model that will be used for them to begin to be involved in environmental justice work. Sacramento ACT does not currently have a environmental justice program and this is a first step in developing one, and our working with them and
Thursdays,August 17,24,31 at 7pm: Trinity Respecting Earth and Environment (TREE) offers 3-part series. On Aug. 17, it’s Al Gore’s TED talk, “The Case for Optimism on Climate Change.” On Aug. 24, it’s a video of two of the winners (one from Los Angeles and one from Nicaragua) of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize, chosen from
At the June 28th meeting, the SURJ Sacramento Chapter introduced a few changes: A renewed focus on Black Lives in Sacramento Less frequent community meetings – will now be held quarterly (next meeting is Sept. 27th) Workgroup meetings will meet more regularly – to join a workgroup, email SURJ Mobilizing Workgroup The Mobilizing Workgroup focuses on
Gabby Trejo, Associate Director of Sacramento Area Congregations Together, will present “Organizing 101” to teach SacACT’s organizing model that will be utilized for them to begin the process of being involved in environmental justice work. SacACT does not currently have an environmental justice program and this is a first step to develop one, and in
Several UUSS congregation members and I joined 4,100 other Unitarian Universalists in June in New Orleans for the annual meeting of our denomination, the UUA General Assembly. We will need to reschedule a forum for you to to hear brief highlights from us. This Sunday’s forum has been cancelled due to a conflict in my
July 30, 2017, 10:30 a.m. Our Journey from a Culture of Conflict to a Renewal of Covenant Rev. Dr. Roger Jones, preaching, with Worship Associate Jim Eastman In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, UUSS was an active place. Yet it had a persistent culture of mistrust and conflict among members and between members and their
UUSS artist, Patty Taylor guided some RE folks through the re-painting of her large and beautiful metal sculpture. The art piece now hangs in our UUrth Song CommUUnity Garden. Go check it out! The piece has been named by Patty’s granddaughter: “Unique Blossoms” [galleryfake ids=”22521,22520,22519,22518,22517,22516,22515,22514″]
