THE COMMUNITY WANTS ITS MURAL BACK! SATURDAY 11/18 12:00 – 2:00 pm GUILD THEATER 35th & Broadway A couple weeks ago, a beautiful mural commemorating Black community members who were killed by local law enforcement showed up on the side of The Guild Theater in Oak Park, a community that is rapidly erasing
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Sacramento Community Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 27th Newcomer Orientation at 6:00 p.m. General Meeting at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento SURJ community meetings are all ages with potluck dinner and childcare provided. These meetings are held quarterly; we hope you will attend to learn more
Racism in the “In”-justice System and the case of Armani Lee Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. UUSS Welcome Hall The Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Sacramento Chapter will be discussing Michelle Alexander’s article, “The New Jim Crow“ as well as the article, “The Gentrification-to-Prison Pipeline“ by Lacino Hamilton, linking them to
Saturday, August 12 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. Sophia Fahs Classroom Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento Cres Velluci of the National Lawyers Guild Sacramento Chapter will be teaching folx their rights when protesting. He will also provide legal observation training and lead a more advanced discussion on civil disobedience. Max capacity is 50 people so this event
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
In June we tried something new and merged Games Night with Family Promise to be inclusive and provide an evening of entertainment to our overnight guests. The featured game was Wheel of Fortune! with lots of wacky prizes. It was a true multi-generational evening of fun! Thanks to Dirk Tuell and Sara Gandara for hosting
Update 12/3/17: an updated clarification about the Board’s decision in May regarding use of Hewlett-Packard equipment and supplies can be found here. The UUSS Board of Trustees at UUSS voted to make the church Hewlett Packard (HP) free. We tabled for several months in the welcome hall, gathering 81 signatures of members and friends of
Our first term of Mommy & Me ESL classes at UUSS ended May 23 with a joyful garden picnic and celebration. Thank you to all the staff who joined us this term from Meg Burnett, the UUSS coordinator for our successful class to: Joan Rubenson; Nancy Lust; Susan Lange; Kathy Styc; Barbara Meierhenry; Doris Janes;
Thank you to our UUSS refugee support volunteers for donating flower pots to the refugee women in our Mommy & Me ESL classes. The ladies will each get to take one home to their apartment complexes to share seed-growing experiences with their families and neighbors. Some apartment complexes have balconies and small garden spaces available
