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<p class="MsoNormal">Solstice Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Weather and the Holidays stole our last
Social
Responsibility Committee meeting for 2016 so I thought now would
be a good time
to review some of our projects.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>I have
hopefully put everything in chronological order and many
apologies if I’ve left
anything out.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Just a
reminder that you
can instantly send information to all members and friends of the
SRC by
emailing: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SRCaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">SRCaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Current Business:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Heifer Project
International – Hedi has
been organizing this in the vestry the last couple of Sundays.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>She will be sending checks
out December 26<sup>th</sup>,
so I believe there is still time to donate to this organization.
Contact Hedi
Ballantyne (223-0455, <a
href="mailto:hedi.ballantyne@gmail.com"><span
style="color:#111111">hedi.ballantyne@gmail.com</span></a>)
For more information about the work that Heifer does:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.heifer.org/">https://www.heifer.org/</a><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Food
Pantry Donations –
I’m copying this from the e-news just to remind folks to
bring in donations to
the food pantry on Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Please
make
sure these items are not out-of-date, as the Food Pantry
cannot use them.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><strong><span
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minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
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font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Women’s March
on Washington:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">There
are many UUs
headed to Washington for the rally on January 21<sup>st</sup>.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If you know that you
are going to Washington
and could help coordinate, with Joan, a UCM presence there,
please let her
know.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><strong><span
style="font-family:
"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">I
will be attending
the Montpelier rally on the same day and will serve as the
point person for a
UCM presence there.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I’ll
share more
information about this after the New Year.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">UUA Common
Read – <u>The Third
Reconstruction</u> by Rev. William J. Barber II<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>This
book is especially pertinent to the SRC because it
challenges us to draw
together our many social justice causes under one unified
theme.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Barber also
tracks the national backlash in
our country after major gains in civil rights
(Reconstructions).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I
think we can see that we’re in a backlash
currently, or ‘whitelash’ as some have termed it, and
Barber’s cautions and
recommendations are timely.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>If you have
borrowed a copy of this book and have finished it, please
bring it in to the
lending library for others to read.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><strong><span
style="font-family:
"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Joan
will be leading a
discussion of this book on January 23<sup>rd</sup> from
7-8:30pm in the
Children’s Chapel as part of the ARE 4<sup>th</sup> Monday
series.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Sanctuary
Congregation<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><strong><span
style="font-family:
"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Both
Diane and Eva
compiled great information about becoming a Sanctuary
Congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I
encourage everyone to read them through (I’ve
attached their documents).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I was happy to hear that
at least one person
at Migrant Justice responded positively to this idea.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It remains crucial that
we work with the
undocumented in VT to provide the most effective support.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><strong><span
style="font-family:
"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Many
of you probably
heard Vermont Edition on VPR last week about Sanctuary
Cities in Vermont.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There
was some great information about
logistics as well as rebuttals to some classic and racist
arguments.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I was
disheartened by negativity of the
(overwhelmingly white and male) callers and it is worth
noting the amount of
misinformation that is out there about undocumented folks in
Vermont.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Immigration
attorney, Leslie Holman; Migrant
Justice rep, Will Lambek;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and
</span></strong>Mayor
Joseph Curtatone of Somerville, MA were all excellent guests.<strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><a
href="http://digital.vpr.net/post/sanctuary-cities-vermont"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">http://digital.vpr.net/post/sanctuary-cities-vermont</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Revitalizing
the SRC Lending
Library and Bulletin Board<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>I’ll
be honest: this is something I’m really excited about.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I envision a lending
library of books that
challenge and engage our congregation and an accessible
bulletin board that
shares events, introduces new social responsibility topics,
and points to
places to learn more and get involved.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>After
the New Year, I will be coordinating a pre-Sunday service
library clean-out to
go through our books and other materials.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>I’ll send an email out to let you know when this is
happening and anyone
with an interest is welcome to join.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If
you have ideas of what sorts of things you would like to see
on our new and
improved bulletin board, email them to me or draw me a
picture and slip it to
me in church!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Other Updates<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Because we did
not have a meeting
last Sunday, we did not get updates on the work of some
groups such as VT Interfaith
Action, 350vt, Rainbow Umbrella and the Central VT Refugee
Action Network.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Let’s
make sure to check in with these groups
and others to support their ongoing work.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Reading
Recommendation<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span
style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>For
your longest nights’ readings, I recommend Ta-Nehisi
Coates’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Atlantic</i>
essay, “My President was Black.”<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Coates is a fantastic
writer and this essay
is a stirring and exceptional view of the Obama Presidency
place in American
history. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Finally.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Solstice service last
Sunday offered a
new perspective for me of heading into the shortest days and
longest nights of
the year.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rather than
focusing on light “to
drive the dark away," as Susan Cooper says, Eliza and the
other organizers of
the service focused on embracing the darkness.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>I was reminded that it is in darkness that we push our
roots down,
without which we could not reach up to the light.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Darkness is a place to
quiet our sight and to
develop our other senses of the world.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Surely there is a metaphor in here for the darkness of
our world – that if
we use our senses of continuity, the desire to make everything
okay, we will
not see any hope in this darkness and we might despair.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Are there other senses we
can call upon to
know our world in darkness?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Peace
to you all,
safe travels on icy roads and sidewalks, and may the darkness
awaken within you
powers you did not know you had,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ansel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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