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Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
Many apologies for not getting this email out earlier to you all.
It's a new church season and a good time to let you all know how
this listserv can operate to share information about social justice
events and actions in our community.<br>
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The purpose of this listserv is to directly inform folks
interested in social justice of rallies, campaigns, work projects,
telethons, volunteer requests, community issues of note, discussion
panels, etc. Remember that social justice is part of our daily work
in this life so keep an open mind about what falls under our social
responsibility.<br>
To post to the listserv, address your email to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>. <br>
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**Please reply directly to the person posting the event, NOT to the
whole listserv.** This keeps our email inboxes full of relevant
information and not conversations. If you feel a posting needs
clarification or additional information, please contact the poster
and suggest they post a follow-up. I don't love rules but this one
has really helped a very large farming listserv that I am on.<br>
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Finally, if you are interested and able to attend our meetings, the
Social Responsibility committee welcomes you to our face-to-face
conversations about how spirituality can ground and strengthen our
social justice work, how we can stay engaged in the face of
heartbreaking loss and encourage awareness and action among
ourselves. I am so excited to welcome Kathy Johnson as a co-chair
of this committee; she is lots of fun to work with and has an
enormous amount of experience with justice work.<br>
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Social Responsibility committee meetings occur the fourth Sunday of
each month, from 12:15-1:15, in the fireplace room.<br>
Dates:<br>
10/28<br>
11/25<br>
1/27<br>
2/24<br>
3/24<br>
4/28<br>
5/26<br>
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Thank you all,<br>
Ansel Ploog<br>
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<i>“Time is an enormous, long river, and I’m standing in it, just as
you’re standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and
everything they thought and every struggle they went through and
everything they gave their lives to, and every song they created,
and every poem that they laid down flows down to me – and if I
take the time to ask, and if I take the time to see, and if I take
the time to reach out, I can build that bridge between my world
and theirs. I can reach down into that river and take out what I
need to get through this world” - Utah Phillips<br>
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