From hewebster at comcast.net Wed Jan 4 19:57:57 2017 From: hewebster at comcast.net (HARRIS WEBSTER) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 20:57:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: [SRCAction] about 1/5 day at the State House Message-ID: <1398062669.106606.1483581478599@connect.xfinity.com> Sorry for being so late doing this, but I have now experienced how to use this srcaction e-mail address. I am also sorry for any duplicates. From 7:30 AM to 2 PM tomorrow Thursday 1/5 there are a series of events in the State House including breakfast with legislators early morning and recognition of NGO's working on housing at 9:30 AM. I had mentioned one of the day's activities in the e-news, the March/Vigil starting at Christ Church at 11:40 AM and marching to the State House supporting the Campaign to End Homelessness in Central Vermont by 2020. Harris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Fri Jan 6 09:42:16 2017 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 10:42:16 -0500 Subject: [SRCAction] Lending Library this Sunday Message-ID: Hi Friends, Happy New Year. I'm going to be at UCM at 8:30am this coming Sunday to go through our lending library and some other miscellaneous SRC materials of yesteryore. Anyone who wants to join me is welcome - I should be in the vestry right up until service begins. If we have time and interest, we can also brainstorm some ideas for the bulletin board. Next SRC meeting is January 19th, from 11:30-12:30 Thanks, Ansel -- Flywheel Farm, LLC P.O. Box 256 East Montpelier, Vermont 05651 802-454-1022 flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Fri Jan 6 10:03:02 2017 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 11:03:02 -0500 Subject: [SRCAction] oops, wrong date Message-ID: <35de019c-aa19-1296-8229-16085837a8ed@gmail.com> Our next SRC meeting will be January 15th, from 11:30-12:30, not the 19th as I wrote previously. Ansel -- Flywheel Farm, LLC P.O. Box 256 East Montpelier, Vermont 05651 802-454-1022 flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com From margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com Tue Jan 10 12:53:00 2017 From: margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com (Margaret Blanchard) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:53:00 -0500 Subject: [SRCAction] Fwd: CARAVAN to the National Assembly! In-Reply-To: <58751f85b87ed_170175dfd6807578d1@ip-10-0-0-61.mail> References: <58751f85b87ed_170175dfd6807578d1@ip-10-0-0-61.mail> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vera Parra, Cosecha Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM Subject: CARAVAN to the National Assembly! To: margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com [image: Cosecha] *ESPA?OL ABAJO* Dear Margaret *This February, Cosecha from across the country will assemble in Boston to prepare for a Year of Resistance.* For years our community has been told to rely on politicians in DC to give us permanent protection dignity and respect. We believe the time has come for us to resist with a more powerful force - the force of our labor. We will use mass noncooperation and the tools of civil resistance that people around the world have used for centuries to resist oppression and exploitation. *Join us from February 10-12th in Boston, MA for the Cosecha National Assembly! Click here to find out more and RSVP! * Not sure you can get there? We are organizing caravans to Boston from cities across the country. Cars will leave Friday morning and return late Sunday night. *Click here to let us know if you have can offer or join a ride!* Together we will get trained in the methods of noncooperation, practice taking action, design campaigns, and take action using our art and culture as a weapon of resistance to close out the Month of Cultural Resistance . There are going to be many people in our community who are looking for an opportunity to resist collectively, especially after inauguration.* Please forward this email to anyone you think might want to come!* *Take a caravan to the Cosecha National Assembly! * #HastaLaHuelga, Vera ------------------------------ Querido(a) Margaret , *Este febrero, Cosecher at s de todo el pa?s viajar?n a Boston para planificar ?El A?o de Resistencia?.* Por a?os nos han dicho que tenemos que depender de los pol?ticos en DC para que nos den protecci?n permanente, respeto y dignidad. Sin embargo, nosotros creemos que ya llego la hora de usar nuestra arma principal, nuestro poder laboral. Vamos a promover la no cooperaci?n masiva y resistencia civil - las mismas t?cticas que miles de personas en todas partes del mundo han usado por siglos para resistir la opresi?n y explotaci?n. *?nete este febrero 10-12 en Boston, MA. Cliquea el link para registrarte para la Asamblea Nacional de Cosecha. * *Si no tienes modo de transportaci?n, estamos organizando caravanas a Boston, desde muchas ciudades por todo el pa?s. Los carro van a salir viernes por la ma?ana, y regresan Domingo en la noche.* *Cliquea aqu? para avisarnos si necesita transporte, o para ofrecer su carro. * Juntos, vamos a aprender sobre t?cticas de no-cooperaci?n masiva y no-violenta, preparar para tomar acci?n, dise?ar campa?as, y usar nuestra cultura y arte como una arma principal de resistencia. * * Hay mucha gente en nuestra comunidad que est?n buscando oportunidades de tomar acci?n juntos, especialmente despu?s de la inauguraci?n. Por favor manda este correo electronico a cualquier persona que le gustaria venir! *Unete a una caravana a la Asamblea Nacional de Cosecha! * #HastaLaHuelga, Vera [image: Contribute to Cosecha] Sent via ActionNetwork.org . 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Box 256 East Montpelier, Vermont 05651 802-454-1022 flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 12:25:22 2017 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:25:22 -0500 Subject: [SRCAction] This Sunday's Agenda Message-ID: Hi All, I hope many of you will be able to join us this Sunday, after service, for our monthly Social Responsibility Committee Meeting. We will be talking about the Sanctuary Congregation information (enclosed) as well as going through our lending library. I hope you all around enjoying this January thaw! Thank you, Ansel Our agenda and the information about Sanctuary congregations are enclosed with this email. -- Flywheel Farm, LLC P.O. Box 256 East Montpelier, Vermont 05651 802-454-1022 flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We have just gotten the time slots from the school. In order to make the sign-up efficient, please use this Doodle poll to sign up for the slot you want. There are five classes for each grade (except 4 classes in 4th). *The poll will only let 5 people sign up for each grade level.* As you can see, the K, 1st (8:45-9:30), and 4th (10:30-11:30) classes are in the morning. 2nd (12:30-1:30) and 3rd (1:15-2:15) are in the afternoon. To sign up 1. Put your name in a line on the far left 2. Choose the option(s) you want by clicking the box under that time/class slot. Please choose MORE THAN ONE slot if you are able -- we have 24 classes to read to! 3. *CLICK SAVE WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED.* http://doodle.com/poll/h3p78qk3kh85naww Let me know if you have any trouble or need help of any kind. 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Box 256 East Montpelier, Vermont 05651 802-454-1022 flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com From plumb.george at gmail.com Thu Jan 26 14:05:42 2017 From: plumb.george at gmail.com (George Plumb) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:05:42 -0500 Subject: [SRCAction] How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Ansel for sharing this. I am so glad the SRCAction is giving this a lot of attention. I don't do Twitter but I can't help but watch the news to see what the latest is. I do a lot of things suggested but not enough. It is a little challenging in Vermont because our Congressional delegation is aligned with us. So I think we need to do as much locally as we can. I am so delighted the next issue of the Bridge is going to be focused on Climate Change. We should all thank Nat and be sure we support the Bridge financially. I think it is also good to just have one on ones or small group discussion with others who also suffer from despair and share our grief. I find that helps a lot. On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Ansel Ploog via SRCAction < srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote: > Hello, > > In the last four days I have fallen from the incredible high that I felt > marching in Montpelier down further each day with the current national > political reality. I'm sharing this article on how to stay motivated and > sane as we face attack after attack on our values because it came at just > the right time for me. > > https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/how-to-stayoutraged- > without-losing-your-mind-fc0c41aa68f3#.yui0mkylj > > Peace, > Ansel > > -- > Flywheel Farm, LLC > P.O. Box 256 > East Montpelier, Vermont > 05651 > 802-454-1022 > flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com > > > Unitarian Church of Montpelier > SRC Action email list > unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org > -- George Namaste -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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William Barber II In-Reply-To: <96d647f0-ad37-46ca-9c34-662713173982@xtgap4s7mta119.xt.local> References: <96d647f0-ad37-46ca-9c34-662713173982@xtgap4s7mta119.xt.local> Message-ID: <8E8D0BBF-999F-4A7B-B3F7-662B0D650482@wright.edu> Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Valarie Kaur via Groundswell > Date: January 27, 2017 at 11:37:41 AM EST To: > Subject: TODAY at 4pm ET: Rapid Response Call with Valarie Kaur, Rev. William Barber II [http://image.S7.exacttarget.com/lib/fe9413727761047576/m/1/spacer.gif] [Groundswell Email Header] [http://image.S7.exacttarget.com/lib/fe9413727761047576/m/1/spacer.gif] [http://image.S7.exacttarget.com/lib/fe9413727761047576/m/1/spacer.gif] [http://image.S7.exacttarget.com/lib/fe9413727761047576/m/1/spacer.gif] Dear Diane, The Executive Orders this week that threaten immigrants, refugees, and Muslims, along with new efforts to undermine voting rights and punish sanctuary cities must be met with a powerful and rapid response. 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Maryann Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2017, at 7:45 PM, Brenda Bean wrote: > > Wonderful article, Ansel! Thanks very much! BB > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ansel Ploog [mailto:ansel.ploog at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:13 PM > To: John Turner; Brenda Bean; mara.iverson at gmail.com; webber.rebecca at gmail.com; barnesbettievt at gmail.com; ludl512 at hotmail.com; ucm.revjoan at gmail.com; Kristin Glaser; srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org > Subject: How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind > > Hello, > > In the last four days I have fallen from the incredible high that I felt marching in Montpelier down further each day with the current national political reality. I'm sharing this article on how to stay motivated and sane as we face attack after attack on our values because it came at just the right time for me. > > https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/how-to-stayoutraged-without-losing-your-mind-fc0c41aa68f3#.yui0mkylj > > Peace, > Ansel > > -- > Flywheel Farm, LLC > P.O. Box 256 > East Montpelier, Vermont > 05651 > 802-454-1022 > flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com > From diane.fitch at wright.edu Mon Jan 30 10:56:12 2017 From: diane.fitch at wright.edu (Fitch, Diane E.) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:56:12 +0000 Subject: [SRCAction] Candlelight Vigil Message-ID: Dear friends, A candlelight vigil will be held on the statehouse steps on Wednesday, February 1, 6-7:30 pm to express solidarity with people of Muslim faith, refugees, and all members of immigrant communities. This vigil is being sponsored by several grassroots organizers and CVRAN. Please join us!! Diane -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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BB > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ansel Ploog [mailto:ansel.ploog at gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:13 PM > > To: John Turner; Brenda Bean; mara.iverson at gmail.com; > webber.rebecca at gmail.com; barnesbettievt at gmail.com; ludl512 at hotmail.com; > ucm.revjoan at gmail.com; Kristin Glaser; srcaction@ > unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org > > Subject: How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind > > > > Hello, > > > > In the last four days I have fallen from the incredible high that I felt > marching in Montpelier down further each day with the current national > political reality. I'm sharing this article on how to stay motivated and > sane as we face attack after attack on our values because it came at just > the right time for me. > > > > https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/how-to-stayoutraged-without-losing- > your-mind-fc0c41aa68f3#.yui0mkylj > > > > Peace, > > Ansel > > > > -- > > Flywheel Farm, LLC > > P.O. 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