From melinda_moz at yahoo.com Mon Oct 1 07:45:42 2018 From: melinda_moz at yahoo.com (melinda moz) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 12:45:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [SRCAction] Community Pouch Recipients References: <828993993.2053550.1538397942707.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <828993993.2053550.1538397942707@mail.yahoo.com> Hello all- We held our meeting on Saturday the 29th from 10am-noon. Eighteen organizations showed up for eight slots so I was grateful to those church members and friends who were able to stay and help me not only through the meeting but the voting process. Here are our pouch recipients by month. October: Community Harvest of Central Vermont November: Montpelier Food Pantry December: Good Beginnings January: Another Way February: UCM Community Lunch March: Planting Hope April: People's Health and Wellness Clinic May: Central Vermont Refugee Action Network June: Camp! I will be holding a meeting mid-year to discuss the community pouch process and to ask for feedback about what is working and what isn't. I will send out an announcement to the distribution list as the meeting time comes near. I welcome feedback at any time. Feel free to contact me at this e-mail address or give me a call in the evening at 223-3157. Have a great day. Melinda From tducksoup at gmail.com Mon Oct 1 10:13:07 2018 From: tducksoup at gmail.com (Barbara Thompson) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 11:13:07 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Community Pouch Recipients In-Reply-To: <828993993.2053550.1538397942707@mail.yahoo.com> References: <828993993.2053550.1538397942707.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <828993993.2053550.1538397942707@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Melinda. Looks like a great list! Barbara On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 8:45 AM melinda moz via SRCAction < srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote: > Hello all- > > We held our meeting on Saturday the 29th from 10am-noon. Eighteen > organizations showed up for eight slots so I was grateful to those church > members and friends who were able to stay and help me not only through the > meeting but the voting process. > > Here are our pouch recipients by month. > > October: Community Harvest of Central Vermont > November: Montpelier Food Pantry > December: Good Beginnings > January: Another Way > February: UCM Community Lunch > March: Planting Hope > April: People's Health and Wellness Clinic > May: Central Vermont Refugee Action Network > June: Camp! > > I will be holding a meeting mid-year to discuss the community pouch > process and to ask for feedback about what is working and what isn't. I > will send out an announcement to the distribution list as the meeting time > comes near. I welcome feedback at any time. Feel free to contact me at > this e-mail address or give me a call in the evening at 223-3157. > > Have a great day. > Melinda > > Unitarian Church of Montpelier > SRC Action email list > unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 06:59:53 2018 From: margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com (Margaret Blanchard) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 07:59:53 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Community Pouch Recipients In-Reply-To: References: <828993993.2053550.1538397942707.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <828993993.2053550.1538397942707@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Melinda. Seems like a good selection. Margaret On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:13 AM Barbara Thompson via SRCAction < srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote: > Thanks, Melinda. Looks like a great list! > > Barbara > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 8:45 AM melinda moz via SRCAction < > srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote: > >> Hello all- >> >> We held our meeting on Saturday the 29th from 10am-noon. Eighteen >> organizations showed up for eight slots so I was grateful to those church >> members and friends who were able to stay and help me not only through the >> meeting but the voting process. >> >> Here are our pouch recipients by month. >> >> October: Community Harvest of Central Vermont >> November: Montpelier Food Pantry >> December: Good Beginnings >> January: Another Way >> February: UCM Community Lunch >> March: Planting Hope >> April: People's Health and Wellness Clinic >> May: Central Vermont Refugee Action Network >> June: Camp! >> >> I will be holding a meeting mid-year to discuss the community pouch >> process and to ask for feedback about what is working and what isn't. I >> will send out an announcement to the distribution list as the meeting time >> comes near. I welcome feedback at any time. Feel free to contact me at >> this e-mail address or give me a call in the evening at 223-3157. >> >> Have a great day. >> Melinda >> >> Unitarian Church of Montpelier >> SRC Action email list >> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org >> > Unitarian Church of Montpelier > SRC Action email list > unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Thu Oct 4 15:58:04 2018 From: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com (Rev. Joan Javier-Duval) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 16:58:04 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] FYI - Two Great Local Events for Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice on Oct. 13 Message-ID: *Saturday, October 13...Two Ways to Take Action Locally* *Vermont Interfaith Power and Light*'s 2018 conference, *A Just Economy to Achieve Climate Goals,* will be on *Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 am ? 3:30 pm*, at Faith United Methodist Church (899 Dorset Street) in South Burlington. *Don't miss it!* *George Lakey*, author of *Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right ? and How We Can, Too!,* will be the Keynote Speaker. Six workshops are offered including action for a just economy, advanced wood heat, and climate impacts on health. The conference also features a delicious catered lunch, music, a ?bookstore?, sponsors' exhibits and more! The registration link follows. Fall Conference Registration Register by Oct. 6th. Learn more at VTIPL Fall Conference 2018 Contact: Betsy Hardy 802-434-3397 or email: info at vtipl.org AND *"Bridges Out of Poverty" Training* at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier, *Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30AM-3:30PM*. Bridges Out of Poverty is a powerful training designed to provide a new and clearer understanding of poverty. We want to bring people from all economic classes together to address all causes of poverty in order to build resources, improve job retention rates, reduce health inequities, improve outcomes, and support those who are moving out of poverty. This training is a fantastic resource for those working with people in poverty as professionals or volunteers and for community members looking to build a community where all can live well. Lunch included. Donations accepted at the door. Please email josephkiefer53 at gmail.com to RSVP! *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister* Unitarian Church of Montpelier ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook | Twitter *"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Thu Oct 4 21:13:09 2018 From: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com (Rev. Joan Javier-Duval) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 22:13:09 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Fwd: Just Acts: UUs for Electoral Justice + Oct. 9th UU Call Day to Florida In-Reply-To: <20181003200647.32287.1842945910.swift@uua874.activehosted.com> References: <20181003200647.32287.1842945910.swift@uua874.activehosted.com> Message-ID: FYI - Learn about what UUs are doing around the country for electoral justice and how to get involved in the effort to re-enfranchise voters in Florida... In faith, Joan *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister* Unitarian Church of Montpelier ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook | Twitter *"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Susan Leslie Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 4:06 PM Subject: Just Acts: UUs for Electoral Justice + Oct. 9th UU Call Day to Florida To: Joan Javier-Duval Click here to view this email as a web page Just Acts: UUs for Electoral Justice + Oct. 9th UU Call Day to Florida Dear Joan, It?s not a stretch to say that part of our long-term future hinges on the outcomes of the 2018 mid-term elections. What will we accomplish? What will we build toward, whether we win or lose? Will we show up where we are called? Around the country, UUs are answering the call and mobilizing for the mid-term elections. We?re raising up our values and partnering with front line community groups organizing for electoral justice. UU World Senior News Editor Elaine McArdle covers what is happening in ?UUs mobilize for voting rights, criminal justice reform.? As part of this mobilization, the UUA has joined UUs and partners to help pass ballot initiatives in Florida to gain the vote for over 1.4 million people with past convictions, and in Ohio to dramatically reduce mass incarceration. UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray will be joining canvassing, Get Out the Vote drives, and phone banks in both states later this month and the last weekend of November. Nationwide, UUs can help achieve justice and Get Out the Vote in Florida & Ohio. Will you join us for a national UU Call Day on Oct. 9th to help get Amendment 4?the Second Chances Amendment?passed in Florida? Sign up for our designated UU shift as part of Faith Day Phone Bank: Tuesday, October 9, 5:30-8:30 pm ET/2:30-5:30 PT. (If this time doesn?t work for you, find another time here https://secondchancesfl.org/remote-events/ .) * To canvass, GOTV or phone bank in Florida for Amendment 4 with other UUs, partners, and UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray on Oct. 20-21, sign up here. * To canvass, GOTV, or phone bank in Ohio for Issue 1 with other UUs, partners, and UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray on Nov. 2-4, sign up here. Our partners will provide you with hands-on training. For phone banks you?ll be sent a 15 minute video and concise written instructions. All you need is a phone and a laptop or tablet and you can make calls from anywhere in the country. The system does all the dialing and the calls are paid for by the Second Chances campaign. It is also fun to host a phone bank party and the campaign can help set that up for you. For canvassing you?ll learn campaign messaging, participate in role play, and get trained on how to record your results on the VAN phone app (paper records also supplied). Want to learn more about how to engage your community and get out the vote? We?re pleased to announce that Linda Stout, Director of Spirit in Action (and UUA Beacon Press author of Bridging the Class Divide & Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing) is providing On-line Get Out the Vote/Learn How to Engage Your Community Training through the People?s Hub https://peopleshub.org/ . Who is the People?s Hub? You?ll see a familiar face. Our UUA Co-Moderator Elandria Williams is the Director of Training! We are in a moment when a whole universe of social justice grassroots groups and faith organizations are ready to come together around a shared vision and values. As a faith community we are being called into deeper partnerships with those on the margins who are working to break down barriers and open up possibilities for our future. So let?s go out and knock on some doors, get on the phones, roll up our sleeves and be of service to the movement. In faith, Susan Susan Leslie UUA Congregational Advocacy and Witness Director Multicultural Growth & Witness Staff Team sleslie at uua.org * http://www.uua.org/votingrights Our work is made possible by congregations' generous gifts to the Annual Program Fund and individual friends like you. Please consider making a gift today! Facebook Twitter Instagram sent to: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe Unitarian Universalist Association 24 Farnsworth St. Boston, Massachusetts 02210 United States Unitarian Universalist Association 24 Farnsworth St. Boston, Massachusetts 02210 United States -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Joan Javier-Duval via SRCAction wrote: > *Saturday, October 13...Two Ways to Take Action Locally* > > *Vermont Interfaith Power and Light*'s 2018 conference, /*A Just > Economy to Achieve Climate Goals*,/?will be on *Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 > am ? 3:30 pm*, at Faith United Methodist Church (899 Dorset Street) in > South Burlington./Don't miss it!/*George Lakey*, author of /Viking > Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right ? and How We Can, > Too!,/?will be the Keynote Speaker.Six workshops are offered including > action for a just economy, advanced wood heat, and climate impacts on > health.The conference also features a delicious catered lunch, music, > a ?bookstore?, sponsors' exhibits and more!The registration link > follows. Fall Conference Registration > ?Register > by Oct. 6^th .Learn more at VTIPL Fall Conference 2018 > ?Contact: Betsy Hardy802-434-3397 or > email: info at vtipl.org > > > AND > > > *"Bridges Out of Poverty" Training*?at Trinity United Methodist Church > in Montpelier, *Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30AM-3:30PM*.?Bridges Out of > Poverty is a powerful training designed to provide a new and clearer > understanding of poverty.? We want to bring people from all economic > classes together to address all causes of poverty in order to build > resources, improve job retention rates, reduce health inequities, > improve outcomes, and support those who are moving out of poverty.? > This training is a fantastic resource for those working with people in > poverty as professionals or volunteers and for community members > looking to build a community where all can live well.?Lunch included. > Donations accepted at the door. Please email josephkiefer53 at gmail.com > ?to RSVP! > > > > *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval*|***Minister* > Unitarian Church of Montpelier > ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 > | Facebook | Twitter > > / > / > /"We are each other's harvest; //we are each other's business; we are > each other's magnitude and bond."?--Gwendolyn Brooks/ > > Unitarian Church of Montpelier > SRC Action email list > unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org -- Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D. 19 Warren Street Barre VT 05641 802-479-5571 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Sat Oct 13 08:51:55 2018 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 09:51:55 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Welcome to the Social Responsibility listerv Message-ID: Hi Folks, 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. ??? 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. To post to the listserv, address your email to: srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org. **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. 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. Social Responsibility committee meetings occur the fourth Sunday of each month, from 12:15-1:15, in the fireplace room. Dates: 10/28 11/25 1/27 2/24 3/24 4/28 5/26 Thank you all, Ansel Ploog /?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 / -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bob.hawk350 at gmail.com Mon Oct 22 12:28:14 2018 From: bob.hawk350 at gmail.com (Bob Hawk) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:28:14 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Fwd: Fw: Need your help with new video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All in the Social Responsibility group. At Joan' suggestion, I am forwarding the attached video on to you. Cheers, Bob ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rev. Joan Javier-Duval Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:33 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Need your help with new video To: Bob Hawk Cc: Dan Jones , Virginia Cooke Hi Bob, Thanks for sharing this video. I am sharing with Dan Jone and Ginny Cooke who are part of organizing the Climate Study Action Group, the only group currently active at UCM in addressing environmental issues. Feel free to also share the video with our Social Responsibility group. The listserv is srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org. Best, Joan *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister* Unitarian Church of Montpelier ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook | Twitter *"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks* On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 1:31 PM Bob Hawk wrote: > Hi Joan, > Would this video be useful to you or the sustainability committee? > > Cheers, > Bob > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Thomas F Hawk > Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:47 PM > Subject: Fw: Need your help with new video > To: Bob Hawk , jhawk249 at msn.com > > > Bob and John. > > Jack Alpert is a friend of mine. I am on his advisory committee. Tell me > what you think of his video. > > Tom. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jack Alpert > *Sent:* Sunday, August 26, 2018 4:59 PM > *To:* Thomas F Hawk > *Subject:* Need your help with new video > > > Dear Tom > > I need your help presenting the content in this video. > What Collective Behavior Creates Sustainability 5 > > .0c > > I made this video because my estimate, 8 -10 billion > > people > starving to death or dying in conflict by 2100 (our > kids included) remains meaningless. Our view of what > makes future conditions just does not line up with reality. > > I see SKIL?s task is to help you (everyone one) > regain a grasp of the actual potential injury and > actual solutions using simple math. > > Comments welcome: > a) the video?s ability to improve your view of reality. > b) improving the video's presentation. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > PS: The video link above is shareable but temporary. > > To stop being a SKIL Advisor Unsubscribe > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Tue Oct 23 12:31:45 2018 From: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com (Rev. Joan Javier-Duval) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:31:45 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Get-Out-The-Vote Rally TOMORROW at Old Labor Hall in Barre and Nov. 4 Phonebank Message-ID: Hi everyone, Just a reminder that Vermont Interfaith Action is hosting a *Get-Out-the-Vote Rally *tomorrow evening from 6-7:30PM at the Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street, in Barre. This event will feature the music of Patti Casey and Tom MacKenzie, and we will have pizza (while it lasts), raffles, and free buttons which can be used in our social media campaign on Election Day. Information about candidates and polling places will also be distributed. The event is non-partisan, free, family-friendly and open to the public. ALSO, VIA will be hosting a *GOTV Phone Bank* on Sunday, November 4th at UCM from 5-7:30PM. We will be making calls in support of partners in the state of Florida working to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. A training will be provided at 5PM and phonebanking will begin at 5:30PM. In solidarity, Joan *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister* Unitarian Church of Montpelier ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook | Twitter *"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Thu Oct 25 11:41:49 2018 From: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com (Rev. Joan Javier-Duval) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:41:49 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Help Needed for Winter Emergency Warming Shelter Message-ID: Montpelier churches are working with Bethany Church and Good Samaritan Haven to provide warming locations in conjunction with Bethany's emergency shelter during the winter months. We hope to offer our church as one of these locations once a week for the months of November through April from 5-8PM for the shelter's guests. If you would be interested in helping with this initiative in any capacity (as a volunteer host, donating food, etc.), please contact Rev. Joan, ucm.revjoan at gmail.com or 223-7861 x1. Thank you! *Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister* Unitarian Church of Montpelier ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook | Twitter *"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansel.ploog at gmail.com Sat Oct 27 13:09:54 2018 From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:09:54 -0400 Subject: [SRCAction] Social Responsibility Mtg tomorrow Message-ID: <7b494a4b-958e-731e-1376-4e4f2597d73b@gmail.com> Hello all, The Social Responsibility committee at UCM will be meeting from 12:15-1:15 in the fireplace room (after the second service) *tomorrow*! 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