Archive for category: Social Justice

World Peace Committee 

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The UUCB World Peace Committee is urging our community to Make Our Voices Heard and Refuse To Be Silent, in opposing the Trump Administration’s use of the U.S. Military to commit extrajudicial killing on the open seas, raiding and kidnapping in Venezuela, and now waging an undeclared war of choice against Iran.

At our display table in the Social Hall each Sunday, we offer a petition to sign and stamped postcards to send to our U.S. Senators and the Representatives to express our opposition to the war and to urge support of the ongoing efforts to curb President Trump’s unconstitutional war-making.  We provide current information, including articles on the rekindling of the nuclear arms race, which sadly has been pushed off the front page of public awareness but is still rushing forward without significant opposition.

 

 

Red Hats

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RESIST WITH RED

My Brownie friend Cindy knitted me a mini red hat for my birthday in February.

I was curious about this mini red hat and started to read about the history of it. During WWII Nazi occupation of Norway, Norwegians began wearing red knit caps as a sign of resistance. Thursday, February 26th, 1942, such wearage was outlawed as a form of protest. Norwegians then wore paper clips on their jackets in a subtler manner of resisting (paper clips keep papers together, so therefore symbolize unity). Due to what happened in Minneapolis earlier this year, the Needle & Skein Yarn Shop resurrected the hat pattern –the Melt the ICE Hat– encouraging people to wear hats in support of values the Norwegian Resistance Fighters stood for: Democracy, Menneskeverd*, and Unity. (You can read more about it on redhatfactory.com/creed)

The legacy of the red hat In Norwegian folklore comes from the gnomes that reside in any respectable Norwegian barn, wearing a red hat!

The Textile/Arts Group, the Peace Committee, the Social Justice Council and our Immigrant Solidarity at UUCB are collaborating on this RESIST with RED FUNDRAISER! We have mini red hats you can wear on your lapel in solidarity. People have knitted them, felted them and crocheted them! We are wearing mini red hats in solidarity, resisting this current regime.

Funds that are raised go to Cuba-Gaza-our local Immigrant community. We will continue this fundraiser through May 1.

*Menneskeverd: Norwegian word for “the value of the human being, merely for being human.”