Bring Your Weight in Food Drive: Please Save the Date, NOVEMBER 13th
Hello, my name is Lindsey and I am a youth in the Youth-Adult Team. I and Alejandra, Haley and other youth are working with the Social Justice Team to plan the Food Drive. We ask you to consider donating food that means something to you, that reminds you of some happy moment in your life. Also, you could donate money. Just come to our table in the atrium on the Sunday leading up to the Food Drive. (Checks should be written to UUCB with “Food Drive” in the memo line). Your money will be converted into Safeway gift cards for families to purchase their Thanksgiving meal. Also, you could donate sturdy cardboard boxes for when we pack the food up to take to the Food Pantry.
The Richmond Emergency Food Pantry Can Use These Non-Perishable Foods:
Canned Tuna and Chicken
Canned Beans
Condiments: Mayonnaise, Mustard, and Relish (small sizes)
Soup (10 – 16 oz. cans)
Peanut Butter (16 oz. jars)
Tomato Sauce
Dried Cereal (12 to 20 oz. boxes)
Canned Vegetables (especially green beans 16 oz.)
Rice in any size
Boxed Cereals in 12 to 18 oz. sizes
You can bring your food on November 13th, or ahead of time, into the atrium of the church where there will be a table and some room to store them until 13 November. Thank you for helping to support those in need.
Social Justice Council (SJC) – In an effort to welcome additional people interested in attending Council meetings, we will be alternating the Second Wednesday and Second Sundays for the next three months: dates will be Nov. 9, Dec. 11 and Jan. 11. Then we’ll review. The potluck dinner is at 6:00 pm; meeting usually starts at 6:35 pm. Fireside Room. All will be welcomed!
Literature, Film & Drama Contingent (LFDC) of the Confronting Racism Project – Several LFDC members are working with the World Trust, producers of the film Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial inequity. Film segments are braided with facilitated dialogue. UUCB members and friends attending will engage in talking about the system of racial inequity and implicit bias, prompted by stories in the film. This intensive training leaves people with new questions and the inspiration to engage in change. Members and friends welcome! January 7, 2017, 1-5 pm.
At the LFDC October meeting, attendees enjoyed a full agenda. We reviewed the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible; discussed the article “It’s Not About Race!” and shared our responses to the book and documentary Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ Story. Our book selection for November 6 is Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall. We’ll also review the new movie The Birth of a Nation, and, as this meeting takes place two days before the election, we’ll review the Berkeley Rep’s adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s novel, It Can’t Happen Here. We will meet at 12:30; check the kiosk or The Week Ahead for room location. You are welcome to attend even if you didn’t do the homework! Contact Camille Parker.
More Opportunities to DO Social Justice
Volunteers Needed: to “Read Aloud” with elementary school children in Richmond and San Pablo. Contact Judy Sam.
Volunteers Needed: at GRIP to prepare and serve lunch to hungry and homeless people at the Souper Center in Richmond. Monthly, fourth Tuesday – contact Ray Westergard.
Social Justice Sponsored Project Applications
Each year the UUCB Social Justice Council presents proposals for “Sponsored” social justice projects to the congregation for its approval at the May annual congregational meeting. A sponsored project is one that may receive congregational support in the form of resources, such as worship time, funding, etc. Congregants are always free to pursue “affiliated projects” that are publicized by the church but lack official sponsorship.
For the second (church) year in a row, the sponsored project has been “Confronting Racism.” It has held several very successful events, plans to hold more, has put out educational materials, formed discussion groups, etc.
To apply for sponsorship of your project, you need to gather a group of members who commit to devoting time and energy to the project, and you must complete an application for submission to the Social Justice Council. Applications are available from SJC Council Co-President Norie Clarke. The completed application must be submitted by March 1, 2017.
Interested in being on the Social Justice email list? Contact Jane Eisenstark.
