JUUstice Washington

A Unitarian Universalist State Action Network

Need encouragement? Join Side With Love for Monday Movement Moments, Nov. 2,9 Online

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We are proud of the ways our Faith continues to #SideWithLove and be present to the World. We are in the final days before a historic election and we want to offer you an opportunity to provide Faithful Witness at The Polls. Whether your congregation is a polling site or is interested in offering some warmth and kindness at undoubtedly tense polling stations, we have ideas for how we can offer faithful responses that are at the heart of Side With Love. You can view the 30 minute webinar here.

What does it mean to continue to “harvest our power” when we are tired or overwhelmed? There’s no magical fix, but knowing you are NOT alone and that others can help find the answers helps.

Join Side With Love on Monday Movement Moments for a 30-minute check-in and highlights of what’s happening across the country and ways you can get involved. Monday Movement Moment Nov. 2,9 at 9:30am PT. You can watch past episodes here.

Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship Basic Training for Peace Teams, Oct. 25, online

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How can organizers of nonviolent mass protest actions help ensure those actions won’t be “hijacked”, and thus made less effective, by violent flanks, outside groups, and covert provocateurs?  How can we help ensure that health guidelines are followed during protests, to minimize the risk of harm from a deadly virus?

Basic Training for Peace Teams:

Keeping Non-Violent Discipline

October 25, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

 

 

Dr. Tom Hastings, of Portland State University Conflict Studies Program and Adam Vogal of Portland Peace Team will provide a Zoom training on basic peacekeeping and de-escalation theory and skills to keep mass protests nonviolent. This training is designed for those who want to be trained to serve in a “peace team.”

The Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship is hosting this event as part of our series of elective online workshops for the MYPF, but the event is open to the public.

Weekly Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) COVID-19 Response Call

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We invite you to join us to for bi-weekly Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) General Meeting Picture of the COVID-19 cellCovid19 HUB #ImmigrantHealthResponse calls for exciting news and updates!

This is reminder that WAISN will be hosting its weekly COVID-19 Response HUB call September 24th and every Thursday from 3-5 PM over Zoom. Call information below:

#ImmigrantHealthResponse

https://zoom.us/j/775545035?pwd=dlFOWUJMazVwT2tMT29zb2lIOVh1Zz09

Conference Call: +1 669 900 6833

Meeting ID: 775 545 035

Password: 066699

🚨 EXCITING UPDATES 🚨

WHY COME TO A MEETING:

1) WA IMMIGRANT RELIEF FUND: The Washington Immigrant Relief Fund is a result of WAISN statewide organizing vision to build community power. Identifying the need as early as March through our WAISN Hotline, we rapidly began to convene policy conversations on April to address the crises with short and long term solutions. We led this effort while simultaneously supporting grassroots efforts to provide economic relief and assistance to food security working with our partners and members.  We have been centering those directly impacted to demand and win $40M from Governor Inslee to provide further economic relief for this fall.

Eligibility Criteria to Be Consider for the Fund:

  • Are a Washington resident;
  • Are at least 18 years of age;
  • Have experienced hardship due to the pandemic; and
  • Are ineligible to receive unemployment insurance compensation or federal stimulus dollars due to immigration status.

Form of Aid: One-time cash grants in the form of checks, pre-paid cards & electronic checks

Amount of Aid: $1,000 per qualifying adult – $3,000 limit/household

Application Will Open on October 16th – Sign Up Here to Stay Informed: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-wa-worker-relief-fund-updates

2) IMMIGRANT HEALTH RESPONSE: In partnership with the UW Latino Center for Health, ACLU of Washington, Northwest Health Law Advocates, El Centro De La Raza, & Latinos Promoting Good Health we have launch a statewide survey that will identify further how COVID is impacting and spreading in our communities which will help us identify the blue blueprints of a Healthcare Access Campaign for the 2021 Legislative Session and more.

Would your organization assist us in distributing information about this survey, to ensure that a wide range of immigrant communities in WA can participate?

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE WAISN IMMIGRANT HEALTHCARE SURVEY

Educational Equity As a Moral Imperative with Dr. John King – Wed. 8/26 4pmPT

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How, during an unprecedented pandemic, can we educate all children equitably—with closed schools, disruptions in food assistance, and lack of internet access for home-learning affecting some far more than others? Especially now, how can we not?

Believing that educational equity is a moral imperative, Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church has asked Dr. John B. King, Jr., former US Secretary of Education, to address the needs and possibilities for accessible, equitable educational opportunities for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged children and youth, especially those of color. We invite you to join us on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 4-5:30 pm. PT for this free, virtual event.

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Side With Love 5-Session Series, “Taking A Collective Breath: Deepening our alignment with the Movement for Black Lives” Begins August 11, 2020

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Hundreds of Unitarian Universalists joined local activists June 20 in support of the Smart Justice Spokane coalition, which opposes the expansion of the Spokane County Jail. (© 2019 Christopher L. Walton/UUA)

We invite you to participate in Taking A Collective Breath: Deepening our alignment with the Movement for Black Lives, a five-session series built around the elements of the BREATHE Act. The webinars will explore the components of the BREATHE Act and utilize its structure as a way to focus our energies to effectively support ongoing racial justice work. Come learn and build with local and national partners who are shaping conditions to make liberation possible. This is an invitation to locate yourself in this moment as well, we each have a role to play.

The BREATHE Act seeks to reform federal laws and eliminate funding for federal programs that criminalize Black, Muslim, and immigrant communities, reinvesting our resources in community solutions for education, health, and the environment.
Register any time, for one session or the entire series. Sessions will be available online for later viewing, with registration. 

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