JUUstice Washington

A Unitarian Universalist State Action Network

Panel Discussion: Bringing Social Values to Life in Our Cities, Our Communities and Our Conscience, January 5th, 2020, Seattle WA

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The Mount Holyoke College Club of the Puget Sound invites you to a panel discussion. Speakers:
Dr. Serin Houston, Professor of Geography and International Relations at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance.
 Dr. Anu Taranath, Principal Lecturer, Comparative History of Ideas at University of  Washington, and author of Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World.
Ms. Sarah Mayes. Sarah has worked for four lawmakers, most recently at Seattle City Council. A transgender woman and single mother, Sarah produces and co-hosts a new podcast, By the Sound.

Free and open to the public.  Download flyer here.

CYNTHIA IYALL In Honor of the Exoneration of Chief Leschi, December 15th, 2019, Olympia WA 

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LEARNING RIGHT RELATIONS SOLIDARITY WITH TRIBES OF THE SOUTH SALISH SEA invites the greater community of South Puget Sound to join the continuing search for appropriate expressions of right relationships with the original people of the Salish Sea. Presentation will be followed by an informal potluck. Contributions of plated, ready-to-serve finger food are greatly appreciated!

CYNTHIA IYALL In Honor of the Exoneration of Chief Leschi 

When: Sunday December 15th 1-4 pm

Where: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Auditorium, 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia WA

$5-20 Suggested donation

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“It is important to have Leschi portrayed correctly so that the future, our children, have a true sense of where they come from. They should inherit and feel the strength, pride, tenacity and intelligence that Leschi left us.” – Cynthia Iyall, speaking on the importance of her ancestor’s, Chief Leschi’s, exoneration in a bio by the Washington State HIstory Museum.

Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to learn more about the legacy of Chief Leschi, known for his generous heart, loyalty and shrewd intelligence.

LEARN MORE AT: LEARNINGRIGHTRELATIONS.ORG

Strong Women Building Strong Communities

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Saturday – November 23, 2019

When:  1:00 – 4:00 pm – Free of Charge

Where:  East Shore Unitarian Church – 12700 SE 32nd ,  Bellevue

Panel & Discussion with:

  • Dina Burstein, Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW
  • Monserrat Padilla, WA Immigrant Solidarity Network & Coordinator for the Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project
  • Carolyn de Ford, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Puyallup Domestic Advocacy Program
  • Nickhath Sheriff, Muslim Community Resource Center

Followed by Hands-On Activities

Bring donations of warm clothing for AIDNW detainees

Sponsored by: Indigenous Rights Educational Project & East Shore UU

Sing Your Way Home: Songs of Origin, Flight and Sanctuary

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Photo by Paul Conrad, Bellingham Herald, 2018.

Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St., Bellingham WA

3pm and 7:30pm.   Choir of the Salish Sea, with guests the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship Chalice Choir, presents a thrillingly eclectic choral program of healing and reconciliation for all the diverse people who call Whatcom County, Washington home.  With songs from the Latinx, Japanese, Punjabi, Chinese, Indigenous and European communities, and music representing movements for peace and social justice in America, Africa and the Middle East, this concert will have you singing, crying, laughing and dancing in the aisles.  Tickets $20/$5, available online from brownpapertickets.com:  3:00 pm performance at  and the 7:30 pm performance.  Photo by Paul Conrad, Bellingham Herald, 2018.

SALMON PEOPLE & OTHER STORIES

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Presented by Children of the Setting Sun Productions
Sunday, October 13 at 2:45

A Pickdford Film Center offering
Bellingham, WA

a hosted presentation and discussion after the screening

Children of the Setting Sun Productions returns after a full year of filming in and around the Salish Sea. Come see the vibrancy of local Native cultures in a series of short films, the latest honoring the Women of Canoe Journey in this year’s Paddle to Lummi. Also showing is Salmon People, with new scenes illuminating the intricate relationship between salmon and the Coast Salish peoples.