Attending: Jim Bigelow, Rick Groff, Cathy Sandstrom, Mark Busssolini, Dennis & Sharon Rockwood, Marni Odermann Don Stepich, Reverend Sara, Sue Chew Agenda and Notes: Notes from the Nov  2, 2021 meeting Introduction of Lisa Young, Director, Idaho Chapter Sierra Club — deferred to the Jan 11 meeting Social Justice Resolution to Defend and Advocate with … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 12/7/21

Attending:  Mark Bussonlini,  Marni Odermann, Dennis Rockwood, Sharon Rockwood, Cathy Sandstrom,  Don Stepich Agenda/Notes: Opening words – Sharon read a quote by Jalaluddin Rumi, 13th Century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic. Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder.  Help someone’s soul heal.                Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Notes … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 11/2/21

Meeting canceled due to connection problems with the zoom link Agenda w/ notes: Notes for the September 9, 2021 meeting Social Justice Resolution to Defend and Advocate with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Communities Based on the 2021 UUA General Assembly’s Action of Immediate Witness Defend and Advocate with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Communities (PDF) Authored … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 10/5/21

Date: 9/9/2021, 6:25 pm, updated 1/28/22 by Jim BigelowStatus: Ratified by BUUF congregation on 1/11/22 Note: This resolution is inspired by the Action of Immediate Witness ratified at the 2021 General Assembly of the UUA: Defend and Advocate with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Communities (PDF) WHEREAS,  our  faith  has  publicly  called  for  transgender-affirming actions  for  … Continue reading Social Justice Resolution to Defend and Advocate with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Communities

Attending:  Mark Bussonlini, Jim Bigelow, Dennis Rockwood, Sharon Rockwood, Rev. Sara, Don Stepich, Jax Perez Opening Words From The Ministry of the Future  – Kim Stanley Robinson“A just civilization of eight billion, in balance with the biosphere’s production of the things we need; how would that look? What laws would create it? And how can … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 9/6/2021

Attending: Tom Neale, Debbie Foster, Nona Rae Driscol, Jim Bigelow, Don Stepich, Carol Elmore, Joan Williams., Diane Ryssel Agenda: April 28, 2021 meeting  notes are posted on the BUUF Social Justice Blog Ingathering & check in “European colonizers found in the Americas thousands of complex, sophisticated, and sovereign Tribal Nations, each with millennia of distinct … Continue reading Indigenous Relations, 5/18/21

Time: 6pm – 7:30Connection InformationJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89479036119?pwd=Y3VlNm4zWlhYV0pzYlRQYmFwajFjZz09 Meeting ID: 894 7903 6119,  Passcode: chalice Attending: Dennis & Sharon Rockwood, Mark Bussolini, Don Stepich, Marni Odermann, Jax Perez, Betty Van Gheluwe, Jim Bigelow Agenda: Check in Plate Partners 2020 – 2021 June – Giraffe Laugh – Betty July – Idaho Food Bank – Mark August – … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 5/4/21

Attending: Jim Bigelow, Nona Rae, Joan Williams, Tom Neale,  Debbie FosterAgenda: Opening words : “European colonizers found in the Americas thousands of complex, sophisticated, and sovereign Tribal Nations, each with millennia of distinct cultural, spiritual and technological development. Over millennia, they bred, cultivated and showed the world how to utilize such plants as cotton, rubber, … Continue reading Indigenous Relations, 4/28/21

Time: 6 – 7:30 pmAttending: Mark Bussolini, Dennis and Sharon Rockwood, Betty Van Gehluwe, Don Stepich, Jim Bigelow, Agenda: Check in Sharon & Dennis — Completed cancer surgery, good news.   Betty — going to canyonlands & Arches Mark – things starting to get to normal and saw grandkids Don –  had second shot, walking for … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 4/5/21