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

Time: 6 – 7:30 pm Attending: Don Stepich, Mark Bussolini, Marni Odermann, Jim Bigelow, Jax Perez, Betty Van GheluweAgenda: check-in Mark –  had second shots and will travel to NYC  to visit family Jax – working from home, & trying to leave space for others to get their shots Marni — Getting ACLU to speak … Continue reading Social Justice Council, 3/2/21

Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (BUUF)Climate Action Team (CAT)Monday, January 18, 2021 NEW TIME: 7:30-8:30pmVia Zoom teleconferencing 7TH PRINCIPLE: RESPECT FOR THE INTERDEPENDENT WEB OF ALL EXISTENCE OF WHICH WE ARE A PART AGENDA Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84895173815?pwd=QjdJTFA0VUJyZ09reDVuOHhVcjZ0QT09Meeting ID: 848 9517 3815  Passcode: chalice Sign In/Chalice Lighting/Reading/Introductions Updates “Meatless Monday: A Night in Sorrento,” Monday, December 14 6-8pm: … Continue reading Climate Action Team, 1/18/21 Agenda