Date/time/location: Oct. 5, 2022, 6:30PM, North Classroom of BUUF
attending: Mark Bussolinni, Jim Bigelow, Don Stepich, Timothy (ministry intern)
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Agenda:
- September Meeting Notes
- Social Justice Resolutions
- BUUF Social Justice Resolutions (Congregational Public Statements) Policy & Procedures
- Fall Resolutions
- Time-line
- Oct 5 – Oct 31 publicize the resolutions and
- Collect comments via on-line comment forms.
- Collect comments during a Board sponsored town hall meeting.
- Nov 9 – Social Justice Council finalizes resolutions
- Nov 14 – Final versions of the resolutions are delivered to the BUUF Board
- Dec 5 – 12 congregational on-line vote for the resolution
- Oct 5 – Oct 31 publicize the resolutions and
- Social Justice Fund
- Social Justice Special Funds Policy and Guidelines
- Update on the Racial Justice Ministry’s plans
- Proposal for Use of Social Justice Funds for Reproductive Justice Efforts, by Reverend Sara
- what is the status of the finding for RIA ministry
- BUUF Social Justice
- Report to the Board, Sept 15, 2022
- Projects for this year
- Building a Pro-choice faith Coalition, Reverend Sara
- Fall Social Justice Resolutions
- Supporting Reproductive Justice
- Saving the Salmon by Breaching the Four Lower Snake River Dams
- Racial Justice Ministry bi-weekly meetings, 2 programs with speakers: October Indigenous People’s day and December, Black Music
- Support the Climate Action Team in finding new leadership, propose the goal of making BUUF carbon neutral.
- Be a source for justice and Liberal Democracy ideals in the community by investing in public media, such as PSAs, to increase our public promotion of justice and compassion in our focus areas.
- Continuing and sustaining our work for justice for refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers
- LGBTQ Community support – focus on trans youth & families
- long term projects
- BUUF Reproductive rights
- Timothy — is there a need to have a refresher on reproductive rights and logistics?
- Mark – a short (15min) discussion after a service perhaps once a month or more as needed.
- will act a resource for questions
- Timothy — is there a need to have a refresher on reproductive rights and logistics?
- BUUF carbon neutral — Mark’s interested
- Plan to make BUUF power independent and a cooling center over a course of ten or more years. Work with other organizations and the city to establish cooling centers throughout the city and county.
- BUUF Reproductive rights
- Plate Partners
- November – Wassmuth Center
- Dan Prinzing , dan@wassmuthcenter.org
- BUUF contact – Jim
- December – Learning Labs
- Jennifer Panitch, jenniferp@learninglabinc.org.
- BUUF Contact – Mary Ruckh
- January – CATCH
- Garrett Kalt, gkalt@catchidaho.org, 503 S Americana Blvd, Boise, ID 83702-6730
- February – Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
- Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley, P.O. Box 219, Owyhee, Nevada, 89832.
- Jim to talk to Rick Groff.
- March – Boise Period Project,
- Macarah Wright, boiseperiodproject@gmail.com
- BUUF contact: Jim
- April – Citizen’s Climate Lobby
- Linda Rytterager, LindaRytt@gmail.com, 208-921-5052
- May – Meszko Scholarship
- June – The Community Center
- July – PIFF
- August – Brown Like Me
- Shari Baber, Founder, 208.870.0441 personal cell/text, or through website contact form: https://brownlikeme.org/contact-us/ or message through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/treasurevalleybrownlikeme
- November – Wassmuth Center
- Round Table-
- Mark – take off interfaith sanctuary for social justice
- we need to members in the social justice council
- getting running shoes and water bottles for Interfaith Sanctuary
- Getting books from the Friends of the Boise Library who get $5K donated a month — given to Ronald McDonald House and various charity shelter, Idaho prisons, and Boise senior center.
- Don — 2 programs coming up
- Mark – take off interfaith sanctuary for social justice
- Next meeting
- Nov 9th by zoom to finalize the fall resolutions, etc.