Date, Time, Location: March 1, 2023, 6:30, on zoom

Attending: Don Stepich, Cathy Sandstrom, Jim Bigelow

Agenda:

• February Meeting Notes
• 2023 – 2024 plate partner nominations open
  • click here to nominate a plate partner
  • updated plate partner nomination statement noting that the Social Justice Council has the final say in the selection of plate partners
    • BUUF website’s Plate Partner Nomination page
    • Plate Partner Nomination Form
  • Timeline
    • April 12 – selecting a slate of candidates for a congregational vote
    • May – congregational vote
    • final selection of plate partners
• 2022 – 2023 plate partners
  • March – Boise Period Project – Jim
  • April – Citizen’s Climate Lobby – Scott
  • May –  Meszko Scholarship
  • June – The Community Center  – ??
  • July – PIFF
  • August – Brown Like Me – Racial Justice Ministry
• Social Justice Resolutions
  • Save the Salmon by breaching the dams
    • How can we publicize our support for Rep Simpson’s Columbia Basin Initiative?
  • Supporting Reproductive Rights
    • established a Reproductive Justice Ministry
      • Focus on Abortion photo exhibit
      • Understanding Abortion in Post-Roe Idaho: The Impact of Idaho’s Laws – Panel discussion
    • Supporting a possible citizen’s ballot initiative
• 2022 social justice special appeal: $12,915
  • Racial Justice Ministry – $6,000, $2,342.46 spent, $3,657.54 remaining
    • sponsoring a reading of the play – Intimate Apparel – sometime in April
    • working on ideas for summer outings.
  • Reproductive Justice Ministry – $5,000
  • Climate Action Team: $1,500
  • Shoshone/Paiute Tribes: $334
  • balance – $81
• Social Justice Council Budget: $1,000
  • $300 – Duck Valley Winter Coats
  • $500 – Carbon Neutral
  • $200 – balance
• 2023 Special Appeal – Imaging a Carbon Neutral World
  • Imaging a Carbon Neutral World
  • Auction Page – Special Appeal – Imaging a Carbon Neutral World
• Round Table
  • Climate Action Team, Carbon Neutral Project
    • met Feb 21st, see the meeting notes here
    • requesting the BUUF sign up for Idaho Power’s Green Power Program to immediately achieve 100% clean electricity.
    • Working on a BUUF Carbon Footprint
    • Improving BUUF energy efficiency
      • talking to a consulting firm Warm Springs Consulting about a Energy Resource Efficiency Report
      • Getting the energy star workbook
      • getting estimates to upgrade/replace inefficient windows/doors
  • Reproductive Justice Ministry
    • see Supporting Reproductive Rights resolution
• Meetings
  • April 12 rescheduled from  April 5th
  • May 4th