Social Justice Council, 3/3/2020

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Attending: Sue Philley, Jim Bigelow, Rob Ham, Betty Van Gheluwe, Don Stepich, Mark Bussolini
Agenda:

  • February meeting: https://boiseuu.org/social-justice-council-2-4-2020/
  • next meeting: April 7.
    • Opening and closing words — Sue Philley 
  • March 7th Social Justice Restorative Retreat
    • 10 – 2 pm, with lunch
    • agenda
      • opening & ice breaker 
      • restorative activities
      • lunch
      • Social Justice review and intro to UUtheVote
      • closing 
    • Feeback
      • would have been good to have a registration so we have an idea of how many are coming
      • Feedback/evaluation form available: click here
  • Round Table:
    • Climate & Environment Justice
      • Climate Action Team
        • a month for the Earth 
          • starting Earth Day
          • finish with an outdoor service on May 24
      • Boise Climate Coalition
        • General meeting March 15: Planning Earth Day events
          • 1 – 5 pm
          • Library! at Hillcrest, 5246 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID 83705, USA
    • Economic Justice
      • Homeless, Food Insecurities
        • A group met on 3/3/2020 at Tom & Eillen’s house to create a mission statement
          • formalizing the efforts of GrubClub, etc.
        • Sundays dinner crew
          • picking up foods on Friday, worth about $1,000
          • Working on improving use of one use items
        • Chow Wagon – providing food for people not in shelters
        • mallard point w/ boxes from the Food bank
          • Mark will ask Shari if it’s still going — it is
      • Minimum Wage Increase Initiative: https://www.fairwageid.org/
      • Education initiative: Ann McCanahan
    • Immigrant Justice
      • Asylum program working 
      • refugee & immigrant in hibernation
    • LGBTQ+ Justice
      • workng to preserve Trans-Gender rights in the face of the 3 anti trans bills currently in the legislature
    • Racial Justice
      • just had 5th program w/ lower attendance
        • Intersectionality: How “isms” are leveraged
        • excellent discussion on intersectionality
      • April 6 – Systemic racism
      • May 4th – Pillars of White Culuture
    • Reproductive Justice
      • Bill to increase birth control prescriptions to only allowed to get 1 month of birth control,  — Failed
    • Voting Rights (UUtheVote)
  • Plate Partners
    • Plate Partner information is available in the 2020 Master Worship Calendar
    • April 5 – Black History Museum, Don 
    • May 3 – WCA, Sue P. 
      • Jim send contact info
    • June 7 – Giraffe Laugh, Betty 
      • Jim need to find contact info
  • Create Climate Justice
  • UUtheVote
    • https://boiseuu.org/intro-to-uuthevote/
    • Mobilizing voters
      • Immigrant community
      • Indigenous Community
      • others?
    • Challenging voter suppression
    • Holding values-based conversations to persuade our neighbors on the issues that matter
    • Opening the doors of our congregations to the activities of frontline communities and justice partners
    • Providing the spiritual sustenance and movement chaplaincy to ground our faith and respond to the injustices we confront through the work
  • Fall 2020 Social Justice Workshop
    • Possible Agenda
      • Draw Down & the New Green Deal  ?
      • UU the Vote in September & October?