UCE Organizing Team news and opportunities – CRS, Prison Ministry, UUANI, Green Team
The UCE Social Justice Organizing Team organizes for turnout at many UCE social justice events, including CRS, UUANI, Green Team, Prison Ministry, REAL Team, etc. Here are some news and events to know about. For more information on any of these please contact Dale Griffin or other participants. DaleCGriffin@comcast.net
CRS (Community Renewal Society) – Please join us for the annual membership assembly, at Pullman Presbyterian Church on Saturday, October 7th 8:40-12:00. Learn about the CRS platform for the year including youth, housing, jobs and violence prevention, and opportunities to meet CRS members from other congregations. RSVP to Dale Griffin
The Green Team and Organizing Team invites you to a beautiful and timely presentation after the 11:00 service on October 22nd on southern Utah wilderness protection. Our senator Durbin is a champion of this and it is under threat from the current administration.
Sunday Oct 15, 10:30am-4pm: Faith in Place Statewide Green Team Summit at the Field Museum (1400 S Lake Shore Drive) in Chicago. Register for buses from Champaign/Urbana and Lake County here. UUs are invited to meet in the Siragusa Picnic Area during the break from 2 to 2:30.
UUANI (UU Advocacy Network of Illinois continues to advocate the areas of race, income inequality, and climate change. Sign up for Action of the Week emails at http://bit.ly/UUANIActionofWeek to receive weekly emails that make it easy to join other UUANI supporters on timely advocacy on racial, economic and environmental justice, and more! Over 50 members of UCE have participated.
Thursday, October 12, 7:30pm: Poor People’s Campaign Indiana/Illinois Mass Meeting with Rev. William Barber at Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church (3622 W. Douglass Blvd, Chicago).
The UU Prison Ministry of Illinois will hold part two of “Radical Hospitality” soon at UCE, on welcoming returning citizens at church and partnering with them to transition into life outside of prison. We are setting up support circles and other re-entry support for returning citizens. To be involved with this project please contact Dale Griffin. We are holding covenant groups at Cook County Jail and will soon do the same at the Logan Correctional Center, a women’s prison in Lincoln, IL.