<div><div dir="auto">Advocacy Day - May 6th - Healthy Schools Meals for All Michigan -</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On May 6th, there will be a legislation day in Lansing for Healthy School Meals for All Michigan. I will be in attendance as a WC Food Policy Council Board Member and welcome anyone interested in engaging with legislators about Food Justice. Here\u2019s an opportunity to make real-time policy impact in our State. Please spread the word!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Information on the event:</div></div><div><div dir="auto"><div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">The American Heart Association (AHA) will be hosting an advocacy/lobby day for Healthy School Meals for All on Tuesday, May 6th in Lansing. Please consider joining or sharing with your networks (especially parents, school staff, etc.). AHA will provide talking points and host a meeting prior to May 6th so everyone attending feels comfortable talking with legislators. Here's the registration link: <a href="https://midwestregion.quorum.us/event/21025/" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://midwestregion.quorum.us/event/21025/</a><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u></p></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u> <u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u></p></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">If you or your organization are interested in signing on as a supporter of Healthy School Meals for All, please fill out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdSIeZPwDASlCk6vN_Jt1A0oK-p4keECE-ldyUiXkuyv02Ow/viewform" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)">form</a>. <u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u></p></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u> <u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u></p></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">Amanda Klein from the American Heart Association has been hosting monthly coalition meetings for Healthy School Meals for All, if you'd like to join please reach out to her at: <a href="mailto:Amanda.Klein@heart.org" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)">Amanda.Klein@heart.org</a><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u></p></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><p style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"></u> </p></div></div>Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Preety </div><div dir="auto">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-</div><div dir="auto">Preety Gadhoke, PhD, MPH</div><div dir="auto">Washtenaw County DOH Food Policy Council</div><div dir="auto">2025-2026, Board Member - Public Health Sector</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:59 Preety Gadhoke <<a href="mailto:drgadhoke@gmail.com" target="_blank">drgadhoke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Hi everyone,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I agree. We need to have a process in place to evaluate our mission, vision, and goals first and, next, how our imperative applies to such broader initiatives. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have updates on local food Justice needs, based on my board position at the Washtenaw County Food Policy Council and 2025 priorities for our local communities. It would be useful to talk about what we can do to address local community needs. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto">Preety </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:46 Cathy Muha <<a href="mailto:cathymuha@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">cathymuha@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Food Justice folks,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Connie and I discussed this. We don't have a process in place to co-sponsor or support any initiative as a team at this time. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This is something we will need to discuss at our upcoming Visioning session on Saturday, August 23.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Because we are unprepared to deal with this issue, we will not be co-sponsoring or have a member of UUJME present at our next meeting.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">It's up to each of us to vote our conscience on this resolution when it comes to a vote within the congregation as a whole. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Thanks for your input on this issue. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Cathy and Connie</div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div>
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On Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 07:37:55 PM EDT, Cathy Muha <<a href="mailto:cathymuha@sbcglobal.net" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">cathymuha@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Food Justice folks,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Please read this below. Would you consider co-sponsoring? If so, I will invite them to come to our April meeting.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Cathy</div></div><div id="m_-1168276491525601561m_-3408081253645725597m_-3804112752275186495ydp872024dyiv3201822635yqt72418" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_-1168276491525601561m_-3408081253645725597m_-3804112752275186495ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yahoo_quoted_5249866184" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Dear UUAA Group Leader,</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">I am writing from the now-combined Social Justice Council and Vision Support Committee - joined beginning in April in the pursuit of both Vision 2050 and our collective social justice efforts. </font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">One of those efforts - our UUs for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME) - is working on a Resolution to bring to the full congregation for a vote in June. This resolution would align UUAA with the UUA's "Solidarity With Palestinians: Action for Immediate Witness." The proposed Resolution is attached below. </font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The UUJME group has two invitations for all groups across UUAA</u>. The first invitation is to join them in co-sponsoring this Resolution, because of it's many links to the work of this congregation, as Mark Jagner explains below. If you might consider co-sponsoring, UUJME representatives would welcome the opportunity to meet with your group at your April or May meeting to discuss the Resolution in more detail. </font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">The second invitation is for groups that may not be considering co-sponsoring. For you, the UUJME team appreciates if you can share the Resolution with your members and invite feedback for the UUJME team, <span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">who</span> would be glad to attend a meeting to discuss in more detail. </font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">You can get in touch with UUJME at <a shape="rect" href="mailto:uujme@uuaa.org" rel="nofollow" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">uujme@uuaa.org</a>, or reach out to Mark directly (<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mjagner@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">mjagner@yahoo.com</a>). And they invite everyone to attend this Sunday's event (April 13, 1:00pm), the film "Roadmap to Apartheid." The Weekly News has more information. </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="padding:12px 0px;font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif"><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> </font></div></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">*** Examples of UUAA Group connections to the Palestine situation from Mark: </font></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></span>Palestine is a <b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Food Justice</b> issue: Israel is using mass starvation as a weapon of war. Since breaking the ceasefire a month ago, Israel has not allowed any food, medicine or humanitarian aid to enter Gaza! In the West Bank, agricultural land where the native population has practiced sustainable farming for centuries is being destroyed.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Habitat for Humanity</b>: Every individual and every family deserve a home that is safe and secure with access to water, electricity and sewage. Since October, 2023, Israel has destroyed the homes of 2 million people in Gaza and 40,000 people in the West Bank.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Restorative Justice</b>: Peace will come to Palestine/Israel when there is a process of reconciliation in which both peoples see and affirm the the humanity in the other.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Community of Writers</b>: There is a group of young people in Gaza called We Are Not Numbers who write in English about theirs lives under a 2 decades-long military siege and never ending war. They have just published a book!</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Palestine is a <b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Climate Justice/Environmental Justice</b> issue: The dumping of chemicals near poor communities and unequal water distribution is common practice in the West Bank. War and conflict have a devastating impact on ecosystems, poison the soil and release huge amounts of carbon and toxic gases into the atmosphere. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Palestine is a <b style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Racial Justice</b> issue: Anytime people are excluded, discriminated against, denied basic human rights and oppressed because of their ethnic identity or religion, that is racism and it is morally wrong.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:small;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Thanks to the UUJME team for educating and engaging all of us in this important matter.</div></div><div 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