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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Food Justice folks,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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" data-setdir="false">This is something we will need to discuss at our upcoming Visioning session on Saturday, August 23.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks for your input on this issue. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Cathy and Connie</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 07:37:55 PM EDT, Cathy Muha <cathymuha@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">Food Justice folks,</div><div dir="ltr">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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Cathy</div></div><div id="ydp872024dyiv3201822635yqt72418" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635yqt6153187399"><div id="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yahoo_quoted_5249866184" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><br clear="none"></div>
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class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_attr"><font size="4">Dear UUAA Group Leader,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4">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><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4">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><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4"><u>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><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4">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 class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_default">who</span> would be glad to attend a meeting to discuss in more detail. </font></div><div><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4">You can get in touch with UUJME at <a shape="rect" href="mailto:uujme@uuaa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uujme@uuaa.org</a>, or reach out to Mark directly (<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mjagner@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" 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;" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049inline_reply_node"><div style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;"><font size="4"> </font></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px;" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acinline_reply_quote_container"><div><div><div class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290yqt7205488429"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_quote ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="4">*** Examples of UUAA Group connections to the Palestine situation from Mark: </font></div><div style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:13px;" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;" class="ydp872024dyiv3201822635ydpcbe66983yiv6574810156ydpfcb9de36yiv5573049668ydp7f5eca13yiv6424692049ydp643bc0acyiv0280557290gmail_default"></span>Palestine is a <b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Palestine is a <b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Palestine is a <b>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"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;">Thanks to the UUJME team for educating and engaging all of us in this important matter.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;">Regards from your Vision Support Committee/Social Justice Council</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>
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