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<div><b>From:</b> Larry Works <lawrence.works@gmail.com></div><div><b>To:</b> Larry Works <lawrence.works@gmail.com></div><div><b>Cc:</b> Manish Mishra-Marzetti <manish@uuaa.org>; theresa rohlck <theresa@uuaa.org>; Rev. Mandy Beal <mandy@uuaa.org>; Deb Markum <deb@uuaa.org></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 18, 2025 at 01:01:57 PM EDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> A Military Veterans Group is now forming at UUAA.</div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);"><div style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-weight:600;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;"><span style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default">Greetings UUAA Group Leaders:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default">Thank you for all the spirit, love and compassion you, and your group, bring to UUAA.\u2764\ufe0f<br></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default">Often we, UU military veterans', are quiet about our experiences. You may not even know we served. This is always for personal reasons. We're asking that you p<span style="font-family:inherit;">lease forward our announcement within your group. We wish all those who identify as a UU military veteran and/or veteran+ (see note below) become aware this is happening before the end of this church year.</span></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><span style="font-family:inherit;">This is being sent to group emails as we are not yet an official UUAA group and cannot yet utilize the UUAA Weekly Newsletter. Please accept my deep apology for any duplicate emails you will receive in this process. </span><span style="font-family:inherit;">Thank you very much,</span></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Hope to see you Easter Sunday.</span>\u262e\ufe0f </div><div style="font-size:small;" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default"><span style="text-align:inherit;font-family:inherit;">Larry Works</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;"><span class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_default">313-919-2287</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-weight:600;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;"><br></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-weight:600;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;">Attention UUAA Veterans and Veterans+ </span></span><span style="text-align:inherit;padding:0px;margin:0px 1px;vertical-align:middle;width:16px;min-height:16px;font-family:inherit;"><img height="16" width="16" alt="\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf2/2/16/1f1fa_1f1f8.png" style="border:0px;border-radius:0px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></span></span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px;"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;">This group will be incorporated as a UUAA Identify group. The UUAA Social Justice Group, Veterans for Peace is ceasing operation. A message to the remaining members has already gone out. Our hope is that by incorporating as an Identity group, we can support wider membership and promote broader awareness of veterans in our congregation as well as veterans' issues.</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px;"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><br>If you'd like to be a founding member, please send your contact information (phone & email) via Facebook Messenger, or some other means, to Larry Works. If you know someone at UUAA who may be interested, please pass this along. We're grateful to be in community together.</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px;"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="max-width:100%;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.3333;min-width:0px;"><br><span style="margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-weight:600;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;">Note: </span></span>Veterans+ includes, but is not limited to, partners and/or spouses of veterans, adult children of veterans and adults with an affinity for military veterans and the issues we are facing.</span></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="ydp6c8f1854yiv3683372838gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div style="text-align:left;"><font size="4" face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Larry Works - MLS Technology & Society</font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div style="text-align:left;"><font face="georgia, serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><i>"</i></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia, serif;"><i>The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."</i> - Rev. 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