Have you recently moved to CA or changed your address? Are you going to be 18 by Election Day? Do you want to change your political party or have you changed your name? If so, it’s time to register or re- register to vote. I will have voter registration materials in the Core Area after service on Sunday, May 13, so you can stop by to update your voter information. The CA primary is June 5 and updated materials must be mailed 15 days before this election day, so don’t delay!
Category Archives: Social Action
Apr 14: General Assembly Planning Meeting
For anyone planning to attend the General Assembly 2012, there will be GA planning meeting on Saturday April 14th, from noon to 1:00 in the Library. We will discuss the experience of GA, delegates, getting together while in Phoenix, the GA agenda and what to expect. For those of you who cannot go to Phoenix and would like the flavor of meeting with many other UU’s in conversation and shared purpose, please consider coming to District Assembly held April 27-28 at First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles, CA.
For more information, contact Rev. David Miller at revd@uufsd.org
Mar 24: Vagina Monologues
On Saturday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m. in Founders’ Hall, join the UUFSD Women’s’ Players for a riotous night out. They will be performing the Vagina Monologues, which are based on author Eve Ensler’s Vagina Interviews conducted with women around the world. This is a hilariously witty collection of lusty, outrageous, poignant brave and human stories. This performance is a Social Action fundraiser for Carol’s House Community Resource Center and El Nido Interfaith Shelter for victims of domestic violence. It’s goals are to raise awareness and seek to end violence against women and girls.
For more information and tickets, contact Kathy Faller at socialaction@uufsd.org
Mar 3: Canyon de Carrettas Development Project
On Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, come help build a retaining wall at the Canyon de Carrettas Community Center in Tijuana Mexico. Join us in supporting our partner community grow!
We will leave at 7:30 am and return to the border by 4:30 pm. Passports are required.
Contact Kathy Faller or Kevin West for more details.
Mar 3: Adult CPR/AED Class
An Adult CPR/AED Class was held on Saturday, 3 March, 2012 in Founders Hall from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. RevD, Caroline DeMar, Alison Crotty, and Patricia Weld are now Adult and Child CPR AND AED certified for 2 years!! Other classes will be scheduled to accommodate all.
UUFSD CPR Class 3 March 2012
Feb 23: UUFSD Kids Standing on the Side of Love
Standing on the Side of Love is a public advocacy campaign that seeks to harness love’s power to stop oppression. It is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association, and all are welcome to join.
National Standing on the Side of Love Month kicked off on Martin Luther King Day and ended on Valentine’s Day. Our children, under the guidance of DRE Alison Crotty, participated by making Valentines Day “thank you” cards to the organizations and lawyers that fought hard against Prop 8. You can read more about it here (search on UUFSD – you’ll find us about 3/4ths of the way down). On the same day, the whole Fellowship wore Standing on the Side of Love t-shirts and Rev. David Miller preached a sermon entitled “Is God Love?”
(Credit: Alison Aguilar Lopez Gutierrez McLeod Crotty)
Jan 15: Southern California UU Justice Team
On January 15h, 2012, $2194 was raised and given in support of the Southern California Unitarian Universalist Justice Team! This organization brings together Unitarian Universalist vision, resources, and leadership from across southern California for education, witness, and action on the social justice issues of our time. Their current project is to prepare congregations for a strong presence at the upcoming Justice GA, and to create a model for effective social justice work by employing regional community ministers.
25 December Generosity Sunday: Homes for Hope
$1390 was raised on Sunday the 25th of December for the December Generosity Sunday. The mission of Homes for Hope (H4H) is to work within the building industry forming partnerships with builders and their trade partners to create H4H income generating projects to provide financial resource to help support HOPE International and like-minded organizations which work to alleviate physical and spiritual poverty in the lives of families and individuals in developing countries throughout the world.
November 27 Generosity Sunday: Interfaith Shelter Network
This Generosity Sunday of 27 November raised $970.00 dollars for the Interfaith Shelter Network. The Interfaith Shelter Network is a collaborative effort by local congregations, human services agencies and government entities to provide shelter, services, and resources to homeless San Diegans throughout the region.
They represent the work of more than 100 San Diego County congregations and 3,500+ volunteers who link to offer hands up to people seeking an end to their homelessness. In our El Nido program, virtually all our families leave for their own permanent affordable housing, and the majority of mothers leave with increased income and additional career related skills.
Their Vision is to eliminate homelessness in the urban communities of San Diego County through a cooperative partnership with faith-based communities, related government programs, and social service agencies.
El Nido is where our contribution was sent.
El Nido (“the nest” in Spanish) is our transitional living program for homeless victims of domestic violence and their families. Located in central San Diego, in a confidential site for safety reasons, the project offers stability in housing while allowing the residents to offer emotional support to each other and less isolation during this stressful time in their lives. It also is respectful of residents’ autonomy and provides as close to a real-life scenario as possible.
Residents live in an 11-unit apartment complex for up to a year or more and, with the assistance of social workers, obtain the counseling, child care, employment, educational, and transportation services they need to become self-sufficient. Each of the units was beautifully furnished by a local congregation.
Occupy San Diego and UUFSD
On October 15, 2011, nine members and friends of UUFSD marched in support of the Occupy San Diego movement. Members and friends marching in downtown Encinitas included Karen Freeman, John Gilles, Livia Walsh, Irv Himelblau, Dave and Deborah Ploesner, Angela Knappenberg, Ed Mlakar, and Bev Conner.
The Encinitas march was an adjunct to the march in downtown San Diego at which the Rev. David Miller and Ruth Gregory were present. Lisa Shaffer, Steve Bartram, Christie Turner and Laura Colban also participated in the ongoing Occupy demonstrations.
On October 24, Reverend David participated in leading an interfaith service in downtown San Diego outside the Civic Center for the Occupy San Diego protesters. You can find his sermons on the Occupy movement here and here.
And on October 31, the UUA released a statement on the Occupy protests, which can be read here.