JusticeUU

Fifth Annual Street-Tree Planting, 12/6

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On the morning of Sat. 6 Dec., UUFC, through the Climate Action Team, will do our fifth annual collaboration with the City of Corvallis to plant street trees. In the past, we have twice planted along NW Conifer Blvd and once each in Willamette and Avery Parks. This year we will plant eight deciduous trees along the north side of SE Goodnight Drive between Collins Pl and Aldrin Pl.

We need a dozen volunteer tree planters. Please email treasurer@uucorvallis.org to sign up for a couple of hours of fellowship and righteous physical labor on the morning of Sat 6 Dec, rain or shine.

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Join the Visibility Brigade, 11/8 and 11/11

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Saturday, Nov. 8: Bannering on the East side of the Highway 34 bridge to catch people coming into town for the OSU home football game, from 3:30 – 5:00 PM. RSVP to visibilitybrigadebc@gmail.com for a map and more details.

Tuesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day: No Oath to Trump National Overpass Bannering Day from 3:00 – 4:30 PM at the Highway 20/I-5 overpass in Albany. We are collaborating with the local chapter of Veterans for Peace for this event. Across the nation, teams will hold visibility events on overpasses and bridges. Millions of people will see our messages! The purpose of this event is to give veterans a platform to express their outrage with the Trump administration’s steamrolling of our Constitution and rules of law. Our main banner will read: VETS DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. Vets and non-Vets are welcome. Please RSVP to visibilitybrigadebc@gmail.com for a map and more details.

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Outreach Offerings for November

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Our November Justice Outreach offering will support the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center (CDDC). CDDC is a community-based non-profit resource hub providing information, referral, and direct services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Benton County and beyond.

To learn more about their work, visit the CDDC website.

How to donate to the monthly Outreach Offering

Each month, the Fellowship gathers donations for a certain charitable cause. These are our Outreach Offerings. You can contribute to this month’s offering in a few ways:

  1. Give to the Sunday collection basket
  2. Donate online
  3. Donate to the refreshments during the social hour

The Social Concerns team donate an assortment of sweet and savory refreshments, including gluten-free and vegan choices, for our enjoyment at the social hour following Sunday worship. These items are purchased and prepared by the team to encourage donations to the Outreach Offering. Collection baskets are always found at the end of the refreshments table. The next time you’re eyeing something tasty on the table, consider putting a donation in the basket first to show how much you appreciate having that treat ready and waiting for you!

No Kings Demonstration Readiness Workshop, 10/16

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The No Kings Demonstration is Saturday, October 18th. In anticipation of this event, join the Democracy Action Team on Thursday, October 16th at 5:30PM in the Social Hall for a Demonstration Readiness Workshop. At this workshop we will:

Join us to practice these essential skills and join us on October 18th.

Democracy Action Team, Tuesdays & Thursdays

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The DAT is proud to announce that letter writing is officially back! Join us in person on Tuesdays (in the UUFC library) and on Zoom (link HERE) on Thursdays – both at 5:30 pm. We’ll write to voters in Pennsylvania asking them to retain State Supreme Justices who oppose partisan gerrymandering and to Virginia to inform voters of issues that will help them understand the choices they face in the upcoming state election. We will also write to our legislators. We’ll have addresses and supplies on Tuesdays.

Contact Claire M. for information.

Outreach Offerings for October

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Our Outreach offerings in October support South Corvallis Food Bank, which is a shopping-style food pantry offering a 5-day supply of food to households every other week. Partnered with Linn-Benton Food Share & Oregon Food Bank, the Food Bank strives to increase food-security in our community through compassionate care.

No Kings Protest, 10/18

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Join us on Saturday, October 18 at 12 PM at the Benton County Courthouse for the No Kings protest!

A little worried about recent developments? What we know is that the only way out of this slide to dictatorship is for everyone to get involved. THAT is what has stopped a tyrant. And only that. No one else is going to save us, as much as we watch and hope things will change. So WE must make the 18th the largest protest ever on the planet. So each ONE bring ONE (or ten) to the October 18th protest.

For more information and resources, visit https://www.nokings.org/.

Join the Signs of Solidarity team

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We stand with immigrant families sign
We stand with immigrant families sign

Members of the Democracy Action Team are collaborating with Benton County Indivisible and Standing Up for Racial Justice to place signs of solidarity supporting immigrants around Corvallis. If you would like to join this effort, contact Karen J. Or you can print out your own copies of the posters and take them to local businesses! You can find the digital poster files here: https://brandfolder.com/indivisibleproject/signs-of-solidarity.

Speaking of Democracy Online Discussion Series (Sept 16 – Oct 21)

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The Statewide UU Advocacy organization, Oregon UU Voices for Justice is sponsoring weekly online gatherings for UUs to meet to share and learn about actions that each of us can take to save our Democracy. Beginning Sept. 16, we will gather on zoom each week on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 PM. There will be time to acknowledge what we are experiencing in the moment and also to get resources and information about topics concerning our current moment of democratic backsliding.

Email Robin Lancaster for the link or join the Democracy Action Team in person for a watch party in the Fellowship Library. We will continue to learn and listen about how our Fellow UU Congregations are responding to this difficult moment in American civic life.

Sept. 16 The UUA Action of Immediate Witness: Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism

Sept. 23 Characteristics of Successful Pro-Democracy Movements

Sept. 30 Boycotts and Economic resistance

Oct 7 Digital Safety

Oct. 14 Mis and Dis information

Oct. 21 Advocacy