Please be patient until we are ready to have another Stop the Mine Task Force Meeting.We will need to prepare for the Supervisor’s hearing and vote on the project now scheduled for Oct. 3 and 4. For information on what’s happening now, please email Jim Bair: StopTheMine@uugrassvalley.org
UUCM’s May Share the Plate recipient, Child Advocates, will receive $792.79, thanks to generous UUCM members, friends, and visitors. These weekly donations add up. Thank you all. We are finishing up collections for our June partner, KARE Crisis Nursery. To make a contribution to the KARE Crisis Nursery’s plate-share, click here. Our July Share the Plate […]
Beloved members and friends of UUCM,The Justice Team, Steve Temple, Leisa Huyck, and Rev. Kevin have some very exciting news: we are bringing a young Haitian family to Grass Valley!Steve and Leisa have known this young couple, Nazaire (papa) and Moustapha (maman), for ten years, through our shared work in rebuilding Haiti’s agricultural education system […]
Dear Congregation, Our Justice Team Task Force was a major force! When the five County Planning Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend rejecting the Rise Gold Corp. (the Mine) proposal, many of us in the packed (several hundred attended) Nevada County Board Chambers cried tears of joy. The Commissioners cited our overwhelming Community opposition as one […]
We are hosting a Watch Party at UUCM for the national Good Trouble Congregation Celebration. Our congregation worked hard to earn this honor that helped the collective effort to reach over 2 MILLION voters. Let’s show up in force for this national celebration and official announcements of all the Good Trouble Congregations. […]
We are about to begin our second special election campaign — this one for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Wisconsin is a state with a democratic governor, but severe gerrymandering has led to a supermajority of republicans in both house of the legislature. The complacent Supreme Court has allowed that gerrymandering along with a near total ban on abortions (even in cases of rape and incest) and threatens the integrity of future elections, a reality that could have national implications. […]
Please join the Justice team and Shelby McNamara, Development Director of IFM, for a presentation and discussion after the Sunday service on March 12. Shelby will describe the latest happenings at IFM, including the matching gift campaign and on-going volunteer opportunities. Several members of the congregation who regularly volunteer at IFM will share their experiences with us. There will be a special shout out for those members who participate in the UUCM Work Day at IFM the second Tuesday of every month. […]
UUCM’s January Share the Plate recipient, Sierra Roots, will receive $1224.75, thanks to generous UUCM members, friends, and visitors. These weekly donations add up. Thank you all.
As of this writing, we are currently finishing up collections for our February partner, Community Beyond Violence. www.cbv.org
Our March Share the Plate recipient is Interfaith Food Ministry. www.interfaithfoodministry.org
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Good Trouble Congregations are congregations that answer that call to organize their communities and engage in the multiple and necessary tactics that help us win big for our communities in 2022. Whether protecting voter access in Georgia, fighting for reproductive justice in Kentucky, or election protection in Pennsylvania, the work is essential to building a strong movement for democracy. […]
Save the date – February 19 after the Sunday service. The Stop the Mine Task Force will be hosting a discussion of the current status of the proposed reopening of the Idaho Maryland Mine by Rise Gold. Charlie Brock will be the featured speaker.
