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CCJ Net Tour
CCJ Net Tour
January 6, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88566526832
This is a great way to learn how to navigate and fully utilize the site. These calls are held three times monthly, on every 1st Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern, every 2nd Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern and every 3rd Monday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific/ 8:30 p.m. Eastern.

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The Strengthen Local Climate Commitments (SLCC) Monthly Call
The Strengthen Local Climate Commitments (SLCC) Monthly Call
January 6, 2021 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Strengthen Local Climate Commitments (SLCC) Monthly Call 5pm PT / 6pm MT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET. Sign-Up to receive the Wednesday call information and more information about the SLCC campaign: https://docs.google.com /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxoZTRCDmzK3xWBvR2sX_lsFmYyG-umJhL8X1pwFAWWnjJdA/viewform
The Strengthen Local Climate Commitments (SLCC) campaign supports UUs and partners in local advocacy and oversight of climate emergency declarations, climate action pledges, and climate policy implementation plans. Are you ready to strengthen local climate commitments where you live? Join the monthly calls, happening the first Wednesday of each month.

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Food Justice Month w/ 4th U: Session with Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Food Justice Month w/ 4th U: Session with Coalition of Immokalee Workers
January 10, 2021 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Please join the Environmental Justice Team as we explore issues related to food, the environment, and how we can create more just food systems in our communities.
http://4thu.org/learn-about-food-justice-in-january-2020/
Beginning with service on Sunday, January 10th, we will explore issues of workers rights in our food systems, the effects of agriculture and food distribution on climate change, food insecurity and hunger in NYC, and food waste and composting.

Please register for the events using this form. All events will occur on Zoom at this link.

Sunday, January 10 at our 8am PT/9am MT/10am CT/11:00am ET service and in coffee hour at 9:15am PT/12:15pm ET:
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a Florida-based farmworker, human rights organization internationally recognized for its achievements in fighting human trafficking and gender-based violence at work. The CIW is also recognized for pioneering the design and development of the Worker-driven Social Responsibility paradigm, a worker-led, market-enforced approach to the protection of human rights in corporate supply chains.
Tuesday, January 12 at 7:00 PM: Food Justice and Climate Change
Tuesday, January 19 at 7:00 PM: Food Insecurity and Hunger in NYC
Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00 PM: Food Waste and Composting

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Questions? Email envirojustice@4thu.org
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Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Justice and Climate Change
Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Justice and Climate Change
January 12, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the Environmental Justice Team as we explore issues related to food, the environment, and how we can create more just food systems in our communities.
http://4thu.org/learn-about-food-justice-in-january-2020/
We will explore issues of workers rights in our food systems, the effects of agriculture and food distribution on climate change, food insecurity and hunger in NYC, and food waste and composting.

Please register for the events using this form. All events will occur on Zoom at this link.

Tuesday, January 12 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Justice and Climate Change
- Panelist: Matthew Hayek, PhD, Department of Environmental Studies, NYU. Dr. Hayek’s research quantifies the environmental impacts of our food system, with a specific focus on greenhouse gas emissions and contributions to climate change.
- Panelist: Joe Bozeman III, PhD, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Bozeman’s research explores climate change and social identity as it relates to the food-energy-water nexus and global environmental change.
- Host: Brett Essler
Tuesday, January 19 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Insecurity and Hunger in NYC
Tuesday, January 26 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Waste and Composting

To see panelists and full programming, click here.

Questions? Email envirojustice@4thu.org
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CCJnet Site Tour & Q&A
CCJnet Site Tour & Q&A
January 12, 2021 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucOCqqT4oHdyLJmQ_aDjhuoZedJ3nVlzd
This is a great way to learn how to navigate and fully utilize the site. These calls are held three times monthly, on every 1st Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern, every 2nd Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern and every 3rd Monday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific/ 8:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Intergenerational Climate Circle Session 2
Intergenerational Climate Circle Session 2
January 14, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

As UUs mobilize for this important decade of climate action, grounding in intergenerational wisdom is a powerful tool. UU lay and professional leaders and social/eco justice activists are invited to participate in intergenerational dialogue to share stories, memories and lessons of social movements past and present. These spaces are intended to cultivate deeper understanding and relationship among and between generations.
Join the second session on Thursday, January 14 at 4pm PT/7pm ET! Can’t make this one? A third session will be scheduled for March, with future sessions in the works.
REGISTER: bit.ly/intergen2
Co-hosted by UU Young Adults for Climate Justice Network, UU Ministry for Earth and Elders Climate Action.

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People of the Land: Healing From the White Supremacy and Colonization Pandemic (Session #6)
People of the Land: Healing From the White Supremacy and Colonization Pandemic (Session #6)
January 15, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
https://uusc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_chvcz-loQXii3Z17at2qeQ
Join members of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas for "People of the Land: Healing From the White Supremacy & Colonization Pandemic," a webinar series of conversations on issues of sovereignty, environmental justice and the fight for self-determination. This series will highlight ways non tribal members can be in solidarity with the tribe, and how we can support the fight to protect sacred sites throughout Texas, such as Yalui Village and Garcia Pasture from gas and oil pipelines. This will also be an opportunity to learn from with the tribe as they share their lifeways, and invite us to explore how we can be in authentic community.
SESSION 6 - January 15 at 6pm CT/ 7pm EST - Eagle Pass-Mine & Other Tribal Sites Conversations about additional tribal sites currently under the threat of fracking and ways we can support.
Don’t miss this 6-webinar series, taking place on the third Friday of each month at 7pm ET, through December. This series is a project of UUSC, TXUUJM, UUMFE and UUA.
RSVP for one or more sessions here: https://uusc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_chvcz-loQXii3Z17at2qeQ

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Forward Together: pre-Inauguration Organizing Meeting with the Frontline
Forward Together: pre-Inauguration Organizing Meeting with the Frontline
January 16, 2021 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Frontline, a coalition of orgs like Women’s March, Rising Majority, the Movement for Black Lives, Working Families Party, United We Dream and others are continuing to mobilize through #ForwardTogether, an unprecedented Mass Organizing Virtual Event on January 16th from 12pm PT/1pm MT/2pm CT/3-6pm ET, as part of the Presidential inauguration week.
This mass organizing meeting will gather organizers and everyday people who made these electoral wins possible to discuss the issues that the new Administration and Senate Leadership need to center in their policy agendas. They won because of us. Now we’ll keep working to remind them who put them there. #ForwardTogether
LINK TO REGISTER: https://thefrontline.org/actions/forwardtogether/

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CCJ Net Tour
CCJ Net Tour
January 18, 2021 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItc-2hpjoqHN0WNpbNP5ZcxL3QwyE4TA_u
This is a great way to learn how to navigate and fully utilize the site. These calls are held three times monthly, on every 1st Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern, every 2nd Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern and every 3rd Monday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific/ 8:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Insecurity and Hunger in NYC
Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Insecurity and Hunger in NYC
January 19, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the Environmental Justice Team as we explore issues related to food, the environment, and how we can create more just food systems in our communities.
http://4thu.org/learn-about-food-justice-in-january-2020/
We will explore issues of workers rights in our food systems, the effects of agriculture and food distribution on climate change, food insecurity and hunger in NYC, and food waste and composting.

Please register for the events using this form. All events will occur on Zoom at this link.

Tuesday, January 19 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Insecurity and Hunger in NYC
- Panelist: Sophie Collyer, Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University. Sophie Collyer is the Research Director at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. Her research focuses on anti-poverty policies at the national and local levels, with a particular interest in child allowances, federal and local minimum wage policy, and housing policy.
- Panelist: Liz Accles, Executive Director, Community Food Advocates. Liz Accles is the Executive Director of Community Food Advocates, an organization that spearheads the coalition-based Lunch 4 Learning campaign, and In 2017 secured universal free school lunch for all 1.1 million NYC public school students.
- Panelist: Karen Washington has spent decades promoting urban farming as a way for all New Yorkers to access fresh, locally grown food. She started Rise & Root Farm in 2014.
- Host: Ember Kelley
Tuesday, January 26 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Waste and Composting

To see panelists and full programming, click here.

Questions? Email envirojustice@4thu.org
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Policy Solutions for Climate Resilience (Creation Justice Ministries)
Policy Solutions for Climate Resilience (Creation Justice Ministries)
January 21, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Register here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtf-qvrzMuHdAx710MbOb7u7ELNDEMfnnC
Policy Solutions for Climate Resilience: Opportunities in the Biden Administration and 117th Congresswith Creation Justice MinistriesAfter a year of devastating climate impacts across the country, 2021 presents an opportunity to pass federal policy solutions for climate resilience. As our churches seek to become resilience hubs, weathering the physical and spiritual storms of the climate crisis, it is imperative we engage in the work of policy advocacy for just, equitable, and resilient climate solutions.
Join on January 21 at 3pm PT/4pm MT/5pm CT/6pm ET for this virtual workshop to hear from the Biden transition team and members of the 117th Congress. We will learn about legislative and executive opportunities for strengthening community climate resilience and advocacy opportunities for your congregation.
MORE INFO: https://www.creationjustice.org/resilience.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=39d0db30-bd8a-4732-92fc-d99e7b2b51a1
Speakers include:Representative Donald McEachin (VA-4)Avery Davis Lamb, Creation Justice Ministries and Duke Divinity/Nicholas School of the Environment.

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Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Waste and Composting
Food Justice Month w/ 4th U NYC: Food Waste and Composting
January 26, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the Environmental Justice Team as we explore issues related to food, the environment, and how we can create more just food systems in our communities.
http://4thu.org/learn-about-food-justice-in-january-2020/
We will explore issues of workers rights in our food systems, the effects of agriculture and food distribution on climate change, food insecurity and hunger in NYC, and food waste and composting.

Please register for the events using this form. All events will occur on Zoom at this link.

Tuesday, January 26 at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/7pm ET: Food Waste and Composting
- Panelist: Sandy Nurse, founder, BK ROT. BK ROT is New York City’s first community-supported, bike-powered, fossil fuel free food waste hauling and composting service.
- Panelist: Mary Most, Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability, NYC Department of Sanitation. The Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability leads initiatives to reduce waste – and keep recyclables from reaching landfills. This team’s focus is driving New York City to send zero waste to landfills.
- Host: Liz Wolfe
To see panelists and full programming, click here.

Questions? Email envirojustice@4thu.org
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