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The Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) along with APIs CAN, Homes for All MA, Families for Justice as Healing, Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network, and UU Mass Action and invite you to join us: 

Where: Rally at JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury Street, Boston – next to Government Plaza and Bowdoin T stations. If there is powerful turnout and proper safety marshalls in place, we will march to the State House for a second set of speakers.

Why: We are coming together for an important action to unify our movement, mobilize our communities, and demand protection for refugees and immigrants at all levels of government. We need you there!

In the wake of Trump’s election, we’re facing a critical moment where deportation and criminalization policies will ramp up, putting our community at risk. Though we need to prepare for Trump’s term, there is so much that current political leaders can be doing. This is our moment to push for policies that go beyond fear and punishment and offer real, tangible support for immigrants and refugees. This action is a direct call to MA Governor Healey and President Biden before January – we need their action NOW!

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Feeling exhausted and wanting to cozy up with it’s a cup of tea before diving into justice work? Come join UU Mass Action for a virtual gathering where we will lead you through some visualizations, dream together, journal, listen to music and give you a sneak peak at the justice work we are planning for the days and months ahead. This will be a virtual event on zoom.

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Rev Jo Murphy and Tali Smookler of UU Mass Action will discuss the interfaith effort currently underway to address the challenges immigrants currently face in MA due to state and federal policies. Join to learn how you can support!

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In this moment of uncertainty and fear, it is all the more important to remember that we are powerful. To forget our power, to forget that what we do matters, strengthens fascism and diminishes our spirits. In this gathering, we will prepare ourselves to remember that what we do to support immigrant justice will matter incredibly to those most as risk in the coming months and beyond.

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From the Grassroots Reparations Campaign

UU Mass Action is sponsoring this 3 part film series. Join us at any of three events this December in Jamaica Plain and Western Mass for the screening of a reparations themed film, followed by a discussion panel with filmmakers, policy makers and activists.

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From the Grassroots Reparations Campaign

UU Mass Action is sponsoring this 3 part film series. Join us at any of three events this December in Jamaica Plain and Western Mass for the screening of a reparations themed film, followed by a discussion panel with filmmakers, policy makers and activists.

RSVP here!

Gov Healey announced harsh changes to an already inhumane shelter system, placing even more time limits on an already insufficient and inhumane system.

This action will feature speakers and chanting in front of the Governor's office, followed by a procession to the offices of key legislative leaders.

Learn more about these changes and other ways to take action here.

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Flyer here

From the Grassroots Reparations Campaign

UU Mass Action is sponsoring this 3 part film series. Join us at any of three events this December in Jamaica Plain and Western Mass for the screening of a reparations themed film, followed by a discussion panel with filmmakers, policy makers and activists.

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54th Annual National Day of Mourning

 An annual tradition since 1970, the National Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day by United American Indians of New England held on the day many in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving. Mythology surrounding Thanksgiving is deeply rooted in colonialism, antithetical to Indigenous Justice. As part of Native American Heritage month, and to push back against this mythology- we invite you to come to the National Day of Mourning- and march together as one, or join our watch party online.

Join UU Mass Action’s National Day of Mourning in Plymouth Watch Party! Find the zoom link here.

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Reflections from Karl Claire Miller, a gentile, 15th-generation Euro-USer settler, and collective liberation activist a year after Oct. 7th. 

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This gathering is an opportunity to hear updates  take action together, such as calling your legislators, signing petitions, and more to support our frontline and coalition partners. We will focus on our key issues areas: climate justice, immigrant justice, decarceration, Indigenous Legislative Agenda, and economic and housing justice with a focus on the Right to Shelter.

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This gathering is an opportunity to hear updates  take action together, such as calling your legislators, signing petitions, and more to support our frontline and coalition partners. We will focus on our key issues areas: climate justice, immigrant justice, decarceration, Indigenous Legislative Agenda, and economic and housing justice with a focus on the Right to Shelter.

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This gathering is an opportunity to hear updates  take action together, such as calling your legislators, signing petitions, and more to support our frontline and coalition partners. We will focus on our key issues areas: climate justice, immigrant justice, decarceration, Indigenous Legislative Agenda, and economic and housing justice with a focus on the Right to Shelter.

Our federal government is aiming towards climate disaster. What does this mean for us in the climate justice movement of Massachusetts? Join us to ground, connect and move forward in our values as UUs for climate justice.

We invite you to gather with the UU Mass Action Climate Justice Team. We organize with Mass Power Forward (a statewide grassroots climate coalition) to win collective political victories for climate and environmental justice while also connecting and building community. 

 Join our monthly UU Climate Justice Team Meeting! Sign up for the listserve, and/or contact Claire Karl here.

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Though we face uncertainty in the post political landscape will be in that moment, we know we will need to lean on each other for inspiration, commitment, resources, and community. This meeting will focus on inviting leaders to share stories from their experiences  supporting Immigration Justice. We will hear from Regina Corrao from First Parish Concord, and Rev Jamie Hinson Rieger from First Parish Bedford, and open up space for skill and resource sharing, connecting, and strategizing. We will reground in our commitment to Immigration and social justice, and support each other in moving through and moving forward in the weeks immediately post-election and beyond. 

If you have a story you want to share from your or your congregations immigration justice work, please email Tali here!

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This gathering is an opportunity to hear updates about all our campaigns and take action together. Actions include calling your legislators, signing petitions, and more to support our frontline and coalition partners. We will focus on Protecting the Right to Shelter, alongside any other actions from our key campaign partners. We will walk you through each action, and be available to support any questions you have. You are invited to wear a fun hat, costume, or have a fun zoom background at this Halloween themed Action Hour!

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UU Mass Action, in partnership with our UU Youth Corps and our partners in the Right to Shelter movement invite you to join us at the Arlington UU congregation for a Right to Shelter action call on Gov. Healey to restore the Right to Shelter. We hope to see you there!

If you work with young people who would like to help plan, please email Tali!

Many congregations are on the journey to heal our relationship with the stolen land we inhabit. Hear from Rev. Dr. Clyde Grubbs and Rev. Dr. Michelle Walsh of the First Parish UU-Canton on how they have developed connections with the Neponset Band of the Massachusett Tribe residing on Ponkapoag land and partnered with the Town of Canton’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in doing so.

We invite you to gather with the UU Mass Action Indigenous Solidarity Team. We organize with MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda (a statewide grassroots Indigenous led coalition) to win collective political victories for Indigenous justice while also connecting and building community.

Register in advance for this meeting, After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thirteen days before the election, we invite you to ground into the effectiveness of Get Out the Vote efforts. Come for the connection, the facts on why this work is strategic, and leave nourished.

We invite you to gather with the UU Mass Action Climate Justice Team. We organize with Mass Power Forward (a statewide grassroots climate coalition) to win collective political victories for climate and environmental justice while also connecting and building community.

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Join our training to come out of the Election as a STRONGER and more WHOLE leader and organizer. Amidst wars, climate disasters and more, this fall many people are taking more action. This training will help social justice advocates learn to knit together stronger teams for social justice. Join us for 90 minutes of reflection, grounding and skills.

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 Join our October UU Immigration Justice Team meeting for a conversation about our upcoming elections in the context of our commitment to Immigration Justice. Together, we will reflect on how immigration has been impacted by previous administrations, explore how different immigration justice organizations are orienting to these elections, and ground ourselves in our commitment to show up for immigration justice in the long term locally and beyond. 

We will be joined by Nora Rasman, Democracy Strategist at Side with Love. 

Nora was born, raised and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has organized with Working Families Party, Mijente, and Showing Up For Racial Justice. Her political work began as a UU youth and grew into doing solidarity and advocacy work with Afro-descendant civil society organizations. She sees her work and contributions as accountable to liberation movements.

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Join our first UU Action Hour of the church year! We hope this can be one structure to support each other in staying accountable to showing up to these campaigns. We will walk you through each action, and be available to support any questions you have.

Our focus will continue to be to protect the Right to Shelter, but will include any other current actions from our campaign partners!

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WHAT: Press Conference and Action

WHERE: Meet at Nurse's Hall, 2nd Floor of the Boston Statehouse

Join us at the state house to call on Governor Healey to not kick the climate can down the road. We must stop expanding the for-profit gas utility system, and right now Governor Healey is proposing a flimsy climate bill with no plan for ending the expansion (the only silver lining is an excellent environmental justice definition of cumulative impact analysis). 

You are invited to:

a) wear a suit jacket and play a legislator "kicking the climate can"

b) wear red and hold a sign with our call for a robust climate bill now!

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On July 23rd, Governor Healey announced changes to the Emergency Assistance (EA) family shelter system that will force children and their families out with no safe place to sleep at night.

Join UU Mass Action and our partners continue to organize to REPEAL these new rules and RESTORE the Right to Shelter at this in person action today!

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 Learn about the new, cruel changes to our Right to Shelter policies, the impacts on families, and how you can support. Guests speakers will include groups such as BIJAN, Homes for All, Greater Boston Legal Services, MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Homes for All. 

This will be a powerful and important gathering for all UUs who are looking to deepen their involvement in support of immigration and housing justice in this moment. 

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The state continues to say that families sleeping on the streets should go to Temporary Respite Centers. If they do that they a) are only guaranteed housing for 5 days b) have to wait 6 months in order to be put on the emergency shelter waitlist. It is a punitive system. Families are given an impossible choice and make the best decisions they can. Join us on Thursday Sept 5th *inside* the State House in to call on Governor Healey to repeal the new shelter laws and restore the Right to Shelter! 

Thank you to all who have shown up in the last month in support of families and children having the right to shelter, and a safe place to sleep at night. Join us on Thursday to call on our leaders to demand that the state must respond to the crisis it has created. 

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We are hosting a second Restore Right to Shelter Action Hour where we will take action to call our leaders to reverse this policy. We will be joined by Kelly Turley from MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Carolyn Chou from Homes for All, who will share more of what's going on. 

We are exploring opening congregations for families to sleep under tents for people with literally no where to go for nights due to Gov Healey's new regulations.

Join us on Thursday, August 15 at 3pm for a conversation with UU Mass Action, our partners, and other congregations who are exploring what is possible. Sign up here to get the link for Thursday, or email Tali here if you want to get involved.