HOT TOPICS
Presented by
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE UUCSR 

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE

Reverend Waitstill Sharp was a Unitarian Minister in Massachusetts, where he lived with his wife
Martha Sharp and their two small children.  In 1939 they agreed to go to Austria to establish
an “Underground Railroad” for Jewish children under Nazi occupation. The Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) sprang from their acts of amazing courage and
commitment to “the worth and dignity of every person.”  The UUSC continues to partner
with grassroots organizations anywhere rights are threatened – by natural disasters, armed
conflicts, genocide, forced migration and systematic injustice. We can imagine the demand
for their help now!

On Sunday, April 9th, aka “Justice Sunday,” Carly Cronon from UUSC will be here to tell us
how they are responding to the horrendous crises around the world today and how we can
help. Tom Andrews, President and CEO of UUSC, is convinced that churches have a central
role to play in these dangerous times!

Come to the Board Room at 12:45 on 4/9 to find out what he means.

NEW: Bring what you would like to eat – we provide LIGHT snacks, NOT lunch. 

HOT TOPICS
Presented by
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE UUCSR 

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE

Reverend Waitstill Sharp was a Unitarian Minister in Massachusetts, where he lived with his wife
Martha Sharp and their two small children.  In 1939 they agreed to go to Austria to establish
an “Underground Railroad” for Jewish children under Nazi occupation. The Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) sprang from their acts of amazing courage and
commitment to “the worth and dignity of every person.”  The UUSC continues to partner
with grassroots organizations anywhere rights are threatened – by natural disasters, armed
conflicts, genocide, forced migration and systematic injustice. We can imagine the demand
for their help now!

On Sunday, April 9th, aka “Justice Sunday,” Carly Cronon from UUSC will be here to tell us
how they are responding to the horrendous crises around the world today and how we can
help. Tom Andrews, President and CEO of UUSC, is convinced that churches have a central
role to play in these dangerous times!

Come to the Board Room at 12:45 on 4/9 to find out what he means.

NEW: Bring what you would like to eat – we provide LIGHT snacks, NOT lunch. 

HOT TOPICS
Presented by
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE UUCSR 

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Meets Hot Topics

Come and hear from representatives that are working locally for a solution to climate change worldwide. 

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), exists to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power. 

By building constructive, working local relationships with all members of Congress, we seek passage of Carbon, Fee and Dividend, a climate change solution that bridges the partisan divide. 

Carbon Fee and Dividend, a revenue-neutral carbon tax with 100% of the net revenue returned directly to households, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions 52% below 1990 levels within 20 years while growing the economy and saving lives. 

Hear about our growth and activities and see where you could fit into an organization that is successfully building Bi-partisan support for a viable solution to climate change in our country. 

Alan Proulx, a long-time member of UUCSR says: “I have looked at all the current solutions that could work in this political climate to produce real sustained reduction in greenhouse gas emissions quickly, while benefiting all U.S. households. This will really work.” 

Additional CCL speakers:  Bruce Hagen and Barbara Moulton. 

Come and see how this works. 

Sunday, March 13^th, 12:45 pm in The UUCSR Board Room

Spring Forward. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead the night before. This is the first day of Daylight Savings Time!! 

NEW: Bring what you would like to eat – we provide LIGHT snacks, NOT lunch.

 

HOT TOPICS
Presented by
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE UUCSR 

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Meets Hot Topics

Come and hear from representatives that are working locally for a solution to climate change worldwide. 

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), exists to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power. 

By building constructive, working local relationships with all members of Congress, we seek passage of Carbon, Fee and Dividend, a climate change solution that bridges the partisan divide. 

Carbon Fee and Dividend, a revenue-neutral carbon tax with 100% of the net revenue returned directly to households, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions 52% below 1990 levels within 20 years while growing the economy and saving lives. 

Hear about our growth and activities and see where you could fit into an organization that is successfully building Bi-partisan support for a viable solution to climate change in our country. 

Alan Proulx, a long-time member of UUCSR says: “I have looked at all the current solutions that could work in this political climate to produce real sustained reduction in greenhouse gas emissions quickly, while benefiting all U.S. households. This will really work.” 

Additional CCL speakers:  Bruce Hagen and Barbara Moulton. 

Come and see how this works. 

Sunday, March 13^th, 12:45 pm in The UUCSR Board Room

Spring Forward. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead the night before. This is the first day of Daylight Savings Time!! 

NEW: Bring what you would like to eat – we provide LIGHT snacks, NOT lunch.

 

HOT TOPICS
Presented by
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE UUCSR

 

The Lime Foundation devotes its energy to passionately advocating for the disadvantaged.  Their mission is to strengthen veterans, seniors, low income families and young people and give them the tools to build a better quality of life.  What they do:  (1) support a vocational training/construction apprenticeship program and provide free construction services to low-income families and the elderly.  This creates a double benefit for the community  – helps prepare people in disadvantaged communities for fulfilling careers while at the same time providing important services to people who could not otherwise afford them.   (2) run programs for the elderly in an effort to address America’s obesity epidemic through light exercise (dance, bowling, hiking) and healthy eating.  (3) bring positive, structured activities to disadvantaged youth, giving them the opportunity to learn technology  or play a musical instrument – great alternatives to substance abuse, truancy, exclusion.  Uses music and dance as a positive means of expression.  Features am activity center and a summer and after school mentoring and tutoring program.

Come and hear the Executive Director and founder of the Lime Foundation, Letitia Hanke, as she describes in detail the services this Foundation offers.

NEW: Bring what you would like to eat – we provide LIGHT snacks, NOT lunch.