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From: Shannon Williams (sjcfirstunitarian.org) | |
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 06:12:12 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi everyone! 1. Fred has been gracious and set up a list serv for our climate change group. You should have received an email invitation to join. You must accept the invitation in order to send and receive emails to the list serv. If you can't find your email from Fred, please let me know so your invitation can be re-sent. 2. Our next meeting will be Sunday, May 19 at Noon. We are going to take all the ideas that have been generated, make decisions on which ones we want to follow through with, and make a plan of action so we can get to work! 3. Some ideas were brainstormed at the last meeting during Eat & Meet. Nancy has also developed some ideas she would like your feedback on: *Explore networking possibilities/desirabilities. Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light would certainly be high among them. Another would be the Minnesota North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club (I get both their email and paper newsletters). *Develop a list of useful websites and organizations to make connection with, e.g., Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, etc. This does already happen but we could use some more publicity and volunteer staffing - *Consider having postcards ready at the SJC table at the Sunday coffee hour for members to contact their legislators when important matters/votes are coming up. (I think you already suggested this to me.) It would need a little figuring out: who addresses postcards and to whom? would a list of MN and Congressional legislators be helpful? does SJC compose a message to go on the cards? what to do with leftovers, etc., etc. *Promote purchase of MoveOn.org's excellent handbook for activists, "50 Ways to Love Your Country." It was published in 2004 but is in no way dated. It's available on Amazon, but this morning I showed my copy to Ray Schreurs and Phoebe Dahlquist, who are likely to order a couple of copies for the FUS book store. More could be ordered if there's a demand. *Talk with Jan Devor about ways to engage FUS youth. *Think about Forum presenters. For example, Chuck Dayton, a resident of 1666 Coffman (the University-connected retirees, where Bob Tapp lives) gave an excellent interview in the Spring/Summer issue of the MN North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club's (paper edition). He's been an environmental activist for years and now works with MN Interfaith Power and Light. He thinks religious involvement is significant. I'll be glad to show you the interview. Shannon Williams Social Justice Coordinator First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
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