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Join us by clicking the Zoom service link here on Sunday, February 28 before 10 am, immediately followed by UUCR & UUFE Coffee Hour. Please sign in by 9:50 am so we can begin the service promptly at 10 am.

If you have a joy or sorrow for the February 28 service, please share it during the discussion or if you're not planning to attend, email the UUCR office at UUCR email by Friday, February 26 at noon.

Please come join us for UUCR & UUFE Coffee Hour at 11:00 am, on Sunday, February 28 immediately following the service (continuation of the service's Zoom link.)

It's a time to see and talk to one another, and the next best thing to being there!

Rev. Sue Browning

Zoom Service UUCR & UUFE

Topic to be announced

Marilee Taussig

Zoom Service UUCR

https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/cic/widening). 

This study includes a powerful claim: “Though our predominantly white congregations and organizations may see themselves as welcoming, without particular practices they continue to mirror the kinds of harms done to people of color and other marginalized groups in our larger society.”

Rev. Sue  

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UUCR Board votes to be added to the list of organizations signing the James Taylor Justice Coalition (JTJC) Certification of Agreement. JTJC has a singular focus and a defined mission to educate our community about the injustice of James Taylor’s lynching in Chestertown, MD in 1892. Aligned with the Equal

Justice Initiative’s (EJI) Community Remembrance Projects, these organizations seek to shine the light of truth upon the more than 4,000 extrajudicial lynchings of African American people that occurred in the U.S. between 1877 and 1950. Only by telling the unvarnished truth about our past, can we begin to address the injustices that continue against Black and Brown people in the U.S. today.

Hello Community - Our book discussion is tomorrow. I hope people have found the book, "As Long as Grass Grows" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker, interesting. If you are interested in participating in the book discussion, we will meet on Zoom on February 25 from 6:30 to 8:00 (click here). Bring a glass of wine or other libation and we can see where this book has taken us. Looking forward to sharing thoughts.

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free eight-week course for family caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. NAMI-trained family members teach the course and all materials are free for class participants. The curriculum focuses on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and borderline personality disorder, with a new resource on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The course discusses treatment for these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope with the challenges of living with a relative with a mental illness. The next session of this course runs on Zoom March 2nd to April 20th from 6:30- 9 pm. Contact NAMI to register by email namikentandqueenannes@gmail.com or by phone at 443-480-0565.

Amy Warner and Lynn Dolinger, co-chairs

https://healthcareforall.com/EquityResolution/ and where you can also read more about this legislation and the organization’s efforts to pass it. There’s also a link at this site to a very informative editorial in the Baltimore Sun in support of the bill.

I’m challenging ten people from our congregation to email our state representatives. Once you email them, let me know at amylydia10@yahoo.com. Can we get more than ten?

Amy Warner, on behalf of the Social Concerns/Social Justice Committee

One of UUs guiding principles is to "honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person." Therefore, we are advocating for a federal minimum wage that reflects an equitable, living wage where every person has the resources to achieve a life of purpose and financial wellbeing, one that allows working folks a chance to not only survive but thrive!  If you want to advocate for this important legislative effort, tell Congress, by creating a handwritten letter, here are the instructions. It's time to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15/hour Nationwide! Support the Raise the Wage Act & Accelerate a Compassionate Economic Recovery.

By now, we hope that most of our Members and Friends have found a route to getting their vaccines with the help of family or friends.  While there are some mass vaccination sites coming on-line on the Western Shore, we believe that the best opportunities currently available on the Eastern Shore are through your local Health Department, so we encourage you to register if you haven't already.  The websites we've found most helpful for Kent County residents are kenthd.org and 

marylandvax.org. Any additional updates we receive will be sent through the new UUCR Google email group. If you still need assistance with registration or transportation, please contact the UUCR Office.

Gayle Folger, Nancy Holland, and Vida Morley

Darlene Wiggers (Office) p: 410-778-3440 | e:uuofchesterriver@gmail.com

Mar 14 Neenah Newell

Mar 18 Jackie Mathwich

Mar 30 Jan Sprinkel

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