2006 Dec 7 SAC meeting
The Social Action Committee met Thursday, December 7, 2006, in the UUCP church basement, with a potluck at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting.
Christmas for Kids
report by Mary Jo Hamilton
UUCP church members bought and donated presents for 4 families with a total of 10 children. The Purple Paisley Quilters (PPQ) bought and donated presents for 2 families with a total of 5 children. Also $75 cash was collected. 5 tags are left on the Christmas for Kids tree. This weekend Carol Casavant will shop for the gifts for these, with the help of the Junior High youth group.
Hunger Projects
Report by Ellen Thiem
The University of Idaho War on Hunger group is part of a larger national group. They held a food drive during the fall semester that collected 6000 lb of food. The student projects are pretty well wound down for the semester. They plan to start meeting again in February. Some of the students plan to attend a hunger conference at Emory University next spring. There will be a Hunger Seminar in Lewiston the first week in February, which we might consider attending.
CommUnity Walk
No report. Consensus to wait until closer to the date to get involved.
Climate Change Group
Report by Peggy Jenkins, Mary Jo Hamilton, and Louise Ashmun
The group met on Monday, December 4. Leslie, who is a high school student and president of the environmental club, attended the meeting. She is interested in working on the walk/bike to school program.
The Adult RE series on climate change, to be offered in the spring, was discussed. We envision a reading list, a talk of 20-30 minutes, with guided discussion groups to follow. Suggestions were made as to the individuals to give talks at the workshops and as to their topics.
The Climate Change Group will meet Monday, December 18 at 5:30 PM at One World Cafe to work out the details of the series of climate change workshops -- how many sessions, what night of the week, what time, what topics.
The Climate Change Group is scheduled to meet with the City of Moscow Health and Environment Committee 12/19/06 at 7 PM. Everyone is invited to attend. We need to come up with a list of questions and a list of what help we can offer.
Sponsoring Jill Seaman's Work
No report. We agreed that a program in the spring would be best, with a slide show. We will check if Jill might be in the country and available to meet with a group.
Sir No Sir
Agreed by consensus to put off until after January 5, 2007, an in home showing of the DVD of the documentary movie Sir No Sir.
Peace Film Series
Brian Leekley reported hearsay that a person in this area wants to organize a peace film series. Without knowing any further details, Brian suggested looking into the possibility of SAC joining with the Palouse Peace Coalition (PPC) to also sponsor the series. We all liked this idea, but Jill pointed out the difficulty and expense of dealing with the copyright issue. Tabled for now. We still could show Sir No Sir just to the congregation.
Social Action Sunday
Mary Jo Hamilton added to the meeting agenda the possibility of having a Social Action Sunday in the spring. We agreed that 4/1/07 would be good. We could do a summary of what we learned in the climate change series. Or possibly we could tie the service in with one of the issues being discussed at 2007 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly. Brian will look into what the issues will be.
Next SAC Meeting
The next meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse Social Action Committee will be Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 7 PM, in the church basement.
Christmas for Kids
report by Mary Jo Hamilton
UUCP church members bought and donated presents for 4 families with a total of 10 children. The Purple Paisley Quilters (PPQ) bought and donated presents for 2 families with a total of 5 children. Also $75 cash was collected. 5 tags are left on the Christmas for Kids tree. This weekend Carol Casavant will shop for the gifts for these, with the help of the Junior High youth group.
Hunger Projects
Report by Ellen Thiem
The University of Idaho War on Hunger group is part of a larger national group. They held a food drive during the fall semester that collected 6000 lb of food. The student projects are pretty well wound down for the semester. They plan to start meeting again in February. Some of the students plan to attend a hunger conference at Emory University next spring. There will be a Hunger Seminar in Lewiston the first week in February, which we might consider attending.
CommUnity Walk
No report. Consensus to wait until closer to the date to get involved.
Climate Change Group
Report by Peggy Jenkins, Mary Jo Hamilton, and Louise Ashmun
The group met on Monday, December 4. Leslie, who is a high school student and president of the environmental club, attended the meeting. She is interested in working on the walk/bike to school program.
The Adult RE series on climate change, to be offered in the spring, was discussed. We envision a reading list, a talk of 20-30 minutes, with guided discussion groups to follow. Suggestions were made as to the individuals to give talks at the workshops and as to their topics.
The Climate Change Group will meet Monday, December 18 at 5:30 PM at One World Cafe to work out the details of the series of climate change workshops -- how many sessions, what night of the week, what time, what topics.
The Climate Change Group is scheduled to meet with the City of Moscow Health and Environment Committee 12/19/06 at 7 PM. Everyone is invited to attend. We need to come up with a list of questions and a list of what help we can offer.
Sponsoring Jill Seaman's Work
No report. We agreed that a program in the spring would be best, with a slide show. We will check if Jill might be in the country and available to meet with a group.
Sir No Sir
Agreed by consensus to put off until after January 5, 2007, an in home showing of the DVD of the documentary movie Sir No Sir.
Peace Film Series
Brian Leekley reported hearsay that a person in this area wants to organize a peace film series. Without knowing any further details, Brian suggested looking into the possibility of SAC joining with the Palouse Peace Coalition (PPC) to also sponsor the series. We all liked this idea, but Jill pointed out the difficulty and expense of dealing with the copyright issue. Tabled for now. We still could show Sir No Sir just to the congregation.
Social Action Sunday
Mary Jo Hamilton added to the meeting agenda the possibility of having a Social Action Sunday in the spring. We agreed that 4/1/07 would be good. We could do a summary of what we learned in the climate change series. Or possibly we could tie the service in with one of the issues being discussed at 2007 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly. Brian will look into what the issues will be.
Next SAC Meeting
The next meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse Social Action Committee will be Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 7 PM, in the church basement.
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