Social Action Committee

Fall Highway Cleanup

2008-10-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

Today UUCP volunteers tidy a stretch of highway.

Peace Sunday and Potluck

2008-09-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

After the morning services, the Social Action Committee will host a casual though focused conversation about statements of conscious and the proposed peacemaking statement of conscious.

UUCP - Muslim Community Annual Picnic

2008-08-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

The annual Muslim-UUCP picnic this year will be held in Klemgard County Park ten miles north of Pullman Washington at 1:30 PM on Sunday, August 24, 2008. The Muslim community is hosting, and UUCP are providing desserts. More information and a map link will be posted later.

Palouse Pride

2008-08-02T11:00:00.000-07:00

Community event, with UUCPers probably having an information booth and wearing UUCP tees in the parade

Palouse Pride, the annual gay pride and pro-diversity march and festival, this year will be Saturday, August 2, 2008.

11:00 a.m. staging for the march begins in Friendship Square on Main Street in downtown Moscow, Idaho

11:30 a.m. the march begins, from Friendship Square to East City Park, which is a few blocks east of downtown on 3rd Street

12:00 Noon - 4:00 p.m. Diversity Festival in East City Park, with vendors, information booths, entertainment, raffles, and children's entertainment

6:00 p.m. Spaghetti Feed at the Pullman, Washington, Moose Lodge, corner of Paradise and Kamiaken

9:00 p.m. Doors open at Pullman Moose Lodge for TabiKat Drag Show. $5 in advance at Eclectica, $7 at the door. Shows at 10:30 p.m. and midnight

Food Collection for Food Banks at Farmers Market

2008-07-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

Community event

An ecumenical food drive table will be at Moscow Farmers Market in Friendship Square, Saturday morning, July 19, 2008. Donated non-perishable foods will go to local food banks. To volunteer to help at the food drive table, contact Mary Jo Hamilton, who is listed in the UUCP directory.

May SAC meeting CANCELLED

2008-05-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

UPDATE!!! NO MAY MEETING!!! The May SAC meeting has been cancelled!

The May meeting of the UUCP Social Action Committee will be Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 7pm in eithe the church basement or the Yellow House main room.

Idaho Move Out

2008-05-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

Community event:

Idaho Move Out is an annual program to collect unwanted goods and nonperishable foods from moving away University of Idaho at Moscow students and to distribute or recycle them. The collection will go on May 7 through May 11, 2008. UUCP Social Action Committee is helping. For info contact Ellen Thiem.

UUCP Booth at Renaissance Fair

2008-05-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

The Social Action Committee will coordinate the UUCP Booth at Renaissance Fair on May 3 and 4. Last year's Ren Faire fundraising raised $2000 (after expenses) selling the food items people have come to expect: our UUCP's famous black bean burritos, homemade tomato and basil pizzas baked on site, a delectable chocolate cake known as "Jeanne Jacobson’s Scotch Cake", a pound cake, brownies, and organic, shade–grown hot coffee.

We need volunteers to assist with tasks, including desert baking, coffee making, help with recycling, and working a shift on the days of the faire. Look for the sign-up sheet in the church foyer or contact Mary Jo Hamilton or Ellen Thiem.

Hunger Ministry meeting

2008-04-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

The UUCP Hunger Ministry Group will meet Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 7pm, most likely in either the Yellow House or the church basement. Contact Tracy Springberry for info.

Moscow CommUnity Walk

2008-04-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

Community event:

On Saturday, April 26, walkers (any and all Moscow, ID residents and visitors who want to participate) will gather at 12:00 noon at Friendship Square for music and speakers.

At 12:30pm, the walk will proceed to East City Park with balloons, banners, and flags.

The celebration will continue at East City Park with more music, speakers, games, activities, and student essay awards.

At about 1:30pm everyone is invited to join in a community meal. The main dish will be provided, but those who wish to contribute can bring a side dish or desert to the park at noon.

A shuttle will be available to transport people between the Park and Friendship Square.

The event will likely end at 4:00pm.

Those who want to contribute food side dishes can bring them to East City Park between 11:30am and 12:30pm.

Paradise Creek Cleanup Day

2008-04-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Community Event:

The 18th Annual Paradise Creek Cleanup Day, Saturday, April 26, 2008, starts at 9am [another source gives the start time as 10am] at PCEI, 1040 Rodeo Drive, Moscow, ID. Contact Peggy Jenkins for info.

Local foods party

2008-04-24T17:00:00.000-07:00

Community Event:

Local foods party at 1912 Center, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 5pm to 8pm

Euthanasia: A Disability Perspective

2008-04-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

Community Event:

The Disability Awareness Association of Washington State University is sponsoring Euthanasia: A Disability Perspective with a panel of disability experts who have disabilities themselves. The proposed Death with Dignity initiative in Washington state will be addressed.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7pm to 9 pm, Todd Hall 116, WSU

A reception will precede in the Todd Hall Atrium starting at 6pm.

All free!

Aswea: A Haitian Soiree

2008-04-18T18:30:00.000-07:00

Friday, April 18 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Unitarian Church of the Palouse, Haitian food, music, a slide show, skits, and a silent auction will be enjoyed by all. This is a great chance to learn firsthand about life in Haiti!

Admission is $5 and tickets are available at BookPeople or at the door. The event is being sponsored by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, the Latah County Human Rights Task Force, and the Moscow High School Human Rights Club and International Club. Funds raised will go for travel expenses and human rights activities in Haiti.

Have you met Afelene Rosemond, teacher and human rights activist who is visiting Moscow from Haiti? She is from the rural community of Matenwa on the island of LaGonave off Haiti's coast. She arrived in Moscow January 8 and will stay until May 8. In Haiti, Afelene teaches preschool and is a member of a women’s group which uses popular theater to promote social change, especially surrounding issues of women’s and children’s rights.

While in Moscow, Afelene is learning English and has performed in a play at Lewis–Clark State College, and at the University of Idaho Women’s Center, and she is visiting preschool classes and dance classes for young children. Her goal is to be able to help members of her community interact better with people from the US who offer them assistance.

Her visit is being sponsored by Nancy Casey, who travels to Matenwa for several months every year. Also assisting the visit are Moscow High School teacher Leeanne Eareckson and her daughter Anne Gorman, who visited Matenwa last July, and Annie Cantrell, who is housing Afelene.

At the Aswea, food will include rice and beans and dessert. There will be songs by Afelene, informational posters about food issues in Haiti and particularly on LaGonav, and the program will include a short skit about those issues. The slide show will be about everyday life on LaGonav including the daily challenge of finding enough food to eat. The goal is for people to leave with a better understanding of Haitian life and thinking about possibilities of future exchange programs.

Social Action Committee Meeting

2008-04-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

The Next Social Action Committee Meeting will be Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Basement.

UUCP Highway Clean-Up

2008-04-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Highway clean-up will be Sunday, April 13. Meet at the Church at 1:00pm, after the Surprise Pals Potluck, and we will carpool to the site.

This will be the first clean-up on our new section of highway, so let’s have a good turnout. The more people we have the faster it will go!

Although the sign says "Unitarian Universalist Youth Group", this is multi–age activity, and SAC always helps. Youth junior high age and above may come without a parent, but we need drivers.

Younger children must be accompanied by a parent or designated adult. Please bring water and snacks to share, and gloves if you have them. We have the ever–fashionable orange vests and garbage sacks.

For more information, contact Margaret Dibble.

Pizza Bottoms

2008-04-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

On the morning of April 12, UUCPers will gather at the Moscow Junior High School Cafeteria from 8:00am to 11:00am to make "pizza bottoms" for the Renaissance Faire Pizza booth. No experience necessary, just a willingness to work and be a part of this wonderful annual tradition. Contact Mary Jo Hamilton for more information.

3 More Cups of Tea fundraiser

2008-04-05T14:00:00.000-07:00

Community Event

Tea and cookies will be served at a fundraiser at the 1912 Building at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday April 5, 2008, to raise money for building schools in Pakistan, as described in the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

This event is being sponsored by a coalition of local church groups, including UUCP Purple Paisley Quilters.

3 Cups of Tea author to talk

2008-04-03T19:30:00.000-07:00

Community Event

THREE CUPS OF TEA author Greg Mortenson will talk April 3 at 7:30 p.m., I think in the Kibbie Dome???

For a free ticket email tickets AT uidaho DOT edu or call the ticket office at 208-885-7212.

Food Security meeting with Potluck

2008-03-12T17:30:00.000-07:00

There will be a potluck and action planning meeting on Wed., March 12th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the church basement. If you were moved by Tracy’s recent sermon on hunger, please join us to eat and plan what steps could be taken by the UUCP to continue working for food security for all in our community. Please join us even if you can't commit to the whole meeting. Contact Tracy Springberry for more info.

Who's Hungry Around Here

2008-03-05T18:30:00.000-08:00

Community event:

On Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Social Hall, 420 NE Ash St., Pullman, WA, phone 509-332-4402, the Social Justice Ministry will sponsor a panel of local food bank representatives and of Spokane VOICES. The panel will share statistics and stories of hunger in the Palouse area.

Love Your Planet, Too

2008-02-16T19:00:00.000-08:00

The "Love Your Planet, Too" event, sponsored by the UUCP Social Action Committee, will take place on Saturday, February 16, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the church sanctuary, foyer, and basement.

There will be a LOCAL FOOD COOKOFF, with local celebrity judges and great prizes.

There will be a LOCAVORE LOVE POEM, SONG and VISUAL ART JAM, for the expressive among us.

There will be kids events.

There will be speakers from local organizations who will help all of us THINK LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE in our food and lifestyle choices.

And there will be wine, snacks, music, conversation and fun.

Our First Love Your Planet event in 2006 was a great success, and we are hoping for a lot more fun this year. If you would like to help with the event, or learn more about the Cookoff, Locavore Love Jam or other activities, please contact Mary Jo Hamilton or Peggy Jenkins. (Each is in the church directory.)

February SAC meeting

2008-02-13T19:00:00.000-08:00

The UUCP Social Action Committee will be Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in either the Yellow House or the church basement.

Peacemaking Steering Committee

2008-01-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

The second meeting of the UUCP Peacemaking Steering Committee, co-chaired by Veronica Lassen and Donna Holmes Parks, will be Tuesday, January 22, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Yellow House.

The mission of this ad hoc committee is to involve UUCP in the UUA study / action issue peacemaking. See:

http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/currentissues/peacemaking/index.shtml

The meeting will continue the brainstorming begun at the January 8 founding meeting. If interested, please do come.

SAC meeting

2008-01-15T19:00:00.000-08:00

The UUCP Social Action Committee meets 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday January 15, 2008 in the church basement.