Social and Environmental Justice

CVUU is committed to making the world a better place. Our community is involved in a number of issues and our members actively participate in promoting social and environmental justice. As a group we have been involved in many causes.

CVUU also co-sponsors the Cache Valley Peace Works organization, an organization dedicated to initiating and supporting projects that foster peace, equality, and social responsibility.

Announcements

The Solar PV System is here! (details below)

The 6th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq (details below)

Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course (details below)

Current Activities

GREEN SANCTUARY

Green Sanctuary Poster


GOOD ECOLOGY NEWS

CVUU's Solar PV (Photo Voltaic) System is here! Our goal: to get as many more panels as we can. To find out more and to donate, please visit www.solargo.org


THE WAR IS OVER! RIGHT?

Cache Valley Peace Works, which is co-sponsored by many organizations including CVUU, is sponsoring events marking the 6th anniversary of the Iraq War, with an eye toward the Afghanistan situation. The main events are taking place Friday, March 20th. See the event flyer for details.


NORTHWEST EARTH INSTITUTE DISCUSSION COURSE

Interested in Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Courses? If you'd be interested in starting one of these discussion courses after the new year let me know by email or by signing up on sheet at CVUU indicating the course of interest. The materials and books are available and I could help get it organized. The website for the courses and descriptions etc is: www.nwei.org/discussion_courses/
-Jenny Norton, 753-4017 (evenings), jennyn@cc.usu.edu


PEACE WORKS! FILM SERIES 09

We co-sponsor the PEACE WORKS! FILM SERIES 09. For information about the next showing in the CVUU fellowship's building, download the complete 2009 film schedule here: Peace Works! film series.


GETTING INVOLVED

If anyone is interested in getting involved in CVUU, specifically focused on social and environmental justice issues, please contact George Wootton.

Past Activities

Our service on September 21st was dedicated to the International Day of Peace. We had a wonderful speaker for that day, original music, and the dedication of CVUU's peace pole.

Longtime member of CVUU, Isabel Katana, initiated the CVUU social justice prize. A Celebration of Isabel’s life took place at CVUU July 8, 2008 on what would have been her 95th birthday. The Isabel Katana Center for Social and Environmental Justice was dedicated in her honor. Read more about Isabel Katana from the Herald Journal.

Many Members joined in peace marches on the anniversaries of the start of the Iraq war.

CVUU sponsored and organized the Alternative Gift Market for several years. If the November gift market is not conventient for you please consider giving via the international web site.

Movie Night presentation of "John Lennon versus the USA". This film showed how the government and immigration office was being used to silence critics of the Vietnam War.

Friday night service and presentation by Iraq war veteran and Peace activist Marshal Thompson.

We award a prize for good works in the general area of Social Justice. This year's winners (2008) were Marshall and Kristen Thompson of A Soldier's Peace, and Brenda Chung of Cache Valley Peace Works.

Members, friends, congregants, children and our minister all chipped in to provide $4500 to the Hispanic Center. This money was earmarked to provide much needed support to the latino community after an Immigration raid at the local meat packing plant.

We also provide partial to complete subsidies to groups whose activities and goals are aligned with Unitarian-Universalist principles. We are allies of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Association.

Contact Information

Jenny Norton
Social and Environmental Justice Committee Chair
(435) 753-4017
jeanette.norton@usu.edu

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