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March To ROEvember
Montclair City Hall 205 Claremont Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesFreedom of choice, the right to privacy, and even democracy itself are all on the ballot this year. The Supreme Court's decision to strip away our reproductive rights, which has already resulted in disastrous consequences for so many Americans, is...
UUFANJ Board Meeting
ZoomMembers/supporters of UU FaithAction NJ are welcome to attend our monthly all-volunteer Board meetings. To access online meetings (all meetings from March 2020 onward will be conducted online) via the Zoom conferencing platform, please contact Board President Mia Morse, at...
Coalition of UU Social Action Networks (CUUSAN) monthly conference call
Rev. Rob Gregson joins other paid and volunteer staff on this monthly networking call. CUUSAN is the national organization that coordinates state-level UU social justice witness in 25 states across the U.S. If interested in joining the discussion, please reach...
UUFANJ Board Meeting
ZoomMembers/supporters of UU FaithAction NJ are welcome to attend our monthly all-volunteer Board meetings. To access online meetings (all meetings from March 2020 onward will be conducted online) via the Zoom conferencing platform, please contact Board President Mia Morse, at...
FAIR (Youth Group)
ZoomF.A.I.R. is an interfaith group of youth in grades 8-12 from across NJ and PA. Our goal: To work to incorporate racial bias education into NJ and PA school systems and provide educational opportunities to our community's on the topic...
Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
ZoomJoin us on the third Monday of the month from 7–8 PM for our UU statewide Criminal Justice Reform call, where we strategize around issues like racial justice, mass incarceration, prison conditions and more. For the Zoom or phone dial-up...
Reparations Task Force Monthly Call
ZoomThe Reparations Task Force convenes monthly, for Unitarian Universalists to strategize around advancing reparations for New Jersey. Newcomers are warmly welcome! Read and sign the petition. For more info and to join the call, contact Task Force Chairs Dionne Ford...
Reparations Task Force Monthly Call
ZoomThe Reparations Task Force convenes monthly, for Unitarian Universalists to strategize around advancing reparations for New Jersey. Newcomers are warmly welcome! Read and sign the petition. For more info and to join the call, contact Task Force Chairs Rohn Hein...
To Offer Compassion – A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion by Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf
OnlineIn 1967, when abortion was either illegal or highly restricted in every U.S. state, a group of ministers and rabbis formed to counsel women with unwanted pregnancies—including referral to licensed physicians willing to perform the procedure. By 1973, when the Roe v. Wade court decision made abortion legal nationwide, the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CCS) had spread from coast to coast, referred hundreds of thousands of women for safe abortions without a single fatality, become a medical consumer advocacy group, and opened its own clinic in New York City.