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No Thanks Given: Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest:
Sunday, November 30th, 2025

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Monday, November 24th,
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Blue, Purple, and Red background. At the top: No Thanks Given: Jone a local protest to demand Avelo Airlines cancel their contract with ICE! Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest: Sunday, November 30 Find an Event: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/no-thanks-given-join-a-local-protest-to-demand-avelo-airlines-cancel-their-contract-with-ice Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Boycott Evil, Boycott Avelo
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No Thanks Given: Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest:
Sunday, November 30th, 2025

Find an Event:
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Check Out Side With Love's Planning Event:
Monday, November 24th,
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Blue, Purple, and Red background. At the top: No Thanks Given: Jone a local protest to demand Avelo Airlines cancel their contract with ICE! Boycott Avelo National Day of Protest: Sunday, November 30 Find an Event: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/no-thanks-given-join-a-local-protest-to-demand-avelo-airlines-cancel-their-contract-with-ice Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Boycott Evil, Boycott Avelo
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in D.C. is unlawful and ordered it to end.
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded Thursday that...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt its National Guard deployment to Washington while a lawsuit over the matter plays out in court… writing that the administration has ‘exceeded the bounds of [its] statutory authority.’” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump administration ordered to halt ‘unlawful’ Guard deployment in D.C.
A judge granted an injunction in D.C.’s lawsuit against Trump’s National Guard deployment, but it won’t take effect for 21 days so that the government can appeal.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"
--e.e. cummings
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance,
We mourn the lights that are no longer shining....
a jar in the woods with orange lights around the bottom and orange insects. image by CharlVera from Pixabay. "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are" --e.e. cummings On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, We mourn the lights that are no longer shining.... UUSJ logo on the bottom right corner
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Last Night We Talked About Militarization, Tonight, we put it all together!

US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk w/ Brett Heinz,

Thursday, November 20
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT• 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
RSVP: bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...
Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In Sudan, communities are keeping each other alive through Emergency Response Rooms: networks rooted in nafeer, the call to care for your neighbors.

Alongside our partners in the Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan, recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative, we are mobilizing direct support.
Solidarity with Sudan – UUSC
In Sudan grassroots networks known as Emergency Response Rooms are saving lives. Learn how UUSC is mobilizing resources through mutual aid.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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We recently hosted our #PacificRising convening, where Pacific partners shared what climate loss truly means: loss of memory, culture, and place.
Climate justice must center their leadership and lived experience.

Learn more with Climate Justice Resilience Fund's spotlight of our collective:
Culture as Resilience: Pacific Voices on Unmeasurable Loss and Self-Determined Solutions -- Climate Justice Resilience Fund
As the climate crisis intensifies, communities across the Pacific continue to experience devastating losses that cannot be measured solely in monetary terms: losses of culture, identity, land, and ways of life. These profound, non-monetary impacts are w...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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#COP30 update: Indigenous resistance outside the venue pushed authorities to close the main entrance this past few days. Inside, negotiations are still dragging on loss & damage and gender.

Meanwhile, our frontline movements are pushing for justice, reparations, and human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Social Justice Double Header!

Tonight:
Join the No Frills Action Hour:
Constitutional Law not Martial Law
Wednesday, November 19
7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT
bit.ly/ActHour-November
An hourglass with green sand running from the top to the bottom with the UUSJ Logo over the sand at the bottom of the glass Join the November No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law Not Martial Law Wednesday, November 19 7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT bit.ly/ActHour-November This Event Dovetails with the Webinar: US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Tonight!

Michael Ansara: Lessons for Today's Movement Organizers
Tuesday, November 18
7:00 p.m. ET • 6:00 p.m. CT • 5:00 p.m. MT • 4:00 p.m. PT

Register: uusj.salsalabs.org/michaelansar...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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US Airstrikes in the Caribbean & Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk w/ Brett Heinz

Thurs, Nov 20
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT• 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...

Dovetails w/No Frills Action Hour:
http: bit.ly/ActHour-November
Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Are UU Ready?

Michael Ansara: Lessons for Today's Movement Organizers
Tuesday, November 18
7:00 p.m. ET • 6:00 p.m. CT • 5:00 p.m. MT • 4:00 p.m. PT

Register: uusj.salsalabs.org/michaelansar...
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Join the November No Frills Action Hour:
Constitutional Law Not Martial Law

Wednesday, November 19
7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT
bit.ly/ActHour-November
Join the November No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law Not Martial Law Wednesday, November 19 7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT bit.ly/ActHour-November
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The First Amendment doesn't stop at prison gates.

Prisons and jails don't have the right to infringe on a free press and prevent the public from knowing what goes on behind bars.
When Reporting Is a Crime - Corinne Shanahan & Andrew Crespo - Inquest
States have restricted, surveilled, and punished prison journalism for decades, with dire consequences—for incarcerated people and for democracy.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Tonight! Thurs, Nov 13th, check out this webinar with one of the foremost experts on SNAP Funding...
SNAP Funding Maneuvers: Have They Been Legal?
Expert Policy briefing w/ David A. Super, Georgetown Univ. Law Center

8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
RSVP: bit.ly/SNAP-Funding
Orange background with white writing, an oval picture of David Super and a pot of stew with the SNAP logo on the side. SNAP Funding Maneuvers: Have They Been Legal? Expert Policy briefing with David A. Super, Georgetown University Law Center Thursday, November 13 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT • 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: bit.ly/SNAP-Funding David A. Super, a professor at Georgetown University, will provide a clear-eyed and experienced assessment of the lawless actions taken by the Trump administration regarding SNAP benefits. Super is among the foremost experts on SNAP in the U.S., and he is a Unitarian Universalist.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization
in U.S. Cities
Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, @afsc_org

Thursday, November 20
8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT•
6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT
RSVP: bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...
Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Join the November No Frills Action Hour:
Constitutional Law Not Martial Law

Wednesday, November 19
7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT
bit.ly/ActHour-November
An hourglass with green sand running from the top to the bottom with the UUSJ Logo over the sand at the bottom of the glass Join the November No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law Not Martial Law Wednesday, November 19 7:30 p.m. ET • 6:30 p.m. CT • 5:30 p.m. MT • 4:30 p.m. PT bit.ly/ActHour-November This Event Dovetails with the Webinar: US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities, Policy Talk W/ Brett Heinz,

Thursday, November 20
8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT•
6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT
RSVP: bit.ly/Airstrikes-M...
Blue Camo with a picture of Brett Heinz, a white man wearing a black shirt and a black jacket in front of the US Capitol at night, with a navy blue sky behind the dome. At the bottom of the picture is a QR Code and the UUSJ logo Policy Talk with Brett Heinz, American Friends Service Committee Thursday, November 20 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT• 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: https://bit.ly/Airstrikes-Militarization US Airstrikes in the Caribbean and Implications for Domestic Militarization in U.S. Cities Brett Heinz, Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice, American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers), will speak to us about U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, the broader history of efforts to merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror, and implications we need to be aware of for the Trump administration’s domestic militarization and threats to use the Insurrection Act to target U.S. cities militarily. This Event Dovetails with our Monthly No Frills Action Hour: Constitutional Law, Not Martial Law: https://bit.ly/ActHour-November
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Action Needed Immediately to #SaveACA!
Our #UUfaith teaches compassion, mutual care, and the recognition of the dignity of all as the cornerstones of both individual self-reliance and community accountability. These are the issues at play in this negotiation.

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health insurance cards, a stethoscope and a bill.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Action Needed Immediately to #SaveACA!
Our #UUfaith teaches compassion, mutual care, and the recognition of the dignity of all as the cornerstones of both individual self-reliance and community accountability. These are the issues at play in this negotiation.

🔗 uusj.salsalabs.org/nov2025_ej_d...
health insurance cards, a stethoscope and a bill.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” --President John F. Kennedy

Thank you! Happy Veteran's Day from @uusj.net
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November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Can they DO that with SNAP benefits? Check out this webinar with one of the foremost experts on SNAP Funding...
David A. Super, Georgetown University Law Center

SNAP Funding Maneuvers: Have They Been Legal?
Thurs, Nov 13

8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT
RSVP: bit.ly/SNAP-Funding
Orange background with: SNAP Funding Maneuvers: Have They Been Legal? Picture of David Super Expert Policy briefing with David A. Super, Georgetown University Law Center Thursday, November 13 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT • 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP: bit.ly/SNAP-Funding and a QR Code David A. Super, a professor at Georgetown University, will provide a clear-eyed and experienced assessment of the lawless actions taken by the Trump administration regarding SNAP benefits. Super is among the foremost experts on SNAP in the U.S., and he is a Unitarian Universalist. The SNAP Log with a green bag with an egg carton, an apple, a loaf of break, and some milk beside Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the UUSJ logo
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM