Social Justice News

Annual MLK Day of Service. In the midst of the pandemic, more people than ever need some help. We collected the same toiletries as last year, and gave them to TOTAL Ministries for the employees at TOTAL Ministries to assemble into kitsWe also gave some to Angel Ministries’ program supporting women released from prison, to […]

More than 25 people braved the cold to drop off items at our QUINTUPLE DIPS and enjoy talking & catching up with one another in the chilly UUCS parking lot! Donations for TOTAL Ministries included over 600 pounds of food, plus diapers and similar items. Our other collections: 4 boxes of wonderful children’s books, 4

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you are home and staying safe as the pandemic rages around us.MASKS: Let’s give a virtual cheer to some incredible mask makers! Naomi has joined Nicole in passing the 1,000 mark! You two are amazing! As a group, we have made 4,700 masks! We’re keeping people healthy and saving lives.Recent

Actually, there’s much more than that! Glendale Shoals at Lawson’s Fork Creek is a beautiful, nature conservancy, but long ago it was once a neighborhood dump. And now, when it rains, glass is unearthed and lies scattered about. This glass is a hazard to the human and animal visitors on the trail and to the

Postponed – The glass workshop scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7th, is being postponed. Getting materials ready for the workshop has proven to be more time-consuming than originally thought and we need to experiment a bit more. We’ll reschedule soon and keep you posted. Glass into Art Workshop: Stacey Jackson has ideas for us to recycle

It’s been a busy week! One of our get-out-the-vote efforts was sabotaged by the theft of our banner at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. So far, the others are untouched. Saturday, Joyce led a glass and litter pick up at Glendale Shoals. She says 5,011 pieces of glass were removed from Glendale Shoals today + an additional

Voting Action Team: Look for our new wayside pulpit signs and banner, coming soon. The deadline to register online to vote is Sunday, October 4, 2020, or in person, Friday, Oct. 2nd. We’ll be moving from a focus on getting people registered, to getting out the vote. For the most inspiring presentation on the importance

We’ve scheduled a general social justice meeting for Wed., Sept. 2nd, 7 pm, via zoom. We’ll go with q other month again, 1st Wed., 7 pm, so you can put that on your calendar. I’ll ask Anne to send a zoom link Wed. via email. IF you are reading this in the Happenings and want

(August 2020) Being A Good Neighbor: Collect for TOTAL Ministries Give out masks Sell remaining coffee, tea, chocolate Have you missed contributing to the TOTAL food barrel? We have, too, so we are doing a “drive by” collection Aug 9th, 5:00-7:00 pm, and Tues., Aug. 11th, 10:00-Noon for UUCS members and friends only. Just put

The Social Justice Triple Dip evolved into a Quintuple Dip! We collected over 1000 pounds of food donations for Total Ministries, from over 40 donors, in our Sunday and Tuesday events. Everyone at TOTAL Ministries is thrlled and so grateful for our donations for those in need in Spartanburg. Our mask makers provided 380 masks