UUs March Against the Wars

On March 19 - the eighth anniversary of the USinvasion of Iraq - 10 people from our church (and possibly more who didn't find us) joined thousands of others in a rally and march in Hollywood. The marchdemanded US withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.We marched with the Martin Luther King Coalition forJobs, Justice and Peace. UUs from other churches-LongBeach for one-were attracted to our UUCCSM banner.Church member Kerry Thorne found the five of us whohad come by bus and told us that his wife, CicelyGilman, had made the banner years ago.

In the photo, l to r: Carol Allen, Roberta Frye, KerryThorne, his friend Robin, Amy Thiel, Patrick Meighan,and their children. Also present were Joan Verdon, PeggyRhoads and Rick Rhoads. If you'd like to be on the Peace& Social Justice Committee e-mail list, please contactRoberta Frye or Rick Rhoads (fia@uusm.org).

Immigration as a Moral Issue

Delegates at the 2010 General Assembly in Minneapolis, MN, selected "Immigration as a Moral Issue"to be the 2010-2014 Congregational Study/Action Issue(CSAI) of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Please join members of the Faith In ActionCommission in cooperation with Adult Programs Committee in a series of workshops on immigration. Theywill take place on Wednesdays, April 13 and 27; May 11and 25; and June 8 and 29, between 7:30 and 9:00 p.m.Topics include a brief history of immigration, economics, detention and security, who benefits from a brokensystem, and the last session will be a report on how thisissue was discussed at GA. Please look for more specificinformation in the weekly announcements.

Peace & Social Justice Offers Workshop Against the Wars on May 21

Our Peace & Social Justice Committee ( P S J ) ,together with a member of the Fullerton UU Social Justice Committee, is offering a workshop at the UU PacificSouthwest District Assembly (DA) May 21 entitled,"Organize Your Congregation to End the Wars In Iraqand Afghanistan." The DA will take place at Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena Friday, May 20, throughSaturday, May 21.

The workshop description is as follows: "In May2010 UU Community Church of Santa Monica passed acongregational resolution demanding a prompt USwithdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. Together withother UUs we proposed a similar Action of ImmediateWitness at General Assembly. The AIW received over50% of the vote, although not the two-thirds necessaryfor passage. As far as we know no other UU churches atGA had passed such resolutions. This workshop will helpand inspire you to organize locally against the wars,leading towards a denominational resolution in 2011 or2012. A short version of the movie