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FIA Panel Discussion with ACLU: Debtors' Prison 2016

UU Santa Monica Faith in Action Commission presents a forum by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California

Debtor's Prison 2016

Our current bail bond system destroys people's lives…even if they are never convicted of a crime.

PANELISTS:
Jessica Ferris, policy and advocacy counsel at the ACLU of Southern California
Antoinette Dozier, senior attorney at Western Center on Law and PovertyThe topic is bail bonds.

Reception to follow in Forbes Hall.

FIA Pride Meeting - Zoom/Online

Faith In Action: LA PRIDE Information & Planning Meeting via Zoom - Wed. June 1st 7PM



UUs are marching in the LA Pride Parade on June 12th! Can you join us? Can you help make signs, plan some of the final details, and/or bring friends and family members along? This meeting will be a chance to learn about what this year’s march will entail, how to attend, and how you can help.                                           

Please email justice@uusm.org for the Zoom link.

FIA Screening - "Unlikely Friends"
FIA Town Hall Meeting
FIA with Citizens Climate Lobby
FIA, Peace and Social Justice Committee Meeting
FIA, Peace and Social Justice Committee Meeting
FIA- Clue LA
FIA- Screening of the Documentary "Profiled"

Peace and Social Justice Coomittee presents "Profiled""PROFILED knits the stories of mothers of black and Latin youth murdered by the NYPD into a powerful indictment of racial profiling and police brutality, and places them within a historical context of  the roots of racism in the U.S. Some of the victims—Eric Garner, Michael Brown—are  now familiar the world over. Others, like Shantel Davis and Kimani Gray, are remembered  mostly by family and friends in their  New York neighborhoods. Ranging from the  routine harassment of minority students in an affluent Brooklyn neighborhood to the killings and protests in Staten Island and Ferguson, Missouri, PROFILED bears witness to the racist violence that remains an everyday reality for Black and Latin people in this country and gives us a window into one of the burning issues of our time.”

Please come to the FIA Table for more information.

FIA-PSJ - Police Study Group
FIA/AAHS screening of the documentary "Pandora's Promise"

What if your worst fear was our best hope to save the planet?  Since the 1970s, the environmentals' default position has been adamant opposition to nuclear energy.  But the challenges of climate change and the food and energy needs of the world's 7+ billion people have forced many environmentalists to reconsider their resistance.  This new documentary film follows prominent movement leaders, including Stuart Brand ("Whole Earth Catalog") and Mark Lynas (Greenpeace), as they examine the realities of nuclear energy as an effective tool in the fight for a cleaner environment and access to energy for the world's poor.

Join AAHS and Faith in Action for a screening of this thought-provoking film followed by a discussion of the questions raised.

 

 

FIA/Green Committee - watch party
I’ve been fighting climate change my entire adult life. But in 2017, the crisis hit home for me -- literally -- when wildfires ripped through the hills of my hometown, Sonoma, California. Each night as the fires burned, I went to sleep afraid of what might be destroyed when I awoke.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration still rams forward on a path of destruction. Earlier this month, they announced plans to open up our entire coastline to offshore oil drilling. This administration is not going to see the light. It’s up to us to make it ourselves. 
On January 31, we’re sharing a bold vision for climate justice at an event we’re calling Fossil Free Fast. Tune in and figure out what your role in this fight can be -- find (or host) a watch party near you here.
Our demands are simple and clear: an immediate halt to all new fossil fuel projects, and a fast and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all. 
The fires in Sonoma this fall destroyed a great deal of the landscape I call home, but it also ignited something else in the community. Friends and family tell me that local climate organizing has never been more active. 
Our resistance is everywhere -- in towns, cities, and states across the country who are taking climate action despite federal stalling and backpedaling. In 2018, it’s time to look to our own communities to create the renewable energy revolution we so desperately need. 
There are over 215 Fossil Free Fast watch parties happening across the US next Wednesday. Sign up here to join or host a watch party and plug in to the climate resistance in 2018 (and beyond).
Climate change threatens the very idea of home, whether we live in San Juan, Sonoma, or Bangladesh. We are all impacted by climate change, but we are not impacted equally: economic inequality, racism, and other social injustices compound climate disasters. 
But through our collective power, we can protect and transform communities that have been hit hardest by climate disasters. The work will look different from place to place, but our goal will be the same: a Fossil Free world for all of us.
Let’s get to work. Join me, Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben, Tara Rodriguez Besosa, Jameka Hodnett, and many other movement leaders and fighters at Fossil Free Fast on January 31.