ANNOUNCEMENTS

“Neighborhood Health is committed to improving the health and well-being for all in our community. We will do this by providing compassionate quality care, serving as a healthcare home and eliminating barriers to care.” Neighborhood Health fully serves LGBTQ, the uninsured, homeless, those addicted, immigrants, refugees, and others. Please give generously to this share-the-plate healthcare organization grounded in our UUA principles.

Last Saturday, delegates from NOAH member organizations gathered for the Issues Convention, at which they would select the issue areas on which NOAH will focus over the next several years. After two-minute speeches in support of each of the eight proposed issue areas, voting commenced. After four rounds of voting, the following were chosen: Affordable Housing, Education, Economic Equity and Jobs, and Transportation.

Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people against gun violence. They are calling for a Mother’s Day of Action: This Mother’s Day, we don’t want cards. We don’t want flowers. We want Congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban.

From their website: We pass stronger gun laws and work to close the loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our families. We also work in our own communities and with business leaders to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. We know that gun violence is preventable, and we’re committed to doing what it takes to keep families safe.

For more information, see: https://momsdemandaction.org/

Moms Demand Action is part of Everytown for Gun Safety. Check out their Statement of Diversity, which reflects many of our UU values..

At Homeland Heart Collective, the core mission is to promote and protect maternal, perinatal, and infant health among women, infants, and families of color. Homeland Heart serves as a sanctuary for birth workers and families before, during, and after pregnancy.

NOAH members have embarked on a new Listening Campaign to learn more about the “hearts and minds” issues in our community. This process identifies issues and develops our organizations. GNUUC is participating in the Listening Campaign by having one-on-one conversations with our members. If you are contacted by a member of our Listening Team to schedule a conversation with you, please say yes!

The ACLU is in alignment with our congregation’s mission statement: "We champion justice, equity, and peace", as well as our status as a UUA "Welcoming Congregation." The ACLU states: “We are an enduring guardian of justice, freedom, fairness, and equality, working to protect and advance civil liberties and civil rights for all Tennesseans.” Please give generously.

NOAH members are embarking on a new Listening Campaign to learn more about the “hearts and minds” issues in our community. This process identifies issues and develops our organizations. GNUUC, a member of NOAH, will be participating in the Listening Campaign, strengthening our congregation by having one-on-one conversations about members' deepest concerns.

Our Share the Plate partner for December is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Guest At Your Table Program. UUSC works around the world to advance human rights and social justice, transforming our UU values into action. GNUUC has a long tradition of celebrating our UUSC Guests. The theme of this year’s program is “Hope. Courage. Action.”

Open Table Nashville takes a stand on the side of people experiencing homelessness, and works for justice by fostering personal and systemic transformation. In July, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law that makes it a misdemeanor if a person camps on or near a state roadway, and makes it a felony to camp on public property. Please give, to provide urgently needed help.