Plan to attend: NOAH Issues Convention is this Saturday, May 20! 

We have a slate; we need 10 people from GNUUC to have our full say!

At NOAH’s last monthly board meeting, representatives voted on a list of 16 issue areas, narrowing it down to the following eight: Affordable Housing, Education, Gun Violence, Economic Equity and Jobs, Voting, Racial and Religious Discrimination, Transportation, and Neighborhood Disparity. These will make up the slate we will be voting on at the Issues Convention this Saturday, where we will select the final four issue areas.

The NOAH Listening Campaign is ending. We have had some great one-on-one conversations and have learned about which issues are important to us, so now it’s time to come together at GNUUC and figure out what are our top five problem areas to be submitted to NOAH.

We especially want to encourage those who were interviewed to attend, but everyone is welcome. We will meet in the sanctuary this Sunday, May 7, at 12:45 pm.

Every fall, NOAH (Nashville Organized for Action and Hope) holds its annual Public Meeting. These meetings are a time for accountability – from our city leaders and from ourselves. This year, NOAH will hold its first in-person annual meeting since 2019! We will gather at 3:00 pm on Sunday, October 9, at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church, 2708 Jefferson St. Mayor Cooper and other decision-makers will be present to see how NOAH is "Building the Beloved Community" and to answer our questions.

On August 4, voters in MNPS School Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 will elect School Board members. NOAH’s Education Task Force is holding two public meetings with candidates for districts 2, 4, 6 and 8. These events will help our community learn where the candidates stand on our issues: social emotional learning, academic equity and equitable school funding, as well as other important issues.

It’s time for Tennesseans to stand up and say “DON’T HATE, EDUCATE!” Join the NOAH Education Task Force for a rally for public school students and teachers on Thursday, March 3 at 12 p.m. in front of the Cordell Hull State Office Building (425 Rep. John Lewis Way).

Join NOAH on Monday, Dec. 6th at 5 pm for a town hall at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church, about reforming the funding of K-12 public schools in Tennessee. State funding of schools falls far short of what Tennessee can afford. Racial disparities in trauma and poverty for children are not being addressed. Tennessee can fund resources that can help these students!

You are invited to NOAH’s Annual Public Meeting! This meeting is a major opportunity for our civic engagement. We’ll get commitments on our issues from decision-makers, assess progress on past commitments, and position ourselves to make a powerful difference in the New Year. We have a lot to celebrate this year, with the next steps to take as we move toward a just city. (Click the title for more details)

The Nashville AIDS Walk has moved to a Virtual platform. See https://www.nashvillecares.org/30th-annual-aids-walk/ for details. Since the Nashville AIDS Walk has moved to a virtual platform, our group of walkers can join one of the Satellite AIDS Walk Teams to physically walk, or decide to walk together on our own. If you signed up as a walker on our Team, Kristin R. will email the group for input. To join our Team of Walkers and/or donate directly to Nashville Cares via our Team, go to https://give.nashvillecares.org/team/376480

This event is hosted by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Online event; Register here. In recent years, the Religious Right has resumed an old tactic--distorting the meaning of "religious freedom" in order to justify discrimination against groups they frown upon, including LGBTQ people, women, religious minorities, non-believers and others.

You are invited to a virtual presentation by Charles Sumner with Q&A.

GNUUC is a member of the Nashville Peace and Justice Center. The Annual Meeting is Sunday, December 13th, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Members of GNUUC are invited to attend. Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcocOiopz0jHdVu2xFvOfuTBKXJK9F9hLZO

At the Annual Meeting, NPJC will evaluate our past, set priorities for the future, and elect our Board.

Annual event celebrating the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Virtual this year.

This year’s speaker is noted social activist Rasheedat Fetuga. Rasheedat is the founder and CEO of Gideon’s Army, a grassroots army for children eliminating the root causes of the Prison pipeline. Rasheedat is a prolific speaker and trainer on youth issues, education, art as activism, social justice, transformative organizing, and restorative justice.

On Sunday, October 25, at 3:00 PM, NOAH will hold its first large Zoom Public Meeting: “The Fierce Urgency of Now!” Local and state decision-makers, including the mayor, will be making commitments to act upon our issues of Criminal Justice, Education, Affordable Housing, and Economic Equity – and what needs to happen NOW! Register here.

Virtual talk by Katherine Stewart on Religious Nationalism

On Sunday, October 25, at 3:00 PM, NOAH will hold its first large Zoom Public Meeting: “The Fierce Urgency of Now!” NOAH will be outlining our work on Criminal Justice, Education, Affordable Housing, and Economic Equity – and what needs to happen NOW! Local and state decision-makers will be making commitments to act upon these important issues. Register here.

Join us on September 17th at 6 pm for a discussion, sponsored by NOAH’s Criminal Justice Task Force, around Reimagining Public Safety in Nashville. During this virtual event, we will be giving attention to issues such as Defunding Police, Mental Health Diversion, School Resource Officers, and Social and Emotional Learning Counselors. Register in advance for this webinar.

Join us tomorrow, June 4th at 7pm CST as NOAH members share social justice-themed poems, songs, monologues, and other forms of artistic expression.

Traditionally we have started at the Jefferson Street Baptist Church (2708 Jefferson Street, Nashville, TN 37208) and marched to the TSU Gentry Center. This is a short, easy walk that is less than one mile. We then walk back to the Jefferson Street Subway for lunch. This year we will not go into the convocation after the march; we will go directly to lunch. All all welcome! This is a very family friendly event. Click for more details…

On the first Thursday of each month from November to March, GNUUC hosts men from Room In The Inn.

The annual Robert C. Palmer Lecture on Human Rights (The Palmer Lecture) will be Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m in the sanctuary. at First UU in Nashville.

The speaker this year is the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, a former minister of this congregation and current Director of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) whose mission is to advance human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies. Their work centers on intersecting roots of injustice to defend rights at risk due to criminalization and systemic oppression of people based on their identity.

Newly formed committee of Bellevue residents and supporters to focus on the passage of an ordinance to end Nashville's contract with ICE this Fall.

Join your neighbors in Bellevue for an issue forum with TN Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. Learn what actions you can take right here in Nashville to keep families together! 

Please RSVP and share the invite on Facebook!   

Go team “Greater Nashville UU”!! Support the Nashville Aids Walk on October 5 by joining our team to THIS SATURDAY walk or run, or by volunteering at the GNUUC booth. Contact Doug or Nancy to find out more. Click for more details.

GNUUC is invited to join the next Nashville Pledge to End Racism workshop series