This Sunday afternoon, is the NOAH public meeting of the mayoral runoff candidates, 15th Avenue Baptist Church (1203 Ninth Ave North). Come hear what the two candidates, David Briley and John Cooper have to say about NOAH’s key issues: Affordable Housing, Education, and Economic Equity and Jobs. To carpool from GNUUC, gather near the main entrance, at 2:00 pm.

“At Urban Green Lab, we teach communities how to live sustainable lives ... working to ensure all of us have access to sustainable living education ... a focus on classrooms, households, and workplaces -- places where culture begins -- transforming spaces into “labs” ... connecting institutions with services, and encouraging people to feel good about being part of the solution." Urban Green Lab - Kroger Compost Pilot, MNPS

Our Share the Plate partner for July is Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. Planned Parenthood's mission is to improve health and well-being by providing high-quality, nonjudgmental sexual health care, honest and accurate sexuality education, and reproductive health and rights advocacy.

Roy Zimmerman brings his clever and timely songs to Nashville again. The topics are always current, and his slant on them is often devastating. Hear him Friday, July 12 at 7:30 at First Unitarian Church.

Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State thanks you for sharing the collection plate. We came close to defeating school vouchers and will be vigilant next legislative session for attempts to expand them.

GNUUC was well represented at the NOAH Issues Convention, with 15 of us in attendance! Delegates listened to two-minute “pitches” for each of the ten proposed problem areas and then voted for the three problem areas for NOAH to focus its work on going forward: Affordable Housing, Economic Equity & Jobs, and Education.

Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, TN, has trained generations of organizers in the labor, civil rights, and other movements working for social justice and human dignity. Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the U.S. South. Click to watch slide show!

Thank you to all the members, family, and friends who joined us for the “People as Populations, Politics and Prophets” workshop sponsored by the GNUUC Social Action committee.

All students were appreciative of Greater Nashville UU’s efforts and donations for the SIFE Hygiene Project. They enjoyed the experience, gained knowledge they likely wouldn’t have without hands-on learning, and much appreciated the hygiene products.

The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are recognized as positive contributors to the state. Please give generously to share the plate in May!

NOAH’s fourth annual banquet will be held on May 9

The April Share the Plate is the Black Mama's Bailout Project. Thank you to everyone who helped us raise over $250 for the group!

We will collect donations will be collected through Sunday, March 31. Please place donations in the bin, in the social hall. You can give monetary or gift card donations in an envelope with "Oasis Center" on the front to a youth, Mary Early-Zald, or the Coming of Age teachers, Chris G., Ryan, or Susan.

For several years, NOAH member organizations have worked on three areas of concern in Nashville: affordable housing, economic equity, and criminal justice.  These issues were identified through one-to-one conversations in a Listening Campaign and selected at the Issues convention in 2014.

All are welcome to attend a public Town Hall this Friday, February 15, at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm) to discuss how Amazon’s entry into Nashville will affect the future of our city.

The Nashville Peace and Justice Center is a community based coalition of organizations and individuals working to promote equity and to create a peaceful, just, and sustainable society through reflection, education, and non-violent action.

Reavis L. Mitchell, Professor of History, Dean of School of Humanities & Behavioral Social Sciences, Fisk University will be speaking to the L-Club in February.

The service on January 20 will be on the Congregation Study Action Issue mentioned on the Congregation Poll on our Annual UUA Certification Survey. Please take time to read the poll question and materials before Sunday.

Our Share-the-Plate partner for the month of January is the GROW Enrichment.

Ginger Rose Krueck, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Grow Enrichment, will be at church on Jan 6 to make a presentation for Grow Enrichment, our January Share The Plate organization.