Each week in June we will learn about an LGBT activist to celebrate Pride month. Pride month was originated to commemorate the Stonewall Riot on June 28, 1969. Like today’s protests, the riot was a protest against police intrusion and violence against queer people. Pride is not just about parades and celebration. It is a continuation of protest against violent policing and CIS/Heteronormativity. We challenge you to do your own research on these amazing people! This week learn about Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.

You have an opportunity in May to help influence Tennessee legislation. Let's live up to the Unitarian reputation for activism.

Catch up on what has changed in Metro's recycling.

Please give generously to GNUUC’s share the plate in May, to support the work of Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, who are “Feeding Hope” for those without food in the aftermath of the tornados, during the economic crash of the pandemic, and even in their everyday lives, children and adults living in poverty.

Gideon’s Army is a community-based, grassroots organization that works to design programs, based on contemporary interpretations of the theory of restorative justice.

You can now donate to Share the Plate using your phone!

Send a text that says “$10 SHARE” to (615) 246-5553. (or your preferred amount)

The first time you donate it will ask you to set up how you’d like to pay.

After that, you can just pay with text any time you want by sending the amount you want to pay and “SHARE.”

Text to pay is run through Breeze, so you’ll receive an accounting of what you have paid for lunch at the end of the year, separated out from your other donations.

The NOAH Education Task Force wants to make sure we get some people to the Metro Nashville Public Schools Superintendent job interviews. Please read below and let us know if you can make it to one of these nights. Thank you!

Mental Health America of the MidSouth was founded in 1946 by Vanderbilt psychiatrist, Frank Luton, M.D., with underwriting by the Junior League of Nashville. Our mission is to connect the community with specialized mental health and wellness resources, provide services that improve the quality of life, and promote effective services where mental health needs exist.

Join us in supporting our homeless neighbors!

There is no place for hate in our community. The entire Nashville and Middle Tennessee community is encouraged to join to stand to send a message that, together, we are stronger than hate. 

Kindly let us know that you will be there by emailing Naomi Limor Sedek at naomi@jewishnashville.org  or by clicking "Going" on the Facebook event page HERE. 

"The Nature Conservancy" is our Share the Plate organization for February 2020. Please see their recent report of their work in Tennessee via this link: Highlights from The Nature Conservancy’s Work in Tennessee - Fiscal Year 2019

Join us in supporting our homeless neighbors!

The Nashville Humane Association (NHA) is one of the oldest service organizations in Nashville. Today, the NHA is committed to finding responsible homes, controlling pet overpopulation and promoting the humane treatment of animals. Over 4,000 healthy and temperamentally sound animals are placed each year into loving homes and over 8,000 animals were spayed or neutered throughout our community.

Our December Share the Plate partner is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Guest At Your Table Program. UUSC works around the world to promote human rights and social justice, transforming UU values into action. This year marks GNUUC’s 25th year of participating in the Guest at Your Table program. Our primary fundraiser for UUSC is our Share the Plate program.

This month’s Share the Plate organization is Room In The Inn (RITI). On the first Thursday of every month in the winter, GNUUC has been providing shelter for eight unhoused guests. Winter is deadly for people without permanent housing. By opening our doors, serving dinner, offering a safe, warm place for the night, serving breakfast and providing a bagged lunch, we make a difference and improve the lives of some of our most vulnerable neighbors. Money collected will be used to replace air beds, buy warm socks, and purchase other necessities for our guests. You can make even more of a difference by volunteering to help! Come make beds, serve a meal, drive, clean up. This is a great family volunteer opportunity! Contact Jesse Spencer-Smith, Coordinator jesse.spencersmith@gmail.com, 217-377-4867 to volunteer.

Listen to the Duffy Jackson Trio while dining on delectable finger-foods; between bites discuss the attempt to redefine religious liberty. Detailed Description (unlimited words) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, from 6 TO 9 pm
at CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH.

GNUUC has raised $2,196 for Nashville Cares, with their matching. Thank you GNUUC members!! Our volunteers at the GNUUC AIDS Walk community outreach booth were: Elizabeth Marlowe, David Frese, Charles S., Wendy S. Alexander, Nancy C., and Doug L.. (See booth photo.) Kristin and Nathanael R., and Kris T., assisted in preparing and organizing GNUUC materials for the booth.

The weather was perfect, with a lot of visitors to the booth asking about GNUUC and UU’ism, and with conversations with people staffing other organizations’ booths. Our gratitude to all who represented us there, as the Welcoming Community that we are, and as GNUUC, a Unitarian Universalist congregation.

Credo invites youth (and other visitors) to attend the discussion on October 6 at 9:30. We will discuss the Sunrise Movement which is a movement by you to get the older generations to work to save the planet.

Great News !!! GNUUC has raised over $1000, so we have a booth at the Fair. With the recent Nashville Cares challenge matching, we have raised a total of $2,196 for Nashville Cares. Thank you GNUUC members!! Come visit our Fair booth, hear the musical entertainment. Open 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. (map of booth locations, follows). 

Our Share the Plate recipient this month is The Sunrise Movement.