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Mayor Cooper Requests Community Input on New Chief of Police

UU the Vote is asking for funds to enable grants of $500 to congregations which have some innovative plans to get out the vote. The request is for $120,000 to facilitate another million contacts on top of the hundreds of thousands made so far.

Only when Black Lives truly Matter in Metro Nashville Public Schools, will there be racial equity in schools, all schools providing a high-quality education. NOAH is hosting virtual meetings in July to introduce the public to the candidates for School Board. Register Here. Candidates will be asked to address issues facing MNPS in advance of School Board elections on August 6.

In 2013, three radical Black organizers — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi — created a Black-centered political will and movement building project called #BlackLivesMatter.

Each week in June we will learn about an LGBT activist to celebrate Pride month. We challenge you to do your own research on these amazing people! This week learn about Tyron Garner.

How Alabama justice has treated Blacks is revealed in this movie, based on a true story.

Metro has two property tax assistance programs for senior and disabled low-income homeowners. With the steep increase in property tax rates just approved by Metro Council, these programs are more important than ever. Due to COVID-19, the deadline to apply or renew this year was extended to July 1 (next Wednesday!).

Our Share the Plate partner this month is the Mayor’s COVID-19 Response Fund.

“It was on June 19th that the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and Black communities were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. For our people, freedom in this country has always been hard-fought and much-delayed.”

The Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington is a program that will be broadcast on Saturday, June 20th at 9am and 5pm CST, and again on Sunday, June 21st at 5pm CST, at June2020.org. The UUA is among a long and illustrious list of Mobilizing Partners.

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 Stormé DeLarverie.

Here is an easy way to request absentee ballots.

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.