GNUUC has only recently completed needed repairs to its main buildings. We are also rebuilding our programs in the wake of the disruption caused by the pandemic. We are now at a stage of rebuilding that we can host RITI-served homeless men overnight at GNUUC, yet RITI certainly needs our financial support all the more this year. Please give generously!

Greater Nashville UU has been a longtime Room In The Inn partner, and we need to decide whether or not to continue our work as a host congregation, providing overnight accommodations and meals to a small group once a month.

Do we need a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans? City leaders are hashing out the details, sometimes behind closed doors. The people of Nashville deserve to get all the facts & weigh in!

Join NOAH's Economic Equity & Jobs Taskforce for a Community Forum on Sept 25. Bring your questions for our panel.

At GNUUC we have a long-standing tradition of supporting Nashville CARES through our enthusiastic participation in its annual AIDS Walk fundraising. Their mission is to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Middle Tennessee.

Our goal this year is to raise over $1,000! Donations under $100 go to Share the Plate, with 50% going to Nashville Cares and 50% going to the GNUUC Plate. Donations of $100 or more go to the Direct Donor Fund, with 100% going to Nashville Cares.

This year, an outdoor AIDS Walk and Nashville Cares festival are planned for Saturday, October 1. Festivities start at 8 AM and go until 2 PM. We’ll send out an update when we know exactly when the walk is (usually in the morning). To join our Team of Walkers and/or donate directly to Nashville Cares via our Team, go to (link: https://give.nashvillecares.org/gnuuc )

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UU the Vote is a non-partisan faith initiative to engage our neighbors, educate our communities, mobilize voters, and rally around key ballot initiatives by the Unitarian Universalist Association. We support congregations and UU organizations in activating thousands to mobilize voters, counter voter suppression, and engage in spiritually grounded, values-based issue conversations with voters in their communities. Please give, to share the plate.

Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. The final opinion effectively overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal protections for abortion. Each state will now be able to independently regulate abortion, with at least 26 states poised to entirely ban abortion care beginning immediately.

Our Share the Plate partner this month is Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, one of Tennessee's oldest and largest private, nonprofit health care agencies. For over 75 years, PPTNM has remained committed to providing high-quality, affordable reproductive services and education throughout Tennessee, North Mississippi, and part of Arkansas.

Just Us is a group of programs at Oasis Center dedicated to helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth to achieve their full potential. Just Us provides LGBTQ+ students a liberating space where they can be authentic and celebrate the fluidity of identity. Please give generously to provide LGBTQ+ youth, who often face public intolerance and rejection, an Oasis of welcome.

Second Harvest’s mission is to provide food to people facing hunger and work to advance hunger solutions. It is a critical resource for the adults and children that it serves. In 2021, it supplied 42.5 million nutritious meals to neighbors in need, including 59,000 healthy meals and snacks provided through the Kids Cafe and At-Risk Afterschool meal programs

Read up on NOAH’s current, upcoming (and one recent) task force events and information, with opportunities for you to participate.

“Rally for Riverchase” – May 5 - 5 PM – Metro Courthouse

NOAH has worked to keep these apartments affordable since 2019. We will join Stand Up Nashville and other groups in a "Rally for Riverchase" at the Metro Courthouse for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) to keep 200 apartments affordable. Background info is HERE. Special op-ed by 3 NOAH leaders is HERE.

Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth envisions a world in which reverence, gratitude, and care for each other and for the living Earth are central to the lives of all people. Its mission is to be a wellspring of spiritual and educational grounding and practical support for bold, accountable action for environmental justice, climate justice, and the flourishing of all life.

Thank you for your response to the GNUUC special collection on Sunday, March 13, 100% for the Sunflower of Peace; providing first aid and humanitarian support to the besieged Ukrainian people. We raised $627.50 for Sunflower of Peace. We are sending this amount now to Sunflower of Peace to help the Ukrainian people, experiencing a brutal military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, including war crimes against the Ukrainian people.

There is one more Sunday to contribute!

Sunflower of Peace is a US-based 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization whose current mission is to provide medical and humanitarian aid for people affected by violence in Ukraine. Sunflower of Peace was founded in 2014 and since then has worked on empowering orphans, internally displaced persons, and, recently, those most affected by COVID-19 and the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

Join NOAH this Thursday, February 17, at 6:30 p.m. for a webinar featuring panelists who are Nashville's criminal justice community leaders. They will demystify the roles of judicial positions, who have an enormous impact on criminal justice, mass incarceration, and community safety. Additionally, panelists will help you prepare to vote in the primary election on May 3.

This month’s Share the Plate organization is the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the South’s largest and most effective nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental advocate and protector. SELC’s mission is to protect the basic right to clean air, clean water, and a livable climate; to preserve our region’s natural treasures and rich biodiversity; and to provide a healthy environment for all.

Register for this Zoom webinar at: https://bit.ly/cahoots-noah.

Across the country, community leaders are recognizing that police are not the best suited to safely and effectively help people experiencing behavioral health crises. Nationally and in Nashville, such calls to police have resulted in injury and even death to those needing help. Community responder programs improve health outcomes, reduce unnecessary arrests, and save lives.

Our Share the Plate partner for January is Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Center of Greater Nashville. Walden’s Puddle provides care and treatment to sick, injured, and orphaned native Tennessee wildlife. A professionally-staffed wildlife rehabilitation facility in Middle Tennessee, Walden’s Puddle does not charge for services and receives no federal or state funding. “We are here to help wildlife in trouble.”

This month we’ve been learning about four of the courageous changemakers with whom UUSC is partnering to advance human rights and social justice. Here are four short videos in which you can hear directly from these Guests.

The Nashville Scene article regarding the meeting on Monday night to discuss state education funding: “Parents and Students Demand ‘a Bigger Pie’ at Education Town Hall”

And from The Tennessean: “Education advocates gave Tennessee schools chief a pecan pie. Here’s why.”

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 “Now is the Time for Courageous Change.”