Climate Justice: A Conversation with Dr. Nancy Manring

UUFA & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  – WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

Thanks to all who attended our January 22nd service on Reproductive Justice. Thanks to Susan W. for the following information about how to get further involved in Reproductive Justice as a UU. Please let us know if you want to be part of our UUFA Reproductive Justice team!

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has harmed thousands of people seeking abortion care- especially those who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care including women, our TGNC friends, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people in rural areas, young people, immigrants, and those having difficulties making ends meet. Your community needs you! As a congregant in a state that has the most restrictive abortion access and the deadliest demographic in the current healthcare crisis, we need your help to make resources available to those who need it.  We are asking you to please join us for our transformative three-part Reproductive Justice Congregational Organizing Series.

Please recruit your congregational team/group and make sure your teammates register for the series by the morning of 1/27/23.  

For this series, we are strategically identifying teams within congregations to be part of a mobilization strategy to support abortion care networks. We must continue to act- today and every day- to work toward a future when every person, in every state, has the right to access abortion. We hope that you will join us in this effort as one of many in your congregation participating in our upcoming series.

Reproductive Justice Congregational Organizing Series for Teams

Sundays January 29th, February 12th, & February 19th

from  4pm – 6pm ET / 3 CT / 2 MT / 1 PT

Participation in all 3 sessions is required.

• Register for Session 1
• Register for Session 2
• Register for Session 3

As we digest the impact of the fall of Roe v Wade, we know that there will be a huge need for local organizing, resource sharing, and collective action as abortion becomes criminalized in various places. By signing up for this three-part series, you are committing to being a part of organizing a TEAM in your congregation that will organize the congregation for specific action(s) in support of abortion access and Reproductive Justice in your community. Everyone who signs up for this series is expected to bring at least one other person from their congregation, with whom you will apply the learning from these sessions immediately in your own context. Facilitated by Rev. Ranwa Hammamy and Charity Howard of the Side With Love Organizing Strategy Team.

Session 1: The Role of Faith Communities in a Post-Roe World : With SCOTUS overturning Roe, what are faith communities that support Reproductive Justice called to do? We will explore the range of possible responses, and help you make a plan to begin organizing your team, your congregation, and your community.

Session 2: Discerning Risk, Accessing Courage: To work effectively in solidarity with movements, faith communities need to be clear about our capacity, our commitments, and our boundaries. We will talk about levels of risk associated with various kinds of congregational organizing for reproductive justice after abortion is criminalized, and provide tools to map your congregation’s resources and risk tolerance so that your community is prepared to respond quickly and clearly to opportunities for action.

Session 3: Making an Organizing Plan: Using the learning from sessions 1 & 2 about which actions your faith community/congregation is prepared to take, we will talk about how to create a work plan and strategy for your particular congregational context.

Whether you are in a state where abortion has been criminalized, or a state to which people will come seeking abortion care, there is a role for all of us–and all our congregations–to play, starting right now. The fight is far from over, but we’re grateful to be in it for the long haul with you.