Social Justice - Activities
People who are interested in Social Justice help fulfill our mission of working together in service to all, usually focusing on four areas:
- Earth Care
- Community Outreach (donations of time, money, and goods)
- UU Service Committee (Guest at Your Table during the winter holidays)
- Civil Rights for All
UUFSM also tithes by donating an amount equal to 10% of its yearly pledged income to charities.
Events
PFLAG Organizational Meeting
Date and time:
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm 
People interested in helping to organize a PFLAG group in Southern Maryland are invited to gather at the Coffee Quarter in San Souci Plaza on Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30. We'll be discussing our first public meeting, advertising, and goals. Tell a friend or bring a friend!
Help Clean Up Myrtle Point Park
Date and time:
Saturday, 31 March 2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm Please come out and join the Friends of Myrtle Point (FOMP) Park in their annual cleanup effort on Saturday March 31 from 9 AM to noon. This winter has deposited a lot of trash at the park and a spring cleaning is needed. Come to the park picnic area to sign in. FOMP will give us an assignment, trash bags, and work gloves. It is advisable to wear sturdy work clothes and shoes.
Contact Chris Schmitthenner (chriswhf [at] yahoo [dot] com or call 301-472-4279) if you would like to join this effort.
Three Oaks Center Spring Fundraiser: Capitol Steps
Date and time:
Saturday, 31 March 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm 
Three Oaks Center is sponsoring the musically inclined political comedy troupe of "Capitol Steps". Leonardtown High School. Reserve your seats now by calling 301-863-9535.
NEWS
Living History: UUs in Civil Rights
The Living Legacy Project is trying to capture some Unitarian Universalist history that is moving toward the early edges of living memory. Veterans of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s who were Unitarian Universalists then or who are UUs now are invited to gather with their peers March 30-31 and April 1 in Asheville, North Carolina. The program will be planned around those who are attending, with panel discussions and individual oral history interviews. Dr. Dorothy Cotton, a member of the Ithaca NY congregation and for many years a key staff member of Dr. King's SCLC, will give a keynote address. If you are such a veteran or if you know one please go to the website http://www.uulivinglegacy.org/civil-rights-veterans for more information on this event.
UUSC Compassionate Consumption - Restaurants Guide
The U.S. restaurant industry employs over 10 million workers nationwide and is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. economy. But sadly, the restaurant industry also has a very high rate of workers’-rights violations.
That’s why the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United), a UUSC partner organization, has released the ROC National Diners’ Guide 2012: A Consumer Guide on the Working Conditions of American Restaurants. The guide rates restaurants throughout the country based on how they treat their workers, listing responsible restaurants where you can eat knowing that your server can afford to pay the rent and your cook isn’t working while sick.
Download the restaurant guide today (http://actnow.uusc.org) — and use it to choose compassionate consumption when you dine out!
Starting a PFLAG chapter
If you are interested in helping to start a chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), please talk to Katy Boyd at board2 [at] uufsm [dot] org. Learn more about PFLAG at http://community.pflag.org.
