PPM: Social Justice Interest Area
Purpose
To help fulfill UUFSM's mission of working together in service to all. There are four teams: Earth Care, Civil Rights for All, Liaisons to UUSC and UN, and Community Outreach.
Duties of Board Liaison
- Support (or recruit) a Committee Chair
- Coordinate efforts among the different teams, when applicable
- Sign expense vouchers and oversee Budget
- Check the SJA Pocket in the Mail Folder for information and distribute it to Teams if they don't pick it up themselves. Encourage Team Leaders to get their own mail.
- Make sure Team Leaders send budget requests to Treasurer by 1 February.
- Make sure Team Leaders post annual Reports online or send to Secretary by 1 May.
- Make monthly report to the Board on activities of all groups in this team, preferably send via email to the Secretary one week before the meeting.
- Encourage publicizing events by having groups send information to Publicity [at] uufsm [dot] org
- Oversee organization and maintenance of the Social Justice binder
Oversee Charity of the Month (either delegate or do)
- Solicit suggestions from people or make own recommendation. The Community Outreach Team can be in charge of choosing charities, if they're interested.
- Have SJA Board Liaison place Charity Choosing on the Board Agenda then present the options at a board meeting
- Send address of next month's charity to Treasurer
- Post description of charity online or send to bulletin [at] uufsm [dot] org by third Tuesday of the month.
- Write cover letter for our donation and send to Treasurer and to Secretary (for records)
- Ask treasurer how much was donated in the previous month. Report that to the Board and post it online.
- Fill in the "Tithing Tower" chart in the Social Justice Binder
