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Share the Plate: Circle the City
Respite Care for Homeless People and their Pets Our Share the Plate Recipient for August is the respite services program at Circle the City. This vital program offers recuperative respite care where people facing homelessness can rest, heal, and recover from a serious illness or injury, including burns from the hot summer streets. All respite
Book Discussion Group Will Meet on Zoom
The UUCP Book Discussion Group has decided to conduct our meetings on Zoom rather than in person, starting Sunday, August 31, 2022. We will be discussing the book, “The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World”. Contact bookdiscussion@phoenixuu.org for more information, or join us Sundays at 11:45am on Zoom: 876 6084
Petition to Stop Voucher Expansion / Good Trouble
The petition “to protect public education and stop Voucher Expansion” continues. Sign at the Civic Engagement table at the back of the sanctuary. The Good Trouble team is holding a letter writing party to get out the vote. See Jon at the CE table at the back of the Sanctuary, or email goodtrouble@phoenixuu.org.
Earth Justice Says, “Get into Good Trouble!”
UUCP’s Earth Justice Ministry recommends that, for the rest of our election cycle, the best thing we can do for the environment is to get into “Good Trouble”. One of our goals is to advocate for good changes for the environment. Right now, we need leaders who support voting, democracy, peoples’ rights, and cleaning our environment. And the
Help Maryland School Teachers With Supplies
“Oops—We don’t have enough markers for this project.” “Our pencil sharpener is broken. You will need to use whatever you have until I can get to a sharpener during my lunchtime or after school to sharpen a batch.” “This has been such a tough week in my classroom. I’m wondering if anyone out in the
UUCP Needs Some Help With YouTube
Do you watch our Sunday services on YouTube? If you sometimes watch our services on YouTube on Sundays, UUCP’s tech team could use your help! We need a few YouTube monitors to watch and stay in touch with us about any problems on occasional Sundays. If this sounds like a job for you, please email
UU the Vote Letter / Postcard Writing Party
Be part of the happening at UUCP. Over the last 2 weeks, we have distributed nearly 2,000 postcards to dedicated members of UUCP to mail to our fellow Arizona voters ahead of the midterm elections! The response has exceeded our expectations. We still have much to do and will be hosting a letter / postcard
Vote Now! / Petitions to stop Voucher Expansion / Cooling Centers
The primary election day is Tuesday, August 2! If you have a mail-in Ballot, it must be mailed by Tuesday, July 26, for it to be received on time. For locations to drop off a ballot, to vote in person, or various other options, see the Maricopa County Elections Department’s Where to Vote page. Petitions to
Maryland School Students Need Your Help
When school starts on August 8, Alan will be in fourth grade. He came to Maryland School last year, his third school in four years. With all the changes, Alan is way behind expectations for his grade level, has had difficulty making friends, and is not feeling successful at all. Please consider coming to school
Voter Registration Training July 25 at Noon
One of the goals of the UU the Vote – Good Trouble group is to encourage voter registration. We have a unique opportunity with Interfaith Power & Light to offer voter registration training. We invite you to learn how to involve your community by registering today for IPL’s Voter Registration Training on July 25 at 3:00pm
“The Story of Plastic”
We are all aware of the need to reduce plastic in our world. A professor studying plastic in the environment said we ingest a credit card’s worth of plastic each week—from our water, food and air. Please join us (masked) in the Johnson Room on Tuesday, July 19, at 6:30pm to watch “The Story of
“The Power of Crisis”
The UUCP Book Discussion Group will begin discussion of a new book on July 24, The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World, by Ian Bremmer. This book discusses three looming domestic and international crises: global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution. The Power of Crisis discusses ways that governments,
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