“First Friday Action Hour” — The 1st Friday of every month!
Join us at 12 noon, on Zoom, to TAKE ACTION together!
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At their 2023 Fall Issues Conference, they officially announced the launch of a new initiative for UU FaithAction NJ-First Fridays Action Hour! Our Action Hour is inspired by and modeled after the successful program of their sibling state action network, UU Justice North Carolina.
Here’s how it will work: UU FaithAction NJ will host a one-hour Zoom meeting on the First Friday of every month, at 12 noon. During that time, they take action together, in real-time! For those who cannot join us at 12pm on Friday, they provide a Google Doc with all necessary instructions.
An action could be almost anything, like making a phone call to key legislators to express your support for a bill. In that example, they ‘d briefly outline the talking points, provide you with a sample script and then the phone number of the legislators to call. And you’d make the call right there–in real time. Or, maybe the action is writing a letter to the editor about a justice issue. Again, they ‘d provide the key talking points, some sample language and the contact information and during that zoom meeting, they ‘d collectively write their letters. Another possibility for an action is that they invite a key coalition partner to guide us in taking an action. The possibilities are almost limitless.
You don’t have to prepare. You don’t have to commit to coming to every single First Friday. This is not a committee, nor a commitment–it is a come-as-you-are-able opportunity!
Can’t join us on a particular Friday, or maybe noon is just never gonna work for your schedule? No problem! The Google Doc will have all the information you need so that you can take the action at a time convenient for you. Not only that– they hope you will share the action with your congregation or community, and their one little pebble can start to produce ripples.