All our announcements and events are listed below, with the most recently-published first. You can use the list of categories in the sidebar to view items from selected topics.
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,
Protect Public Education: Stop ESA Voucher Expansion
The Arizona Legislature passed HB2853, and Doug Ducey recently signed it into law the universal ESA expansion of school vouchers. Arizona voters overwhelming rejected the voucher expansion in 2018. We must once again stop this attack on public schools by repealing this bill by referring HB2853 to the November 2024 ballot. Blocking the universal ESA
Four Action Items for Climate Change
#1. From the Center for Biological Diversity 7/8/22—President Biden just released a plan for offshore oil and gas leasing in US oceans for the next five years. The plan would open the Gulf of Mexico and Alaskan waters to more drilling. To make matters worse, the administration released this plan for the oceans after moving forward
Sizzling Summer Sanctuary Art Sale!
The artworks currently in the Sanctuary valued at over $50 are all reduced by 20% for the duration of the exhibition (until late August). Sale prices are marked in red on the small white tags with the artworks. To purchase artwork, please prepare 2 checks, one to UUCP for 20% of the listed price and
Navigators July 2022: Climate Change Part 2
Thank you everyone that attended our first July meeting. Our second meeting of the month will be on Monday, July 25 at 6:00pm. At this meeting, we will continue discussing the difference between individual action and systemic change. As a group, we will be using the “Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants” PDF from Endangered.org
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