We are getting ready to send out an updated directory of members and friends. If you have moved, have a new phone number, email address, name change, etc… please send a note to Runa with your changes – this week – so we can include that in the next directly. Thank you!
New Year’s time often involves resolutions — things that we set our minds to do. Some folks treat it like a challenge, some folks have a basic idea, general and high-level, others are more specific. Some people have a plan, a way of holding themselves accountable, others set a course, yet allow their intentions to … Continue reading Exercise for Embracing Joy
Register for this…… Friday December 31st 12:00 PM (Pacific time)-zoom presentation Learn more about reparations from Black leaders in the movement, and how you can incorporate reparations into your resolutions for 2022! “For many, New Year’s Eve is a chance to reflect, to look back, to take stock, and to move forward as better versions of … Continue reading Zoom presentation Friday on Reparations
LEGISLATIVE ACTION for WA state 2022 Legislative Session 1/10/22-3/10/22 Juustwa groups page with legislative resources has a link to a 15 min video that describes our WA state legislature that is helpful for general understanding. https://juustwa.org/program-areas/legislative-advocacy/legislative-advocacy-resources/ Here is a link to a video created by Cathy deSmet, with the steps for taking legislative action via the Vashon-Maury … Continue reading From the Social Justice Committee
The December version of Outside The Box is ready! Some poems for your enjoyment, put together by Judith Whitney. Download here
Our fourth covenant reads: “ We preserve the safety of our community. For our aspirations to be fulfilled, our community must be a place of safety. To this end, we respect healthy boundaries, maintain appropriate confidentiality, and commit to policies and actions which preserve a safe environment.” When this covenant was written and approved in 2015, I … Continue reading Meeting in Person
From the facilities committee: The network password is: abcd1234
Next Wednesday December 15th 6:30-8:00 PM Possible themes: We’ll take a few minutes at the beginning to decide: sweet and simple, How Are You Doing? What does spirituality mean to you? In what do you have faith? How are faith, hope and joy related? Possible ways for us to meet in person —Hope to see … Continue reading Join us for VIUF Women’s Group!
The GEO Group (a for profit company that operates the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma) was ordered by the courts to pay detainees minimum wage for jobs they do while in detainment (cleaning/cooking) instead of one dollar per day as in the past. Instead of doing that, GEO has stopped hiring any detainees at … Continue reading “Holiday Hope” fundraiser for AIDNW
In today’s book club meeting, several members want to include some quotes from the book to be added to the newsletter. “When conditions are easy and there’s plenty to go around, individual species can go it alone. But when conditions are harsh and life is tenuous, it takes a team sworn to reciprocity to keep … Continue reading Braiding Sweetgrass Quote
