Our thriving South Bay Food Pantry recently went through a major transition. While church activities were solely virtual during the first years of the pandemic, we were fortunate to be able to use two large FUUSD South Bay campus suites to store the dry goods, bread, meat and period products we distribute to the local community every Saturday morning, as well as diapers on Sunday mornings. With the upcoming re-opening of the South Bay campus, we needed to relocate to suite 105, a smaller space than either of the ones we’d been using. Having grown to accommodate some 300 households seeking food each week, how could we adapt our operations to work from this smaller space? And how could we make that move quickly, so that the South Bay worship and social spaces could be restored for in-person use ASAP? Read more on the First UU Hillcrest blog.
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Watch UUA General Assembly “The Power of We” online via Live streaming June 19-23, 2019 Spokane, Washington Enjoy many of the General Assembly events, free and online! Go to www.uua.org/ga/off-site and scroll down to "Streamed Events For Everyone" for a listing of events that are being broadcast for free. General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. This year’s General Assembly will explore the power, possibility, purpose, struggle and joy of finding the path forward together as Unitarian Universalists. Join us as we work for collective liberation inside and outside our faith and get inspired! Support Asylum Seeking Families The San Diego Rapid Response Network has moved into the new shelter Asylum Seeker's Shelter on 6th Ave in downtown in the old county courthouse. They will be the facility until December 31, 2019 and are in need of clothing and a other items. We are collecting donations in bins at both the First UU Church of San Diego Hillcrest and South Bay campuses. To donate money visit: GoFundMe.com/MigrantReliefSD. To donate for Travel Expenses visit: sharejourneysd.org/families. Donate Needed Items: Shop our Amazon wish list to contribute specific items that the shelter needs. To Volunteer: Contact our Network Coordinator, Sandra Alvarado, at [email protected]. DONATION ITEMS NEEDED: Shirts and sweaters (sizes small and medium), pants (sizes 30 and below or boys XL (many of our guests are petite and can fit into boy's sizes), backpacks (used ok), protein bars for travel bags (not granola bars), international calling cards (these can be bought at Rite Aid, CVS, or Walgreens). We are going through these faster than anticipated, so we really appreciate the donations! You can also shop on our AMAZON WISH LIST! There will be donation bins by the Social Justice table at both Hillcrest and South Bay. The Fire Marshall is strict about how much we can keep on-site at once. If possible, please sort and label donations by gender in advance. More About "Intent" vs. "Impact:" While driving your car, if you hit a pedestrian, and injured or killed them, you surely didn't "intend" to cause harm. But, you did and the impact on the pedestrian far exceeds your intent or sorrow.
Want to Learn More? Contact Jan Garbosky to receive upcoming dates for 2-hour docent-led tours of the Museum of Man's "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit including a workshop on microaggression. If You Commit a Microaggression: When you’re even slightly aware you may have committed one OR if you’re confronted about it, do NOT be defensive. Listen. Learn from the wrongdoing. APOLOGIZE—just as you would if you hurt someone another way. That you didn’t intend to hurt them, doesn’t matter. That they were hurt by your words or action is what matters. Our faith calls us to be kind & compassionate.
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