Green Sanctuary 2030 Celebration and More Upcoming Climate Justice Events
Get energized and inspired by Active Green Sanctuary 2030 Teams during our Annual Celebration on January 17, then explore the power of Energy Democracy and the ways our congregations can reimagine energy for our communities with Reimagining with Energy Democracy during 30 Days of Love on January 25. Read on to learn about these events + see all of the great Green Sanctuary 2030 community meetings we have planned this winter and spring. Great things are happening with Green Sanctuary 2030: Mobilizing for Climate Justice!
The Green Sanctuary 2030 Celebration!
Are you ready to share the good work you’re doing? The annual Celebration is a time for our Active Green Sanctuary 2030 Teams to come together to share something you’re excited about, something you need help with, or what you’re thinking about doing! Sign up today!
Teams will have a short two or three minute slot to share. Don’t overthink it! 🙂 We’ll handle all of the tech, advancing slides, and whatever else you need to feel comfortable sharing. Your job is just to come and share what you’re up to with other UUs who are working to transform our congregations through climate justice.
Monthly Community Meetings
Our monthly Green Sanctuary 2030 Community meetings celebrate success, build capacity for teams, elevate how the local context of oppression shapes our climate action, and celebrate the ways the Green Sanctuary 2030 process supports our work on climate justice, community resilience, congregational transformation, and mitigation - all balanced with the faith-filled call to impactful action on climate.
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 4PT - 5MT - 6CT - 7ET.
January 17 - Green Sanctuary 2030 Celebration! (sign up to present)
February 21 - Renewing Environmental Justice Commitments with Green Sanctuary 2030, led by UU Fellowship of Raleigh, NC
March 20 - Climate Justice & Racial Reconciliation in a Predominantly White Community, led by UUs of Grants Pass, OR and Pursuit Church of the Nazarene
April 17 - Nourishing Impactful Teams, led by Rev. Cathy Rion Starr, Side With Love Leadership Development Specialist
30 Days of Love: Reimagining Climate Justice
Side With Love is thrilled to announce 30 Days of Love 2024! Our annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, 30 Days of Love will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15) through Valentine’s Day (February 14).
30 Days of Love is a gift to our whole community: a love letter, a warm hug, a spiritual balm for all of the individuals, families, religious professionals, partners and communities that embody our values and work for justice and liberation year round. Each week will feature a spiritual theme overlapping with one of Side With Love’s intersectional justice priorities, and we'll share an array of offerings to help nourish your spirit and give gratitude and affirmation. All offerings are curated to support building disciplines and resources for life-long work for justice grounded in the deep Love that is at the center of our faith. We’ll focus on Reimagining Climate Justice during the second week of 30 Days of Love.
We invite you to explore the power of Energy Democracy and the ways our congregations can reimagine energy for our communities. Energy Democracy helps frontline communities build power and liberation by reimagining how we organize our lives toward new systems that support the health and wellbeing of our communities and ecosystems. Join the Energy Democracy Project, Cleveland Owns (OH), People Power Solar (CA), and POWER Interfaith (PA) for Reimagining with Energy Democracy on January 25, 2024 at 4PT - 5MT - 6CT - 7ET
This is the last in our series on Clean Energy as a Human Right, which included Visionary Approaches to Federal Clean Energy Funding, Creating Hubs of Climate Resilience, Light for All - UU Ministry for Earth’s Winter Solstice Celebration, and lastly, Reimagining with Energy Democracy. Sign up today!
Inflation Reduction Act Peer Learning Circle
We’ve all heard about the funding available for congregations to advance clean energy through Inflation Reduction Act Funding, but…really…don’t we all still have questions about how it works?! If this sounds like you, we invite you to join the Inflation Reduction Act Peer Learning Circle to learn with other UUs figuring out how to put these opportunities into action in our communities. Get up to speed by reading this short primer on the opportunities available for congregations, then bring your questions and good ideas to the PLC! RSVP today!