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Journey Toward Wholeness What Can I Do? Read "a word for white people, in two parts" and watch "Loosen Loosen"

1/28/2021

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Recent events have exposed the extent of white privilege in our society. Working to dismantle white supremacy and institutional racism is messy, uncomfortable work.
Read slowly, reflect, and wonder at adrienne maree brown's "a word for white people, in two parts"
Listen to Aly Halpert's "Loosen Loosen" song/prayer.
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Regional Food Pantries Face Months of Shortages

1/26/2021

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By Maureen McNair
​Food pantries across San Diego County, including ours, face several months of food shortages. The US Department of Agriculture farm to family program from which our South Bay Food Pantry has received many tons of food, has largely cut SD County out of federally funded food distribution contracts that cover the next several months. Our South Bay Food Pantry will be relying on food from the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego  Food Bank and Feeding San Diego. However, both food banks limit the amount of food we can get from them. Feeding San Diego currently allows us food from their warehouse only two days a month. We shop weekly at the San Diego Food Bank warehouse, but our credit limit restricts the amount of food we can purchase there.

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Journey Toward Wholeness What Can I Do? A Challenge to First UU White Males

1/24/2021

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Organizing White Men for Collective Liberation (OWMCL) is a national network mobilizing white men to learn, grow, and take action against white supremacy and patriarchy. "White Men Resisting Violence & Hate," is an online discussion of patriarchy, whiteness, & how to organize white men into our justice movements. Learn more and RSVP. 
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New Year Brings Disrupted Food Supply

1/20/2021

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Volunteer Bruce Higgins and I missed Biden’s Inauguration. Instead, we picked up 980 pounds of donated fresh produce.
By Maureen McNair
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I had been concerned about a difficult food supply system coming for the new year since early December. Pantry volunteers saw me hoarding pallets of dry goods. Even though I am really still new at understanding the complexities food supply systems, it turns out my concern had merit. Our pantry went from distributing between 40 - 50 pounds of food to every head of household every Saturday to distributing maybe 15 - 20 pounds of food to every head of household on Saturdays. Several things converged to create issues for us with access to bulk food. Some suppliers closed some days to celebrate the winter holidays. Then US President #45 delayed signing the funding bill Congress passed in December. So, funds to food banks lapsed. The farm to family program lapsed. Covid-19 infections closed a supplier. Another supplier had trucking problems.

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Journey Toward Wholeness What Can I Do? Learn about alternatives to police action

1/10/2021

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For many communities, having police show up makes a situation worse or harmful. Are you confused about how you'd feel safe if police are defunded? The American Friends Service Committee offers a webinar "What to Do Instead of Calling 911" to explore ways to help all community members feel safe while treated with dignity, respect, and care. Learn more at www.afsc.org/ action/webinar-what-to-do-instead-calling-911.
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Climate Justice Team Tip: Eco Friendly Companies

1/8/2021

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As consumers, how we choose to spend our money makes a difference. View our list of 12 companies that prioritize the environment in the way they do business. 
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Climate Justice Team: Repair, Recycle, Re-use, Reduce Quiz

1/7/2021

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Questions:
  1. Can a peanut butter plastic jar with a small amount of peanut butter be recycled?
  2. Can a piece of paper smaller than a business card be recycled?
  3. Can plastic window envelopes go into the recycle bin?
  4. Can a clean styrofoam food container be recycled?
  5. Do staples have to be removed before recycling papers?
Answers: 1. yes, 2. no, 3. yes, 4. yes, 5. no
For more information on recycling, see:
sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/residential
sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/dpw/recycling/RecycleRight.html
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