Two new "toolkit" resource documents packed with important links are now linked near the bottom of AFN's Criminal Legal Reform page. You can also view the video of the July 27th Justice Café to the AFN YouTube channel.
Read MorePlease join us in letting Congress know we expect them to pass legislation that does more than help corporations and protect businesses, they need to pass legislation that helps people stay in their homes, feed their families and weather this storm.
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Eyes on the Prize: Interfaith Video and Discussion Series on Racial Justice
Every other Monday, Aug. 3 - Oct. 12, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Online (Zoom)
Join racial justice and interfaith leaders for a video and discussion series on the civil rights movement and how it moves us today.
Our facilitator, Rev. Joan, has some tasks for those joining the upcoming August workshop.
Please complete the following assignments before the Aug 1st session.
If you haven’t registered yet, please do so now at this link.
Read MoreKillings of Black and brown people prompt online youth rallies July 28 and 30 to galvanize anti-racist action.
Read MoreWe are fast approaching the final stretch of the 2020 election season. The UCC Our Faith Our Vote team wanted to lift up a number of resources and opportunities that may be of interest to UCC members and congregations in your conference interested in nonpartisan election engagement.
Read MoreLots of good news.
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Thursday, Aug 6, 2:00 PM or Thursday, Aug 13, 10:00 AM
Online (webinar)
Join Arizona Faith Network and Gloo for a webinar presentation designed to equip faith communities for what comes next in this new season of moving into a hybrid of physical and digital community building.
Shape the future of your congregation, neighborhood, and community by supporting the 2020 Census. Over the next 10 years, data from the 2020 Census will inform the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds each year that support education, health care, emergency services, housing and food assistance, and more.
Read MoreThe College of Science and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona have joined forces to present an online series this summer on the past, present, and future of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The series, titled “Science + Society: Transformation during COVID-19,” will provide an interdisciplinary perspective on a pandemic that has upended the health and economy of the world, worsened systemic inequality, and challenged our interpersonal ties and personal well-being. Drawing on a range of fields, the series will examine the ways the pandemic has changed our lives.
Read MoreAs a broad and ambitious policy endeavor that seeks to fundamentally address current inequities while redressing past injustices, it should be common sense that discussion of the Green New Deal should be perpetually in dialogue with the movement for reparations. In their fullest articulations, the Green New Deal and reparations each seek to fundamentally change our society in ways that are deeply intertwined.
To stimulate and further this conversation, the next Creation Justice Webinar will be on the Green New Deal and Reparations. Our three guest panelists with be Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 350.org’s Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, and the UCC’s Rev. Sekinah Hamlin. You are invited to register now for this event on August 5th.
Read MoreNow it is time for the Senate to take up and pass this bill, so that real systemic change can move forward. You can play a part in making that happen by visiting JusticeInPolicing.us to learn about the details of the bill, share your thoughts, and become a citizen cosponsor. Your comments will be shared with Members of Congress and the public and may be read on the House Floor.
Read MoreThe “Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act” requires agencies and individuals to be identified by agency, and I.D. number. They limit the activities of federal agents to federal property unless requested by local and state officials and require disclosure of agency activities and personnel on their website. Support of this measure is just the first step. Congress needs to be loud and clear in their condemnation of the administration to use federal agency officers to inflict harm, terrorize communities, and implement what amounts to martial law in cities and towns. Stringent oversight of the misconduct and overreach must happen.
Read MoreRead updated resources for renters assistance, stay of evictions, and homeowner assistance in Arizona.
Read MoreOn many of these issues you’ll see that the House has passed legislation that is now languishing in the Senate. Just a brief editorial note, the Senate has effectively been rendered useless by a majority who controls the Senate calendar, but is uninterested in the messy work of compromise and governing. The House of Representatives has always moved more swiftly and then been countered by a more deliberative Senate, but this Senate isn’t deliberative it is catatonic. This makes things really hard but that doesn’t mean we give up, it means we keep bringing up the issues and making it really uncomfortable for people who want to get reelected to move on and forget the issues we care about.
Read MoreUrge your senators today to support this amendment (S.Amdt.2252) in the National Defense Authorization Act. Weapons of war in the hands of our police have not made us safer; they have led to more police violence and fear in our communities. We know that far more needs to happen to end the violence inflicted by the police on our Black siblings – and taking steps to demilitarize the police is one step in the right direction.
Read MoreJoin the conversation! If you are a 14-22 year old Arizona youth or young adult interested in interfaith dialogue and social justice join us the Arizona Faith Network for an informal conversation. Together we will learn more about diverse faiths, our communities and one another!
Read MoreSave the dates: 10:00 to 11:30 am AND 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturdays, August 1, 8, 15, and 22.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-V98tGE8S3yWn7SRSOQNbQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Now that you’ve been awakened to the violence against African Americans, what do you do?
Why is there such misunderstanding and mistrust between black & white folks in this country?
Didn’t the election of President Obama prove that racism is no longer a significant problem?
Is racism really the issue? Isn’t it more of an economic issue?
What can I as an individual do to promote racial justice?
What if I say and do the wrong thing?
Do I have white privilege?
Working in Solidarity with the African American Community answers these questions and more.
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