Faith In Action Committee

The Faith in Action Committee seeks to help Emerson UU members and friends be a positive force committed to social change in our community and our world, through education, advocacy, and direct service. The aim of the committee is to raise awareness, provide information and promote action on a variety of social issues of concern to us as Unitarian Universalists and as persons of conscience.

 

Recent Activities

Emerson Breakfast Program: Since 1991 Emersonians have been serving breakfasts to the homeless at MUST Ministries. The breakfast includes 10 dozen scrambled eggs (5 dozen with ham); 5 Quarts of gourmet grits, fruit and bagels.

The Emerson Crew serves breakfast on the second Monday of every month, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Over the past 19 years we have served approximately 15,960 homeless. If you would like to sponsor a breakfast, the cost is $30.00. For more information, please contact Joe Tomichek.

Collection of baby food for the Cobb Family Resources Food Pantry: Faith in Action sponsors an ongoing year-round collection of baby food for the Cobb Family Resources Food Pantry on Roswell Road, Marietta. The collection can is located in the Fellowship Hall and is labeled for the baby food (any stage of food jars, cereal, formula). Since 1960, Cobb Family Resources has helped thousands of low-income families with food assistance, among its many other programs. Cobb Family Resources is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by helping individuals and families acquire the resources they need to become independent and self-sufficient.

Health Care Reform: Hosted letter writing events, screened Michael Moore’s film, Sicko, participated in the “No More Band-Aids Campaign”, information table set up with sample letters to send to congress, fact sheets, etc.

Troy Davis Death Penalty Case: attended rallies in support of Troy Davis, information table set up with sample letters, Amnesty International fact sheets, etc., circulated petition to send to DA in Savannah, made a “Hand Print” petition to send to Amnesty International.

Death Penalty Abolition: showed the film At the Death House Door with discussion after the film, planned Sunday Service with guest speaker Laura Moye (Director of the Death Penalty Abolition Campaign for Amnesty International), co-sponsored event with Campaign to End the Death Penalty and Amnesty International Cobb County.

Adult Religious Education Programs:   History of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and Guest at Your Table; Social Justice & Unitarian Universalism

Sponsored donation drives for: School Supplies Cobb Family Resources, MUST Food Collection, Guest at Your Table (UUSC), Cobb County Flood Relief Fund, Cobb Christmas Stockings, Thanksgiving Food Drive for Cobb Family Rsources

 

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