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<DIV>I added my name to it.</DIV>
<DIV>Gerry Flakas</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2017 9:52:13 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The UU Service Committee is asking for UUs to
consider signing on to a Declaration of Conscience (see below) to affirm our
core values in the face of potential discrimination by the new
administration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>phil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Phil Smith<BR>W318 S4121 Highview Rd<BR>Waukesha, Wi 53189<BR>cell 262
719 1542<BR>Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Learn and Give <BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:info@uusc.org href="mailto:info@uusc.org">Tom Andrews, UUSC</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:psmith16@wi.rr.com
href="mailto:psmith16@wi.rr.com">psmith16@wi.rr.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 18, 2017 2:12 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Calling all Friends of Faith and Conscience</DIV></DIV>
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with what we expect is the same urgent sense of concern you’re
feeling about the results of the presidential election and what
will follow. Based on the many conversations we’ve had with each
other, people of our communities, our partners, and those most
likely to face looming threats, we’ve concluded that in these
extraordinary times we must be united in purpose to protect the
values of our democracy and those vulnerable populations among
us.<BR> <BR>To that end we have undertaken an unprecedented
degree of coordination between the Unitarian Universalist
Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
There is a sense of urgency, and a need for vigilance. And there
is clarity that we must act, not alone, but together. We need
everyone—including you, your congregation, your friends, and your
colleagues. <BR><BR>As a first step, we have prepared a <A
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href="http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223"><STRONG>Declaration
of Conscience</STRONG></A> stating in the strongest possible terms
our commitment in these troubling times. By signing the
declaration, individuals and congregations will be affirming our
core values and declaring our willingness to put them into action.
Please read it and, with your signature, join us in standing on
the side of love, protecting the most vulnerable among us, and
defending core values that are under attack.<BR> <BR>We will
be vigilant of administration actions, policies, and verbal
assaults that undermine the principles of our declaration or
disparage, threaten, or attack innocent people. We will respond by
speaking truth to power and mobilizing support for those who are
under siege. To be successful, your support and that of your
congregants will be critical.<BR> <BR>This is not about
partisan politics. It is a principled response to the potential
targeting of people not for what they have done, but for who they
are. It is a commitment to speak out and to act in support of
basic human rights. We will keep you informed of the progress of
this effort and of further opportunities to advance our cause
together in the coming weeks and months.<BR> <BR>We cannot
predict what the future will bring, and we do not pretend to have
all the answers, but we can and will be ready for the struggle
ahead of us.<BR> <BR><STRONG>If you feel the same, please
join us. Join us in transforming faith into action, sign the
</STRONG><A
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href="http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223"><STRONG>Declaration
of Conscience</STRONG></A><STRONG> today, share it with your own
networks, and please encourage others to sign as well.
</STRONG><BR> <BR>Thank you for your concern, vigilance, and
willingness to act.<BR> <BR>In Faith and
Solidarity,<BR> <BR>Hon. Thomas Andrews, president and CEO of
the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee<BR>The Rev. Peter
Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist
Association<BR><BR> <BR> <BR>P.S. If you serve Unitarian
Universalism as a minister of a congregation, we strongly
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