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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>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=info@uusc.org href="mailto:info@uusc.org">Tom Andrews, UUSC</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=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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width=250 height=250></A>Dear Phil,<BR> <BR>We’re writing 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
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
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 encourage
you to <A
href="http://connect.uusc.org/e/103112/l-103112-2017-01-17-gpgn2/gpmln/68084223">read
the declaration</A> during this Sunday’s service and ask your
attendees to sign it.<BR> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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