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  • San Luis Obispo County, Central Coast, CA. Social Justice eNews

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    For the next Mothers for Peace meeting contact Jill Zamek at jzamek@gmail.com

    Local Meeting of Multiple Agencies
    You may join in person or via Zoom.


    Dam Builders, Water Bringers, Habitat Creators
    Welcome to the San Luis Obispo County Beaver Brigade! We are dedicated to educating folks in our county about the benefits of beavers in our rivers and streams. Stay up to date on events happening around the county.
    http://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/
    People of Faith for Justice
    Opening Doors of Interfaith Understanding

    Welcome! In this world, where so much is divided and uncertain, we have forged a deep connection and an ongoing, respectful and welcoming environment.

    Opening Doors of Interfaith Understanding is co-sponsored by People of Faith for Justice (PFJ) and the SLO Ministerial Association (SLOMA)

    Mission Statement: Our goal is to promote interfaith respect, empathy, understanding and interpersonal relationships between and among individuals as the group studies and experiences the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith traditions.

    Join us by Zoom
    JOIN the MEETING HERE
    UU, 2201 Lawton Ave., San Luis Obispo
    In Person--Wear a mask, please
    People of Faith for Justice is proud to bring our community together again on Martin Luther King Sunday!

    Join our pilgrimage on the Civil Rights Trail as we reflect on the power of non-violence over violence. How do we protect and advance MLK's legacy today?


    Pledge to Vote Yes to Reduce Single-Use Plastics in California

    Plastic pollution is wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems along the coast and in communities across California, endangering the health of people and animals. In one example, plastic debris has been found in 25 percent of California's fish, causing injury and death and carrying across the food web, eventually to humans. A recent study found people consume as much as 5 grams of plastic per week, the equivalent of a credit card's worth of toxic material cycling through our bodies.

    Companies are creating crushing amounts of plastic pollution, and Californians are forced to bear the costs. But a new ballot initiative could change that and hold manufacturers -- not taxpayers -- accountable for the pollution they produce.

    Californians have an opportunity to stem this wave of waste in a ballot initiative this November. The Plastics Free California Initiative will introduce extended producer responsibility (EPR) measures that make plastics producers shoulder the costs of recycling and waste management for the products they produce.

    California's EPR would change recycling in three ways:

  • Establish a plastic pollution fee on all single-use plastic packaging and foodware produced
  • Require producers to reduce single-use plastic packaging and single-use plastic foodware sold in or into California to the maximum extent possible, and by no less than 25 percent by 2030
  • Require producers to use recycled content and renewable materials

    By shifting the cost of recycling from the consumer to the producer, the EPR measures will strike plastics production and pollution at its source. Producers will be incentivized to create sustainable packaging and disincentivized to continue perpetuating the single-use, disposable culture that has put the health of California's residents and environment at risk.

    Join thousands of Californians in pledging to support this critical ballot initiative to create a future free of plastics. We'll keep you up-to-date as the ballot measure progresses.

    Visit https://only.one/act/protectcalifornia


    Paso Food Co-op
    Join us every third Wednesday at our monthly meeting - see our calendar for upcoming events.

    Review all the details at our website: PasoFoodCooperative.com


    Virtual North County NeighborAid (formerly Womenade) Monthly Meeting. New web address: NoCoNeighborAid.org // Mailing address: 7343 El Camino Real #346, Atascadero, CA 93422. New email address: info@NoCoNeighborAid.org. For details for last month's ZOOM, contact The North County NeighborAid Team (805) 540-0006. Please 'like and 'follow' us on Facebook and suggest friends, too. More followers means more donations and we need to be actively fundraising to meet our annual reserve goals.

    North County NeighborAid--Food, Love and Community Service


    Climate (Virtual) MeetUp | Citizens Climate Lobby Monthly
    Enjoy Being a Climate Solver
    Free Community Workshop
    St. Benedict's Episcopal Church, Los Osos Valley Road and Clark Valley Rd., Los Osos
    Learn what you can do to promote climate health for ourselves and for generations to come.
    https://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_San_Luis_Obispo/
    Santa Lucia Sierra Club Free Online Events -- https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details

    To stay up to date on the local situation and when state, local, and Sierra Club policy may allow outdoor group recreational activities, we suggest you join the Santa Lucia Chapter Meetup group.

    Sierra Club Santa Lucia Chapter

    May 11 - Hike and Dine
    May 15 - Santa Lucia Chapter General Meeting on Electric Vehicles
    May 18 - Tree Planting and Picnic in Honor of Andrew Christie
    June 8 - Lavender Honey Farm Tour
    August 25 - 2nd Annual Santa Lucia Chapter Potluck Picnic by the Ocean

    Join SLO Climate Coalition


    The health department of SLO County offers in-home vaccination for those people who are unable to get to a clinic for a Covid vaccine or flu shot and/or are considered homebound. In order to sign up please go to MyTurnCa.gov to sign up or call the health department at 805-781-5500 and ask to receive a home vaccine.
    Peace Tea And Talk Around the Table

    You are invited by Yes We Can Peacebuilders to the meeting of the Peace Tea Nonviolence Discussion Group at Estero Bay United Methodist Church, 3000 Hemlock Ave., Morro Bay.

    At our first meetings we talked about how fear, anger, and grief affect our daily lives as we look at a world in turmoil. We experienced a new understanding of violence doing the 'Violence Spectrum' exercise and discussed the three elements of violence on Galtung's Triangle of Violence.

    Now we will take our search for understanding further as we explore nonviolence through quotes from prominent people of peace and we will create a mind map consisting of our own descriptions of nonviolence.

    Then we will dig deeper into our understanding by exploring the words 'Free' and 'Equal,' as they relate to the choices available to us in our lives and our rights and opportunities. We hope you will join us!

    Discussions are held using the Circle of Trust methodology offering the participants the opportunity to dialogue without rancor, judgment, or advice on the topics of real world and community problems.


    Citizens Climate Lobby monthly meeting ONLINE, Unitarian Universalists San Luis Obispo, Lawton & South St. Email for more info: SanLuisObispo@CitizensClimateLobby.org


    R.A.C.E. Matters SLO

    racemattersslo.org

    Our mission is to create artistic, cultural, educational and social experiences that amplify Black voices and matters of racial justice. Our guiding principles call us to prioritize the voices, views and needs of Black, and other people of color, within our organization and in our community.

    To those ends, we have partnered with Michelle Shoresman at the SLO Public Health Department to create a universal message encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 that we think you might find appropriate to share with your congregation. We would suggest showing this during your online services, perhaps posting it onto your Website, Face Book or Instagram page, or sharing it in any other way you think your congregants would be receptive to it.

    The support of the religious community is so important in this outreach effort. We know that our Black and brown communities are finding it more difficult to get vaccinated against COVID 19 than members of other communities in our county, and we hope this 3 minute PSA would perhaps encourage more folks to 'take the shot.'
    You can view the 3 minute PSA on R.A.C.E. Matters' Web site (racemattersslo.org) or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCzyvgPrUH0
    We hope you are able to pass this along to your friends, networks and congregants through whatever means you think the most people will view it. Please feel free to reach out to me or Preston Allen, also a member of our board, with feedback or any questions you might have.
    In faith,

    R.A.C.E. Matters SLO // Gina Whitaker - 805 305-0612 // Preston Allen - 805 235-2028


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    Climate Change Is Code Red for Humanity

    Petition to Government Officials from Mothers for Peace SLO

    visit https://chng.it/zKgLJk8cFS


    Creating a Population Consciousness: Advancing Positive Conversations for a Sustainable Population

    VISIT https://www.populationconsciousness.earth/


    Season of Creation
    Additional Resource Guide and Ideas
    Click Here

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    New episodes every 4th Thursday!
    Local social justice issues and organizations explored.
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    People of Faith for Justice New PODCAST at https://pfjpodcast.libsyn.com/ or subscribe at iTunes -- CHECK US OUT on Apple, Spotify or Google (links below)! SUBSCRIBE NOW so you won't miss an episode! -- SHARE across all Social Media platforms, please!! New episodes every 4th Thursday! Local social justice issues explored. Visit our Web site Click on "PODCAST" across the top below our name Episode 001--What Is Restorative Justice? An Interview with Restorative Partners Links: Apple:  https://open.spotify.com/show/1JV4GtuIbArhj7ZusR6t8w Google: https://podcasts.google.com/.../aHR0cHM6Ly9wZmpwb2RjYXN0L... Podcast Website (for listening on your computer through your browser): https://pfjpodcast.libsyn.com/ Please share widely on all social media!!

    People of Faith for Justice is BLOGGING! Visit our Web site to see recent blogs by Gina Whitaker, Jason Sisk-Provencio, Rich Kurrasch More to come... We are grateful for your continued interest and support during the time we have taken to revive and refresh! Please consider making a donation to help us continue these new efforts and offerings.We greatly appreciate your generosity!

    People of Faith for Justice Podcasting and Blogging! New Monthly Episode each 4th Thursday. -- Find our podcasts at peopleoffaithforjustice.org Click on PODCAST along the top menu. Subscribe for free and please SHARE! Also available at https://pfjpodcast.libsyn.com/


    Courses from Pace e Bene--REGISTER HERE


    Please help us recruit more sponsors for asylum-seekers!

    We hope that one of Asylum-Seekers Sponsorship Project's recent "Sponsorship 101" sessions will be helpful in your process of deciding whether sponsorship is right for you or your congregation/community!

    Regardless of whether sponsorship is the right fit for you, we'd love to get your help in letting others in your network know about the program in case it might be the right fit for them! Below, I've listed the registration links for each of our next four orientation sessions, as well as shareable flyers for the May and June calls that you can post on social media.

    Thank you so much for helping us build out a bigger/wider network of folks who are opening doors and hearts to asylum-seekers each day!
    Many thanks,

    Heather Cronk <heather.cronk@gmail.com> (on behalf of the ASSP team)


    NAACP Healing Mondays, 7-8 pm, on Zoom.

    Contact: FreedomFund.naacpslo@gmail.com
    NAACP SLO County Website


    Population Matters is hosting a virtual live-screening of the population segment of the important new documentary ENDGAME 2050. Watch the full film for free at the link.

    Featuring musician Moby along with top scientists, and created by physician-turned-environmentalist Sofia Pineda Ochoa, ENDGAME 2050 is an urgent call to action to tackle the existential crises bearing down on the planet.


    Mondays--Unlearning Racism/Oppression Classes
    Racism is a construct made in the mind of the oppressor and projected into the minds of the oppressed; to be experienced in Fear, Anger, Grief, Boredom and Guilt... Creating self hate and sickness and bad habits.
    Weekly series of classes, Mondays via Zoom. Free Introductory Lecture (45 minutes) provides details about continuing class format, costs and materials.

    SPACE IS LIMITED
    * RSVP REQUIRED TO RECEIVE ZOOM LINK INFO TO PARTICIPATE *
    Reserve Your Space
    https://naacpslocty.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Unlearning-racismoppression-final.pdf


    ONE-STOP SHOP of environmental webinars at bit.ly/EnviroWebinars .  With COVID, events and educational programs have moved online, and finding and keeping up with all of them can be challenging, so this makes it easier for people to stay informed and engaged.


    Receive the Informative SLO Co. eNewsletter "RESIST 45 GRASSROOTS ACTION CALENDAR." Send your email address to: John Lamb ind.rrtslo@gmail.com, Indivisible: Rapid Response Team SLO Coordinator; SLO Grassroots Action Coalition Facilitator  


    Worthwhile Colleague Organizations

    Extinction Rebellion US (Central Coast CA) // Mothers for Peace // Santa Lucia Sierra Club // WomensMarchSLO.com/ // NAACP-SLO Co. Branch


    ACTIONS, MEDIA, SITES


    BLOGS, PODCASTS, VIDEOS

    One Planet, One Child Campaign from Population Balance and The OverPopulation Podcast


    Recent Helpful Article
    12 of the Best Plant-Based Proteins Even Non-Vegetarians Should Eat
    peas / soybeans / plant-based beverages / pumpkin seeds / almonds and walnuts / beans / chickpeas / lentils / grains / chia seeds / nutritional yeast / plant-based meats /
    Invitation to Read and Sign OneEarth Jubilee Covenant for 2022 and Beyond

    Jubilee OneEarth Forum--First Saturday of each month, 9am PT, no charge, contact Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org for Zoom link.

    OneEarth Jubilee Blog -- Let's Think & Act Jubilee

    The OneEarth Project

    Subscribe to Jubilee OneEarth Economics email list and receive a free copy of Jubilee Circles. Click on the Download link in your Welcome Email. Paperback copies are available from Amazon for $5.99.

    Lee Van Ham's "Jubilee Circles" is available now also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.

    https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 THAT'S THE LINK to the audio version of the little book "Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet." Please share this audio version with all who'd like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.

    For a FREE subscription to the monthly OneEarth Jubilee eNews, send SUBSCRIBE to Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org. Ask for a list of gifts that come with a free subscription. Or read the eNews at OneEarthJubilee.org -> recent events.

    More Worthwhile Podcasts

    SimpleLivingWorks.org -- Subscribe at iTunesStitcher.com or your favorite podcast service for free.

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    Jesus for Everyone from Renewed Heart Ministries with Herb Montgomery

    Imagine with Us (SpiritualProgressives.org, Tikkun.org)

    Peace Podcast from John Dear on Apple // Google Author of 'They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and NonViolence in a Time of Climate Change' -- SLW! #114: Part 1 // TCGP #98: Part 2  

    BLOGS

    Options for Curbing the Two Primary Drivers of the Climate Crisis: Overpopulation and Overconsumption

    Jerry's Guide: Where to Get Books?  //  The OneEarth Project

    10 Tips for Simpler, More Meaningful Celebrations

    Healthy Political Practices & Spiritual Disciplines // Post-'16 Election Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Survival Guide

    Tips for Banishing Fake News // Simpler Living SANITY Suggestions

    SLW! Blog--Nudge (click '+Follow' to subscribe)


    We're Inviting Sierra Club to Rethink Overpopulation--Issue of Magazine Rife with Misassumptions

    The Nov./Dec.'19 issue of Sierra Club's magazine, Sierra, attempted to dissuade readers from concerning themselves about population's role in the damage we're doing to the life-supporting ecosystems of our planet. The writers and editors recommended focusing on our behavior instead. But if behavior is the problem, isn't the number of people misbehaving part of the sustainability equation? Of course, so The Overpopulation Podcast team recorded this episode to set the record straight. We can't afford to ignore either one.

    You won't want to miss this episode! Read more and hear the podcast here.


    Family Safety Guide for Immigrants / Guía de Seguridad para Familias de Inmigrantes -- http://www.ccc-uss.org/safety-guide.html


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