Please Spend Mother's Day on the Plaza

The UUCSF Social Justice committee, along with dozens of other local groups, will be sponsoring a peace rally on Mother's Day on the Plaza. There will be marimba music starting at 1pm and the formal program will commence at 2pm. The Plaza will be filled with lively music, stirrring speeches, flowers and poetry. Several UUCSF members and friends have been involved in the planning and implementation of the program and it would be wonderful to have our congregation well-represented that afternoon as we celebrate one another and call for an end to the war in Iraq, the cessation of torture and the abandonment of any plans to attack Iran.

Stand Against Torture

At its April meeting, the Social Justice Committee agreed that the committee would a become co-sponsor of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). This is in keeping with the Action of Immediate Witness passed at the 2007 General Assembly which reads in part:

Therefore, be it resolved that the 2007 General Assembly reject roture by anyone for any purpose under any circumstances without exception. Be it resolved that the that the 2007 General Assemby stand in opposition to all U.S. sponsored torture, secret prisons, and rendition for torture …

The committee will be bringing more information about this issue to the congregation in the coming months and the stopping of torture is an important focus of the Mothers’ Day Peace Rally.

We are looking for volunteers to help staff a table at the Rally. To volunteer or to comment on the UUCSFSJC co-sponsorship of NRCAT, email uucsfsjc@gmail.com.

For more information about the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, check out www.nrcat.org.