Spring 2021 Congregational Meeting

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This is your Official Notice for our Spring Congregational Meeting
on Sunday, May 23, 2021 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Zoom
Zoom Link: www.zoom.us/my/firstuuaustin
Password: 512452

Meeting Materials:
Agenda
Voting List

The church bylaws specify the following regarding voting eligibility: “Individuals who have been members of the church for 30 days or more and who have (as an individual or part of a family unit) made a recorded financial contribution during the last 12 months and at least 30 days prior to the meeting, have the right to vote at all official church meetings.”

Thus to be eligible to vote, you must have made a documented contribution between May 24, 2020, and April 23, 2021. The list of eligible voters is posted above. Any questions about voter eligibility, if you feel you should be listed but aren’t, et cetera, please contact Rev. Chris Jimmerson, Minister for Program Development, 
chris.jimmerson@austinuu.org.


We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Reproductive Justice Seminar: Week 6

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These are the handouts for Week 6 of the 2021 Reproductive Justice Seminar Series. (Each document will open in a new window)

  1. How to Organize Your Friends and Family on Thanksgiving
  2. Reproductive Justice: Options for Mobilizing
  3. Recording of Session (This recording is only available to those who click through on the link)
  4. Detailed Meeting Notes
  5. ACLU Presentation on Principals of Mobilizing

Reproductive Justice Seminar: Week 5

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These are the handouts for Week 5 of the 2021 Reproductive Justice Seminar Series. (Each document will open in a new window)

  1. Barbara Waxman’s Obituary – Advocate for Reproductive Rights for People with Disabilities
  2. We Need to Talk about Disability as a Reproductive Justice Issue
  3. Trans Centered Reproductive Justice Factsheet
  4. After Stillbirth, No Paid Leave
  5. Adoption Used to be Hush-Hush. This Book Amplifies the Human Toll
  6. Eugenics and Migrant Women
  7. Dimensions of Reproductive Demographics and Oppression in the US
  8. TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) Laws
  9. Messaging on Abortion: “Say This, Instead of This (and Why)”
  10. Talking About Abortion

Notes from Week 5’s Session

Reproductive Justice Seminar: Week 4

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These are the handouts for Week 4 of the 2021 Reproductive Justice Seminar Series. (Each document will open in a new window)

4.1 Margaret Sanger, Birth Control, and Eugenics
4.2 Reproductive Technology and Ableism
4.3 Religious Perspectives on Life
Zhang – Prenatal Testing and the Future of Down Syndrome

Notes from Week 4’s Session