Hello friends,

UU Ministry for Earth has been working hard as one of the primary planners of The UU Climate Justice Revival. We have been busy getting partners together and doing a LOT of coordination work. Our partner Rachel Myslivy at Side with Love sent out a really informative message, so we’re passing on the word and have included her message below (with a few edits that update the info). We hope you’re all as excited as we are! 

Did you know that almost 300 congregations are hosting a UU Climate Justice Revival! How amazing! Registered congregations have received all of the materials to host a Revival. If you haven’t signed your congregation up yet, there’s still time! But…maybe you’re saying to yourself…

“Aw, we can’t join the Revival because [insert time conflict here]!”

If you’re one of the many people thinking this, I’m here to tell you that YOU CAN HOST YOUR REVIVAL ANY TIME AFTER SEPTEMBER 28!

Seriously. The Revival is responsive to your unique needs and context. If you need to host the Revival in October, later in the year, or even in 2025, that’s fine!✨  REGISTER TODAY ✨

“Yeah, but we rent our space and have limited access to it. We can’t reserve it for the dialogs.”

Bummer! But you can STILL host a Revival! In the Facilitator’s Toolkit, we’ve crafted several sample schedules to help congregations figure out what would work best for them. Revival activities are super flexible and can be modified in many different ways. We’ve included several options for the Day 1 Dialogs:

• Quick and Easy: Afternoon Revival with Snacks
• Slow and Steady: Full Day Revival with Lunch and Snacks (and Optional Videos and Longer Breaks)
• The More the Merrier: Revival + Community Fair
• Saturday Dialogs
• Revival dialogs take place for one hour over four days

Here’s a sneak peak of the  “How do we schedule the Revival” section of the Toolkit. You can make this schedule work in a variety of ways—whatever suits your congregation. You could host one-hour meetings on Zoom over the course of four Wednesdays or your congregation could have volunteers host house parties for the dialogs and a potluck. Be creative! If you’re still not sure how to swing it, email us at UURevival@UUA.org. We can brainstorm ideas!

✨  REGISTER TODAY ✨

“We really want to do the Revival, but our budget is t-i-i-i-ght! Is there any support for congregations who need some extra help to host a Revival?”

We sure understand that! The UU Climate Justice Revival registration fee is $100, but we want to make it accessible to all congregations, regardless of size or resources.

Thanks to the generous support of the UUA and Revival sponsors, we are offering mini-grants to support congregations who need additional resources to be able to host a Revival. If this sounds like you,✨  REGISTER TODAY ✨ and then fill out this UU Climate Justice Revival Mini-Grant Support Request form to let us know the kind of support you need. There are limited funds available, so we can’t guarantee every request will be filled, but we’re going to do our very best to make it happen!

“Ok, so now that we’re registered and ready to go, what can we do to get our congregation excited!?”

So much!:

• You can start getting your team together with the Welcome Packet
• Read and share this awesome article about the Revival!
• Start identifying your volunteer facilitators
• August 1 was the materials release – so when you register, you’ll get them!
• Register for Info Sessions and Facilitator Trainings
• Host watch parties of Side With Love’s new Climate at the Intersections video series, including
  • Climate Justice is Social Justice with Rachel Myslivy, Climate Justice Strategist
  • Climate Justice is Economic Justice with Nicole Pressley, Organizing Strategy Team Director
  • Climate Justice and UU Values with Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, UUA Director of Communications and Public Ministry

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