Social Justice Team News

• Our share the plate recipient organization for July is Pacific Gateway Center.
• Helping Hands needs volunteers to distribute all the school supplies we and others collected in May. Distribution is occuring at various locations through July. If you’d like to volunteer to help distribute them please see Marie Anne or Francine Less.
• During July we are collecting items for female comfort kits that are given by Planned Parenthood Hawaii to their clients. Here is a list of the items they need: socks (fuzzy or cushioned), heavy pads, disposable underwear, tea bags, mini lotions, mini hand sanitizers, heating pad patches. There will be a basket on the front entrance ledge for your donations. Let’s fill it up!
• Save the Date! Be a part of the Next250 Mobilization.

Date: Thursday, July 30
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Date: Saturday, Aug. 1
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM

Location: Hawai‘i State Library
478 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813

Be a part of reflecting on this country’s 250 year history while re-imagining what the next 250 should and can look like.

Visit Next250 to learn more about this national initiative on the Declaration of Interdependence.

• Save the Date! “Faith & Politics: Difficult Conversations on the Rise of Christian Nationalism”

Date: Thursday, August 6
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Location: Please email office@acluhawaii.org for location details and RSVP.

Join community and faith leaders in this important conversation on the rise of Christian nationalism and its role in politics today.