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Tell state legislators they need to do everything they can to protect reproductive health, freedom, and abortion access in Minnesota. Rally in the Capitol Rotunda at 1:30 pm. Legislative meetings scheduled throughout the day. Rev. Terri will be in attendance and when you register, you'll get information about how to meet up with her and other UUs for greater impact and companionship. 

Event date: March 10, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT 
Location: Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, MN 55155

Lake Fellowship's Les Kraus Charitable Outreach Group is sharing the following news from WeCAN:

 WeCAN is Chamber's Not-for-Profit of the Year

Dear WeCAN friends,

I am grateful and proud to announce that WeCAN was selected as the 2024 Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year by the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce!

Dear LFUU Members and Friends,

Join MUUSJA, ERAMN, Minnesotans for Equal Rights, and Gender Justice on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6:30-7:30 pm for an engaging and informative webinar on the movement to pass an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Minnesota Constitution. 

Lake Fellowship will participate in WeCAN's March FoodShare Challenge, via our Neighborhood Food Project (NFP/green/orange bag) monthly food collection. More information from WeCAN about this event below. We look forward to your support of these important food and fund raisers to help our community.

Across the nation, Unitarian Universalist congregations are hosting UU Climate Justice Revivals, which are powerful gatherings where we come together to re-imagine a future of climate justice and collective liberation. Through worship, conversations, and advocacy, we are working together to address the climate crisis and transform our communities.

You are invited to attend a free workshop on Saturday, February 22 with Zr. Alex Kapitan of the Transforming Hearts Collective. It is hosted by First Unitarian in Madison, and you can attend for free. Due to the generosity of an endowed fund, there is no charge to attend, and members of our congregation can attend in person or virtually by Zoom. More information and a link to register.

I woke up crying Tuesday morning. (Something I've never done.) I was crying for those whose lives won’t be extended or saved if NIH’s cuts to “Indirect costs” of medical research grants is upheld. The day before I had visited my daughter and family. She worked an “indirect cost” job at a university medical research center. She recruited people for studies and submitted the volumes of paperwork NIH requires when there are human subjects.

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has joined with a multifaith coalition and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection to bring a lawsuit challenging Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) “sensitive locations policy.” The case, Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al., was filed in federal district court in Washington, DC.