Sunday, February 19, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Elizabeth Satiacum is an activist and teacher, working on such projects as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Tribal Canoe Journeys, pipeline protests, Indigenous People’s Day, Tribal Talk Radio and more with special attention paid to Native youth. She is the Native American Education Coordinator for the Yelm School […]
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Faith in Action Notifications
January 28: 9:00 am-1:00 pm JUUstice Washington’s 2023 Environmental Justice Legislative Summit. Registration & info here. Whidbey Island Native Connections Initiative’s Interactive Zoom WORKSHOP: Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples January 22, 1:00–3:00 pm online. This is produced and hosted by the Friends Peace Teams and is open to […]
OUUC Environmental Action Team Quarterly Topic: Carbon Fee and Dividend Legislation
Save the Date: January 29, 11:30 am Speaker: Jim Lazar, Olympia Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL). (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/) Jim will be presenting the basics of the CCL federal-level proposal for carbon “fee and dividend” legislation, which would impose a fee on the emission of carbon dioxide pollution, and rebate 100% of the proceeds to […]
Modified OUUC Schedule for This Snowy Thursday, December 1
Dear OUUC Community, It’s snowing in West Olympia with freezing temperatures expected, so we’re closing the OUUC building for today. Please stay home and safe, and join us online. Here’s what will happen with today’s events: No office hours today. Please reach out to OUUC staff by email or phone. No community dinner tonight. Please […]
2023 Share the Plate Recipients Chosen
The Share the Plate (STP) Committee has been busy the past month evaluating the sixteen applications we received and choosing six organizations that met the criteria of the STP application as well as OUUC’s desire to focus on racial justice, economic inequality, and climate change/sustainability. While there were several deserving organizations that applied, the following […]