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<p class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white;"><b><span style="color:#3C3A73;">Patricia Infante</span></b><span style="color:#0A0A0A;"> :: </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/identity/personal-pronouns"><span style="color:#454C99;text-decoration:none;">she/her/hers</span></a></span><span style="color:#0A0A0A;"><br clear="none">
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<span style="color:#0A0A0A;">Contributions from </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.uua.org/finance/apf"><span style="color:#454C99;text-decoration:none;">member congregations</span></a></span><span style="color:#0A0A0A;"> and </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.uua.org/giving"><span style="color:#454C99;text-decoration:none;">individual
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<p class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Evin Carvill-Ziemer <eziemer@uua.org> <br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:56 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> South Central NY Cluster <southcentralnyuu@lists.cerguua.org>; Hudson Mohawk <hudsonmohawkuu@lists.cerguua.org>; Northern NY Cluster <northnyuu@lists.cerguua.org>; Metro North Cluster <metronorthuu@lists.cerguua.org><br clear="none">
<b>Cc:</b> Central East Region <CentralEast@uua.org><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> #WeCantBreathe UUA Prayer Vigil</p>
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<p class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Hi friends: I want to make sure you know about this event and I couldn’t have said it any better than my colleague, Rev Evin Carvill-Zeimer.
Apologies if this is a duplicate and feel free to share widely.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">In faith,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">I am writing you to be sure you’ve seen the invite to the #WeCantBreathe UUA Virtual Prayer Vigil tonight. I know your hearts are breaking
too—with anger and grief. Some of you are already taking action locally and others have been asking what you can do. Please know there are many ways to take action and your health is also critical. I know there will be more suggestions at tonight’s vigil,
including the </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://m4bl.org/week-of-action/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Movement for Black Lives</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> week
of action which includes a wide variety of actions. I’ve put some other links at the end in response to questions I’ve received. There will be more messages from your UUA and UUA President to share with your congregations later this week.</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">#WeCantBreathe - A UUA Virtual Prayer Vigil</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">JOIN US as we gather to uplift Black resistance…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">decry white supremacy…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">grieve the murder of Black lives and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">recommit to living our Unitarian Universalist values. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Tomorrow, June 2nd, 8 PM – 9:30 PM EDT / 5PM - 6:30 PM PDT</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-stretch:normal;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith, UUA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-stretch:normal;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Everette Thompson, Side with Love</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-stretch:normal;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Paige Ingram, Black Lives of UU</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-stretch:normal;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Rev. Michael J. Crumpler, UUA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="color:#FD9013;background:white;font-stretch:normal;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Musician:
</span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuua874.acemlna.com%2Flt.php%3Fs%3D1bc300b01af4cea5331f63f1bc44add0%26i%3D1989A4352A29A69183&data=01%7C01%7Ceziemer%40uua.org%7Ccaa068a083044acb95a008d8068be9a3%7C233fa3af288049738c97849b33720752%7C0&sdata=u7KFCj5vqCuavMUDz1HOe35%2FTRNVIcwr1JWwLt5VlJ4%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Melanie
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for Zoom info to participate and share the </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuua874.acemlna.com%2Flt.php%3Fs%3D1bc300b01af4cea5331f63f1bc44add0%26i%3D1989A4352A29A69184&data=01%7C01%7Ceziemer%40uua.org%7Ccaa068a083044acb95a008d8068be9a3%7C233fa3af288049738c97849b33720752%7C0&sdata=H3027sW1juU14Mr8pfly5CGwE1dP012ETgI0wF96hhw%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#FD9013;">Facebook
event</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> with your congregation and community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;">You might also want to watch the </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBlZUSH5vyQ"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">First Universalist
Church of Minneapolis’s Sunday Service from last Sunday</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;"> including Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, preaching by Rev. Karen Hutt, and Lauren Wyeth speaking directly to children
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;">Or read the </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/ashley.a.p.horan/posts/10111959455232641"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">May 29 statement</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;"> from
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:#151719;">Ashley Horan, the UUA's Organizing and Strategy Director.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">Lauren Wyeth’s Message for </span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EXM-pGmgQ"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">All Ages last Sunday</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;"> is
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<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/31/how-talk-kids-racism-racial-violence-police-brutality/5288065002/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">US World Today article</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;"> with
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;">Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen has guidance for </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.uua.org/loveresists/spiritual-centering/risk-courage-discernment"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">Risk,
Courage, and Spiritual Preparation</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;"> when discerning what actions to participate in and how.</span></li><li class="yiv7596814971MsoNormal" style="background:white;">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;">Ways to contribute money to the </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLWGTQIe3967hdc9RSxBq5s6KKZHe-3_mWp5oemd7OA/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">organizations
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<span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xa9Av-NfuFsWBHlsMvPiqJHdNedZgnCRW56qAS-7PGQ/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">Asks from organizers across the country</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;"> including
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<span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://m4bl.org/week-of-action/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;">Movement For Black Lives week of actions</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:serif;color:black;"> --
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