<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" class="">Hi Everyone,</font></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" class="">Thank you for your interest in the film “13th" and your desire to take action in response.</font></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class="">Please find below the recording from our last meeting along with action opportunities we have mapped out and can be explored more deeply.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Let's do something.</font></div><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">in oneness, <br class="">Sonia<br class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">___</div><div><font color="#b51a00" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">MEETING RECORDING </b></span><span style="font-size: 14px; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=""><b class="">Conscious Conversation </b></span><span style="font-size: 14px; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class="">"Taking Action in Response to the Film “13th” Thurs. August 12</span></font></div><div><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/oPuq8skJZOqplGk2sXRLLlapfgL8CQm-W0fa7dLhD-UqBQyg_ZFrt77XCvq-4Zbb.3y3-3uEJOfgatjl5" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/oPuq8skJZOqplGk2sXRLLlapfgL8CQm-W0fa7dLhD-UqBQyg_ZFrt77XCvq-4Zbb.3y3-3uEJOfgatjl5</a></div><div><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; float: none; display: inline !important;">Passcode: D&04Y=tW </span></div><div><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; float: none; display: inline !important;"><br class=""></span></div><div><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; float: none; display: inline !important;"><font size="5" class=""><b class="">_</b></font></span></div><div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><div><font size="5" class=""><b class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class="">ACTION OPPORTUNITIES </span></b><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 38, 0);" class=""> </b></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></font></div><div><b style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class="">Work for Equal Voting Rights for formally Incarcerated.</font></b></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Postcard writing to support the election of progressive government. </b><b class="">Letters matter more than emails or phone calls </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#0432ff" class=""><a href="http://www.postcardstovoters.org/" class="">www.PostcardsToVoters.org</a></font> </b><b class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://www.postcardstoswingstates.com/" class="">www.PostcardsToSwingStates.com</a> </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><b class=""></b><img apple-inline="yes" id="B4E59953-FD8F-4CB4-B965-E199509C9C4F" src="cid:37F75801-54A6-4720-BEBA-13DB168C8168@fios-router.home" class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#942092" class="">Fight Voter Suppression</font></b></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">League of women voters </b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><a href="https://www.lwv.org/voting-rights" class="">https://www.lwv.org/voting-rights</a></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Take Action: Tell the Senate to Support S1!</b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The <i class="">For the People Act</i> is the fair representation bill the American people want and deserve. This legislation will put power back into the hands of American voters by making voting easier and more accessible and by modernizing future elections. The <i class="">For the People Act</i> addresses some of the most pressing issues facing our democracy by:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Take Action: Support DC Statehood (S 51)</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The U.S. House Of Representatives just passed HR 51, the <i class="">Washington DC Admission Act</i>. The District of Columbia is home to over 700,000 people and yet does not have voting members in the U.S House and Senate. The people of the District of Columbia are denied a voice in Congress, unable to advocate for or fight against federal policies, while simultaneously dealing with congressional and federal interference in its local priorities.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">The people of Washington DC deserve the same rights as any American living in our 50 states.</b> They deserve full representation in Congress and to be free of Congressional interference in their local governance. LWVUS supports the admission of the District of Columbia as our 51st state.</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Work with <a href="http://www.resist.org/" class="">www.Resist.org</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Consider training sessions </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Letters matter more than emails or phone calls</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""><b class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class=""><b class="">Donate to Color of Change </b><b class=""><a href="https://colorofchange.org" class="">https://colorofchange.org</a></b></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Start a petition </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class="">Find ways to shore up peoples economic livelihood</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class="">Wear Black Live Matter Tee shirts </font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class="">Work to dismantle/expose ALEC </font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><a href="https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed" class="">https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3yIbxydlHY" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3yIbxydlHY</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><a href="https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/watchdog-groups-allege-campaign-finance-violations-against-alec-in-pa-14-other-states/" class="">https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/watchdog-groups-allege-campaign-finance-violations-against-alec-in-pa-14-other-states/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font color="#942092" class=""><b class="">Take action to Oppose education bills which censure US </b><b class="">school</b><b class=""> curriculum based on misinformation regarding critical race theory. </b></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class="">To Learn more listen to this NPR Fresh Air episode:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Uncovering Who Is Driving The Fight Against “Critical Race Theory” In Schools</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1009839021" class="">https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1009839021</a></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class="">____</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; 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Sonia Ketchian <br class="">InterSpiritual Minister/Love Activist <br class="">Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades <br class="">201-819-6135<br class=""><a href="http://www.uucpalisades.org" class="">www.uucpalisades.org</a><br class="">www.soniaketchian.com<br class="">✝️☪️🕉✡️☯️☸️</font><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">_</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""> </div></div></div></div></body></html>