UUJMCA's Turning the Tides ONLINE in 2020!

Program Schedule & Registration Form

The UU Justice Ministry of California is proud to present our eighth Intergenerational Justice Summit, “Turning the Tides” (formerly known as “Walking the Walk”). While we will not be able to meet at Camp de Benneville Pines this year, we WILL be gathering online for a series of workshops, actions, and gatherings to connect, collaborate, and create collective liberation!

Justice-seeking UUs of all ages are invited to register for this FREE* multi-day offering of webinars, workshops, worships, and justice collectives as we continue to adapt our lives for organizing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Offerings will be spread throughout the week of August 24-29 (Monday thru Saturday), and will be recorded for distribution to registered “attendees.”

Programming at this year's "Turning the Tides" online will include

• Workshops with our California partners to help you UU the Vote this year
• Faith-rooted training on being accountable accomplices for collective liberation
• Training for Non-Violent Direct Action Efforts for Racial Justice
• Spaces to connect & build virtual community with other justice makers in your part of the state
• "Lunchtimes for Liberation" each day of the week - one hour long online action parties so you can help create collective liberation while on your lunchbreak
• And more!

This year's Turning the Tides online justice summit will run from August 24, 2020 thru August 30, 2020. Each day ​of our online program will ​​​​​​feature at least two programs/workshops/actions, and will be recorded for later viewing unless otherwise noted in the description. Additional opportunities to gather in virtual community based on cluster/location & justice issue areas will also be provided based on the interest of registered attendees.

2020 Turning the Tides Program Schedule
View/Download a block schedule of this year's programming.
Program descriptions can be viewed here.

Monday, August 24
Noon-1:30pm: "UU the Vote" Information Session with Yes on 15! Schools & Communities First
3:30pm-5:00pm: "Getting to Know UUJMCA:" Q&A Session with UUJMCA's Executive Director
5:00pm-6:00pm: Youth Only Space - Check-in & Opening Worship
6:00pm-7:30pm: Young Adult Only Space - Check-in & Opening Worship
7:30pm-8:30pm: All Ages Worship & In-Gathering

Tuesday, August 25
Noon-1:30pm: "Lunchtime for Liberation" #FreeThemAll Action Circle with UUJMCA's Immigrant Justice Action Team
3:00pm-4:30pm: Economic Justice Statewide Collective Call
4:30pm-5:30pm: Youth Only Space - Community Check-in 
5:30pm-8:30pm: Phone Banking with "Yes on 15!" Schools & Communities First Coalition
8:30pm-9:30pm: Young Adult Only Space - Community Check-In

Wednesday, August 26
Noon-1:30pm: "Lunchtime for Liberation" Phonebanking with UUCPA & "Reclaim Our Vote"
4:00pm-6:00pm: "Partnerships in Pandemics" Hosted by UU the Vote Organizing School
6:00pm-7:30pm: Conversation & Collaboration with UUJMCA's Immigrant Justice Action Team
7:30pm-9:00pm: Combined Youth & Young Adult - Community Check-In Space

Thursday, August 27
10:00am-11:30am: "Stop ICE Transfers" & "Justice Not Jails": Frameworks & Campaigns for California People of Faith (Led by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity)
Noon-1:30pm: "Lunchtime for Liberation" Letter Writing with UUCPA & "Vote Forward"
2:00pm-3:00pm: Information Session & Action Opportunities with the California Immigrant Policy Center
3:30pm-5:00pm: Environmental & Climate Justice Statewide Collective Call
5:00pm-6:30pm: Criminal Justice Reform/Prison Abolition Statewide Collective Call
7:00pm-8:00pm: Online Vespers Worship for Justice Makers

Friday, August 28
10:00AM-12:00PM: Black-Palestinian Solidarity: Abolition & Liberation (Hosted by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity)
Noon-1:30pm: "Lunchtime for Liberation" Postcard Writing with UUCPA & "Reclaim Our Vote"
4:00pm-5:30pm: Young Adult Only Space: Taking Direct Action - Right Relationship & Practices for Racial Justice Collaborators (with Paige Ingram from BLUU)
6:00pm-7:00pm: Youth Only Space - Community Check-in 
7:30pm-9:00pm: UU the Vote Film Screening of "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote" Documentary with Discussion (Hosted by the Mt. Diablo UU Church)

Saturday, August 29
10:00am-2:00pm: Phonebanking with Schools & Communities First
10:00am-11:30am: Sponsorship Workshop for Congregations with Freedom for Immigrants and Asylum Seeker Sponsorship Project 
12:00pm-1:00pm: Cluster Calls for Greater Los Angeles Area & Orange County
1:00pm-2:00pm: Cluster Calls for Inland Empire & San Diego Regions
2:00pm-3:00pm: Cluster Calls for Greater Sacramento region, North Bay, and North California
3:00pm-4:00pm: Cluster Calls for San Francisco, East Bay, & South Bay/Peninsula
4:00pm-5:00pm: Cluster Calls for San Joaquin Valley, Central Valley, & Central Coast
6:30pm-8:00pm: "What's on the Ballot?" Monthly UU the Vote Call with UUJMCA

Sunday, August 30 (Bonus Day!)
Attend worship with your regular community and mobilize folks to Turn the Tides!
Don't have a regular community you worship with? Join the UU Community Church of Santa Monica online at 10:00am, where UUJMCA's Executive Director will be the guest worship leader!

2:00pm-3:00pm: Community Forum: Pardon Charles Joseph (with Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity)
3:30pm-5:00pm: Young Adult Only Space - Check-in & Closing Worship
5:00pm-6:30pm: Youth Only Space - Check-in & Closing Worship
7:00pm-8:30pm: All Ages Closing Worship & Community Charge

^A final schedule, including links to join each program will be emailed out to all registered attendees beginning the week of August 17th. Some workshops may require completion of a short secondary survey.

Materials & any recordings from this year's "Turning the Tides" programming will be posted in an online folder as they become available.

Let us know you're interested in attending this year's Turning the Tides!

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