Text Box: Ranck.  Hope you're as excited about this as we are. We are very much looking forward to celebrating this award and the 20th anniversary of Cakes together! Rev. Danielle Di Bona Vice President/Clerk UUWF   P.S. Shirley knows.  Celebration setting is to be determined.  I will get back to you on time and location.  In the meantime spread the word with joy and excitement!!!!  

Text Box: members of Congress through the Friends Committee on National Legislation at http://www.fcnl.org/iraq/.   STOP Torture Weekend   The UU Service Committee's STOP Torture Weekend is also Sept. 24-26. The events begin Saturday with workshops and lobby trainings at a church in downtown Washington. On Sunday, All Soul's Church Unitarian will host an Interfaith Service that includes torture survivors. The main event of the weekend is a mock trial scheduled for Sunday afternoon, during which prominent actors portraying US government officials (including Martin Sheen as Donald Rumsfeld!) will be prosecuted by real lawyers using real evidence from torture survivors and reputable news sources. Monday will be a rally on Capitol Hill and lobbying for an end to US support for torture. For more information, see http://www.uusc.org.    ************************************************************** 1. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the Advocacy-News, go to http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-news. The place to subscribe is obvious. Unsubscribing is an option near the bottom of the page. If you have any questions about this listserv, email advocacy-news-owner@uua.org.   2. Visit the Washington Office website at http://www.uua.org/uuawo for current information on issues and activist resources on Effective Advocacy. *************************************************************** Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Washington Office for Advocacy 1320 18th Street NW, Suite 300B Washington, DC  20036 202-296-4672 phone, 202-296-4673 fax uuawo@uua.org     www.uua.org/uuawo   Text Box: Iraq: Ongoing Witness Against the War   The United for Peace and Justice Coalition is calling Sept 24-26 "three days of massive action" to End the War in Iraq, including a mass rally on the National Mall starting at 11:00 AM on Saturday. Though not formally endorsing the rally, the UUA is promoting it, and the Washington Office will be identifying a UU meeting place. For information on the mobilization, see http://www.unitedforpeace.org. The UU meeting place will be announced fairly close to the rally on our website and this email list.   In the meantime, we hope you're finding ways to connect to events in your community, such as attending vigils, or writing letters to the editor in support of Cindy Sheehan and other parents of service members killed in Iraq. The UUA homepage is currently featuring two stories of UU ministers involved in service and witness; one a navy chaplain recently assigned to Guantanamo Bay, and one who spend several days at Camp Casey outside the Bush family ranch (see http://www.uua.org/). You can write President Bush and your Text Box: We recently received this letter from the UU Women’s Federation:   Dear Helen: I am writing to let you know of a decision made by the UUWF at our August board meeting.  We would like you to be one of the first to hear this, and we hope you will share it with our other colleagues preparing for GA '06.   The Board has voted to award its Ministry to Women Award to Rev. Shirley Text Box: WOMUUNWEB Fall 2005 Page 7

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