FUUSN’s Social Justice Speakers Task Force is holding a discussion with Christine Nguyen, Jefferson Hussey, and Renee Hamilton, volunteer organizers with Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA). ESWA is an all-volunteer association of low-paid service workers and allies uniting to end poverty conditions in our communities by addressing their root causes. For 49 years in the Boston area, it has refused government funding or money with strings attached, relying instead on grassroots support from members and community volunteers. The speakers will talk about ESWA’s Winter Survival Campaign and how members help one another meet urgent needs such as food, clothing, and other basic necessities so they can participate in organizing for long-term solutions. You will hear how local small businesses, students, professionals, congregations and other concerned residents support this work. A complementary light lunch will be served. The Social Justice Speakers Task Force is part of FUUSN’s Social Justice Council, which coordinates our congregation’s efforts to put faith into action through social justice work in our communities and beyond. For more information about FUUSN’s Social Justice Council and to R.S.V.P. to this event, use this link. First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) is a congregation with liberal and progressive theology. Founded in 1848, for 177 years, its mission is to connect deeply in community, grow in spirit, and build a just world.
