So why SOCKTOBER? Because every night in the United States an estimated 600,000 people live on the streets and need simple things, like socks, to help get them through the night. Plus, the number one needed clothing item for those in need is new socks, but people very rarely ever donate new socks to the […]
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Hunger Outreach Team now has a more complex assignment in light of the necessity to practice Social Distancing. Free Hot Soup (FHS), the organization All Souls works most closely with, will be handing out sack lunches to maintain social distancing.The sack lunches will include:2 sandwichesChips or crunchy snackProtien or granola barTreat (something sweet like cookies […]
Continue ReadingLink to KCUR article – Petition Opposing Proposed Immigrant Detention Center On Troost Tops 4,800 Signatures Sign the petition. The City Council of Kansas City and the Waldo Community are currently examining a proposal by VisionQuest National LTD to open a detention center for separated migrant children in the currently vacant hospital building at 79th […]
Continue ReadingSocial Responsibility Board (SRB) began in 2005 as an effort to coordinate and grow the organized social justice efforts of All Souls. SRB evolved slowly till today the member groups meet bimonthly to coordinate our activities calendar, encourage idea development and project growth, and to guide the use of church space by outside justice organizations. […]
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All Souls UU and Carver Dual Language Elementary School are successfully partnering to increase student achievement through tutoring, mentoring, classroom assistance, special projects and financial aid. Stay active and involved! Join us, the Carver Amigos. Fill a need on your own schedule, an hour a week, more or less. There are many ways to help.
Continue ReadingThe All Souls Forum continues to contribute a major portion of the Sunday morning program, through 39 or 40, hour-long, professional presentations and discussions each year. Topics cover significant issues, especially those involving ethical values in the contemporary world. With topics ranging from politics and global warming to enrichment of global understanding and the arts, […]
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We sponsor pilgrimage visits to our village and church of Nyaradgalfalva, in the Romanian homeland of Unitarianism and freedom of conscience. We raise and donate $1200 a year to our partner church, by putting on lunches and dinners. We share friendships and knowledge of their historic Unitarianism at this time of fascinating but difficult changes.
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One of SRB’s long-term (as in over 20 years!!) initiatives is the monthly preparation of a meal at this organization’s site, just east of downtown Kansas City. reStart is a non-denominational organization whose mission is, as it says in their logo, “empowering people, ending homelessness”. We serve somewhere between 75 and 100 people dinner on the 4th Sunday […]
Continue ReadingAll Souls UU is a founding Congregational member of the Metropolitan Organization for Racial and Economic Equity. MORE2 is a coalition of 30 congregations that work on race issues in workforce development, criminal justice, immigration, Medicaid expansion, and education. Our current core team is led by Angela Allard, working on Immigration, and Lon Swearingen, working on Education issues. Watch […]
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