The current administration is doing everything it can to interfere with people’s right to vote.  In addition, long held voter protections have been struck down by recent Supreme Court decisions.  We can fight voter suppression by communicating through postcards, letters and phone calls. Help empower voters to make their voices heard for the Midterm elections!  The current priorities are postcards and letters to voters in Georgia and North Carolina.

Write postcards with Reclaim Our Vote (ROV)

On Tuesday, August 25th, join Vickie Cox-Lanyon and me for a postcard writing party while the Refillery is at UUCW between 4 and 7 PM.  We can catch folks who may want information on voting at the same time.  If the weather is nice, we can sit outside or go into one of the classrooms.  

Want to do postcards on your own?  Vickie still has plenty of packets with names/addresses and postcards to go to Black voters in Georgia for November’s election before October 5th.  Please email vcoxlanyon@gmail.com to get your postcards or arrange to get them on August 25th at UUCW. You’ll have several weeks to work on them.  ROV is the voting rights campaign of the Center for Common Ground.  For more information and instructions, go to postcard information.  

Write letters to voters with Vote Forward

Vote Forward has a new campaign to write to voters in NC.  Although labeled as a political campaign, it is a non-partisan message, referring voters to Ballotpedia, a non-partisan resource.  Go to https://votefwd.org/get-involved#downballot to print out your letters.  The template leaves room to write a statement of why voting matters to you and then needs to be put in an envelope with the address of the voter.  Letters are to be mailed in October.  For help, contact Beth via gotv@uucworcester.org.

You can download a batch of 5 to practice and then try 20.  Take a batch with you on vacation…they take up very little room in a suitcase or tote bag.

Make phone calls with the Center for Common Ground

Center for Common Ground will start making calls for the Midterm election during the week of August 18th.  National guided phonebanks are held on zoom Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 PM ET using the auto-dialer Impactive.  Go to https://www.centerforcommonground.org/phonebanks for more information and to sign up for a phonebank meeting.  If you want to make calls on your own, simple instructions are provided and you can make calls between 9 AM and 8 PM for the time zone you’re calling.

Do you want to help plan activities for the fall election season?  Our next Get Out the Vote Team meeting will be held by zoomThursday, August 13, at 6:30.  For the zoom link Or to be added to our email distribution list, contact Beth via gotv@uucworcester.org

Put your faith into action and fight against voter suppression.  Each call, postcard and letter can make a difference!  Keep track of your activities (# of calls, postcards and/or letters) and report them to Beth for meeting our Good Trouble Congregation goals.  Any questions, contact Beth directly or via gotv@uucworcester.org.

Make sure you are ready to vote.  Here’s a link to a voting information flyer with resources that folks may need for the September 1st Primary or November 4th Midterm election. The QR code connects to a Spanish version, too.  Feel free to share this flyer with others.

Beth Posner-Waldron, UUCW Get Out the Vote Team Coordinator

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On Sunday, September 13, 2026, members and friends are invited to gather in person and online for our Annual Fall Sunday Morning Worship of Return following our summer ventures. This service will include a Water Ceremony, a tradition we have observed for many years. This is a reminder that, as you make your summer sojourns, please collect water from your special places and bring a small amount with you for the water ceremony. We’ll then gather for our ceremony outside (weather permitting) and water our gardens as we welcome each other back from summer. If you have any questions about this ceremony or service, please do not hesitate to contact our minister, Rev. Aaron Payson (minister@uucworcester.org).

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In the present climate we find ourselves – it is more important now than it ever has been – to support those in our society who have been marginalized- Volunteering a couple hours once a month is all it takes to make an impact and a real difference in another’s life. UUCW has committed to provide a meal on the first Monday of each month to the men and women of Dismas House – a transitional first step in re-entering society post incarceration.

We are looking for a couple volunteers to join us in this vital work.

Please contact Susan Crossley at dismas@uucworcester.org with any questions.   I hope to hear from you.

Susan Crossley, Ken Bayse, Linda Rich, Angela DeSantis and Erin Balbour

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There’s lots of work to do before the mid-terms and we now have less than 100 days to make an impact on our democracy.  Help empower voters to make their voices heard for the Midterm elections!  The current priorities are postcards and letters to voters in Georgia and North Carolina.

Write postcards with Reclaim Our Vote (ROV)

Vickie Cox-Lanyon still has plenty of names/addresses and postcards to go to Black voters in Georgia for November’s election.  We need more people to take one or more packets of 30 to prepare before October 5th.  That gives you 2 months to work on them!  For more information and instructions, go to postcard information.  Please email vcoxlanyon@gmail.com to get your postcards.  ROV is the voting rights campaign of the Center for Common Ground.

Join Vickie and me for a postcard writing party while the Refillery is at UUCW between 4 and 7 PM.  We can catch folks who may want information on voting at the same time. Save the date for Tuesday, August 25th.  If the weather is nice, we can sit outside or go into one of the classrooms.  Stay tuned for more info.

Write letters to voters with Vote Forward

The campaign for sending an Election Planner to newly registered voters in PA has run out of names but they also have a campaign to write to voters in NC.  Although labeled as a political campaign, it is a non-partisan message, referring voters to Ballotpedia, a non-partisan resource.  Go to https://votefwd.org/get-involved#downballot to print out your letters.  The template leaves room to write a statement of why voting matters to you and then needs to be put in an envelope with the address of the voter.  Letters are to be mailed in October.  For help, contact Beth via gotv@uucworcester.org.

You can download a batch of 5 to practice and then try 20.  Take a batch with you on vacation…they take up very little room in a suitcase or tote bag.

Make phone calls with Center for Common Ground–on pause until August 18th

Do you want to help plan activities for the fall election season?  Our next Get Out the Vote Team meeting on zoom will be held Thursday, August 13, at 6:30.  For the zoom link Or to be added to our email distribution list, contact Beth via gotv@uucworcester.org

Put your faith into action and fight against voter suppression.  Each call, postcard and letter can make a difference!  Keep track of your activities (# of calls, postcards and/or letters) and report them to Beth for meeting our Good Trouble Congregation goals.  Any questions, contact Beth directly or via gotv@uucworcester.org.

Make sure you are ready to vote.  Here’s a link to a voting information flyer with resources that folks may need for the September 1st Primary or November 4th Midterm election. The QR code connects to a Spanish version, too.  Feel free to share this flyer with others.

Beth Posner-Waldron, UUCW Get Out the Vote Team

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#uucwreads highlights the ways that books are part of our members’ and staff’s lives. Writing is all in the family for the Ledoux/Case clan.

Stephen Ledoux, his wife Nelly Case and their two adult children, Miles Ledoux and Susannah Sudborough are all either authors or journalists.

Stephen has a Ph.D. in Behaviorology, the natural science of human behavior (which is not part of psychology). He has written ten books, and either co-authored or been one of a multiple-authored book five times. He also has a new book in the pipeline, soon to be published.

Stephen founded an independent press in the late 1980’s that has grown to include a broad mix of textbooks, study guides, essay collections, autobiographies, fiction, photography collections, and even recipe books.

Nelly, who has a Ph.D. in Musicology, has authored six books and co-authored one.

Stephen and Nelly’s books are available on Lulu.com and other vendor’s sites.

Miles, who has a Masters in Screenwriting, has a thirteen book mystery novella series (Winter in the Veil). These books are available on Kindle and Barnes & Noble, and he has e-books on many different websites.

Miles also has written plays, screenplays, murder mystery party games and made a short film. He also has a You Tube channel where he compares Agatha Christie adaptations to the stories they were based on. Miles is also a Director.

Susannah, who has a Masters in Journalism, has worked for numerous newspapers and is currently on online journalist for MassLive. Her major interest is investigative journalism. She has collaborated on a radio play about a haunted house with her brother Miles.

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After a 100 yard walk into the woods, We will set up camp around our lean-to (log shelter).  After lunch and on Sunday, we will hike in the adjacent wild lands, including some bushwhacking and a section of the Mid State Trail running through these woods. 

This is a beautiful area of rolling hills, mixed hardwoods and pines, wetlands, a river, and a pond.  Including a wildlife corridor valued by conservation organizations, the area is inhabited by abundant wildlife.  In addition to porcupines, the tracks of coyotes, snowshoe hares, squirrels, beaver, and mice, fisher, bear, and moose have been sighted in the area from time to time.

To ask questions or to register for this event, contact David Miller 508-953-8964, or sentierdeau at gmail dot com.

What to bring:

Provisions for lunch, supper, breakfast, and lunch.

Rain gear.

Camping equipment, including cooking gear, sleeping bags and insulating mattress, and your tent.

The woodlot abuts Princeton Land Trust and Massachusetts State Forest acreage and is a short walk from the scenic valley of the Ware River.

A ten foot by ten foot Adirondack shelter and fire pit provide a center for group activities.  There are plenty of tent sites near the shelter.

Participants will bring their own food, camping gear, tents, and sleeping gear and are invited to cook their meals over the campfire.

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