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v:ext="edit" spidmax="1029"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>From:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                              </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Holly Sarkissian [envoycoordinator@uu-uno.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Sent:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                               </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Monday, October 31, 2011 4:24 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>To:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Holly Sarkissian<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Subject:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Envoy News, October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#E5E5E5;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td colspan=2 valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div id=guideHeaderTitle> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td width="67%" style='width:67.0%;background:white;padding:7.5pt 3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#404040'>Envoy News<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </td> <td width="33%" style='width:33.0%;background:#E5E5E5;padding:7.5pt 3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#404040'>October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1' id=guideBackdrop> <td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=Bju8tInL> <div id=guideHeader> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span 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style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='background:#404040;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:white'>Your UU Connection to the United Nations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="33%" valign=top style='width:33.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=o0zSXBb5> <div id=guideSidebar> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 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</tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=7IaBkHdj> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='background:#3676B3;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'>Mission Statement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:white'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:white'><img border=0 width=161 height=169 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/UU-UNO%20logo.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:white'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:white'>The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office promotes the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all, as reflected in the United Nations Charter. Through targeted education, advocacy and outreach, we engage Unitarian Universalists in support of international cooperation and the work of the United Nations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width="67%" valign=top style='width:67.0%;background:white; padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=ucFtfhbn> <div id=guideContent> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Dear&nbsp;<span class=etapdatatag><u><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Holly</span></u></span>,<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>This October, congregations throughout the United States and Canada celebrated United Nations Sunday. I had the pleasure of participating in the intergenerational service at the First Unitarian Congregation of <strong><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"'>Toronto, ON</span></strong>. Children grade 1 and older were invited to stay and learn about the importance of their UU voice at the United Nations and their responsibilities as global citizens. In<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> The Woodlands,TX</span></strong> , youth envoy Alex Sherwood presented <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627085/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>his sermon</span></a> &quot;UU-UNO: Advocate for Worldwide Girl Power and Women s Rights.&quot;&nbsp; At the UU Church of <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Las Cruces, NM,</span></strong> the congregation celebrated being the first Blue Ribbon Congregation in New Mexico. In <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>St. Catherines, ON</span></strong> , envoy John Mayer encouraged his congregation to achieve blue ribbon status and utilise their UU voice at the UN. In <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Port Charlotte, FL</span></strong> envoy Rosemary Hagen, educated her congregation about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through photos and costumes.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><a href="mailto:hsarkissian@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>Share</span></a> your story! Let us know if you held a UN Service during 2011.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'> Send your stories, order of service, pictures, donations, and memberships to <a href="mailto:hsarkissian@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>hsarkissian@uua.org</span></a> .. Then, consider submitting your congregation's UN sermon (or address) for <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627086/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>the 2012 Greeley Award</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>In peace &amp; justice,<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Holly Sarkissian<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Envoy Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><a href="mailto:envoycoordinator@uu-uno.org?subject=Envoy%20News" title="mailto:envoycoordinator@uu-uno"><span style='color:#404040'>hsarkissian@uua.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Kamila Jacob <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Youth Envoy Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><a href="mailto:kjacobs@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>kjacob@uua.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=fQ4AsY78> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#215488'>Envoy Check List for November<a name=fQ4AsY78>&nbsp;</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Task 1 : UN Sunday Follow Up </span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>If you held a UN Sunday Service in October, please complete the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Send your report, pictures, sermons, and order of service to <a href="mailto:hsarkissian@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>hsarkissian@uua.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Give us your feedback on the UN Sunday Packet at <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627087/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/32JFTSF</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Order brochures and encourage five new people to join the UU-UNO. Remind people to indicate their congregation on the donation form to ensure that your congregation will receive credit.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Consider applying for the <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627088/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>Dana Greeley Award</span></a> and encouraging your congregation to achieve <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627089/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>blue ribbon</span></a> status.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>It's never too early to start thinking about 2012. Each year, the topic of UN Sunday matches the theme of the Intergenerational Spring Seminar. For 2012, the topic is Race &amp; Immigration. Additionally, 2012 marks the UU-UNO's 50th birthday so we will be planning something extra special.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>If you did not have a UN Sunday yet, we suggest&nbsp; that you choose a Sunday close to the following dates as an alternative:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>November 25th, 2011 - International Day for the Eliminate of Violence against Women<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> (Sunday, Nov. 20) </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>December 10th, 2011 - Human Rights Day <strong><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"'>(Sunday, Dec. 10) </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>March 8th, 2012 - International Women's Days <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>(Sunday, March 4)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Task 2: Look forward to the Universal Day for Children</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Sunday, November 20th</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:131.25pt; height:148.5pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/Untitled7.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=175 height=198 src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/Untitled7.jpg" align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Involve your congregation in observing Universal Child's Day! Marking the day on which the Assembly adopted the both the Declaration and the Convention on the Right of the Child (1959 &amp; 1989, respectively), Universal Child's Day promotes the welfare of children throughout the world. Give your congregation the opportunity to make a difference in child's life by supporting the UU-UNO's Every Child is our Child (ECOC) Program which funds the education of orphans and vulnerable children in the region of Ghana with the highest HIV/AIDS rate. The ECOC program directly contributes to the United Nations&nbsp;Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and combating HIV/AIDS. For further information on the ECOC Project, visit the UU-UNO's website: <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627090/0/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#404040'>http://www.uu-uno.org/what-we-do/ecoc/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>We encourage you to make an announcement during your congregation's November 20<sup>th</sup> Sunday service and put a few sentences in the newsletter or order of service. In addition, consider setting up an information table with our ECOC program flyers and a laptop to inform the congregation and give them the opportunity to support a child's education. Donations can be made online at <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627091/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>http://uu-uno.org/donate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Task 3: Check In with the Envoy &amp; Youth Envoy Coordinator</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>Holly and Kamila want to hear what you've been up to in 2011! If you're short on time simply <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:hsarkissian@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>reply to this email</span></a></span></strong> and let us know:<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <ol start=1 type=1> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>How have you connected your congregation to the UU-UNO and United Nations?<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Are your congregational leaders aware and supportive of your work as an envoy?<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Is your congregation globally minded?<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Did you have a UN Sunday Service or UU-UNO event in 2011?<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Are you excited about continuing your envoy work in 2012?!<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>We welcome additional comments, suggestions, questions, and feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=J0RIL5vP> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#215488'>Apply for the Dana Greeley Award<a name=J0RIL5vP>&nbsp;</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Article Image" style='position:absolute; margin-left:98.75pt;margin-top:0;width:138.75pt;height:92.25pt; z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/Craig-and-Sarah1.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=185 height=123 src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/Craig-and-Sarah1.jpg" align=right alt="Article Image" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>All Unitarian Universalists are invited to submit a sermon (or address) to the UU-UNO. The topic this year should address  Empowering Women for a Better World. The image to the right pictures the 2011 recipients, Rev. Craig Schwalenberg and Sarah Summers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>While all submissions will be considered, those highlighting the work of the United Nations and the UU-UNO will be given priority consideration.&nbsp;The winner is awarded a cash prize of $1000 and have the opportunity to deliver the sermon or address at the next UUA General Assembly. Send submissions by February 1, 2012 via email to <a href="mailto:greeleysermon@uu-uno.org">greeleysermon@uu-uno.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>If you would like more information please go to our website:&nbsp;<a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627088/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>http://www.uu-uno.org/dana-greeley-address/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=icEHSVR5> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#215488'>Join an Envoy Training<a name=icEHSVR5>&nbsp;</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>For the first time, the UU-UNO will be offering comprehensive Envoy Training online! Join a training to learn about community organizing strategies and techniques for speaking about and engaging your congregation in UU-UNO program initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>We will be offering the training twice in November:</span></strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Thursday, November 10</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>  6:00  7:30pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Wednesday, November 16</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'> - 6:00  7:30pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>To sign up and receive access information, please email <a href="mailto:hsarkissian@uua.org"><span style='color:#404040'>hsarkissian@uua.org</span></a>. For this training you will need both a phone and computer with internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=691m8jLu> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#215488'>Meet Youth Envoy: Emma Kates-Shaw<a name=691m8jLu>&nbsp;</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0; margin-top:0;width:123pt;height:148.5pt;z-index:251660288; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/40451_1569100312732_1392189768_1511767_796697_n.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=164 height=198 src="http://content.delivra.com/etapcontent/UnitarianUniversalistUnited/40451_1569100312732_1392189768_1511767_796697_n.jpg" align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>This month we would like to highlight Emma Kates-Shaw! This fabulous young woman has been hard at work in the New York Metro District actively participating as great leader in her congregation and community.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Where are you from and what congregation do you attend?</span></b></em><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>I'm from Westchester NY, and I attend the first Unitarian Society of Westchester in Hastings, NY. (We pronounce it fuswuh!)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Why did you want to become a Youth Envoy? Is there a particular global issue that you feel passionately about?</span></i></strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><br> I felt like being educated about the work of the UUUNO would help me in my understanding of greater world issues, since I can't always keep up with everything that happens in the world! I am particularly passionate about guaranteeing equal rights for all people. I don't believe the things that divide us should affect the opportunities available to those who are oppressed because of difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Have you been to Spring Seminar yet?</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><br> I have never been able to attend Spring Seminar, unfortunately! I plan to go this year for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Do you have any advice for other Youth Envoys?</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><br> Check the facebook page all the time! It's really helped keep me up to date with what's going on at the UUUNO, and so many of the things posted are really interesting. (I must admit, I use the articles people post for school projects and research papers all the time!)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>If you could have any super power, what would it be?</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><br> I would love to travel through time. I could relive wonderful things over and over, and see what's in store for me in the future! Flight is a close second though.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id=zMgN1eD5> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#215488'>News You Can Use<a name=zMgN1eD5>&nbsp;</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>You can use the following bullet points in your congregation's newsletter, website or announcements!<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>UU-UNO Updates:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Since 2009, the UU-UNO has lead a coalition of progressive faith leaders to counter fundamentalist ministers and politicians inflaming homophobic hatred in Uganda. On October 11-12, 2011, 91 faith, secular, academic and media leaders met to construct efforts to end global homophobia and end punitive laws which deprive gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of employment, education, housing, dignity and of life itself.&nbsp;To Read Bruce's take on the conference click <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627092/0/"><span style='color:#333333'>HERE</span></a> and to read News coverage of this event click <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627093/0/"><span style='color:#333333'>HERE</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>As part of the Climate Change Working Group UU-UNO is leading a social media program, opening their doors to the world and encouraging people to lend their voices to United Nations.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The UU-UNO will be hosting a Youth Conference (or con) in the New York Metro District <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>December 9th-11th.&nbsp; </span></strong>The First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Brooklyn has graciously offered to host this event. This will be the first youth conference the UU-UNO will be organizing - the first of many, we hope! </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo7;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The 2012 UU-UNO Intergenerational Spring Seminar will be on immigration and race.&nbsp; Save the date! April 12th through April 14th in New York City. <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627094/0/"><span style='color:#404040'>http://www.uu-uno.org/events/spring-seminar/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>United Nations Updates:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The UN Foundation, a UN advocacy group, has launched a public campaign to raise public awareness about what they see as the risks to U.S. interests&nbsp;from the laws that require funding cuts to any UN agency that recognizes Palestine as a state.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>T</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> o learn more <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627095/0/" title=un><span style='color:#404040'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo9;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Mega-cities in Africa and <span id="lw_1319653708_61"><span class=yshortcuts><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Asia</span></span></span> are the urban areas most at risk from the effects of climate change, according to an assessment survey by Maplecroft.&nbsp;The survey ranks nearly 200 nations in terms of vulnerability to climate change over the medium term. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Read more <a href="http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21725703/546360752/54627096/0/" title=un><span style='color:#404040'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#404040;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; 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