Out of District Events

Here are links and information about Out of District Events you might be interested in attending.

To visit the UUA's calendar and see what is planned, click here.

To learn more about this year's General Assembly and see what happened at past General Assembly's go to www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/index.shtml

The Mountain Desert District is hosting Building the Beloved Community: How Do We Talk About Race, Class & Privilege? January 23-25, 2009 at the First Universalist Church of Denver, CO. Friday night will feature a conversation with Dr. Vincent Harding; Saturday will feature training with class action consultants on race and class. For more information and to register, visit www.mdduua.org

The 7th National Midsize Conference will be held February 6-8, 2009 in Houston, TX. Keynote speaker will be Dr. L Lee Knefelkamp, a national scholar and award winning Professor of Psychology and Education in the Program of Social-Organizational Psychology, Teacher's College, Columbia University. Dr. Knefelkamp has written and presented widely on intellectual and identity development, intercultural and diversity issues, moral and ethical development, and inclusive excellence. Also workshops on building accountable partnerships, inclusive stewardship programs, leading in lean times, multicultural membership, nuts and bolts for board and committee operations, policy governance and using the web. For more information and to register visit www.uua.org/events/midsizecongregations/2009/index.shtml

Countdown to International Convocation of UU Women: February 26 – March 1, 2009, Houston, TX
Are you going to miss the most exciting gathering of UU women of the world ever? We hope not! It will be the ultimate social action training event! The International Convocation of UU Women, the first-ever international gathering of UU women, has registered over 400 persons! Countries represented include the United States, England, Romania, India, Uganda, Kenya, Japan, and the Philippines. The mission of the ICUUW is to energize the tremendous capacity of UU women to enhance and create global and local programs to address the rights of women and to eradicate severe poverty.
Visit the website at www.icuuw.com to read bios of inspiring international speakers, join the online community, and register to attend and/or register for an exhibit table to promote your business or non-profit organization. Visit the UU World website and read the article in the latest issue (Winter 2008) by ICUUW Advisory Committee member Professor Christine Nielsen about a UU-initiated program for women's rights in the Philippines, "Women crafting a better world."
If four people from the same congregation register, all will receive a $25 rebate check at the Convocation. The first 200 UU ministers and seminary students to register will receive a $50 rebate check. Youth and young women ages 14-35 can register for just $299. Reservations for exhibit tables start at just $150.

The 5th Annual Sexuality Education Advocacy Training will be held March 21-24, 2009 in Washington, DC. This training is co sponsored by the UUA, the United Church of Christ, The Union for Reformed Judaism, Advocates for Youth and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Learn up-to-date facts on comprehensive sexuality education and how to lobby your Congressional Representatives. Learn more and get applications at www.uua.org/SEAT

Leading Congregations into a Multiracial, Multicultural Future is being sponsored by the UUA in Tulsa, OK on April 3-5, 2009. For more information visit: http://www.uua.org/events/multiracialmulticultural/index.shtml

We are part of the Northeast Regional Group of the UUA (NRG) and are welcome to participate in events hosted by our partner districts. To see what they planning visit them by clicking on the district name: to the north (New York) the Saint Lawrence District; to the east (PA, DC, NJ, northern VA, Delaware and Maryland) the Joseph Priestly District. To find out about events that are of particular interest or specifically for the NRG group, visit our NRG page.

We also border two additional districts to the south and west (Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, southern Ohio) the Heartland District and to the southeast (southern VA, TN, NC, SC) the Thomas Jefferson District. You can check their calendars for events by clicking the links. The Mountain is part of the Thomas Jefferson District.