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  • the young adults at general assembly team: martha, dandy, stevie, jaidyn, liz, and kitty
    Meet the Young Adults at General Assembly (YA@GA) staff team for General Assembly 2021!
    by Stevie Carmody |
  • YA@GA and GA Youth Application Promotion
    On 10/29/20, more than 50 youth, young adults, and community leaders, gathered for a Town Hall about Y&YAs at General Assembly. Here's what happened.
    by Stevie Carmody |
  • (Image Description: A flyer for a town hall held by the UUA on October 29th, at 7 PM Eastern Standard Time to go over the new General Assembly Staffing Structure for youth and young adults, as well as followup on the requests made by the youth and young adult GA staff teams in 2020. Four facilitators are displayed, Reverend Sara Green, Reverend Stevie Carmody, Alex Sherwood, and Anna Bethea
    There is going to be a shift from pre-planned to emergent programming, with YaYA GA staff members trained up so they are ready to facilitate on the fly, and can be responsive to what is happening at General Assembly in real time. We are also switching to a democratic process for staff selection.
    by Alex Sherwood |
  • Age Breakdown of UUntitled Community Input Survey Respondents
    The UUntitled design team polled over 100 young Unitarian Universalists to see what they would want from a national online network for and by young UUs.
  • Creating a single place where you can count on being able to find other young UUs who are into the same stuff you are and who can introduce you to new ideas and radical possibilities. A small group of folks is working on creating such a hub of information and connection, currently called UUntitled.
    Filed in: Events and Opportunities, , UUA for Youth & Young Adults, Young Adults, Youth
  • Old brick wall with window opening and cracked plaster
    Context: The 2020 General Assembly Youth (GA Youth) and Young Adults at GA (YA@GA) volunteer staff publicly resigned from their positions via YouTube video on June 12. This is a response to the members of those teams from UUA Administration, from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray and Carey McDonald....
    Filed in: General Assembly for Youth & Young Adults, Issues and Trends, UUA for Youth & Young Adults
  • PageSean–YA@GA–headshot
    Update 6/15: The YA@GA team has made the decision to step away from running programming at this year's General Assembly. To read more about why, and to understand how you can support them, watch and read about their statement alongside the GA Youth staff (YouTube). There still will be some Young...
    Filed in: Young Adults
  • picture of an elderberry bush with the words agency, purpose and self-reliance
    Back when zombies were new again and watching post-apocalyptic dramas seemed like entertaining escapism, I convinced my husband Mat that it would be fun to take a class through Salt Lake continuing education called “In Case of Zombies: Plans, Provisions and Preparedness for Darker Days.” Living...
    by Jennica Davis-Hockett |
    Filed in: Future of Faith, , Issues and Trends
  • picture of an elderberry bush with the words agency, purpose and self-reliance
    Back when zombies were new again and watching post-apocalyptic dramas seemed like entertaining escapism, I convinced my husband Mat that it would be fun to take a class through Salt Lake continuing education called “In Case of Zombies: Plans, Provisions and Preparedness for Darker Days.” Living...
    by Jennica Davis-Hockett |
  • Title to GA Advice video series
    Bringing a group of youth to GA this year and just don't know where to start? Or do you wish your annual GA trip was easier? Check out our video series starring some real experts at bringing youth groups to GA. You asked, and we've answered! We produced these nine 15-minute videos before GA 2019-...
    by Deborah Neisel-Sanders |
    Filed in: Events and Opportunities, General Assembly for Youth & Young Adults, , Youth