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Culture Heritage to Share – Not Appropriate Cultural Appropriation is when a peoples’ identity is changed without their consent. Yet sharing cultural experience is a powerful way to build respectful, inclusive, welcoming community. Now more than ever, we can all benefit from some wisdom and…
By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 28, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Education, Faith, Growth, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters -
It is Overtime to Shift the Paradigm An acquaintance of mine named Molli King is a teacher and yesterday she posted education blog about a school in New York City called Success Academy that had recently been blogpost and I will also recount it here in Ms. King’s words: But of all of the awful…
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | April 28, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Business Meetings, Connections, Discernment, Economic Justice, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Multigenerational Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Prayer Practices, Racial Justice, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Worship -
‘Cause there is good advising, and there is BETTER advising Of… of Youth and Young Adult Ministries and a number of regional groups on the Call and Response Blog of the Unitarian Universalist Association. We know you want to be the best advisor you can, and we are here to help.
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 28, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday -
“Good fences make good neighbors” – Now as Then Unitarian Universalist. I was willing to take the chance at being in authentic relationship with someone, willing to risk my own need to keep things copacetic in order to maintain my own dignity, finally willing to stand up for myself. Here are the…
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 27, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Vision for UUism, Worship, Youth Sunday -
#Commit2Respond We re-post this message from the Unitarian Universalist Association and other Unitarian Universalist leaders who urge you to act for Climate Justice starting today.– ed. Earth Day, when people all over the planet celebrate our beautiful, life-giving, and fragile Mother Earth. This…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters -
Committing to Climate Justice This post is adapted from the 2015 Earth Sunday Sermon for UU Ministry for Earth, “Shifting Energy: From Fossil Fuels to Climate Action.” Read the full sermon and find other worship resources. KeystoneXLtar sands pipeline was expected to be a done deal. Then a…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
WEBINAR — Ministering to Youth and Young Adults of Color 1: Faith Formation and Spiritual Renewal Leadership Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color at the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association present a 45 minute webinar on Apri…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 17, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Inclusion, Justice Sunday, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Vision -
Choose Who Represents Youth on the UUA Board of Trustees Youth Observer to the Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees. Voting begins May 7. Attention: Candidates for the TWO YEAR position of Youth Observer are still sought, apply…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 17, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Education, Governance for Congregations, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Responsibility, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday -
What We Will Make of Our Time on Earth Climate Justice Month we have reveled in the world we live in. We have embraced its warmth, its greenness, its snow, and its sunshine. We have gazed at https://www.google.com/search?q=superman&source=lnms&tbm=isch&a……
By Bart Frost | April 17, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism -
And Natural Extension of Unitarian Unversalist Core Values Unitarian Universalist congregations engage their community: When two young adults realized that homeless young adults were falling through the cracks Sam Greenberg and Sarah Rosenkrantz determined to open a shelter to help them find a pa…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 15, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Community, Connections, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)