Youth and Young Adults of Color
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By Michael J. Crumpler |BSA Jamboree leadership challenged the values of the UUA, UCC and SFE while they were hosting the Friendly Cafe at the 2017 National Boy Scouts of America Jamboree.Filed in: Issues and Trends, Events and Opportunities, Youth and Young Adults of Color, Social Justice, Stories and Voices, Youth, Building Bridges, Families, Resistance and Transformation
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By Aisha Ansano, Elizabeth Nguyen |Aisha participated in this summer's Thrive Young Adult leadership school for Unitarian Universalist young adults of color. —Ed. The five days I spent with my Thrive Young Adult cohort were vibrant and life-giving. So many parts of it stand out, moments that were uplifting, and challenging, and...Filed in: Future of Faith, Issues and Trends, Guides and Tools, , Stories and Voices
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By Joseph Boyd, Elizabeth Nguyen |Fiercely UU is a new blog series where Unitarian Universalist young adults tell stories about what our faith requires of us and how they follow that call. To be fiercely UU is to proclaim human worth and interdependence. In an individualist, greed-based, shame and fear fueled...Filed in: Future of Faith, Issues and Trends, Guides and Tools, , Social Justice, Stories and Voices
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By Ellie Brown, Elizabeth Nguyen |Finding My Roots “Is she really your sister?” “Oh, she’s real alright.” I didn’t realize how alienated I felt by my surroundings during my childhood until I grew into my young adult years. My parents cared greatly for me, I had wonderful friends, a supportive Unitarian Universalist...Filed in: Future of Faith, Guides and Tools, , Stories and Voices
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By Elizabeth Nguyen |Great resources to better support Unitarian Universalist (UU) youth and young adults of color ...Filed in: Future of Faith, Issues and Trends, Guides and Tools, , Stories and Voices, UUA for Youth & Young Adults
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By Elizabeth Nguyen |A Day of Civil Disobedience for Social Justice @RevElizabethNUUAUnitarian Universalists, local congregations, and others participated in acts of resistance to mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. This day of resistance was the result of organizing for social justice and change that...Filed in: Issues and Trends, Stories and Voices, Guides and Tools, Social Justice, Future of Faith,
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By Elizabeth Nguyen |Guest blogger Yashasvi Janamanchi attended the Unitarian Universalist Association Mul… Leadership School (MLS) this July. This post is an excerpt of Yashi's reflections from the youth-led worship at his home congregation of Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. -ed. While I was at MLS, I...Filed in: Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Future of Faith, Stories and Voices,
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By Elizabeth Nguyen |Guest blogger Sunshine Alvarez attended the Unitarian Universalist Association Mul… Leadership School this July. Sunshine belongs to the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. -ed. On July 10th, I had the opportunity to attend a Multicultural Leadership School (MLS) in Boston, Massachusetts...Filed in: Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Future of Faith, Stories and Voices,
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By Elizabeth Nguyen |Kenny Wiley responds to #IfIDieInPoliceCustody offering, "We are all gifted, and we are all flawed. I can speak and write well, and I also have depression and let friends and family down all the time. I should not need to be perfect in order to matter. Sandra Bland was not perfect, and she...Filed in: Issues and Trends, Future of Faith, Stories and Voices, Social Justice,
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By Kenny Wiley |We re-post Kenny Wiley's account of attending the recently concluded Unitarian Universalist Association 2015 Multicultural Leadership School. - ed. A Full Day The voices raised. We weren’t just singing–we were feeling. I’d never sung like this before. For once, those words — Lift every voice...Filed in: Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Future of Faith,