Upstate New York Youth Adult Committee

The Upstate New York Youth Adult Committee serves youth in congregation in the state of New York outside of the metropolitan area of New York City. Host congregations plan youth cons with the support from the YAC.

Cons run by this group are coded with UNY in the title.

The current members are listed below. Elections are held at the last con of the year.

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All youth who have attended a youth con are welcome at YAC meetings. We encourage interested and supportive adults to attend as well! YAC meetings are listed on the CER calendar.

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Central East Region youth programming areas

For a list of events in the Upstate New York Area, click here.

  • Congregational Board/Trustee Quarterly Gathering
    Thursday, September 8, 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
    Event format: Online
    Join with your peers to share ideas, strategies, questions, concerns, and support. This event is open to current board members and those who will be on the board within the next several months. We’ll send details for logging in to the conversation to all registered participants a few days before...
  • Small Congregation Check-In SEP 8
    Thursday, September 8, 2022, 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
    A time for leaders of small congregations in the MidAmerica Region and elsewhere to check-in about the challenges UU religious communities are encountering as we reopen our congregations to in-person gatherings.
  • Taproot: A National BIPOC Gathering
    Thursday, September 8, 2022, 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm EDT
    Event format: Online
    The work of spiritual community is complicated in the 21st century. This is a space for BIPoC leaders to gather and network.
  • System Theory Renaissance Module - Sept 9
    Friday, September 9, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
    Event format: Online
    Boston MA
    Central to our understanding of congregational systems is a grounding in the awareness that “everything we do is faith development; everything we teach is Unitarian Universalism and that the congregation is the curriculum.”
  • OWL Facilitator Training 7-9, 10-12, OH
    Friday, September 9, 2022, 3:00 pm - Sunday, September 11, 2022, 4:00 pm EDT
    Event format: In person
    Wooster OH
    Our Whole Lives Facilitator Training for Junior/Senior High Ages will be offered at UU Fellowship of Wayne County, Wooster, OH on Sept 9-11, 2022

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