Elizabeth Nguyen

Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen at a podium on the General Assembly stage

Annie Gonzalez Milliken and Elizabeth Nguyen worked in the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Association. Annie supported young adult and campus ministries while Elizabeth serveed youth and young adults of color.

Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen is now a Unitarian Universalist community minister and a Migrant Justice Organizer with Community Justice Exchange. She has helped to start multiple communities of justice and spirit. She is a member at First Parish in Malden, Massachusetts.

From Elizabeth Nguyen

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Bends the Arc Toward Justice... New Hampshire(NH) Public Radio(NHPR) seems unaware some days that there is anything else happening in the world, and the internet creepily knows we are in NH and presents campaign ads whenever it gets the chance. There is no missing the fact that, New Hampshire...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | February 5, 2016 | From Issues and Trends
Tagged as: Activism, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Voting Rights, News

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...

By Joseph Boyd, Elizabeth Nguyen | January 28, 2016 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color
Tagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Community, Connections, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Prayer Practices, Secular, Sexuality Education, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth/Teens, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, Social Justice, Vision for UUism, Worship

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...

By Ellie Brown, Elizabeth Nguyen | November 20, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color
Tagged as: Community, Connections, Creating a Home, Faith, Growth, Leadership, Meaning, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Faith Development, Personal Inspiration

Jessica, a young adult, is coming up on the one year anniversary of when she found WellSprings Congregation, “A community charged full with the charge of the soul,” outside of PhiladelphiaPA.Unitarian Universalist for five years. She found the Springboards, small groups for spiritual growth...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | September 24, 2015 | From Blue Boat
Tagged as: Connections, Growth, Identity, Meaning, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Personal Inspiration

Great resources to better support Unitarian Universalist (UU) youth and young adults of color ...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | September 2, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color
Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Inclusion, Interdependence, Justice Sunday, Leadership, Nourishing the Spirit, Purpose, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters

God of mercy, spirit who makes peace out of war, who wanders with refugees and keeps vigil with children at our border and all borders; Holy healer in hospitals and shelters, at schools, in homes, at weddings, and in planes; May your love be balm for all the hurt. May your truth be present in...

Prayer | By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 31, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Brokenness, Doubt, Freedom, Healing, Hope, Justice, Peace, Suffering, Unitarian Universalism

By guest blogger Amelia Diehl . -ed I am so grateful to have been able to attend the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice's Grounded and Resilient Organizer’s Workshop Climate Justice Training in Chicago, IL and feel connected again to a community and to a movement. I think I might...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 28, 2015 | From Issues and Trends
Tagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Community, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Climate Justice, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, Social Justice

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...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 11, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color
Tagged as: Activism, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Racial Justice, Faith Development, News, Vision for UUism, Worship

God who is with us in the courtrooms, at the border, in the streets, in the struggle, We do not know if this arc bends toward justice....

Prayer | By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 6, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Justice, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarity

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...

By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 5, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color
Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Meaning, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, Vision for UUism

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Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen, UUA Leadership Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color
UUA Multicultural Leadership School 2015

Elizabeth with the participants of the 2015 Multicultural Leadership School in Boston, MA.