Spirituality and Service: New Forest Earth Andon Zebal noticed that people who were using their forest's resources to create sustainable wealth, but were having trouble finding a market for their products. Upon his return to the US he set out to create a non profit that would solve a marketing...

Reposted from the online edition of UU World.- Ed. UU environmental activist isolated in prison Move allegedly follows complaint from U.S. congressman over Tim DeChristopher email. By Donald E....

We Are One: Crossing Borders as UUs - Application Deadline April 10!...

Leadership schools or other extended leadership training opportunities are increasingly popular in the summer months. We’ve pulled together a listing of things happening this summer around the country (and in Canada) for you. We’ve organized them by which district offers the opportunity, but do...

Re-posted from the Standing on the Side of Love blog.–Ed. This post was written by Jesse Jaeger, the Executive Director of UU Mass Action. UU Mass Action and Unitarian Universalists across the state are lifting up our voices and saying that everyone is held in god’s love and everyone deserves...

Best Practices, Committed People and Enthusiasm Make for a Rousing YA Conference In February, I flew from the Congregations and Beyond consultation in Florida to Colorado for a day long conference on young adult ministry. A big snow storm prevented many flights from landing, fortunately mine got in.

UUSC's JustWorks Civil Rights Journey Return Engagement Summer 2012! (This trip is specially tailored to youth and young adults, ages 15–20.) Visit the UUSC JustWorks website for more details about the trip or http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/773394/JustWorks-Civil-Rights-Journey-201… out an online...

In five-year shareholder advocacy campaign, UUA helps create gender identity protection for 2.9 million workers at many companies. By Michelle Bates Deakin uuworld.org...

The following is the first post in a series by UU Young Adult Ashley Lacy, who has embarked on an extended voyage through South America of self-discovery and service. You can follow Lacy's story on her blog: risksomething.blogspot.com–Ed.   It was 2005. Four of us were sitting in a small...

Jessica York, Youth Programs Director for the UUA contributes this post on how to make the most of a mission trip or experiential learning experience. -Ed. With Spring Break fast approaching and summer close behind, many youth groups are making plans for mission trips or experiential learning...

A.J. Bennett Young Adult from the Joseph Priestley District, reports on a a recent Young Adult Conference in Joseph Priestly District.–Ed. On the weekend of January 7th at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville, 55 Young Adults (and an adult ally) from the Joseph Priestley District...

This week a panel of Unitarian Universalists representing congregations, non-congregationally affiliated UU's, representatives of the Unitarian Universalist Association and UU's across the country (participating through the Unitarians Universalists Exploring Congregations and Beyond Facebook grou...

We invite you to share this particularly powerful reflection by President Peter Morales on the unjust effect current U.S. immigration policy has on youth and young adults. - Ed. BorderLinks nonprofit is making the arrangements. These students are receiving support from and working for an...

UU ministers can have a tremendous impact on relationships between young adults in our churches. At a recent gathering of First Year Ministers, our staff sat down over lunch to chat with a few of these ministers who wanted to talk about young adult issues in depth....

Background Information Since 1993, the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council (UUPCC...

In August 2011, I traveled to Ghana, Africa on a health service volunteer trip. While on this trip, my friend, Nicholas, a student leader in a local village, took me to the village where he grew up. On the way, he explained to me that the water pipe in this village broke four years ago, and had yet...