Mary Ellen Giess, Unitarian Universalist who works at the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) with Eboo Patel, shares her experience as an undergraduate and invites us to join her at IFYC's Interfaith Leadership Institutes this summer. Want to go? We can help you get there (financially). Check our our...

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… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Feb 12– Craft your congregation’s Story of Us, Story of Now. Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Share with us how your congregation has and will be spreading the love.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Feb 10 – Write a Loving Letter to the Editor Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: With the culmination of our 30 day--Valentine’s Day--fast approaching, write a letter to the editor about your hopes for a...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: February 8, 2012 – Day of Chalking Inspirational Messages Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate, Kayla Parker Description: Chalking is appreciated by younger folks and those young at heart. Involve your congregation's children in...

Day 23 of National Standing on the Side of Love Month. We lift up this story, written by her father, about an inspiring youth whose commitment to courageous love changed her school. To appreciate and share. - Ed. … class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Courageous Love Award - by Tim...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: Feb 7 – Celebrate Courageous Love Staff Member: Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Do you have someone in your life--a family member, friend, coworker, minister, teacher, neighbor, etc.--that has been...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: Feb 6 – Write a prayer, mantra, or meditation for love. Staff Member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Prayers can take different forms and be addressed to a deity, an idea, for guidance, or simply to express...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" When: Feb 5 – Honor an extraordinary local individual or ... Staff Member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Honor an extraordinary local individual, community partner, or organization with a “Love Award” for...

  Date: Feb. 4 – “Today we pray for…” Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: Please share what the moment is calling for us to do now.         Stay in the moment Take the time to care for ourselves Follow our hearts Open our minds...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: WhenFriday, Feb 3 – Submit a Letter to the Editor on Marginalized Communities Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: Not all communities are facing these difficult economic times on equal footing.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: The only secure community is the beloved community. But the federal government’s so-called Secure Communities program is terrorizing communities and tearing apart...

… class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1741" src="Date: Wednesday, February 1 – A Day to Help Teachers Combat Bullying. Staff Member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Our society's culture of bullying is a plague that has taken hold in our nation’s schools and...

… class="size-full wp-image-1741 alignleft" src=" When: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 – Turn the Tide on Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendments. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Both Minnesota and North Carolina face ballot measures this year that attempt to enshrine...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Monday, January 30 – Embrace Silence. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Check out this video of Rep. Keith Ellison speaking about reframing our narrative to proclaim love as an "active principle." To Do:...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 29 – Hold a Discussion on the Theological Reflection Guide Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Gather after services, or plan another time, when your congregation can...

Date: Saturday, January 28 – Share food with others. Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: Invite people from different parts of your community to come together to share a meal, or feed others in your community. Discuss issues that affect your community and...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Friday, Jan 27, 2012 – Participate in a Facebook Chat with SSL Campaign Manager. Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: Standing on the Side of Love is about to enter its fourth year. We have joined together to...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: Thursday, January 26 – Occupy the Present: Change the Future—Collective Visioning. Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: “If you can imagine a better world, you can make one.” – Linda Stout. Collective...

  Date: January 25 – Lift up a Story of Courageous Love Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: When was the last time you recognized those whose words and deeds exemplify the values of inclusion, diversity, community, and equality? Now is an ideal time to...