Date: January 19, 2012 – What Do You Struggle With? ...

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.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Wednesday, January 18 – Embrace Silence. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Making room for our own thoughts, and space for others’ thoughts, is crucial to standing on the side of love. Today, from...

This is the second installment in the continuing series of personal reflection by Erik Mohn, the Spirituality and Service Consultant at the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Unitarian Universalist Association - Ed. So, where was I on November 1, 2011? Well, professionally, I was...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Tuesday, January 17 – Ponder Love. Staff member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: To know the story of us and the story of now, we must know the story of self. Powerful actions emanate from profound...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 16 – Martin Luther King Day. Staff member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: Wear your shirts and buttons, bring your banners and placards.

The Standing on the Side of Love's http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/national-standing-on-the-side-of… DAYS OF LOVE project, "The Story of Us, The Story of Now", a collective visioning process about making sense of the present moment, and what we are called to do. THIRTY DAYS OF LOVE will...

This article was originally posted on the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee blog - Ed.

The Office of Youth and Adult Ministries of the UUA  publicizes non-UU organizations that uphold UU values and are of interest or provide opportunities for UU Young Adults. Today we feature the Manna Project International - Ed. ...

An Opportunity to Change Lives Learn more about us or apply for a position! Opportunities for experienced young adults that are rarely open: Maintenance Crew Chief This crucial position demands leadership experience, knowledge and skills in the areas of basic plumbing, carpentry, and the building...

Three years into its investigation of practices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, the United States Department of Justice issued a report detailing systematic Civil Rights violations. The Justice Department also announced that it will sue for compliance if Arpaio...

Hello Family, I am sitting in my home office watching squirrels run across cable lines while reflecting on 2011. Wow, it has been quite a year. Most notable this past year is the publicity related to teen suicide because of bullying, and the Occupy Movement....

We thank the Reverend Jude Geiger for this article. - Ed. I have found that even in the healthiest of congregations, young adult ministries can strongly benefit from the teachings we learn in Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression work to help mitigate ageism or generational bias. Let’s look at 2 myths...

Webinar on December 15, 4PM E.D.T. A recent study found that many youth of color participating in UU congregations are transracially adopted, and that transracially adopted youth of color typically belong to UU congregations that are mostly white. Transracially adopted youth may have different...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Reflect on your personal definition of safe space. What is safe space? What does it contain?...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, LRY, Cons, and the Counter-Culture Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2 and copy for all participants. Description of Activity Introduce the activity by explaining that participants will examine an example of a Unitarian Universalist...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity This activity is designed to follow the Opening. After participants have shared their own names and named inspirational figures, invite each participant to find a partner with whom they have not worked. Invite them to share with their partner some...

As clichéd as it sounds, if you asked me a year ago where I’d be today, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to give you an answer. ...

Enjoy and share this eloquent argument in favor of marriage equality! In February, 2011 Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa State Congress on the issue of Marriage Equality. His inspiring testimony went viral then, and it has again since being reposted a few days ago. Follow the success of this moving...