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...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Feb 14–Engage in Public Witness Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Whether it’s today--National Standing on the Side of Love Day--or in the days before or the weeks after,...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Feb 13 – Share video, celebrate our past year, donate Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: What an amazing movement we've created. All across the country, people are standing on the side of love in...

… 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 11 – Commit to Attending Justice G.A. Staff Member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Watch a short videoabout why you should come to brochureF… page L… more about the YA Caucus and its leadership Beyond...

… 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: Feb 9 – Tweet Your Faith Staff Member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Post your favorite social justice/love quote in your Facebook status or Twitter update. You can find some samples from our Tweet Your Faith...

God Bless the Whole World is a free online educational resource that provides tools for personal and social transformation. The site feature hundreds of videos, audio files, articles and courses on social justice, spiritual activism, counter oppression, environmentalism and self care among many...

… 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...

… 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...

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...

… 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:...