What Is Thrive?

Thrive is the Lifespan Faith Engagement Office’s programming and resources for BIPOC youth and emerging adults (YEAs) in Unitarian Universalism. Thrive includes online and in person identity and leadership development opportunities for BIPOC YEAs, resources for the adults who serve them, and relationship building across generations. This work seeks to be responsive to the needs and leadership of young UUs of color, supported and resourced by UUA staff.

Connections and Events

BIPOC youth and emerging adults: Sign up for our upcoming newsletter! Or send the form to a BIPOC YEA in your life.

Check back soon for details about Thrive at GA 2025 and other exciting upcoming events.

Resources

Note: additional resources are being developed for this section. Email yayaofcolor@uua.org if there is a specific type of resource you would benefit from having listed here, and check back for more soon.

Resources for BIPOC YEAs

• Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM)
• Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU)
• The Mosaic

For Adult Leaders Serving BIPOC YEAs

• The Mosaic
• Webinar on centering BIPOC YEA leadership
• Deeper Joy
• Threshold Conversations: Faith Development as an Agent of Culture Change

History of Thrive

Thrive is the newest iteration of the many ways that UU youth and young adults of color have gathered to nurture leadership and sustain spirits. In the past, through DRUUMM Youth and Young Adult gatherings, Leadership Development Conferences, and Multicultural Leadership School, UU youth and young adults of color have gathered to form lifelong connections, carve out belonging, create practices of resilience and healing and build skills to lead.

For more information, contact UUA Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry Staff Nico Van Ostrand at yayaofcolor@uua.org.