[CUUYAN-Announce] Young Adult News - Aug 2, 2005 - Issue 31

Tue Aug 2 18:03:35 EDT 2005

1. Welcome from Petra Aldrich, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office
Program Associate

2. Get involved in the Young Adult Movement! Positions Open, Elected and
Appointed! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AT ConCentric TO RUN!

3. Message from Kierstin Homblette at the UUA Washington Office for
Advocacy

4. School of the Americas-Watch (SOA Watch) Organizing Packets Now
Available

5. From The Church of the Younger Fellowship (CYF)

6. National Student Leadership Conference for Darfur

7. REGISTER FOR OPUS AND CONCENTRIC 2005!

8. Continental UU Christian Fellowship Revival 2005

9. Job Opportunity: Campus Ministry at Curry College, Milton, MA

10. Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Star Island Corporation

11.  Ideas at uuyan.org An "E-mail bikerack"- tool for YOU! Email C*UUYAN's
leaders 

12. The Opus& ConCentric 2005 Pre-Packet is ready for YOU to download!

13. The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry Annual Report is now
available

14. Coming Up: Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Trainings!

15. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office.

16. A Plug for ConnectUU

17. Joining and being removed from C*UUYAN-Announce YA News

18. Contribute to the Young Adult News 

19. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts

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1.  Welcome from Petra Aldrich, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office
Program Associate

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Dear UU Young Adults & Allies,

Three Young Adult and Campus Ministry Haikus for you:

1) Leadership Opportunities:

Leadership is grand

Apply for a position!

C*UUYAN needs you!

For more information: 
http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/job_volunteer.html  

2) Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Annual Report:

Ever wonder what

We do as your YACM Staff?

Now you can find out.

To read the Office Annual Report: 
http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/yacm/pdf/YACMOfficeReport2005.pdf

3) Talk to your volunteer C*UUYAN leaders:

Send a message to

Ideas at uuyan.org !

Questions, ideas for

Steering Committee,

CPC and Conference Staff,

Project Committee,

You're e-mail "bike rack"

C*UUYAN's leaders will

Receive your message

Email: Ideas at uuyan.org

In faith,

Petra Aldrich

Program Associate

Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry

Unitarian Universalist Association

25 Beacon St

Boston, MA 02108

paldrich at uua.org 

(617) 948 4629

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2. Get involved in the Young Adult Movement! Positions Open, Elected and
Appointed! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AT ConCentric TO RUN!

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RIGHT NOW, there are number of OPEN and SOON-TO-BE OPEN POSITIONS in
C*UUYAN Leadership!! 

By the end of ConCentric, YOU, yes you, could be on the C*UUYAN Steering
Committee, Conferences Planning Committee! Or you could be a new Opus
Co-Dean or 

ConCentric Co-Chair!

Steering Committee

Facilitator-two years, elected

At-Large-two years, elected

At-Large-one year (completing the term of a person who abdicated)
elected

Conferences Planning Committee

Opus Facilitator, two years, elected

At-Large, two years, appointed by Steering Committee

Opus 

Co-Dean-one year, elected at Opus

Co-Dean-one year, elected at Opus

ConCentric

Co-Chair - one year, elected

Co-Chair- one year, appointed by CPC

All elected positions are elected in Plenary at ConCentric unless
otherwise noted. Absentee candidates are welcome.   

For more information, job descriptions, and to submit an application for
appointed positions, visit 
http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/job_volunteer.html  

Or contact

1) Steering Committee Facilitator Darrick Jackson ddjack at earthlink.net 

2) CPC Facilitator Ella Hereth ella at riseup.net 

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3. Message from Kierstin Homblette at the UUA Washington Office for
Advocacy =========================================================

Dear Young Adults and friends-

The UUA Washington Office is working to create an email list of
Unitarian Universalists (and Allies) who are interested in receiving
periodic email action alerts about legislative issues related to
Reproductive Health and Family Planning. This would be an
announcement-only list of the UUA Washington Office for Advocacy,
address topics including but not limited to contraception, adoption,
teen pregnancy, abortion, sexuality education, international issues, and
budget and funding concerns. In the interest of continuing the work that
we started at the March for Women's Lives more than a year ago, I
thought you might be interested in such an email list.

If you are interested in being on this list and receiving email alerts
to help you take action on Reproductive Health and Family Planning,
please email me at khomblette at uua.org.

Additionally, if you know other people who may be interested in such a
list, please forward my name and email address to them and they can
email me to sign up.

Thank you for all you have done and all you continue to do in the name
of justice.

In faith,

Kierstin

Kierstin Homblette

Legislative Assistant for Women's Issues

Washington Office for Advocacy

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

1320 18th St. NW, Suite 300B

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 296-4672 x13

(202) 296-4673 (fax)

khomblette at uua.org

www.uua.org/uuawo

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4. School of the Americas-Watch (SOA Watch) Organizing Packets Now
Available

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November School of the Americas-Watch Organizing Packets Now Available
in English and Spanish

Are you and others in your community beginning to think about how you'll
travel to Fort Benning this November 18-20? Have you started
brainstorming creative fundraising possibilities? Are you planning a
public video showing to tell others about what their tax money's being
used for? Have you wished for a resource to help you get you and your
local group down to Columbus, Georgia?

If your answer to any of these questions was yes, then we've got a great
resource for you! Our 2005 edition of the November Organizing Packet is
chock-full of logistical information, fundraising tips, organizing
ideas, flyers and much more! And the great news is that it's free!

The Organizing Packets are available in either English or Spanish, and
there are two ways that you can receive one:

        -- The packets are available for downloading from our website
here:
                English:   http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=1086
                Spanish:  http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=1090

        -- Contact the SOA Watch office with your mailing address, and
we'll put one in the mail to you right away. You can reach us by email
at info(at)soaw.org <mailto:info at soaw.org>  or at 202-234-3440.

Take advantage of this great, free resource today!

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5. From The Church of the Younger Fellowship (CYF)

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Keep the Faith! Introducing the CYF - The Church of the Younger
Fellowship, for Young Adults 18-35 www.uucyf.org <http://www.uucyf.org> 

As Seen at GA! The Church of the YOUNGER Fellowship (CYF) is an
exciting, brand new, unique Unitarian Universalist spiritual community
designed by and for UU young adults, ages 18-35. 

The CYF, a part of the CLF (Church of the Larger Fellowship), will be
offering young adults online worship space and community, including: 

* Live worship service broadcasts 
* Interactive message boards and member chat 
* UU and world religious resources, and 
* The ability to participate in UUA events as full members of a
congregation. 

Find out more!  Go to www.uucyf.org <http://www.uucyf.org> 

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6. National Student Leadership Conference for Darfur
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National Student Leadership Conference for Darfur
August 11-14, 2005
Register Now
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=27265636&url_num=1&u
rl=http://www.standnow.org/conference> !

STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) is pleased to invite you to
the 2nd National Student Leadership Conference for Darfur, which will be
held in Washington D.C. from August 11-14th. 

The highlights of the conference include a day of educational
programming at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, addresses by
keynote speakers, a benefit dinner, a press demonstration, and
informative workshops. The focus of the conference will be creating a
united student movement and setting the agenda for the coalition for the
upcoming year. 

In addition to undergraduates, we welcome and encourage high school,
graduate, and law students to attend.

Visit http://www.standnow.org/conference
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=27265636&url_num=2&u
rl=http://www.standnow.org/conference>  for more details and to
register. The deadline for registration is July 25th. We look forward to
seeing you at the conference. 

If you have any questions, please email standconference at gmail.com.

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7. REGISTER FOR OPUS AND CONCENTRIC 2005!

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Yes folks, that's right! It's not too late to register! Register TODAY
on the Opus and ConCentric event pages at www.connectuu.com
<http://www.connectuu.com/>  , and don't forget to check out Expressions
in Color, the pre-Opus People of Color retreat!

Opus 2005: Who We Art: Spirituality and Art in the Heartland
How do you express the sacred? How do you divulge your thoughts of the
divine? Do you dance to convey your convictions or do you write to
relinquish emotions? Does song seep out of you or do you find solace in
the sciences? Whatever the mode, it is often our desire to find ways to
express what our spirituality means to us. Come join us at Who We Art:
Spirituality and Art in the Heartland, this year's theme for OPUS 2005,
the C*UUYAN annual spiritual retreat. Here we will discover how we
practice the sacred and the artist that lies within us as well as
unknown gifts we possess, yet to be unearthed. 

ConCentric 2005: Weaving Our Web: Developing Interconnections Within and
Beyond ConCentric is the annual meeting of C*UUYAN, the Continental
Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network. Young adults are helping to
lead our spiritual movement to become more radically inclusive and
justice-centered. This year's conference will encourage and help UU
young adult leaders to develop a sense of well-being in ourselves, our
communities, and the world. Come join other UU young adult leaders at
Camp Hantesa near Boone, Iowa where we will weave together, ways of
strengthening our young adult movement. District representatives and
participants will have an opportunity to network with each other and
learn from the experiences of other UU Young Adults and the work they
are doing in their congregations, districts and regions. This years
workshops will be focused on developing strong local YA groups and
connecting with each other on a national and international scale. We
will focus on strengthening our inner-spiritual being in order to give
us strength to foster our movement beyond ourselves and our current
congregations. Join with us this August to Weave a strong Web that will
ensure the continued success of our continental young adult movement.

Expressions in Color: A People of Color Pre-Opus Event:

In the spirit of love and justice we extend a warm welcome to Young
Adults of Color to a pre-Opus overnight retreat in calm Iowa. Our vision
is to nurture connections, improve our ability to express ourselves and
continue to build positive race relations. Led by DRUUMM Young Adults,
this 24 hour event promises to be rich in dialogue, creative work and
peace making.

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8. Continental UU Christian Fellowship Revival 2005

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Nov. 3-6, 2005, First Jefferson UU Church, Fort Worth, TX. 

Featuring Rev. Peter C. Gomes, best-selling author and Harvard professor
and rated one of the top preachers in the nation, and 

Rev. Thomas Anastasi of Shoreline UU Church in Seattle, one of our most
dynamic musicians, preachers, and worship leaders. 

Along with a host of workshops, small groups, two worships daily,
community meals, free publications for attendees, communion service led
by Rev. Suzanne Meyer of St. Louis, and prayer and healing service led
by Rev. Anastasi, and lots of singing. You don't have to be Christian or
Unitarian Universalist to come. All are welcome. 

This is a celebration of the UU Christian Fellowship's 60th year, and
our fifth continental revival (actually we have had always some folks
from around the world attend). Thanks to the Fund for Unitarian
Universalism. The Theme this year is "The True and Lively Word" and
along with Rev. Gomes talk will be focused on contemporary biblical
spirituality. 

For more, go to www.uuchristian.org

Full-Time $190: covers all events including Gomes Lecture and Banquet
and meals.

Saturday Outreach Day Only $60: covers Revival events. The Catered
Banquet extra. 

Scholarships Available Toward Revival Registration---Send request along
with registration.

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9. Job Opportunity: Campus Ministry at Curry College, Milton, MA

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Part-time Director of Campus Ministry Programming at Curry College,
Milton, MA:

Nine-month, 20 hours per week position responsible for developing and
implementing programs that foster the spiritual growth of all students.
Reporting to the Dean of Students, the Director will collaborate with
campus spiritual advisors, student affairs professionals, and others in
the Curry community.  Requires Master's degree in Theology, Religious
Studies, or closely related field.  Also requires willingness to work
evenings and some week-ends.  Experience providing spiritual programming
events to college-aged students preferred.  Position begins 8/8/05.

Curry College is an equal opportunity employer that encourages diversity
in its work force.  If you are interested in applying for this position
please send your resume to: Curry College, Human Resources Office 1071
Blue Hill Avenue Milton, MA  02186, or send via email to
jsavioli at curry.edu, mdunn at curry.edu or dflanner at curry.edu, no phone
calls please.

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10. Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Star Island Corporation

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Star Island Corporation

The Star Island Corporation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization with
offices based in Portsmouth, NH seeks qualified candidates for the
position of Executive Director to begin no later than January 2006.

Star Island is an educational and religious conference center located on
one of the historic Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire/Maine
seacoast. Star Island is owned and operated by the Star Island
Corporation, and serves a primary constituency of Unitarian Universalist
and United Church of Christ members of all ages who attend a variety of
summer conferences from mid-June to early September. The Executive
Director is responsible for leading the Star Island Corporation and
administering its offices, an annual budget of $3.5 million, conference
center operations, and our relationships with other seacoast
communities.

QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. or B.S. degree and 5 to 8 years experience leading
people and managing budgets in an organization serving multiple
constituencies. Candidates must be able to demonstrate personal and
professional ability to affirm and uphold the values and spiritual
significance of this small, close-knit community on the historic Isles
of Shoals.

For more information about the position and Star Island please contact 
search at starisland.org . Applications by email to this address are
preferred. They may also be sent to the address below. The application
deadline is September 15, 2005.

Search Committee

Star Island Corporation

10 Vaughan Mall, Suite 8

Worth Plaza

Portsmouth, NH 03801

Star Island is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate
in regard to race, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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11. Ideas at uuyan.org An "E-mail bikerack"- tool for YOU! Email C*UUYAN's
leaders 

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Have you ever had a question about C*UUYAN and not known who to ask?  

Like, "Whatever happened to that ConCentric Resolution about cruise
missiles in Canada?" 

Or, "Isn't that a typo in the bylaws?"

Or, "Hasn't this issue come up in ConCentric Plenary before . . .
twice?"

How about a really great idea about C*UUYAN policies or something
C*UUYAN could do?

Like, "Hey! C*UUYAN should enter into coalition with Students to Save
Urban Goshawks!"

Or, "Gee, the CPC should have a policy about the appropriate uses of
lime green tee-shirts at Opus."

Don't know who to talk to? Don't know where to send that message? 

Send it to Ideas at uuyan.org ! 

The moderator will make sure it gets to the appropriate committee or
individual.

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12. The Opus& ConCentric 2005 Pre-Packet is ready for YOU to download!

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That's right, the Opus and ConCentric 2005 Pre-Packet is now online at 

http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/opus.html#prepacket and

http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/concentric.html#prepacket!

The Pre-Packet is your best source for really important
conference-related information: find out about transportation details,
what to bring, food, T-shirts, and more!

If you're attending ConCentric, make sure you also download a copy of
the special ConCentric Appendix for information on the C*UUYAN business
process, C*UUYAN Bylaws, and for copies of the resolutions coming to the
plenary floor this year!

Is computer access hard to come by? You can request a hard copy of the
pre-packet in your online registration form on ConnectUU, or call Petra
Aldrich in the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office at 617-948-4629.

See you in Iowa!

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13. The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry Annual Report is now
available

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It is a pleasure and a privilege to do the work that we do here in the
UUA Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry in Boston.  This has been
extremely full year for us, and we are pleased to publish this annual
report of our professional activities.

http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/yacm/pdf/YACMOfficeReport2005.pdf

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14. Coming Up: Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Trainings!

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Anti-oppression work is a spiritual practice. One of the ways we live
our Unitarian Universalist faith is through justice making. These
introductory trainings will focus on linked oppressions and the
connection between anti-oppression work and UU spirituality. And they
will be awesome! 

Regional UU YoungAdult Anti-Oppression Training #1

October 28 - 30, 2005

All Souls Unitarian Church; Tulsa, OK

Regional UU YoungAdult Anti-Oppression Training#2

November 18 - 20, 2005

UU Church of the Restoration; Philadelphia, PA

Regional UU YoungAdult Anti-Oppression Training #3

<http://www.connectuu.com/events.php?action=view&event_id=873> December
2 - 4, 2005 

Unitarian Church; Davis, CA

Regional UU YoungAdult Anti-Oppression Training #4 

January 20, 2006 - January 22, 2005

 First Unitarian Society; Madison, WI

Cost: $30-$50 Sliding Scale. 

Scholarships available! Apply at 
http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/Scholarship%20Application.html 

For online registration and more information, go to www.connectuu.com
<http://www.connectuu.com/>  

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15. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office.

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Calling all young adults!

The Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office is seeking a few good
volunteers who would like to help us with our work!

In turn for 35 hours of service, we'll give you a $150.00 scholarship to
your choice of ConCentric, Opus, or General Assembly. Hours are
flexible. Tasks include data entry, archiving, and preparing mailings. 

Come contribute to our movement through support of young adult and
campus ministry and help yourself get to an awesome UU conference!

If interested, please contact Erik Kesting (ekesting at uua.org ,
617-948-6463) or Petra Aldrich (paldrich at uua.org, 617-948-4629).

We hope to hear from you soon!

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16. A Plug for ConnectUU

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ConnectUU is an online database of Unitarian Universalist youth and
young adult groups.  You can find a group or event near you, register to
get information about upcoming events and informing groups, and much
more!  Over two dozen new groups and events have been added to ConnectUU
in the past month -- everything from conferences to weekly Soulful
Sundown services to movie nights to campus Ministry groups.  So check it
out!  You may find exactly what you been looking for.  
http://www.connectuu.com <http://www.connectuu.com/>  

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17. Joining and being removed from C*UUYAN-Announce YA News

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To be removed: Send an email to paldrich at uua.org Subject heading: Remove
YA News

To be added: Send an email to paldrich at uua.org Subject heading: Add YA
News

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18. Contribute to the Young Adult News 

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Call for submissions to C*UUYAN Leaders for YA News 

Deadline for Submissions: 15th of every month 

C*UUYAN Announce is a monthly Young Adult Newsletter that is distributed
continentally over email and is also available on www.uuyan.org
<http://www.uuyan.org/> .  C*UUYAN Announce reaches over 3500 young
adults in the United States and Canada.  Please send all submissions to
Petra Aldrich paldrich at uua.org in the YA-CM office by the 15th of each
month.  C*UUYAN Announce is usually posted in the third or fourth week
of the month.  We welcome submissions of all kinds but encourage brevity
and links to more information.  If you have any questions please feel
free to contact Petra Aldrich paldrich at uua.org <mailto:paldrich at uua.org>
in the YA-CM office (617) 948 4629.   

Please Include:

- Title

- Brief write-up/paragraph/explanation

- Email or web links

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19. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts

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Petra Aldrich - UUA Young Adult and Campus Ministry Program Associate

(617) 948 4629 paldrich at uua.org 

Joseph Santos-Lyons - UUA Director of Campus Ministry & Field Organizing

(877) 270 3302 jsantoslyons at uua.org 

Michael Tino - UUA Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry

(919) 401 9944 mtino at uua.org 

Erik Kesting - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Administrator

(617) 948 6463 ekesting at uua.org

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