all Young Adult News - November 2, 2005- Issue 33

Wed Nov 2 16:53:18 EST 2005

1. Welcome from Emily Dulcan of the C*UUYAN Steering Committee

2. Come to the Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Trainings!

3. Save the Date: Comprehensive Sexuality Education Advocacy Training

4. Help Us Create a Directory of UU Young Adult & Campus Ministry
Religious Professionals!

5. SOA Protest Nov 18-20 and the UUA Youth/YACM Office

6. Job Opening: YA & CM Office Regional Organizing Consultant, New
England Region

7. Did you know that the UU World is now available online?

8. UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund T-Shirt!

9. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office.

10. A Plug for ConnectUU

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

12. Contribute to the Young Adult News 

13. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts                       

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1.  Welcome from Emily Dulcan of the C*UUYAN Steering Committee

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Hello C*UUYAN community! 

I am happy to be the first author of the first monthly Steering
Committee update, and if you're actually reading this, congratulations
for caring enough about C*UUYAN to make it this far. A couple of
pointers before getting into the juicy stuff:

*	When I say "we" in the following text, I'm referring to C*UUYAN
leaders, specifically the Steering Committee (SC) or the SC and the
Conferences Planning Committee (CPC). 
*	What do "we" do? The SC is here to strengthen the UU young adult
community through planning projects, funding conferences and making up
some rules to help community events run smoothly. We are also here to
provide resources for young adults and work with the Young Adult and
Campus Ministry Office to do all of the above. The CPC plans the
wonderful conferences we may not all know but most certainly love:
ConCentric and Opus. 

So, now that we're a little bit clearer, here's some business stuff for
you. I know we have already posted the minutes from the September joint
meeting of the Steering and Conferences Planning Committees, but a
number of interesting issues came up at that meeting, and we would LOVE
some feedback so we know how best to proceed.

Let's talk about the ELECTIONS PROCESS!

We're trying to find a new way to conduct C*UUYAN elections at
ConCentric and General Assembly (GA). Before GA in June of this year,
members of the SC and the CPC agreed that the election format we were
using - making candidates leave the room while everyone else says things
about them - was not accountable to the community, nor was it a healthy
way to run our elections. We felt that there was an element of talking
behind people's backs and a lack of thoughtfulness in some of these
behind-the-back discussions. The candidates being discussed weren't in
the room in order to defend themselves from criticism or learn from
others' critiques. In essence, we believe that in order for our
community to grow and progress, we need to confront conflict and
criticism directly so that everyone involved in the process can learn.
People who have problems with candidates can learn how to constructively
express their concerns, while candidates can gain some insight into
their strengths and shortcomings directly from their peers. 

The question is: How do we DO this? We made a few changes to the
elections at ConCentric this year, and in many ways the outcome was less
than ideal. There are a couple of changes that we want to stick with,
however, unless we hear otherwise from you:

*	We like the ideas of having the cutoff for people who want to be
candidates be at least a day before the elections, so people have time
before the question and answer and voting periods to learn about
candidates and their backgrounds. 
*	We also like the idea of breaking the Q & A and voting into two
separate time periods, so people have time to talk with the candidates,
and amongst themselves, after they've heard the answers to some basic
questions. 

Please send us some feedback. What do you think would make the elections
process more healthy and accountable? We'll be waiting to hear from you
at ideas at uuyan.org

Thanks for reading through. You have many months of fascinating Steering
Committee news to enjoy.

In peace and faith,

Emily Dulcan

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2.  Come to the 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 focus on linked oppressions and the connection
between anti-oppression work and UU spirituality. And they are awesome! 

In addition to sharing meals and worship, we cover the following topics:
Identity Development, Anti-Oppression Definitions, Linked Oppressions,
Ally Training, Caucusing, and Creating a Consciousness: Vision and
Strategy for change.  

The first training was just last weekend, and it was really great! Don't
miss out on this exciting opportunity! Register now! www.connectuu.com
<http://www.connectuu.com/>  

Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Training- Philadelphia

November 18 - 20, 2005

UU Church of the Restoration; Philadelphia, PA

Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Training- Davis

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

Unitarian Church; Davis, CA

Regional UU Young Adult Anti-Oppression Training- Madison

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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3. Save the Date: Comprehensive Sexuality Education Advocacy Training

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The Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ,
in collaboration with Advocates for Youth, present a

Sexuality Education Advocacy Training

For Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ Youth, Young
Adults, and their Adult Allies! This training will be held in
Washington, DC from March 25-28, 2006

Who should come to this training?

-Youth, Young Adults, Parents, Adult Allies, Youth Advisors, OWL
participants and advocates.

-Folks passionate about comprehensive sexuality education- in high
schools, colleges, on the local, state, and national level, and in
congregations. 

-Please have an interest in advocacy and an intention to use your new
skills!

What will we be learning about?

-the UU and UCC position and history on sex education

-current federal legislation

-lobbying skills 

-media training

-general organizing techniques

-speaking from a faith perspective

We will end the training with a lobby day on Capitol Hill on Tuesday,
putting our newly acquired skills into ACTION!

Where? The training will be held at the Washington Seminar Center which
is associated with the Presbyterian Church. Please plan to sleep over at
the Seminar Center, unless otherwise arranged with UUA or UCC staff. 

When? We will begin with worship at 5 pm on Saturday and finish with our
Lobby Day on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. 

How much? The training fee will be on a sliding scale of $50-100, and
scholarships and travel subsidies are available upon request. All meals
(Saturday dinner- Tuesday lunch) will be provided.

Interested? Register! Online registration for this event will be
available soon. If you are too excited to wait (and I know I am!)
contact Meredith Schonfeld-Hicks for a paper registration form.

Need more information? Please contact Meredith Schonfeld-Hicks in the
UUA Washington Office for Advocacy at (202) 296-4672 x 13,
mschonfeldhicks at uua.org or Sandy Sorenson at UCC sorenses at ucc.org Or
visit the UUA Washington Office website at www.uua.org/uuawo for more
information.

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4. Help Us Create a Directory of UU Young Adult & Campus Ministry
Religious Professionals!
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The purpose of the Directory of Young Adult & Campus Ministry Religious
Professionals is to provide a resource for networking, mentoring,
sharing of best-practices and organizing for Campus/Young Adult Ministry
in the Unitarian Universalist Association and Canadian Unitarian
Council.  We are writing to seek your permission to be included in this
directory (for those who identify as having YACM in your
portfolio/ministry, lay or professional).  Our deadline is Nov 15th.  If
you would like to be included, please contact Joseph Santos-Lyons
jsantoslyons at uua.org or toll free 1-877-270-3302.

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5. SOA Protest Nov 18-20 and the UUA Youth/YACM Office

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Dear Community,

This year the UUA Youth and Young Adult & Campus Ministry Offices will
not be playing a significant role in Columbus Georgia for the SOA
Protest Nov 18-20 (www.soaw.org <http://www.soaw.org/>  for more
information on this justice issue).  At General Assembly, Youth Council,
and ConCentric, discussions and resolutions have been passed in support
of the mission and purpose of SOA Watch.  We continue to feel strongly
about supporting this work.  Since 2000, we have provided staff support
for logistics (helping book the UU Church in Columbus, announcements),
communications (set up UUIGNITE list with 200+ members), mentoring
(bringing together leadership), and on-site coordination
(transportation, information, etc).  This year, however, we have not had
the staff capacity or the requests of volunteer leadership on a
realistic timeline to engage with the November protest. We are not
attending officially nor working closely with any UU Youth and Young
Adults involved in the gathering of UU Youth and Young Adults that has
happened historically. We are interested in continuing dialogue with
community members about how to best support UU Youth and Young Adults
involved in social justice events, social justice community building,
and developing the capacity for UU Youth and Young Adults to mobilize a
grassroots, collective response/action to justice issues.  We believe
that our involvements in community-based mobilizations such as SOA are
an important part of our anti-oppression work in the world, grounded in
UU Principles and Faith.  Our Offices have been in touch loosely with
several UU's about SOA; please contact Marissa Gutierrez at 617-948-4351
to talk further about this.  Lastly, we invite you to stay connected to
UU Social Justice work through the UUIGNITE listserv
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/uuignite

In peace

Marissa Gutierrez, Youth Ministry Associate mgutierrez at uua.org

Petra Aldrich, Program Associate, Young Adult & Campus Ministry
paldrich at uua.org

Joseph Santos-Lyons, Field Director, Young Adult & Campus Ministry
jsantoslyons at uua.org

JooYoung Choi, YRUU Programs Specialist jchoi at uua.org

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6. Job Opening: UUA YA & CM Office Regional Organizing Consultant, New
England Region

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The YACM Office has 6 part-time paid consultants who network within our
6 regions.  Right now, we have an immediate opening in the New England
Region!  

Applicants do not need to be young adults (age 18-35).

Job Title: Regional Organizing Consultant, New England Region

Overview: Very part-time (2-3 hours/week) consultant position 

Reports to: Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry

Qualifications: Experience with small group leadership, Young Adult and
Campus Ministry a plus, Excellent communications and follow-up with
telephone and email mediums, Computer and internet skills, word
processing.

Compensation: $2000 per year, paid in semi-annual installments For full
job description and to apply contact Joseph at jsantoslyons at uua.org 

Please share this announcement with all who might be interested!

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7. Did you know that the UU World is now available online? 

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you should check it out at http://www.uuworld.org/ !

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8. UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund T-Shirt!

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Have you give time, treasure, or talent to help with Hurricane Katrina
Relief? If so, you are eligible to purchase a special T-Shirt from the
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee (UUSC)! 

Each T-shirt comes complete with an "owner's manual" that explains the
otherwise obscure slogan! 

T-Shirts cost $15, $7.50 of which goes straight to the UUA-UUSC Gulf
Coast Relief Fund!

To order, send a check or money order ($15) to:

Alternative Prints

13046 Berlin St.

Poway, CA 92064

be sure to include your t-shirt size and mention the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast
Relief Fund!!

for more information, please contact Anne Heller aoheller at msn.com,
Interim District Executive, Southwestern UU Conference

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9. 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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10. 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.  www.connectuu.com
<http://www.connectuu.com/>    

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11. 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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12. 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 in the YA-CM office (617) 948 4629.   

Please Include:

- Title

- Brief write-up/paragraph/explanation

- Email or web links

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13. 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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