[UU Young Adult News] Young Adult News - October 2006 - Issue 43

Mon Oct 9 13:57:26 EDT 2006

Young Adult News - October 2006 - Issue 43

WELCOME

1. Welcome from Nancy DiGiovanni, Program Associate for the UUA Young
Adult and Campus Ministry Office

REMINDERS

2. Young Adult Survey! Pass it on!
3. 1st UUA Conference on Contemporary Worship
4. Register for a Regional Young Adult Anti-Racism Conference!
5. 2006 Young Adult and Campus Ministry Professionals Seminar

EVENTS and OPPORTUNITIES

6. APPLY for C*UUYAN Staff Conference positions
7. Focus Features Films invitation to host a screening of The Ground
Truth at your congregation or campus ministry meeting
8. Job opportunities

INFORMATION

9. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office
10. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts

1. Welcome from Nancy DiGiovanni, Program Associate for the UUA Young
Adult and Campus Ministry Office

	As we enter fall, I find myself reflecting on the busy summer I
enjoyed as the new Program Associate for the Young Adult and Campus
Ministry Office of the UUA. Having spent the past 3 years in volunteer
leadership positions for C*UUYAN (Continental UU Young Adult Network),
it was a pretty smooth transition as I moved into the office. It
sometimes doesn't feel quite real-when I think that a few months ago, I
was attending the potlucks of two Young Adult groups in New Jersey and
now here I am, asking those very same people to call me with questions,
comments, and requests for support. This brings me to request the same
of anyone reading this newsletter. Please contact me at the YACM office
at 617-948-4629. Introduce yourself, especially if you are a veteran or
new YACM staff member at your congregation of college/university. Tell
me who you are, what your group is doing and how the YACM office can
support you. Tell me if you're a volunteer and are struggling to make
more than 5 people show up. 

	I seek to engender a better understanding and more genuine and
authentic relationship between the YACM office, the C*UUYAN Steering
Committee (SC) and Conferences Planning Committee (CPC) and the many
Young Adults who they represent in our congregations and this continent.
My friend Brenda Lovette, currently at UNC-Chapel Hill, became a
district representative the first time I invited her to a C*UUYAN event
several years ago. She called me the other day and said, "Nancy, I just
went [to a local YA group] and they didn't know about the YACM office up
there in Boston. They didn't know about the anti-racism
workshops/trainings, Opus, ConCentric, financial support--I told them
all about it!" She immediately put them in contact with me, facilitating
the kind of grassroots outreach that will unite local young adults with
the YACM office and C*UUYAN.

	Thank you ALL for the outreach you do and the support you
provide in any capacity for young adults.

	You may notice a significant change to YA News. We are now
sending out an abbreviated version via email with links to the
information you need. You can find the extended version with more
detailed descriptions of postings on our site at
http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/news.html
<http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/news.html> .

	In communion,
	Nancy DiGiovanni 

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2. YOUNG ADULT SURVEY: Your Opinion Matters!

	We invite you to take 20 minutes of your day to complete our
2006 Survey of UU Young Adults. The survey will be open until November
15, 2006. Our goal is to receive 1000 responses. The 2006 Survey of UU
Young Adults is available online only at
http://express.perseus.com/perseus/surveys/1734848031/68c3197a.htm
<http://express.perseus.com/perseus/surveys/1734848031/68c3197a.htm> .

	Please circulate this with your local congregation and groups as
you are able. Your personal touch is a great help.

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3. 1st UUA Conference on Contemporary Worship

	Spiritually Vital and Alive: UUA Conference on Contemporary
Worship
	Feb 22-24, 2007 - San Diego, CA

	Ministers, religious professionals and young adults of all sorts
are invited to attend the 1st UUA conference on Contemporary Worship.
For more information, including a registration form, visit
www.uua.org/ya-cm/resources/Worship/ or contact Michael Tino at
mtino at uua.org.

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4. Register for a Regional Young Adult Anti-Racism Conference!

	These conferences, led by trainers in the Groundwork Program (UU
Youth and Young Adult Anti-Racism Trainer-Organizers), focus on the
foundational building blocks of anti-racism. 

	DATES: LOCATION:

	October 20-22 Boulder, CO
	November 10-11 Pittsburgh, PA
	January 12-14 Phoenix, AZ
	January 12-14 Bethesda, MD
	January 19-21 Fort Worth, TX

	If you want to host a Groundwork anti-racism training conference
in your school or congregation like these cool folks are doing, visit
our website at http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/groundwork
<http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/groundwork> .

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5. 2006 Young Adult and Campus Ministry Professionals Seminar

	Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry and Young Adult seminar
not only provides intimate connections with others active as staff (paid
or volunteer) but teaches the principles, philosophies, and frameworks
of successful campus/young adult ministry groups and congregational
programs.

	Seminar meets via teleconference Tuesdays at 7:30 PM Eastern
Time from October 31 through December 5, 2006. For more details and to
register, visit
http://www.connectuu.com/events.php?action=view&event_id=1018
<http://www.connectuu.com/events.php?action=view&event_id=1018> .

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6. Apply for C*UUYAN Conference Staff Positions-G.A. and OPUS

	Please help serve the General Assembly Unitarian Universalist
Young Adult Caucus by applying for a staff position. All staff receive
paid travel, registration, and housing for GA. 

	Volunteer applications are due by October 20th, 2006.

	Staff applications and full position descriptions can be found
at http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/ga.html
<http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/ga.html> . There are also three
conference positions open, which the Conferences Planning Committee and
Steering Committee will be appointing in the next few weeks. These three
positions will serve a one-year term, effective immediately: Opus
Co-Dean, General Assembly Co-Moderator, and General Assembly
Facilitator. TO APPLY: Please complete the volunteer application form
(http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/volunteer/volunteer_application_fo
rm.html
<http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/youngadults/volunteer/volunteer_application_fo
rm.html> ) by: Sunday, October 15th.

	Questions? contact Mary Manchester (marymanchester at riseup.net)
or Leanne Todd (uuangel at gmail.com) of the C*UUYAN Conferences Planning
Committee and Steering Committee respectively.

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7. Focus Features Films Invitation to the UUA

	We are working with Focus Films to organize viewing parties of
The Ground Truth with UU congregations across the country from Oct 4-11.
If you are interested in hosting a viewing party, you can do so here:
http://groundtruthstore.seenon.com/?pa=uua
<http://groundtruthstore.seenon.com/?pa=uua> . Also visit
http://thegroundtruth.net <http://thegroundtruth.net>  for more info.

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8. Job Opportunities 

	The Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven, MA is looking
for a Youth Program Coordinator to begin in August/September, 2006. A
job description is available on the church website at
www.uufairhaven.org <http://www.uufairhaven.org> . A letter of
application, resume and names of three references may be sent to Lisa
Elliott, DRE, UU Society of Fairhaven, 102 Green St., Fairhaven, MA
02719.

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9. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office

	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 on-site in our Boston office, 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. 

	If interested, please contact Erik Kesting at ekesting at uua.org
or 617-948-6463.

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10. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Contacts

	Nancy DiGiovanni - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Program
Associate
	(617) 948 4629 ndigiovanni at uua.org <mailto:ndigiovanni at uua.org> 
	Joseph Santos-Lyons - Director of Campus Ministry & Field
Organizing
	(877) 270 3302 jsantoslyons at uua.org
<mailto:jsantoslyons at uua.org%20> 
	Michael Tino - Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry
	(919) 401 9944 mtino at uua.org <mailto:mtino at uua.org%20> 
	Erik Kesting - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant
	(617) 948 6463 ekesting at uua.org <mailto:ekesting at uua.org> 

	www.uua.org/yacm <http://www.uua.org/ya-cm/> 

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