[UU Young Adult News] Young Adult News - May 2007 - Issue 49
Erik Kesting
EKesting at uua.org
Fri May 4 18:04:28 EDT 2007
Young Adult News - May 2007 - Issue 49
WELCOME
1. Welcome from Jonathan Craig on behalf of the ConnectUU Redesign Team
EVENTS and OPPORTUNITIES
2. Seeking Young Adult Observer to the UUA Board of Trustees
3. Four Exciting Events!
4. Propose a Resolution for ConCentric
5. Young Adult Summer Conferences in Toronto, Ontario!
6. Scholarships for young adults to attend General Assembly 2007
INFORMATION
7. Submissions to Young Adult News
8. Earn conference scholarships at the YACM Office
9. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts
1. Welcome from Jonathan Craig on behalf of the ConnectUU Redesign Team
After months of waiting, and thousands of hours of work, the new
ConnectUU.com site is finally live! Thanks to Jonathan Craig, Erik David
Carlson, Jeff Baily and Darrell Duane, ConnectUU has been completely
rebuilt to simplify operations and increase usability at all levels of
access. Much thanks to the 2006 Central Radius for writing the proposal
and to Concentric 2006 for ratifying it so that this much-needed update
could occur.
With the new site you can search for old friends and contact
them, see upcoming events and groups in your area, and provide online
registration for events with ease. Check out all the new features today,
and be sure to update your contact information and your local group's
listing. The listing for Opus 2007 is already available and registration
is a breeze.
Visit the new ConnectUU <http://www.connectuu.com> at
http://www.connectuu.com and sign up today!
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2. Seeking New Young Adult Observer to the UUA Board of Trustees
The C*UUYAN Steering Committee is looking for someone to fill
the position of Young Adult Observer to the Board of Trustees to the
Unitarian Universalist Association. If interested or if you have
nominations, please contact the Steering Committee at ideas at uuyan.org
for a job description and more details.
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3. Four Exciting Events
The Interfaith Academy for Emerging Religious Leaders: June
13-27, 2007 in Kansas City
This is a completely funded event, and participants have to pay
only for their travel to Kansas City. We are also holding a one-week
fee-for-service Academy for Religious Professionals beginning at the
same time. This event is vitally important to the work of Religions for
Peace-USA and will be of great benefit to your young leaders and the
work of your communities. Please encourage your young leaders and other
interested contacts to visit our website
www.rfpusa.org/interfaithacademy and download an application.
Young Adults Conference on Star Island
Join us from June 16-23! You have a 4 day option or the full 7
day option, and you can come for whatever days suit you. Registration is
open until June 1, but the conference is filling up quickly, so get your
registration in soon! For more details, go to
http://www.bigyacattack.com/ or email Mark Gibson
<mailto:yacreg at gmail.com> , the registrar, at yacreg at gmail.com. Hope to
see you there!
Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries East Summit
DRUUMM is a UU People of Color organization, founded in 1998. It
is an intergenerational, anti-racist multiracial/multicultural
organization, and we are the Youth & Young Adults Committee.
Scholarships are available, thanks to the Young Religious Unitarian
Universalists (YRUU) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
Please email jsantoslyons at uua.org to apply!
May 10 - 13, 2007, Davies Memorial. Keynote Facilitators: Rev.
Leslie Takahashi-Morris & Jennifer Bacon. Cost: $50-100 USD/$55-110 CDN
Sliding Scale
The Unitarian Universalist Youth and Young Adult White
Anti-Racist Spring Summit
The Summit will focus on organizing and mobilizing our
community. Our agenda items will include building a sustainable and
accountable organizational structure, how to create lasting anti-racist
action within our communities, as well as work on developing our own
personal anti-racist analyses. Unlike previous years, we as a group will
focus more on strategizing and less on training. As this is an
action-based event, we ask that registrants have attended a previous
anti-racism workshop and are comfortable with the analysis offered
there.
Please contact Megan A. Tideman <mailto:heythere at bust.com> at
heythere at bust.com if you have any questions or are interested in
attending, and she will send you further information. Registration costs
approx. $40 on a sliding scale. Location: UU Church in Silver Springs,
Maryland Friday May 11 (starting mid-day) Saturday, May 12 (all day,
with some joint programming with DRUUMM Youth and Young Adults) Sunday
May 13 (ending mid-day).
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4. Propose a Resolution for ConCentric
Would you like to make a change within the Continental UU Young
Adult Network and the larger UU movement? Is there a policy you think
should be in place, but isn't? Have problems with the way something is
structured or run? Propose a resolution to be presented at ConCentric!
This year we are trying out a whole new way of submitting
proposals for resolutions at ConCentric. In the past, if there were any
issues with the way a resolution was written, folks had to gather last
minute between plenary sessions at ConCentric to rewrite the resolution
before it was passed. This is problematic. It can cut into other
programming, other plenary sessions, or the time set aside for
elections. This year, we have set up this LiveJournal community at
http://cc_resolutions.livejournal.com where proposed resolutions will be
posted and can be commented on by anyone.
The Steering Committee can look over the resolutions and make
comments on how they could be honed to be more specific, more focused,
or more likely to be passed! All are welcome to make suggestions! To
submit a resolution to be posted on the LiveJournal community, please
e-mail it to ideas at uuyan.org. For more information about resolutions,
visit http://www25.uua.org/ya-cm/cuuyan/sc.html.
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5. Young Adult Summer Conferences in Toronto, Ontario!
ConCentric 2007 will be at Unicamp in Toronto, Ontario August 10
- 14.
"In the Spirit of Leadership" is an inspirational weekend of
organizational networking, skill building, and faith in action for young
adult leaders and allies on the local, district, and continental levels.
Register at the new and improved www.ConnectUU.com. Register
early to avoid a late fee. If you have any questions about registration
feel free to contact Katie McGrath (mcgrath.katie at gmail.com).
Lead a Workshop! Contact Justine Urbikas (j.urbikas at gmail.com)
with thoughts and ideas no later than June 15 if you would be interested
in leading a workshop.
Important: Effective January 8, 2007, all U.S. citizens
traveling by air to and from Canada are required to have a valid
passport to enter the United States. Apply for a passport ASAP if you
don't already have one!
Feel free to contact the Co-Chairs, Robin Darling
(jocelynrobind at gmail.com) and Eli Johnston (theory.of.eli at gmail.com).
Opus #22
Opus is the annual spiritual retreat of the Continental
Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network. This year's theme is "The
Circle Game" in Toronto, Ontario, August 15 - 19, 2007 at Unicamp.
We are an intentional community of seekers exploring liberal
religion, social justice and diversity. We will explore and honor the
cycles, revolutions, and interdependent connections that are important
to our lives, communities, and planet. This year's site boasts 50
beautiful, peaceful acres of meadows, coniferous and deciduous forests,
marshes, streams, caves and a 5-acre spring fed pond with two beaches.
Come connect with new and old friends. U.S. Citizens, apply for your
passport now!
Registration opens May 1st at the new www.ConnectUU.com.
Questions? Contact Stephanie Truax <mailto:truaxst at earlham.edu>
at truaxst at earlham.edu
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6. Scholarships for young adults to attend General Assembly 2007
Scholarships are available for young adults to attend General
Assembly 2007. See
http://www25.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/Scholarship%20Info.html for more
details and information on how to fund your attendance at General
Assembly and other conferences. Visit
http://www25.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/Scholarship%20Application.html to
apply for a scholarship.
7. Submissions to Young Adult News
If you have an announcement about an event, opportunity, or
general information, which you believe is specifically relevant to the
continental Unitarian Universalist young adult community, please submit
your item to Nancy DiGiovanni at ndigiovanni at uua.org. Also direct to
Nancy any corrections or other feedback on Young Adult News.
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8. 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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9. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts
Nancy DiGiovanni - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Program
Associate
(617) 948-4629 ndigiovanni at uua.org
Erik Kesting - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant
(617) 948-6463 ekesting at uua.org
Joseph Santos-Lyons - Director of Campus Ministry & Field
Organizing
(503) 490-5639 jsantoslyons at uua.org
Dr. Michael Tino - Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry
(919) 401-9944 mtino at uua.org
www25.uua.org/yacm <http://www25.uua.org/yacm/>
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