Young Adult News - April 2008 - Issue 55
WELCOME
1. Welcome from Erik Kesting, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant
EVENTS and OPPORTUNITIES
2. Special Continental Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network (C*UUYAN) Visioning and Business Meeting June 24-25, 2008
3. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Training and Meeting Event
4. Work at a Unitarian Universalist Camp or Conference Center this Summer or Fall
5. Intern with Tikkun Magazine and the Network of Spiritual Progressives
INFORMATION and ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. Meet the UUA's Washington Office for Advocacy
7. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts
1. Welcome
Hi all!
This issue of Young Adult News includes two event announcements, various opportunities for awesome summer employment, and a hearty greeting from the UUA's Washington Office of Advocacy. I would also like to remind everyone that registration and housing is open for General Assembly 2008 in
. More information on that can be found at www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/. Best wishes to all! Fort Lauderdale ,Florida Sincerely,
Erik B. Kesting
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2. Special Continental Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network (C*UUYAN) Visioning and Business Meeting June 24-25, 2008
Dear C*UUYAN,
We are excited to invite you to a special meeting in
on Tuesday, June 24 and Wednesday, June 25. This C*UUYAN visioning and business meeting will take place just prior to GA so that as many young adults as possible can attend both events. We hope to have a maximal number of young adults involved in the Pre-GA meeting. Together we will engage in large and small group reflection to discern our purposes, goals, and priorities. Your input is crucial! Fort Lauderdale Some of the questions which will be explored include:
- C*UUYAN's evolution of purpose
- C*UUYAN's larger mission
- C*UUYAN and conferences
- C*UUYAN's reach
- Who C*UUYAN serves
- How C*UUYAN can support young adults who are not tied to congregations
- How C*UUYAN can be a financially independent organization
- C*UUYAN's relationship with the UUA
- C*UUYAN's relationship with CYF (Church of the Younger Fellowship), exploration of our similarities and differences
- C*UUYAN's relationship with other organizations (i.e. DRUUMM Youth and Young Adults, Allies for Racial Equity, Groundwork, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice)
By the end of the meeting, we hope to have a clear vision of purpose, who we serve, and our new relationship with UUA. These outcomes will then translate into directives with which the Steering Committee will charge a task force, responsible for developing a strategic plan for C*UUYAN to achieve those directives.
Below is the logistical information for this conference. We hope to see as many young adults present as possible. This meeting is vitally important to the health of our community, and we hope to see you there.
Dates: We will meet all day Tuesday, June 24 and a good part of Wednesday, June 25.
Site: The meeting will be taking place in one of the hotels reserved for General Assembly. Since we will be outside the Port Authority's space, you will not need an ID to enter the meeting space. (You will need a government-issued photo ID if you plan to attend General Assembly.) In addition, we hope to use technology and the internet to open the process up to those who can not participate in person.
Travel: Please plan to arrive in
on Monday night and depart on Wednesday night or stay for GA. Ft. Lauderdale Housing: You can arrange to stay in the hotels which are available for GA or arrange your own housing. We recommend the GA hotels because they are most convenient to the Convention Center and we will be making full use of our time both days.
Registration: Registration is up on www.connectuu.com. Our goal is to make this low or no cost since travel and housing will be your responsibility.
Scholarships: Some financial assistance will be available from C*UUYAN through our budget and the Raise the Roof scholarship fund. More information and applications will be forthcoming. Please also ask as many sources for scholarships as you can think of. Some ideas include…
- Ask your district (try the YA or Religious Education staff person).
- Ask committees in your district.
- Ask to be a delegate for your congregation if you have one.
- Ask for a scholarship from your congregation (or a nearby one) even if you're not a member.
- Ask your school if you're a student. (Try the interfaith office-you never know!)
- If you're attending GA as well as the Pre-GA Meeting, apply for a GA scholarship with the GA Planning Committee (GAPC). Follow the links on the left-have navigation bar atwww.uua.org/events/generalassembly/ (Click on Registration and Housing, then Finanacial Aid.)
- People may be more willing to support you if you ask for a "matching donation" where they give you the same amount as you raise yourself.
- Offer to write up or present a report after GA.
- Offer to do a workshop after GA (either about GA in general or about a specific topic).
- Even if groups can't assist you, sometimes individuals will offer. That's one more reason it never hurts to ask.
See you in June!
In faith,
C*UUYAN Steering Committee: Andrew Mertz, Anthony Severe,Liz Weber , Mary Manchester, Raegan Bricks
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3. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Training and Meeting Event
What and When: The UUA Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry warmly invites you to a training and meeting event June 12-15, 2008.
Where:Unitarian Universalist Church atCrossing, Washington 268 Washington Crossing-Pennington Rd. Titusville ,NJ 08560-1511
Who: District YACM staff and consultants, current and prospective volunteer young adult group leaders, campus ministry leaders
Cost: District YACM staff and consultants - two day training (6/13-6/14) sliding scale $75-150. Current and prospective volunteer young adult group leaders and campus ministry leaders - one day training (6/14) sliding scale $50-75. Scholarship funding is available.More information and a registration form: www.uua.org/documents/congservices/yacm/080612_training.pdf.
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4. Work at a Unitarian Universalist Camp or Conference Center
Unirondack in
has a few positions still open for this coming summer. We are especially in need of more waterfront staff. Pay is competitive. Staff tells us time and again that working at Unirondack is an incredible experience they never forget. Many call it the highpoint of their youth and youngadulthood. Visit our website at www.unirondack.org and see what all the excitement is about! Lowville ,New York The Mountain Retreat and
Learning Center in Highlands,has Young Adult Residency positions available for their Fall 2008 Session: August 11 - November 24. Residents participate in all aspects of the retreat and learning center, including housekeeping, maintenance, food service, finance, marketing, website management, program design and evaluation, and guest services. In addition, they undertake learning projects, community service, and field trips. Internship credit may be available through your educational institution. See www.mountaincenters.org/Internship_pgm.html for more information or to apply. North Carolina
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5. Intern with Tikkun Magazine and the Network of Spiritual Progressives
Tikkun Magazine and the Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) are recruiting interns for spring, summer and fall 2008 and/or the 2008-09 academic year in a variety of subject areas. Tikkun Magazine interns read submissions, proof copy, work on outreach and marketing for the magazine, send out mailings to authors, contributors and publishers, do basic database tasks and support the production editor throughout the production cycle, and interface with the managing editor and editor in chief for special projects and assignments. For more information, see www.spiritualprogressives.org/index.php?topic=jobs. Moreover, see the same page for info on current paid job opportunities there.
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6. Meet the UUA’s Washington
Hi all!
This is Lisa Swanson writing from the UUA's Washington Office for Advocacy in D.C., where the six of us (mostly young adults!) work on social justice issues at the federal legislative level. We also provide general resources and support to UU activists. My co-workers and I would like to invite you to check out our blog on UUism and social justice at http://uuasocialjustice.blogspot.com/.
We also run listservs on various social justice issues. You can sign up for our weekly Action Alerts listserv, which is called "Advocacy News," or one of our more sporadic lists which deals with a specific justice issue at http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1272/t/4696/signUp.jsp?key=1357. We recommend signing up for the weekly alert and one or two specific issue lists. That way you can get a sense of the big picture of justice issues the Washington Office is working on, while building specialized knowledge on a particular issue.
My co-worker Alex also runs a Facebook group called "Young UU Peacemakers." http://unc.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2377248300.
For more information, do all the things we just said.
Love,
Lisa, Adam, Alex, Grace, Kat, and Rob
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7. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts
Nancy DiGiovanni - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Director of Programs
(617) 948-4629 - ndigiovanni@uua.orgErik Kesting - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant
(617) 948-6463 - ekesting@uua.org
Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris - Acting Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry
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