The Sweet Potato
March 23, 2021

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Thanks for reading "The Sweet Potato," the Young Adult Revival Networks bi-monthly roundup of online UU young adult ministries, media, and more.

Bold items are new or updated. 
 

News & Updates

  • YARN Social Networks

  • YARN Internal Projects

  • The Flame: A New Unitarian Universalist Podcast
     

YARN Ministries

  • 4/3 - QUUer YA Meetup
  • 4/6 - UUYA Lay Leaders Call
  • 4/7 - Countering Oppressions
  • 4/7 - Black Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Gathering

  • 4/13 - UU YAM Professionals Call

  • 4/18 - YARN Worship Series - March 2021

  • 4/20 - Small Group Ministry Open House

UUYA Opportunities

  • Apply to be a SPARK Leader at GA

  • 4/8 - Gathered Here

  • 5/13-16 - Ensemble: Young Adults at the CUC National Conference

 

UU Spring for Change

  • 3/24 - Defund Line 3 Action Circle

  • 3/25 - Intergenerational Climate Dialogue

  • 3/31 - UnKoch My Campus Teach-In

  • 4/6 - Letter Writing to NoDAPL Political Prisoners

  • 4/22 - BIPOC Caucus on Climate Justice Session 3

  • 4/9-11 - Intergenerational Spring Seminar

  • 4/16-18 - Power Shift 2021

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News & Updates

YARN Social Networks

YARN is on a variety of social networks. Connect with us in whatever ways works for you!

  • Twitter - @UUYARN
  • Instagram - @UUYARN
  • YARN Facebook Page

  • UUYA Leaders Facebook Group
  • UU Young Adult Connections (Not YARN but the biggest UUYA Facebook Group)
  • YARN Discord Server (for young adults only)

YARN Internal Projects

In addition to YARN’s public ministries, we have two internal projects that support the long-term mission of YARN. If you want to become a leader in YARN, these are the areas we need the most support in. If you want to get involved with YARN on either of these projects or another ministry of ours, please email uuyarn@uusf.org:
 

  • Fundraising Team: One of YARN’s biggest goals is to put real resources into our work. To that end we are working to set-up UU San Francisco as YARN’s fiscal sponsor. As we work on that, we are developing plans for a variety of revenue streams and meeting with numerous leaders within the UU movement. If you have any interest in fundraising work, let us know. No skill required, we will teach you.
  • Media Team: From our current marketing campaign to our variety of social networks, we need help managing and coordinating all of YARN’s variou media pursuits. Coordinators, video makers, editors, graphic designers, writers; anyone wanting to make and help distribute UU young adult content is invited to join our media team. No skill required, we will teach you.

The Flame: A New Unitarian Universalist Podcast

A new Unitarian Universalist Podcast is here; The Flame is a Unitarian Universalist faith-centered podcast envisioned and hosted by YARN Worship Team Leader Roddy Biggs-uu sharing messages of hope, love, resilience, and community. To follow The Flame and to learn more visit our webpage.

 

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Events

UUYA History Discussion Sessions 

Saturday, March 13 at 1:00pm ET/ 10:00am PT
Sunday March 28 at 4:30pmET/ 1:30pm PT
Register To Receive Reminders

 

Black Join Emily McKown and YARN for two discussion sessions focused on the history of Unitarian Universalist young adults. Emily McKown, Executive Director of the Channing Murray Foundation and UU young adult, will be delivering a major speech on the topic in April. She reached out to YARN to see if we could help her out, as the history of UUYAs is not properly nor comprehensively documented. We organized these two sessions for anyone, young adult or not, to join and discuss the full story of UUYAs.

 

If you want to attend but can’t make/miss a session, Emily McKown can be emailed at: channingmurraydirector@gmail.com

Register for Reminders
Join on ZOOM

QUUer YA Meetup

Saturday, April 3

6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

 

We invite queer Unitarian Universalist young adults and friends looking for a virtual space designed for them to join our conversations and community. LGBTQIA+ UU young adults and friends are currently meeting Monthly on First Saturdays: 3:30 pm  Pacific 6:30 pm  Eastern. For more information, please contact Roddy Biggs at rbiggs@uuma.org.

Join on ZOOM

UUYA Lay Leaders Call

Tuesday, April 6

8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

 

If you are a Unitarian Universalist, a young adult (ages 18 to 30s,) and lead in any capacity within our faith movement, then please join us for the first of a hopefully monthly call. 

 

From serving on Boards or Committees, at local, regional or continental levels, whether lay or professional or seminary, any UUYA leaders are invited for an hour of sharing, collaboration, triaging, visioning and networking. And to be explicit, you do not have to working on young adult ministry to join us!

 

Email uuyarn@uusf.org for more information.

Hosted by Joe Chapot, Ministerial Assistant and Young Adult Coordinator at First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

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Countering Oppressions

Wednesday, April 7

8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

 

We are a group of privileged UUs working together to dismantle white supremacy and oppression in ourselves and the world around us. We read literature and listen to podcasts together, talk with each other about what we see and what is happening in our own lives, and hold community to support one another.  

 

We meet at 8pm ET on the first Wednesday of every month. If you are interested in joining us, please join our GroupMe to get the meeting Zoom links, other information for upcoming meetings, and to engage with other people in the group.

Join Group Me

Black Unitarian Universalist Young Adults

Wednesday, April 7

8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Register to Attend

 

Black Unitarian Universalist Young Adults (BUUYA) across North America will gather on Wednesday, March 10 to hang out and get to know each other. This gathering is the result of three BUUYAs who started meeting in Fall 2020 thanks to YARN. They loved being in a space that is exclusively Unitarian Universalist, young adult, and BLACK! Now they want to share it with everyone like them. Practically, there will be a chalice lighting, a check in, and participants will spend time discovering what the BUUYA communal needs are. We look forward to seeing you! Please share with Young Adults in your UU circles.

 

By and for Black UU young adults. Organized by Donovan Hayden, Mya Wade-Harper, and Kamila Jacobs. A ministry of the Young Adult Revival Network. If you can't attend this meeting but want to participate in the future, email yarn@uusf.org and you will be connected with the BUUYA group.

Register to Attend

UU YAM Professionals Call

Tuesday, April 13

5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT

Email to Request Attendance

 

If you work for a Unitarian Universalist organization and are responsible for a young adult ministry, then you are invited to connect with your peers on our monthly support call! This call is for professionals, those who are employed by UU organizations, be they congregations, regional groups, national bodies, or some other kind of entity. We spend the hour sharing about our programs, working on challenges, stepping back to take in the big picture, and laugh at the incongruous things we encounter while trying to create young adult ministry. 

 

If you want to attend, please email uuyami@uusf.org with your name, where you work, your job title, and what young adult, emerging adult, campus ministry program you are responsible for.

 

If you are a UU young adult who leads in any capacity within the movement, then please attend our UUYA leaders call, usually on the first Sunday of the month.

Small Group Open House

Tuesday, April 20

8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT
Register To Attend

 

We will have a monthly open Small Group Ministry for anyone who is interested. Participants will gather, be split up into small groups, and do a session together, bonding and reflecting on the theme. The meetings will be the 3rd Tuesdays of the month 5-6 PT / 8-9 ET; with the first meeting on Tuesday March 16th.

Small Group Ministry Interest Form

YARN Worship Series - April 2021

Sunday, April 18

8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT

 

YARN organizes a monthly worship by and for UU young adults, held on the third Sunday of the month. If you want to be apart of the Worship Planning Team, email rbiggs@uuma.org.

UUYA Opportunities

Apply to be a SPARK Leader at GA

The UU College of Social Justice  is looking for four Spark Leaders between the ages of 18 and 24 years old to lead and support engaging justice-centered and youth and young adult-focused programming connected to the all-virtual UUA General Assembly (GA) 2021. Spark Leaders will be helping spark connections and inspiration by leading and supporting programming and activities centered on activism, education, and justice at and around GA. To apply, click the button below.

Learn More

SB: Homemade: Blue Boat Home

Wednesday, March 31

6:30pm ET/ 3:30pm PT

 

Blue Boat Home: What architects, masons, and the sound of water can teach us about crafting a home by hand. 

 

The Sanctuary Boston is a progressive spiritual community striving for vibrant worship and real connection. Our worship gatherings are full of music of different styles, led by our Sanctuary Boston band. At each gathering a community member offers a message of spiritual journeying, and we reflect on what it means to live lives of justice, equity, and compassion. Our live gatherings on zoom now offer closed captioning.

Join on ZOOM
RSVP on Facebook

Gathered Here

Thursday, April 8
2:00pm ET/ 10:00am PT

 

Join other UU 18-35-year-olds on Zoom (a video-conferencing platform) for sharing of joys and sorrows, deeper check-ins, prayerful reflections, and an opportunity to process the events of our lives with a spiritually grounded community. Each month we are joined by a member of the Young Adult Pastoral Care Team. 

 

The global pandemic has made this virtual gathering place more valuable than ever. While so much in our lives is unknown and unknowable, we can find comfort in familiar rituals and faces. By sharing our joys, our concerns, our sorrows, and our gratitudes, we know ourselves to be held in a loving community. Exploring the themes and spiritual practices helps us each remember our own creativity and resilience. We are all in this together, a part of a larger story.

 

These are drop-in style gatherings, so you don’t need to sign up in advance and there is no fee. On the days you want to attend, just settle into a comfortable spot with your computer or smartphone, sign in to Zoom at the scheduled time, and bring your whole self for the hour and a quarter. 

Register Here

Ensemble: Young Adults at the CUC National Conference

When: May 13-16, 2021 

Where: Zoom

Who: Young Adults Ages 18-35

Cost: Sliding Scale $5-$150, or Pay What You Can 

Registration is now open, until May 9th!

 

You are warmly invited to Ensemble, the virtual counterpart to Chorus, the annual national (Canadian) conference for Unitarian Universalist young adults (ages 18-35). Non-Canadians are also very welcome! 

 

Register for Ensemble to gain access to all offerings of the Canadian Unitarian Council's National Conference, plus special activities just for the YA community. There will also be opportunities to welcome in older youth who are joining the YA community through bridging events.

 

 View the full schedule and more information.

More Info and Registration

UU Spring for Change

UU Ministry for Earth invites you to participate in Spring for Change – A Season of Sacred Activism, to join a faith journey and sacred practice of learning, reflection, practice & action. The Spring for Change program is designed for individuals, families, and entire faith communities to engage in together. Below are events with specific UU young adult elements. A full schedule of events can be found on the UUM4E website.

Full Details

Defund Line 3 Action Circle

Wednesday, March 24

8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT

 

UUYACJ is teaming up with the UU College of Social Justice to take action to defund the Line 3 pipeline! Pressuring the banks to divest is an important strategy in solidarity with UUs and water protectors currently on the ground fighting construction of this pipeline in Minnesota. Learn everything you need to know about the Defund Line 3 campaign from Stop the Money Pipeline, ground in UU values, and take action together!

Register Here

Intergenerational Climate Dialogue

Thursday, March 25

7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT

 

As the climate movement mobilizes for this important decade of action, grounding in intergenerational wisdom is a powerful tool. Unitarian Universalist lay and professional leaders and social/eco justice activists are invited to participate in intergenerational dialogue to share stories, memories and lessons of social movements past and present. These spaces are intended to cultivate deeper understanding and relationship among and between generations. Co-hosted by UUYACJ, UUMFE and Elders Climate Action.

Register Here

UnKoch My Campus Teach-In

Wednesday, March 31

8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT

 

Did you know the Koch Brothers have been profiting off of climate misinformation for years – and there’s a youth-led movement to stop this? Learn more about UnKoch My Campus, the national campaign disrupting corporate influence in higher education, think-tanks, policy and beyond. UU Young Adults for Climate Justice is excited to welcome Jasmine Banks, UnKoch My Campus’s Executive Director, who will share about local and national campaign work, and how this movement relates to the broader youth-led climate movement. Whether you are a current student or alum, there is a role for you in this growing movement to protect democracy. While this event is open to all, participants are asked to center the voices and experiences of youth and young adults.

Register Here

Letter Writing to NoDAPL Political Prisoners

Tuesday, April 6

7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT

 

Join the Unitarian Universalist Association, UU Ministry for Earth, UU Service Committee and Love Resists for a letter writing campaign to show solidarity with Steve Martinez, a NoDAPL political prisoner who has been recently incarcerated after refusing to face a grand jury for a second time. Steve, an Indigenous water protector, was first subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in 2017 for his participation in the NoDAPL resistance movement and refused to comply then as now. This recent targeting came as a disconcerting surprise to many who have been supporting water protector political prisoners for the past four years.

Register Here

BIPOC Caucus on Climate Justice Session 3

Thursday, April 22

8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT

 

A small group of UUs, working collaboratively with the UU Ministry for Earth, are moved to form a new community: a caucus for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) focused on the intersections of racial, environmental and climate injustices. This third session will discuss The Green New Deal and the Biden Plan on Climate. Facilitators Paula Cole Jones (All Souls Church, D.C.) and Rashid Shaikh (First Parish, Cambridge) have decided that the first 5 sessions are open to all, and will include both a BIPOC and a White caucus space. More info.

Register Here

Intergenerational Spring Seminar

April 9-11

Online

 

Join the Intergenerational Spring Seminar for Food Justice, April 9–11th!

 

We encourage young adults (and people of all ages!) who are passionate about climate justice and food justice to come to the UU@United Nations intergenerational Spring Seminar: “All In for Climate Justice: Food Equity and Sustainability.” Held virtually April 9–11th, we’ll explore the intersections and impacts of food injustice, both from the lens of indigenous and frontline communities, and from a world organizational lens. Hear from activists and change-makers, conspire with small groups of UUs for community-based action, and ground your faith in this movement for healing and justice.

 

Spring Seminar centers the experience of young people, both in its planning and presentation, believing that accessible and interactive learning and growth is crucial to strengthening our intergenerational faith movement. This year, young adults are invited to a Young Adult Drop-in space on Friday afternoon before the seminar kicks off, hosted by Amelia Diehl (UU YAs for Climate Justice) and Rev. Stevie Carmody (UUA)! Come get grounded in community.

 

Registration is sliding scale and due March 18th. Click through! 

More Info and Registration

Power Shift 2021

April 16-18

New Orleans or Online, TBA

 

Power Shift 2021 is a massive youth climate convergence taking place in New Orleans April 16-18 (but may become a virtual convergence spanning additional days -- the announcement will come in February). The convergence will bring together climate, environmental and social justice communities for training, strategizing, panel discussions and more.

 

If you are a Youth or Young Adult interested in attending, sign up with the UUYACJ cohort! Full cost is $65; scholarships available.

More Info and Registration
uuyarn@uusf.org
(415) 590-7836

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