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| YRUU/UUYAN New England/Eastern Leadership and Organization Summit |
[13 Feb 2008|07:52pm] |
In light of the UUA's (steering committee's) decision to end national funding for YRUU, in response to an ever increasing bureaucratic demand by the NE District's Board, and along with the greater trend of the deemphasis of Youth Empowerment, I feel obligated to send out this communique.
My intention is not to label those people in positions of power as vindictive or uncaring. The reason for the trend, and the decisions that represent them, is because the larger social structure that is the UUA and its composite bodies have become increasingly incompatible with the philosophy of LRY, YRUU and other similar forms of youth organizing. They do not understand the values behind this culture, or if they understanding they are unwilling to accept the methods that are necessary to enable such a culture.
My true intention is to call you TOGETHER, to discuss the future of our conferences, to maintain a sense of continuity that is already very weak, and to unify in such a way as to be self-sufficient in the means to create those spaces that have changed our lives so significantly.
THIS SUMMER a meeting will be organized in the greater New England area. Youth representatives from other districts will be invited, but the ultimate goal will likely include establishing a solid youth network along the eastern coast.
I have been putting this off for a while, but I fear that if autonomous organizing is delayed for much longer it will be too late to capture those connections that currently exist. Please feel free to pass this on. Date and location will follow through similar channels in the coming months.
Yours truly,
Alec Koumjian
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| Summer's End 2007!!! |
[02 Jun 2007|02:23pm] |
Summer’s End Is an Autonomous youth empowerment conference held annually for a week in late August. The goal of the conference is to create and provide a community of trust and acceptance, where every person can feel inspired by and connected to the group as a whole. We are youth between the ages of 14 and 22 from around the country (and around the globe!) who wish to improve not only our sense of self, but also our ability to communicate within the conference and with the world at large. Summer’s End provides us with the invaluable opportunity to explore our feelings and relationships, expand our perceptions, and to create, learn and grow within a safe environment of our peers. What we learn at Summer’s End is taken with us and applied to the rest of our lives, making us stronger and confident in all of our endeavors.
Summer's End is for liberated youth.. non-liberated youth that NEEDS liberation. People 14-22 years of age in need of a week of their summer safe from the world. Summer's End is for YOU!
This year Summer's End will be held at Camp Glenbrook in Marlborough, NH. Summer's End will be from August 9-16th!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, concerns, and love you may have!
Check out our page for more information or contact Julia (Summer's End 2007 co-chair!) at (646) 220-4507!
Best,
Summer's End Staff!!!
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| New Moderator Like Whoa |
[26 May 2006|09:40am] |
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Hey Alex, you should go into the user info for the community and take out the part where it says it's still moderated by Melissa. :-D
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[18 May 2006|08:29pm] |
Does anyone want to moderate this community instead of me?
i'm hardly involved with yruu anymore, so you might be better equipped for the job. and i don't think i'm allowed to leave the community because i'm the only moderator....
if you're interested, let me know and i'll hook you up.
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| new community idea |
[12 Apr 2006|12:03pm] |
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i would like to create a new community for the UU Young Adults of new england, but I'm not sure if it should be for the Nashua YAG, for NH/VT young adults, or for young adults everywhere in New England... I'm leaning towards New England, since the NH/VT UUYAN is pretty lifeless, and because New England is small enough. We need more group members in Nashua, but i think New England as a whole [not just Mass.] needs more young adult activity [especially young adult CONS]
anyway, i'm looking for suggestions, ideas, input, the whole shabang...
here are some names i'm playing with...
uu_newengland
nhvt_unitarians
let me know!
<3 your local lj-whore
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[20 Mar 2006|11:45am] |
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just thinking...
about how there's such little young adult action going down in new hampshire/vermont [and mass?]. i'm wondering why there's a lack of interest, and why it feels like a losing battle for those trying to encourage adult activities. many were so passionate about cons & youth group for many years, and then BOOM! they aged out bitterly with a strong distaste for the community. it's surprising to me that after years of youth involvement, the passion for the UU community seems to vanish in some people. are we [young adults] too busy for one meeting a week or one weekend a month? have we been turned off by the trial and error of uuyan? do we expect something more now that we're older? do you think because our age limit is 22, it gives a few extra years for people to become "bored" with the experience? maybe young adults in new england want to experience something new? would a difference in the person or persons running the attempted young adult activities in nh/vt make a difference? hmm...
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| SAC Con |
[13 Mar 2006|03:34pm] |
Hello.
So, let's cut to the chase. BBRB's are coming out pretty late this week, and there's no fault but my own and I'm not offering you guys excuses either. So, I thought it would be nice to post some of the info here in this community, and ask you guys to spread the word. I know, I know, I'm probably going to get a lot of crap for this, and I apologize. Anyway, under ( this ) cut, you'll find basically all you need to know about this upcoming Con.
Apologies, again.
sarah
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[13 Jan 2006|03:00pm] |
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Lemme just say my bejebus people! I need TOUCH GROUP leaders! All I have right now is Langer and me. So come on! Actually do a touch group so you can do all the things you love about them!
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[12 Jan 2006|10:41pm] |
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Mega Huge Announcement!
Seriously, you guys. This shit is friggin Gigantor the Great Big Robot big...
Yeah, so, all of you who recieved Bubarooboo should know that at this upcomming con (HOLY KNIGHT RIDES OF THE STEEL APOCOLYPSE CONS) we're having an AUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!1
AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION ACTION ACUTIO!!!
bring anything you feel like selling. all of the procedes go to the NHVT YRUU district. but more imporatnly...
BRING MAD $$$$$$$$
Basically, it helps us pay for cons, and most especially, helps us pay
our military budget. Those munitions are not cheap, and when the Second
Wave hits, you're all going to be glad we got them for you.
Anyway, just wanted to give everyone a big heads up again. It was
already covered in the BBRB, but the more stuff we have and the more
money you bring, the better.
yeah...
Cash Rulz Everything around me. Cream! Get the money. Dolla dolla billz, ya'll
~Bdaze
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[24 Nov 2005|10:07am] |
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i'd like to wish everyone reading this a safe and happy thanksgiving!
though i've been gone for a year, i'm still thankful for everyone at cons who have made a difference in my life <3
peace!
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[23 Nov 2005|09:01am] |
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The No Pets rule was left out of Boobooruboo. Not sure if anyone noticed that.
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hey everybody! my name is cory, i'm 15, and my family and i are considering joining the UU church in nashua! we just moved back into the area and i'm wicked excieted about it. soooooo yea...
much love,
~cory~
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| Hey YOU! |
[31 Oct 2005|05:20pm] |
IF YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOME SOCIAL ACTION BUT NEEDED SOME MOTIVATION...
then perhaps you'll read this.
Love,
Liz, your YCR
Southern Poverty Law Center Offers Youth Grants to Promote Tolerance
Tolerance.org and Teaching Tolerance, http://www.tolerance.org/
educational programs of the Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org/, have joined with the Study Circles Resource
Center www.studycircles.org/ to offer the national "Mix It Up" youth
campaign. The "Mix it Up" campaign is designed to help young people
understand and address the issue of social boundaries in their schools
and communities.
The Mix It Up Grants Program funds youth-directed activist projects that
focus on identifying, questioning, and crossing social boundaries in
schools and communities.
Grants are limited to $500. The program gives priority to applications
that clearly show: 1) Youth leadership, i.e., projects envisioned by and
to be implemented by youth activists; 2) Collaborative efforts across
social boundaries, i.e., different youth groups or clubs working
together, or school-based clubs working with community-based
organizations; and 3) The project is part of continuing efforts to
identify, cross, or challenge social boundaries, i.e., the funded
project isn't "the end" of the effort.
See the Mix It Up Web site for complete grant application guidelines and
for further information on the program's other components.
http://www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp
Have a great idea about how to challenge social boundaries and bring
down the walls that divide your school? We want to help, and, to prove
it, we give $500 grants to support youth-directed programs and projects
that address social boundaries in schools or communities. (Keep in mind:
we can't give you one for hosting a
http://www.tolerance.org/teens/luch.jsp Mix It Up at Lunch Day.)
Our guidelines are simple:
Youth must serve as decision-makers in the project. Ideally, the project
is created and implemented by youth.
Projects must promote collaboration across social boundaries - different
youth groups, clubs or community groups working together.
The project or program should be a part of an ongoing effort, or an
effort that's just getting started, but will continue.
Grants are non-renewable.
Be creative. We're definitely open to new ideas!
Apply for a grant! Download and complete the
www.tolerance.org/teens/grant_application.pdf application.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html Download Adobe
Acrobat Reader for free to read PDF documents if it isn't already
installed on your computer.)
Mail the completed application to:
Mix It Up Grants
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36104
Please make sure you fill out the application completely, because
incomplete applications will not be considered.
Here's what you can expect from us and when:
Within four weeks of receiving your application, we'll let you know if
your project will receive a Mix It Up Grant.
If your project is selected for funding, we'll send you a grant
agreement by e-mail, which you have to complete and return to us by
snail mail.
With three weeks of receiving your completed agreement form, we'll snail
mail you a check and instructions about the required final report on
your project.
If you don't receive funding from us, we'll send you some great
fundraising ideas by e-mail. Hey, just because the project didn't
receive a Mix it Up Grant does not mean it's not worth doing!
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| Hey kids! |
[28 Oct 2005|08:42am] |
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Hey kids,
It's that time of year again... where snow attacks us from all angles, ice fills the roads like banana peels on a kitchen floor, and only Thermo Pride can keep us warm. That's right: winter's coming. LAME. But, it's inevitable.
We're lucky enough to live in a district where cons are never more than 3 hours away, sometimes even just around the block, depending on where they are and where we live. But whether it's 3 hours or 3 minutes, accidents happen! Please be safe travelling to cons this winter. (And of course, stay safe travelling to places other than cons, too.) Save your ugly face by taking a few common sense (and sometimes lawful) precautions:
Wear your seatbelt. GET PLENTY OF SLEEP SATURDAY NIGHT (at the con) IF YOU ARE DRIVING! Don't ride in a car with a driver who is under the influence of alcohol and/or legal or illegal drugs. Don't DRIVE if you have had anything to drink or have any kind of legal or illegal drugs in your body. If your intuition says, "don't drive/ride," then don't! (Your first intuition is almost ALWAYS right.) Don't speed. Remember that you CANNOT see black ice on the road, so take it easy after rainfall during colder months. Be careful ESPECIALLY on Rte's 101 and 89, as those are two of the most dangerous highways in the area. Remember that it's always better to be a little late than a little dead. Make sure your car is in good shape before taking it long distances. Keep a first aid kit - including blankets, flares, and other first aid stuff. (Spacing out what would be in it... lame-o me.) The thing you should remember most: you are not the only person on the road; please stay safe for yourself, your passengers AND the other drivers on the road.
I'm sure I'm leaving out so many other ways to prevent accidents, and even with prevention they some times happen. But I'd rather not open the newspaper and see one of your mugs in the obits because you were in a car accident.
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| An open letter to the Con community: |
[27 Oct 2005|02:52am] |
Dear Friends and other current Con Kids,
I wanted to take a moment to express what I loved most about my experiences in NH/VT YRUU and the lessons I learned on DYC. First and foremost, it involves Youth Empowerment.
To many, that is a very vague and confusing term. To me, however, they are powerful and righteous words. Youth Empowerment is the radical notion that youth, are in fact, people. It means that your ideas, your concerns, your hardships, your love, all have value to them. It means that you can get together as a group, and through your own efforts, create something that is unique, beautiful, and meaningful to yourselves and others.
These concepts are a privilege and a responsibility. It is your privilege to enjoy the concepts of "cuddle puddles" or "unconditional love"; concepts that are often shut out or shunned by the outside world. It is your privilege to suggest everyone feed only those persons next to you and not yourself for tonight's dinner, and stay up all night in a drum circle. It is your responsibility to sustain that open-minded and compassionate climate for yourselves and future generations of Con folk. NH/VT YRUU is more than an organization, it is a family of friends. It is a Circle. Its roots are deeper than those things found in bylaws, and inherently wiser than the knowledge brought on by experience and age.
I believe in communication, and I believe in dialogue. Just remember that in the end not to compromise your own value to sate the wants and whims of other organizations or groups. Public relations are not reason enough to change the climate of conferences.
With tender memories,
Alec H. Koumjian
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moderator questions:
1. is the address for boobooruboo submissions on the user info page correct?
if not, what address should i use?
2. if you know about an upcoming event, such as CONS or youth/young adult groups and activities, could you PLEASE post info about them?
THANKS:)
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[02 Oct 2005|11:24pm] |
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Does anyone know who specifically I need to contact in order to become a registered con adult?
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[02 Sep 2005|11:53am] |
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hey, just dropping some info on how you can help the victims of Hurricane Katrina...
The Red Cross is accepting donations.
go to: http://www.redcross.org or call 1-800-435-7669.
please help!
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