June 2022

UU the Vote Legacy Fellowship Program

Applications Due: June 15, 2022

As part of UU the Vote, the Unitarian Universalist Association is excited to announce the 2022 Legacy Fellowship to recognize and support the organizers within our faith community carrying on the legacy of organizing and activism. It is an opportunity to support the leadership of Young Adults and Black, Indigenous, and people of color who carry Unitarian Universalist values in their work and engage in a variety of tactics and strategies that advance electoral justice, build capacity in UUism to engage in justice campaigns, and/or build political power in BIPOC communities. Fellows will be awarded $5,000 with an additional program budget of up to $1,500 to support their project. Projects directly related to the 2022 midterm elections are prioritized; however, projects that focus on base-building, skill and capacity development, and community resilience will be strongly considered. All of this work is essential to building a multiracial democracy.

For more information and to apply, visit https://www.uuthevote.org/legacy-fellowship-program/ 

GROW Fellowship 2022: Portland, Oregon

June 17 – 20, 2022

The GROW Fellowship is a collaboration between the UU College of Social Justice and the UUA’s Thrive Program for Young Adults of Color. This offering is designed to equip 10 UU young adults of color and white UU young adults (ages 18 to 35) with the frameworks, spiritual grounding, and community to engage in justice work within and beyond our Unitarian Universalist faith. The GROW fellows will come together to build community with each other, learn about movement history in Portland, and to craft strategic visions for our ongoing justice work.

August 2022

Sowing Seeds Youth Justice Workshop

August 3-6, 2022

Join the UUA, UU College of Social Justice and other high school age youth for a 4-day experiential workshop to deepen our justice work as young UU’s. Our time together will be spent two fold: the first will be to get out and about in Pittsburgh – learning about its social movement landscape, the second will be exploring themes of change, resilience and organizing through creative arts and practices. We’ll leave with new spiritual practices, new collaborators and hope about what we can accomplish together.

Registration costs for this immersion experience are fully funded by UUCSJ. In addition, we have funds allocated to reimburse travel expenses. Participants will be “living” at the church, where we will sleep and cook meals together. Transportation to community partner sites will be via car.

Registration is limited to 20 youth entering grades 9-12 in the fall of 2022, or the homeschool equivalent.

For more information and to register, visit https://www.uua.org/central-east/events/youth/sowing-seeds-2022