Category: Youth

Statement supporting student activism on Gaza

May 6, 2024 | JeKaren Bell | Young Adult, Youth
The UU College of Social Justice, in collaboration with Side with Love and the Youth and Emerging Adult team of the Lifespan Faith Engagement office joins in solidarity with Unitarian Universalist young adults and students across the globe who are protesting the ongoing assault in Gaza. These protests are a response to the moral urgency […]

UUCSJ By The Numbers

October 27, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, First Nations, Florida, General Assembly, Haiti, Immigration, India, Internship, Nicaragua, Racial Justice, RAICES, Religious Professionals, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering, West Virginia, Young Adult, Youth
The UU College of Social Justice was jointly founded in the summer of 2012 by the UUA and UUSC, so this year we are celebrating a big anniversary. We are grateful for all of our alumni and supporters who have made our work possible! In honor of of all of you and our anniversary, here […]

How UUCSJ Spent Our Summer Vacation

September 6, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Immigration, Internship, Racial Justice, Young Adult, Youth
Equipping Youth Leaders to Change the World Activate Boston Participants with Climate Justice Banner They Made In August, UUCSJ wrapped up a full summer of youth programming with Activate Climate Justice, which brought a passionate group of young climate justice leaders together to Boston. Over the course of the week, the group went on a […]

Activating the Next Generation

July 28, 2017 | Heather Vickery | Congregational Trip, Economic Justice, Florida, Immigration, Youth
Deva Jones, Senior Associate for Service-Learning and Volunteer Placements, led a group of youth on one of UUCSJ’s newest programs Activate Florida: Solidarity with Migrant Farmworkers this April. To learn more about this program visit https://uucsjstaging.wpengine.com/florida/  What do you think of when you hear, “Florida”?  For many, the first words that come to mind are beaches, […]

Meet the Activate @ GA team!

June 8, 2017 | Deva Jones | General Assembly, Program Leader, Racial Justice, Sanctuary and Solidarity, Volunteering, Young Adult, Youth
UUCSJ offers a variety of Activate Youth Justice programs, including at General Assembly. This year, for the first time, we are excited to welcome a team of awesome Activate Youth Leaders who are helping shape, facilitate, and promote our youth justice workshops in New Orleans, in collaboration with the Youth Caucus team. Get to know the Activate […]

Earth Day Renews Momentum in the Movement for Climate Justice – Learn More at Activate Boston this Summer!

May 6, 2016 | Heather Vickery | Environmental Justice, Youth
Last month, hundreds of UU activists from across Massachusetts commemorated Earth Day by opening a new season of resistance to the Boston-area West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline, part of a sustained and growing climate justice campaign to disrupt the dangerous expansion of the fracked gas infrastructure and fossil fuel economy that threatens us all. Over the last year and […]

Why I Love My Work

March 29, 2016 | Heather Vickery | Program Leader, Youth
A Program Leader Reflects on UU Youth as the Present and the Future; The Change We All Wish to See My name is Sam Wilson, and my primary job is to serve Winchester Unitarian Society (WUS) as their Director of Youth Ministries, which means that I feel incredibly blessed to count myself amongst those who […]