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You have Maya Angelou in your hymnal?!?!

Ministering to Youth and Young Adults of Color: Faith Formation and Spiritual Renewal

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Using Zoom

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Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the old and young;Songs to stir like a battle-cry Wherever they are sung…

Let me make the songs for the weary, Amid life’s fever and fret,Till hearts shall relax their tension, And careworn brows forget…

Our world, so worn and weary, Needs music, pure and strong,To hush the jangle and discords Of sorrow, pain, and wrong.

“Songs for the People,” Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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Be real about where we are

Ask the right questions

Provide ways to connect

Figure out where you are

Do it for everyone

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People of color consistently experience microaggressions, tokenization, and invisibility in their

UU congregations

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Ask the right questions

Provide ways to connect

Figure out where you are

Do it for everyone

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What is here for UU youth and young adults of color?

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What in this…… – Worship– Con– Youth group gathering– Service trip– Curriculum– Campus ministry

…that serves youth and/or young adults of color?

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Web of Youth Ministry

Spiritual DevelopmentBeloved Community

Justice MakingFaith Exploration

Multigenerational RelationshipsCovenantal Leadership

Identity FormationPastoral Care

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BELONGING

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CONNECT

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CONNECT

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CONNECT

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Justice Making ≠ Multiracial Community

Prophetic = Pastoral

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NEVER ASSUME

“I don’t know how you identify – here’s a resource that you may find helpful…”

Or…

“Let me know if this fits….”

Or…

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Ask the right questions

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Figure out where you are

Do it for everyone

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IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL

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Resources – Where We Are

Mosaic Project Reporthttp://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/mosaic

Multicultural Ministries Sharing Project Reporthttp://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/287941.shtml

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Resources – Greatest Hits!

Youth:•Be The Change http://www.uua.org/re/youth/identity-based/btcp•Workshops on Identity Formation for Youth of Color and White Youthhttp://www.uua.org/re/youth/identity-based/workshops•Webinar for ministering to transracially adopted youthhttp://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/yaya/webinar_adopted.pdf•Web of Youth Ministry

http://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/

yaya/web_of_yth_min.pdf

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Young adults: •Building The World We Dream About for Young Adultshttp://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/btwwdaya•Beloved Conversations

http://www.meadville.edu/beloved

Resources – Greatest Hits!

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Multicultural LeadershipThe Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb by Eric LawSalsa, Soul and Spirit by Juana Bordes

UU Voices of ColorVoices from the Margins edited by Jacqui James and Mark Morrison-ReedA Long Time Blooming by Marta ValentínUnafraid of the Dark by Rosemary Bray McNatt

Resources – Greatest Hits!

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On identity for youth and young adults of color:Black, White, Jewish by Rebecca WalkerPart Asian; 100% Hapa by Kip FulbeckThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBefore We Were Free by Julia AlvarezHappy Birthday or Whatever by Annie ChoiThe Language of Blood by Jane Jeong TrenkaWhen I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda SantiagoAdopted Territory by Eleana KimAristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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Resources – Music!

• “I Like The Things About Me” by Mavis Staples• “I Am Not My Hair” by India.Arie • “Amazing Grace” by Ladysmith Black

Mambazo• “I Know I’m Not Alone” by Michael Franti and

Spearhead• “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”

by Nina Simone• “Glory” by Common and John Legend

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