1. uua.org You have Maya Angelou in your hymnal?!?! Ministering to Youth and Young Adults of Color: Faith Formation and Spiritual Renewal

2. uua.org Using Zoom Find a quiet, undistracted place (Please don’t videoconference while driving!) If your sound quality is poor, click on “Audio” at the bottom left, and call in using your phone Mute your phone by clicking on your picture and selecting “mute.” Use the chat box to ask questions or to comment. You can also raise a virtual hand to ask a question verbally. To see everyone at once, select “Gallery View” If you get disconnected, DON’T PANIC. Click the same link to return here.

3. uua.org 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

4. uua.org Be real about where we are Ask the right questions Provide ways to connect Figure out where you are Do it for everyone

5. uua.org People of color consistently experience microaggressions, tokenization, and invisibility in their UU congregations

6. uua.org Be real about where we are Ask the right questions Provide ways to connect Figure out where you are Do it for everyone

7. uua.org What is here for UU youth and young adults of color?

8. uua.org What in this…… –Worship –Con –Youth group gathering –Service trip –Curriculum –Campus ministry …that serves youth and/or young adults of color?

9. uua.org Web of Youth Ministry Spiritual Development Beloved Community Justice Making Faith Exploration Multigenerational Relationships Covenantal Leadership Identity Formation Pastoral Care

10. uua.org Be real about where we are Ask the right questions Provide ways to connect Figure out where you are Do it for everyone

11. uua.org BELONGING

12. uua.org CONNECT

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15. uua.org Justice Making ≠ Multiracial Community Prophetic = Pastoral

16. uua.org Be real about where we are Ask the right questions Provide ways to connect Figure out where you are Do it for everyone

17. uua.org 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…

18. uua.org Be real about where we are Ask the right questions Provide ways to connect Figure out where you are Do it for everyone

19. uua.org IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL

20. uua.org Resources – Where We Are Mosaic Project Report http://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/mosaic Multicultural Ministries Sharing Project Report http://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/287941.shtml

21. uua.org Resources – Greatest Hits! Youth: Be The Change http://www.uua.org/re/youth/identity-based/btcphttp://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/workshopshttp://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.pdfhttp://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/ http://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/documents/ yaya/web_of_yth_min.pdf

22. uua.org Young adults: Building The World We Dream About for Young Adultshttp://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/btwwdayahttp://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/btwwdaya Beloved Conversations http://www.meadville.edu/beloved Resources – Greatest Hits!

23. uua.org Multicultural Leadership The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb by Eric Law Salsa, Soul and Spirit by Juana Bordes UU Voices of Color Voices from the Margins edited by Jacqui James and Mark Morrison-Reed A Long Time Blooming by Marta Valentín Unafraid of the Dark by Rosemary Bray McNatt Resources – Greatest Hits!

24. uua.org On identity for youth and young adults of color: Black, White, Jewish by Rebecca Walker Part Asian; 100% Hapa by Kip Fulbeck The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez Happy Birthday or Whatever by Annie Choi The Language of Blood by Jane Jeong Trenka When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago Adopted Territory by Eleana Kim Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

25. uua.org Resources – Music! “I Like The Things About Me” by Mavis StaplesI Like The Things About Me “I Am Not My Hair” by India.ArieI Am Not My Hair “Amazing Grace” by Ladysmith Black MambazoAmazing Grace “I Know I’m Not Alone” by Michael Franti and SpearheadI Know I’m Not Alone “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” by Nina SimoneI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free “Glory” by Common and John LegendGlory

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