Young Religious Unitarian Universalists

Young Religious Unitarian Universalists

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name= Young Religious Unitarian Universalists


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formation= 1981 [ [http://test.yruuspider.com/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=cg1/index.htm yruuspider - the online collection of YRUU archives ] ] & 1982 [ [http://test.yruuspider.com/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=cg2/index.html yruuspider - the online collection of YRUU archives ] ]
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type= Youth ministry
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website= http://www.uua.org/yruu http://www.cuc.ca/youth

Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is a youth organization within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in the United States and the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU is primarily run by youth, ranging in age from 14 to 20, with mentoring adult partners. It is organized at congregational, regional and continental levels. [ [http://www.uua.org/YRUU/governance/index.html YRUU governance] ]

YRUU goals have included social activism and building leadership qualities. YRUU members have often made their presence known in public demonstrations, most notably a June 23 2006 protest in St. Louis, Missouri against Victoria's Secret for allegedly printing its catalogues on paper from endangered North American forests. [ [http://www.kmov.com/localnews/stories/kmov_localnews_060623_victoria'ssecret.b53bfead.html KMOV-TV News coverage] ]

Beginning in 1982, YRUU published the newspaper "Synapse," which appeared three times a year. In 2005, budget cuts forced the publication to be switched to two online issues that were compiled into a single print edition. In 2007, the UUA's Office of Youth Ministries halted publication, claiming a lack of submissions and staffing, and announced that "Synapse" would be replaced by a newsletter that will be published three times a year. [ [http://www.uua.org/publications/synapse/index.shtml] UUA Publications - Synapse]

In February 2008, UUA President William G. Sinkford, in a letter to the YRUU Steering Committee, announced there would be no further funding for the YRUU at the end of the fiscal year. “There is broad consensus that the current structure for continental youth ministry is not serving our faith well,” wrote Stafford. “It is true that continental YRUU, as we have known it, will be replaced at some point by a new structure that will serve us better.” [ [http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/107505.shtml "Board urges transparency in youth ministry transition"] , "UU World Magazine"] Two months later, the UUA Board of Trustees announced it would cease its funding for the continental level YRUU activities in June 2008 and refocus its North American youth ministry endeavors. [ [http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/107496.shtml "UUA considers new plans for youth ministry"] , "UU World Magazine"]

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References

External links

* [http://www.uua.org/yruu YRUU Website]
* [http://www.cuc.ca/youth Canadian Unitarian Council Website] - youth section
* [http://www.fuuse.com FUUSE]


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