General Assembly Youth Caucus
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Its programming includes open business meetings in which delegates speak and vote (called Plenary), workshops that any registered attendee may attend, worship services scattered throughout the days and nights, a large exhibit hall with displays from congregations, departments of the UUA, and other Unitarian Universalist (UU) or UU-related organizations, and tons of other great events, meetings and fun programs! Thousands of UU children, youth and adults, gather at GA and take the city over for a week. It has a contingent of youth, but it is not a youth conference.
Youth Caucus is the umbrella term for all youth programming that happens at General Assembly. Youth Caucus is a group of UU youth, ages 14-20, which participates in regular General Assembly programming and holds programming specifically for youth, including daily meetings to discuss and take part in GA business.
The purpose of Youth Caucus is to serve:
- Youth who want to get involved in UUism, or the UUA—youth who want to grow as UUs through attending a wide range of GA and/or Young Religious Unitarian Universalist (YRUU) workshops, who want to network with the wider UU community.
- Youth, including youth delegates, who are interested in and/or committed to participating in plenary session and the business of GA. There will be support and programming for how to participate in the business, as well as an interest group in the business meetings.
All youth are welcome to participate in Youth Caucus. Youth aged 14-17 who want to register for General Assembly must register for Youth Caucus, though they are not required to attend any Youth Caucus programming other than the orientation.
Information about each year's General Assembly location as well as registration, housing, and programming details are available online.
The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries has scholarships available for youth who are planning to attend GA, as well as providing a resource for youth who are planning to attend, which features tips on raising money to attend.
The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries also gives out the Youth Advisor of the Year Award at General Assembly.
If you have questions about Youth Caucus, take a look at our FAQ page.
For more information contact youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Monday, July 20, 2009.
