Mallory, Everett and Marissa
The outreach coordinator is responsible for increasing knowledge of, and exposure to, district events, to area youth. They provide congregations and youth groups with information on trainings and social cons. They also work with youth groups to plan conferences and events at their congregations.
Carter and Jen
The adult co-chairs of YAC team with the youth co-chairs to support YAC and the district. Experienced advisors, the adult co-chairs are allies for youth in the district, empowering youth and helping to build strong youth programming for Metro NY. They are also members of the executive committee.
Mallory, Jaclyn and Sara
The social action coordinators focus on the social action components of our intentional community. They often lead Social Action workshops at conferences, and work to make sure that youth in the district are aware of UU and non-UU social action events. At least one person from the district attends the Youth Social Justice Conference. The Social Action Coordinators serve as co-chairs of SICK YRUU (Socially Involved and Concerned Kids of YRUU).
Katie
The Chaplain Coordinator maintains a list of all YRUU trained youth and adult chaplains in the Metro NY district. The chaplain coordinator makes sure there are chaplains available for any youth event, and acts as additional support to the chaplains as they perform their job.
Brynja
Youth Liaison is a position created to facilitate communication between our district and the three closest districts to us. In this role this person shares Metro NY’s successes (and failures) to the other districts and listens to their successes and failures to better connect with them and share information and knowledge.
The Junior/Senior youth co-chair primary responsibility is to make sure that YAC runs smoothly and accomplishes the goals for the year. As facilitators they create the agenda for YAC meetings (with input from others) and keep the YAC meetings organized and on track. The two co-chairs also lead the YAC executive committee. Youth co-chair is a two year job in order to provide continuity year after year. Selected as a junior, a co-chair spends the first year assisting the senior co-chair and working on leadership organization and facilitation skills. By the second year (as senior co-chair) the job also includes a focus on mentorship and fostering leadership skills in other youth.
Marcy and Marissa
The Energy Committee Coordinators are youth members of YAC who, supported by adult advisors, monitor the “energy” at conferences and district events. While the community is self regulating (these committee members are not “police”) these individuals have pledged to pay particular attention to our covenant and intentional community, promoting an open, caring, and safe atmosphere and encouraging respect among all members of the community. Using the covenant, the Energy Committee Coordinators deal with problems should they arise during a youth event. Having individuals dedicated to the covenant and “energy” provides an empowering youth led process for community self regulation.
Marcy
The touch group coordinator splits each con community into smaller groups (touch groups) to enable youth to better meet and connect with other youth. The primary responsibility is to make sure that touch groups are well organized for each conference. This individual also helps new touch group leaders grow into their roles, and supports all touch groups.
Eric
The YAC registrar maintains the online registration process and builds the registration form for each event. The registrar tracks incoming forms and payments and brings the necessary check-in paperwork to the con so that registration runs as smoothly as possible.
Carly and Everett
Newbie Coordinator is a person committed to making “newbies” more comfortable at conferences. Newbies are people of all ages who are attending a con for the first time. The coordinator runs the newbie meeting (held at the beginning of every con) and they work during each event to make sure that all newbies feel welcome, comfortable and safe in the strange new environment of a con. Remember, you are only a newbie once, so let us make it is the best experience ever!