WHY ARE YOU YOU ?

The history of the Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) community where adolescents discovered their true selves and were empowered to incite positive change in the world.

Forty years after the program's inception, those former participants reflect on how being a part of the program shaped them and still informs their lives.

YRUU, established in 1983, grew out of the Unitarian Universalists’ rich tradition of religious youth education. It was disbanded in 2008.

Music from: Charise Sowells, Firefly, Dr. Pants, and Lea Morris

among others

Stories from: Sam Ames, Rev. Jason Lydon, Anna Sale, Carl Cade, Richard Dawkins, Ginger Fisher Young, Dr. Rev. Kristen Harper, Rev. Christina Branum-Martin, Julie Rising Byron, Rev. Bill Sinkford, Brian Schorr, Aileen O'Connor McConnell Dashurova, Rev, Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd, Jen Devine, Rev. Wayne Arnason, Willam Williamson, Bart Frost, Rev. Hank Pierce,
and Rebecca Scott

among others

Current youth from the Youth Empowerment Spirituality conference on Star Island and youth participants from the Continuum Conference.