What is a Youth Envoy?
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A Youth Envoy acts as a link or liaison between your congregation or your congregation’s Youth Group and the work of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office.
In other words, you report the work your congregation is doing pertaining to the United Nations and the Millennium Development Goals to our Office. If your congregation doesn’t do work in association with UU United Nations Office, you advocate for it.
You also tell your congregation what the UU-UNO is doing, gather supporting friends for the Office, and encourage attendance to our Annual Intergenerational Spring Seminar. You will work with your congregation’s Adult Envoy to ensure intergenerational collaboration, and if your congregation lacks an Adult Envoy, you will recruit one.
How does this help you?
It provides you with intergenerational leadership opportunities, keeps you informed about global human rights issues, and gives you a voice at the United Nations. And it can be really fun!
How does this help our office?
By providing this liaison, the UU-UNO is able to more readily reach out to congregations. It also provides a louder Youth presence in our Office.
How old do you have to be?
Youth Envoys are between the ages of 14 and 19, or just generally in High School.
Are there any other qualifications?
To be a Youth Envoy, you must be active in a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and preferably in a Youth Group.
How can I sign up?
Just email the Youth Envoy Coordinator at youthenvoys@uu-uno.org.
Resources:
At the end of September the Youth Envoy Coordinator held a Meet n’ Greet for the Metro New York District Youth Envoy’s and friends. This meeting was held to review the Youth Envoy position and learn more information about the UU-UNO. It was also held for the Metro New York District Youth Envoy’s to meet each other in order to foster stronger bonds between congregations. To download the minutes from this meeting click here: MnG Minutes. Please feel free to use this agenda and these minutes to gain interest in the Youth Envoy program at your congregation. If you have any questions or comments, be sure to fill out the survey which can be found in the Meet n’ Greet Minutes and email it to: youthenvoys@uu-uno.org
Guide to Fostering Inter-generational Relationships
This was created last year. Download this word document HERE
2011 Youth Envoy Action Guide
Download the complete Action Guide as a PDF HERE.
You can download the 2011 Timeline as a PDF HERE.
Youth Envoy Action Guide 2011 Redesign – Complete
United Nations Religious Education
The UU-UNO has two curriculums which you can bring to your congregation’s religious education: UNME, and Human Rights Activities for RE. Consider teaching a few chapters yourself, or encourage your RE director to look at the curriculum. To find these resources, please click here.
International Year of Youth Activity Kit
To celebrate the International Year of Youth, the United Nations has released a comprehensive Activities Kit which teaches Youth how to be effective advocates on behalf of their chosen cause. The Kit includes practical advice and effective strategies on how to promote your event; engage the media; develop partnerships; build a constituency of supporters and much more. We recommend you take a look at it and discuss it with your team before you start planning events in your congregation.
Download the complete IYY Activity Kit as a PDF here.
How can YOUTH promote and celebrate the International Year of Youth?
(from www.un.org/youth)
- Organize an event: Use the IYY Activities Kit for guidance on organizing an event to celebrate the Year.
- Post an event on the UN’s official Calendar of Events for the Year: Visit social.un.org/iyyevents and submit an Event Registration Form. If you wish to attach the official logo of the year to promotional materials, please follow the Guidelines posted on the website.
- Participate in local events: Visit the Calendar of Events to learn about activities taking place in your community and around the world. Also, subscribe to Youth Flash, the UN’s monthly newsletter at www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/flash.htm, to learn about youth-related activities and publications.
- Contribute to online discussions: Monthly consultations are held on Facebook to encourage youth from around the world to share their views on various aspects of the Year. Topics have included: contributions for low-cost ideas for celebration activities; suggestions to increase the effectiveness of youth participation and representation at the community level; ideas for engaging the media to raise public awareness and ways to increase dialogue and understanding among the UN, Governments and youth. To participate, please visit facebook.com/UNyouth and follow the link.
- Raise public awareness: Download the International Year of Youth banner from the official website and post a link on your webpage.
