Blue Boat of Youth and Young Adult MinistriesResources for Transracially Adopted Youth
Taken from the December webinar on ministry with transracially adopted youth in UU congregations, the PowerPoint presentation with additional resource links and audio file of the discussion are now available for download on the Resources for Youth of Color page at www.uua.org. Thanks to all who participated, we had a great discussion!
If you weren’t able to make it to the December webinar, download these materials on your own schedule! The webinar covered identity formation, discussing issues of race, common assumptions, relationship building, parental engagement and suggestions for religious professionals. Additional resources, also available in the presentation, included the following:
- Mosaic Project – The 2009 Mosaic Project Report assessed and made recommendations for meeting the needs of UU youth and young adults of color.
- Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption – (book) Barbara Katz Rothman looks at the contemporary American family through the lens of race, race through the lens of adoption, and all-race, family, and adoption-within the context of the changing meanings of motherhood.
- UUA Multiculturalism resources webpage
- The Primal Wound : Understanding the Adopted Child – (book) by Nancy Newton Verrier
- “Off and Running” – PBS POV film. Description, guidance for screening the film, and lesson plans:
- UUA Identity-Based Workshops for Youth – each with animated video an animated video and guidance for follow-up discussion:
For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Monica Cummings, UUA Program Associate for ministry with youth and young adults of color at mcummings@uua.org
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