WHY ARE YOU YOU?

Lisa Feldstein

Lindsay recently caught up with Lisa Feldstein for another perspective on the Common Ground process and what it was like to work in the LRY Office.   www.whyareyouyou.org

Hank Pierce

Hank Peirce’s name came up at the very beginning of this project as someone we should consider talking to. He tells the story of how the name Young Religious Unitarian Universalist, with the acronym YRUU came to be.  But listen closely because he doesn’t take credit for coming up with the idea but rather was the messenger to the group. Later on in the process we received an email from someone who remembers a young woman had presented the name YRUU during the first Common Ground session.  It wasn’t until the second Common Ground session that they decided on a name. It is unclear if that young woman was even in attendance then. Hank of course has many amazingly fascinating anecdotes. So buckle up!  www.whyareyouyou.org

Sam Ames

Lindsay ended up doing a solo trip to Washington DC where she met with a few folx for interviews.  Sam Ames was one of them.  They met in a strange hotel right by a busy highway. Sam was so trusting of Lindsay to be in this weird place with framed pictures of squirrels and a small circular cushion that Lindsay sat on to listen to them. www.whyareyouyou.org [http://www.whyareyouyou.org]

Dana Taylor

In the summer of 2023 Lindsay traveled with her family to SUUSI.  Southeast Unitarian Universalists Summer Institute.  Her goal was to have some fun but also to meet and interview a variety of voices.  This episode we will hear from Dana Taylor.  After we looked through her photos and old t-shirt collection we sat together on a rainy day in North Carolina to hear her YRUU stories.   www.whyareyouyou.org

Nan Moore

This episode we have a special person to both Dawn and Lindsay. Nan Moore was one of their youth advisors and continues to this day to be an important person in their lives.  Nan represents one of those safe adults that they could turn to as youth.  Nan wrote a testimonial at the beginning of this project but we never had a chance to interview her until recently. One of our favorite lines from that testimonial was, “My life has become more conscious because of the years I spent in YRUU as an advisor, chaplain, DRE, advocate, and friend. I say to all those YRUUers out there - Thank you, thank you, thank you. YRUU is where I learned about me.” www.whyareyouyou.org