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“Legacy People” Full General Session (audio)
“Legacy People” General Session: includes a spoken word piece, “Legacy People” by Propaganda and Odd Thomas, an inspirational word from Mick Ukleja, worship by the UYWI Worship Team, and a message by Harvey Carey at the third General Session at UYWI08 on May 16th, 2008. (120min/18mb) Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, and John Perkins…
Read MoreNow Experience the Full General Session on Podcast
Last year, the podcast just included the speaker, and we got a lot of concerned feedback that the worship wasn’t included, so it was hard to get the full experience. This year we have 2 downloadable versions of each general session. You can download the speaker’s message for that general session and/or you can download…
Read MoreUYWI08 Event Blog is up
So, Urban Youth Workers Institute 2008 (UYWI08) is less than a week away, and next week at this time people will be gearing up for our initial general session featuring Virginia Ward speaking. Between now and then, you can find out what workshops are being offered throughout the week, read up on the policy regarding…
Read MoreUYWI08 Legacy Spoken Word Promo (audio)
performed by Propaganda (Jason Petty) of Tunnel Rats; filmed and edited by TJ Terry of MediaKamp
Read MoreLast Day to Pre-Reg for UYWI08
Today is the last day to Pre_Register for Urban Youth Workers Institute 2008 (UYWI08). After today, you can still register onsite, and I am told by registration that walk-ups are encouraged. You should still plan on coming to UYWI08 and taking in several of our 160 workshops even if you aren’t able to pre-register today.
Read MoreUYWI08 Workshops
We now have a live list of actual workshops being offered at UYWI08. This is the soonest we’ve ever had something like this online and it’s rare it would be so current and broken down by time period. I gotta thank John Lewis who has worked tirelessly to coordinate the training and speakers and if…
Read MoreFinal Day for Spring Rate
Tuesday is the final day for the spring rate and the price will jump to the at the door rate. Save yourself $15 to $25 by registering by April 15th!
Read MoreChicago Surprised by Teen Deaths
Bobby Duran, our RELOAD producer, happened upon some compelling polling done in the Chicago Sun-Times in the wake of 20 public school students killed since September. The data from 14 thousand polled said 68% were concerned, but more shocking was that 64% are not surprised that homocide was 2nd among deaths ages 10 to 24…
Read MoreUYWI08 General Session info added
We’ve completed information for Urban Youth Workers Institute 2008 (UYWI08) General Session speakers and the topics being discussed in each general session. Not only are they listed, but an update to the speaker information presented in the UYWI08 brochure. Click here to find out more.
Read MoreSan Diego urban schools targeted
One of our heroes in San Diego, Nate Landis and his Urban Youth Collaborative were featured in a recent Christian Examiner article. Hopefully this article gives you a glimpse into legacy-building that is happening in San Diego and some inspiration or motivation to collaborate with others in your own city or neighborhood to further the…
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