The Youth Adult Committee is made up of mostly youth and some youth-friendly adults who plan and organized youth conferences for youth ages 12 to 19 in the district. The schedule is posted below as we currently know it. The staff person who works with this committee is Michelle Buhite, Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministries Intern.
To stay on top of all of what YAC is doing, youth and advisors should join the OMD YAC Facebook Page and advisors should join the OMD YAC Sponsors Facebook group.
The Central East Regional Group held a Youth Summit in December. Read what the OMD representative, Oliver Evans, had to say.
YAC Registration: To download the paper forms you must have signed, visit the YAC Forms Page.
YAC maintains its own pages with information about their activities, minutes from meetings, a copy of their bylaws and policies and procedures and details for their events. Please visit their pages at: www.omdyac.org
If you have questions, please contact the YAC Co-Chairs: Caitlin Ballinger at CaitlinB at omdyac.org; Tommy Sullivan at TommyS at omdyac.org; or Sophia Stricker at SophiaS at omdyac.org
YAC plans several conferences and hold several committee meetings each year. To get registration forms and information, visit the YAC website at www.omdyac.org You can detailed information about these churches from the congregation pages. In addition the district offers several youth oriented trainings each year. They are also listed below. The following conferences and meetings are planned for 2011-12. If you cannot find a training in our district, try checking our neighboring district calendars - links to our surrounding districts are listed at the end of this section.
| Dates | Event | Ages | Location |
| August 19-21, 2011 | YAC Summer Planning Meeting | age 12-19 | UU Fellowship of Wayne County, Wooster, OH |
| Sept 23-25, 2011 |
Fall Senior High Con |
grade 9-age 19 |
East Shore UU Church, Kirtland, OH |
| Nov 11-13, 2011 | Fall Junior High Con | age 12-grade 9 | Olmsted UU Congregation, North Olmsted, OH |
| Feb 24-25, 2012 | YAC SAC Planning Meeting | age 12-19 | UU Church of Kent, OH |
| March 16-17, 2012 | YAC Social Action Con | age 12-19* | First UU Church of Columbus, OH |
| April 20-21, 2012 | YAC Spring Planning Meeting | age 12-19 | East Suburban UU Church, Murrysville, PA |
| May 4-6, 2012 | YAC All Age Conference | age 12-19* | Date and location TBA |
- * for conferences for all ages, 7th & 8th graders must have previously attended a YAC Conference or Summer Institute youth program.
- Registration for all yac conferences is $25 per person, 2nd child from a family, $20; 3rd child from a family, $15; sponsors are free.
- Registration for 2 night YAC Meetings is $25 per person, and registration for one night YAC meetings is $10 per person. See the page for any training conferences for details on schedule and costs.
- Scholarships are available, please see the YAC website for details.
Online registration holds your place for the conference or meeting, however, you are still responsible for getting your sponsor and permission forms signed and bringing them to the con or meeting along with your money.
You can find the forms at the YAC take along page.
To find out what might be happening at our neighboring districts, visit:St. Lawrence District, Joseph Priestley District, Metro New York, or Heartland District.
RESOURCES!!!
Ever wanted to know what YAC was all about? Have youth asking you questions about conferences? You can start with these easy references, recently created by a youth on YAC.
- For those who want to learn more about OMD YAC and how it operates, download All About YAC
- For those who want to learn more about OMD YAC conferences, download, All About YAC Conferences
To find out what is happening at a national level, please visit the youth office section of the UUA website at www.uua.org/re/youth/
