The UUMAC Youth Program is for high school students from grades nine through grade twelve.

The youth form a close-knit community-within-the-community that inspires and energizes the entire intergenerational UUMAC community. Our youth participate in their own daily group activities, but are also welcome to sign up for workshops. Traditional highlights include planning Youth Night Owls and a vespers service for the entire community. The tweens, youth and young adults celebrate transitions in our annual bridging ceremony. Our Youth Program leadership team empowers our youth to be active in developing programming that builds community, explores spirituality and encourages discussion about the issues and interests of today’s youth.

Ilene Corina has been the Sr. Youth Advisor at the South Nassau UU Congregation in Freeport for the past two years and is currently the Sr. Youth Coordinator. She has been a member of the board, chaired the social action committee, been on the minister search committee, is presently on the Committee on Ministry and co-chairs the RE Committee. Ilene has taken numerous courses in Nonviolent Communication at SNUUC and has two teenaged boys who have gone through the RE program.

In her other time, she oversees a nationally recognized patient safety organization that she founded and developed at SNUUC with the youth, the first youth program related to teens and patient safety. She has had training to work with youth through Nassau County and Metro.