UA News

Breaking the Ice with Generation Now!

How well do the children and youth you serve know each other? Does everyone feel like they belong? How well do they work together?  On Thursday, February 13, 31 individuals representing 22 child and youth  programs from 18 churches/organizations participated...

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Beyond the Basics: Second Chances for Returning Citizens

On January 16, 45 people representing 28 churches and organizations gathered for one of Urban Alliance's regular Beyond the Basics learning communities. The meeting provided an overview of the program development opportunities being offered in 2020, as well as...

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Sharing the Donor Love

Valentine’s Day is usually a day reserved for flowers, chocolates and cards for sweethearts, but Urban Alliance thought about how much we love our generous donors. In the week leading up to “the big day” we wanted you to know just how much you mean...

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A Sacrificial Gift

A Sacrificial Gift

We recently sat down with UAGive donor Anna Pan to talk about what motivates her to give, what she hopes for the future for Urban Alliance, and how she sees the church as a critical factor in mobilizing sacrificial giving to help others.

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A Sacrificial Gift

Article and photo by Sarah Thompson, Urban Alliance’s Director of Marketing & Communications Over the next month, we are launching a campaign to show a whole bunch of love to the people who generously give to Urban Alliance and, in turn, are helping...

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Thank You, Sarah!

Please join us in thanking Sarah Thompson, Director of Marketing and Communications, for seven and a half years of outstanding service on the UA staff team as she transitions to a new job in the Hartford community this month. "We will miss Sarah's presence at UA and...

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2020 Calendar: Hot Off the Press!

2020 is set to be another fantastic year of collaboration, strengthening programs and relationship-building.   Program leaders, please click the button below to review and start marking your calendars for:   Learning community meetings Other...

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December Gathering and Training Recaps

On December 5, representative from 5 churches and organizations in the UA network gathered for a combined Thrive and Revitalize learning community meeting.   Dr. Nancy Trout and Stacy Chandna from Kohl's Start Childhood Off Right (SCOR)...

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Connecting Students to Service Opportunities

A big thank you to The Master's School  for inviting us to share about UAServe—Urban Alliance volunteer program—with their middle- and high-school students last month.   We are excited to see how they will make in impact in the coming...

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