WHY ARE YOU YOU?

A religious youth-empowerment program reveals how teen empowerment is nothing to mess with.
When we find a sense of belonging at the most tender times in our lives, we thrive as adults.

WHY ARE YOU YOU? is a feature documentary that explores the history of the Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) community where adolescents discovered their true selves and were empowered to incite positive change in the world. Forty years after the program's inception, those former participants reflect on how being a part of the program shaped them and still informs their lives. YRUU, established in 1983, grew out of the Unitarian Universalists’ rich tradition of religious youth education. It was disbanded in 2008.