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Tyler Coles

Tyler Coles

About Tyler Coles

Young Adult Community Leader
tcoles@uucf.org

Tyler Coles (they/he) joined UUCF as the Young Adult Community Leader in September 2018. The position is being funded through a bequest by Stan Richards that supports innovative UU projects through a UUCF Innovation Fund. Tyler’s role is to build and help facilitate a young adult community outside of UUCF, but grounded in UU principles and values.

Tyler is a Southern-raised native of Roanoke, VA. They hold a bachelor of arts in history and religion from Roanoke College and a master of divinity from Vanderbilt University. Inspired by the good news of Unitarian Universalism, Tyler is a candidate for the ministry with more than 5 years of experience focusing on the intersections of young adult spirituality and collective liberation. This work includes interfaith organizing, the facilitation of queer spirituality communities and continuous efforts toward “creating the Beloved Kingdom on earth.”

Tyler also serves as the communications co-chair of Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM). DRUUMM is a People of Color ministry and anti-racist collective bringing lay and religious professionals together to overcome racism through resistance and transform Unitarian Universalism through multicultural wisdom.

Where Two or More Are Gathered

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Apr. 22, 2019. By Young Adult Community Leader Tyler Coles. Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to take part in the Gathering Summit, a virtual convening of community builders from around the world. The core of this convening was twofold: to ponder why people no longer engage traditional places of “meaning-making” and to share […]

An Embodied Sense of Freedom

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Jan. 21, 2019. By Young Adult Community Leader Tyler Coles. I will never forget the moment I was first asked, “What does liberation feel like?” It was a soggy, humid morning following a long night of dancing and laughing around a bonfire at the Highlander Center with other black and brown organizers from across the […]

What Are We Building? And How Are We Building It?

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Oct. 22, 2018. By Tyler Coles. Like many who grew up in the rolling hills of the Appalachian Mountains, I always found autumn a welcome relief following the tedious days of summer. The cool temperatures and falling leaves form a picturesque memory in my mind as my friends and I would take part in one […]