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Event Updates!

MNYPAA and 4 of July!

The Minnesota Conference for Young People in AA was over the 4th of July weekend! It was an epic couple of days铿乴led with 铿乺eworks, friends, and recovery.

Final week of softball!

It was the sober softball league 铿乶als, and we are proud to announce that StepUP came in 3rd place! AND we made it to the playoffs 馃檪

Thanks everyone for another great season!!

Written by Moss

July 2026

Hi my name is Moss. I spent four years in the StepUP program. All of those years I lived on campus, and three of those years I had the honor to work for the program as a StepUP Peer Advisor, or SPA. The job duties of a SPA are similar to that of a regular college resident assistant. However there is a much heavier emphasis on building and maintaining a really stellar community, and it鈥檚 a lot harder than one might think. Don鈥檛 get me wrong, the program is awesome and 铿乴led with amazing people, but living together isn鈥檛 always harmonious. Con铿俰ct, in铿乬hting, and some drama are unfortunately inevitable aspects of a choosing to be in a tighknit community such as StepUP, but in my opinion, totally worth it. Here are a few things I鈥檝e learned during my time in the program that I would advise all current and prospective StepUP students to keep in mind:

1. Be a Villager

In times of turmoil, sometimes I鈥檇 go complain to Shane, one of our lovely counselors, and often he would tell me to 鈥渓et it go鈥�. Like I said before, StepUP is a tightknit community, we spend a lot of time together, and the majority of us live in the same building. Resentments are de铿乶itely a thing, and not everyone is always gonna get along. We all have our own ideas about how we should act, live, and what the moral thing to do is, and sometimes we unfairly project them onto others. In AA it鈥檚 called taking someone鈥檚 inventory. I guess what I am trying to say is, while unhygienic and annoying, your roommate's dirty dishes aren鈥檛 a moral failing. Don鈥檛 let those little differences ruin your perception of them. It鈥檚 really not that deep, and at the end of the day things are what you make of them.聽

3. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift; that鈥檚 why it鈥檚 called the present.聽

You might recognize that saying from the 铿乺st Kung Fu Panda movie. These were the late Master Oogway's final words of wisdom before turning into cherry blossom petals and passing onto the next life. I have always loved that quote, as cheesy as it is. I鈥檝e realized that all I ever really have is the present moment. I think it鈥檚 important to remember that, like all things, your time in this program will come to an end. If I could go back in time and tell freshmen year me anything, I鈥檇 say 鈥渕ake the most of it鈥�.聽