185: Intentionally Radical and Spiritual

2017-06-01

The VUU welcomes the Rev. Ashley Horan, executive director of MUUSJA, and Nora Rasman, campaign manager at Standing on the Side of Love. We talk about being unapologetically radical and spiritual and how liberalism tends to show up. We also go deep into the meaning of covenant and how spiritual practice and self care are critical for justice work, congregational life, and being active online.

Show notes:

• MUUSJA is the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance. On May 19 & 20, 2017, they held a conference called Resistance & Resilience: Sustaining Faithful Action for Justice & Solidarity in a Hurting World, which featured local and national organizers, religious leaders, artists, musicians, and activists.
• The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis was recently lambasted for “Scaffold”—an artistic composite of the gallows used to hang 38 Dakota men in 1862. This grotesque sculpture is now being dismantled. Learn more from the Star Tribune: article, commentary, and analysis.
• Mijente, Latinx & Chicanx organizers; source for the framework “against the state/outside the state/from the state” that Nora referenced
• BLUU’s endorsement of the proposed 8th Principle
• “It isn’t call-out culture that is toxic” by Ashley Fairbanks

The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Alicia Forde, with production support provided by Terri Burnor. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.

Note: This audio has been slightly edited for a better listening experience. View the live original recording on YouTube.