The VUU

2020-06-08 The Commission on Institutional Change sits down for their penultimate episode in the spring series reviewing the findings of their report, the results of a multi-year effort to examine what is required to change UU institutions to dismantle white supremacist structures upholding them. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino…

2020-05-28 CONTENT NOTE: This show addresses heavy topics, including a verbal description of the murder of a Black man by police. In the wake of recent terrifying incidents in Central Park where a white woman calling the police on an unarmed non-threatening black man and the extrajudicial killing of a black man, George Floyd, in…

2020-02-20 This week we are chatting with Rev. Danielle DiBona and Rev. Clyde Grubbs about how to Live our faith while on colonized Indigenous land. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on…

2020-02-27 This week we are chatting with the CLF Ministerial Search Team about finding new CLF Leadership. Join our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino for a live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on Facebook (or…

2020-03-05 This week we are chatting with VUU superfans: Quiana Perkins, Janine Gelsinger, and Tie Resendiz de Perez. Join us to learn what these UU movers and shakers are up to! Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist,…

2020-03-12 Learn what congregations and other groups are doing to maintain real connection virtually in times such as these. Guests include the Revs Mykal Slack, Jessica Star Rockers and Suzanne Fast. We will also be joined by Aaron Payson and Madelyn Campbell from the UU Trauma Response Ministry. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera,…

2020-03-19 This week, we talk with Tim Atkins and Joy Berry about how to maintain faith development across the lifespan in a coronavirus world. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams…

2020-03-26 NOTE: Apologies, the first 5 minutes of this episode were cut off. This week, we talk with Cecilia Kingman, Margaret Rogers, and Jordinn Nelson Long about how pastoral care needs and response in a coronavirus world. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show…

2020-04-02 We are excited to sit down with the Rev Jason Lydon to discuss what is needed now and how organizers are responding as this crisis continues to develop. Show Notes: Mutual Aid projects – https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/ A helpful map – https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ Neighborhood pods – https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/… Excellent interview with Mariame Kaba – https://theintercept.com/2020/03/19/o… Dean Spade’s newest…

2020-04-09 The Commission on Institutional Change discuss their call for Reparations in their report. Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on Facebook (or sometimes on YouTube) every Thursday at…