The VUU

2018-05-03 This week on #TheVUU we chatted with John Simsarian and Samantha Silva Nogueda about Caminamos Juntos, a new effort from the UU Fellowship in San Miguel de Allende to support Mexican National deportees from the US. For more information visit http://cjsma.org. The VUU is a live Unitarian Universalist talkshow featuring activists and community organizers,…

2018-05-11 This week on The VUU we chatted with Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Jennifer Nordstrom, and Peggy Clarke about their new book, Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Environment. You can buy the book here: https://www.uuabookstore.org/Justice-on-Earth-P18357.aspx The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and…

2018-04-12 Join our hosts as they chat about prison ministry with Mandy Goheen, Director of Prison Ministry at Church of the Larger Fellowship, Rev. Karen Mooney, Director of the UU Prison Ministry of Illinois, and Rev. Jason Lydon, founder of Black and Pink. Show notes: Check out the CLF Worthy Now prison ministry: https://worthynow.org/. We…

2018-03-01 For this episode our hosts chatted with Rev. Jake Morrill and Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason about Unitarian Universalist Christianity. This is the first in a series of shows we will be doing about the many faiths practiced within Unitarian Universalism. Links: The UU Christian Fellowship website: http://uuchristian.org Subscribe to the Wednesday Word from…

2018-03-09 Our hosts chatted with Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons from First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn about her new book No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments. You can find out more about No Other Gods here: http://www.analevylyons.com/book The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production…

2018-03-15 In this episode our hosts chat with Lisa Presley about grief and religious leadership. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support for this episode provided by Lori Stone Sirtosky and Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET. Note:…

2018-03-22 In this episode our hosts chat with Rev. Catharine Buck Clarenbach about Unitarian Universalist earth-centered spirituality. Catharine Buck Clarenbach is an ordained UU minister and an initiated priestess in the tradition of Stone Circle Wicca. Her ministry is largely online: spiritual direction and teaching, courses, retreats, coaching for candidates going to the MFC, and…

2018-02-16 In this episode of The VUU our hosts chatted with Rev. Wendy Von Courter about the UU Church of Marblehead’s engagement with the complexities of civil discourse. A deeper examination of the situation Rev. Wendy discusses can be found at the video, The Road to Beloved Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkI4IUrbHk&feature=youtu.be The VUU is hosted by Meg…

2018-02-22 Join our hosts as they chat with Heather Vickery–Senior Associate for Outreach, Enrollment and Administration at the UU College of Social Justice–about all the current and upcoming programs at the UUCSJ. Show notes: Adult Journeys: https://uucsj.org/destinations/ Youth Justice Journeys: https://uucsj.org/youth/ Border Links journey to the US Mexico border: https://uucsj.org/journeys/borderlinks/ Border Witness for Religious Professionals:…

2017-12-08 This week our hosts chat with Ian Lekus, Amnesty International LGBT Specialist and host of RadioFreeQTopia, about international LGBT human rights. — Personal stories are important to social change. You can hear Ian Lekus interview folks about LGBT human rights around the globe at http://www.radiofreeqtopia.com. Ian Lekus interviewed Russian intersex activist Irene in a…