The Voices of Unitarian Universalism Podcast (The VUU) brings conversations with activists, theologians, organizers, and thinkers from across Unitarian Universalism and beyond. Engaging, bold, and grounded in justice, each episode invites you to expand your understanding of faith and community.
Hello 2025: Host Roundtable – Ep. 442
/RSS FeedJanuary 16, 2025
In the first VUU episode of 2025 Rev. Michael Tino and Rev. DC Fortune discuss recent events. Topics include action items for congregants in preparation of 2025 General Assembly, Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy, and the Ring Theory in collective trauma. UUA Disaster Relief Fund: https://www.uua.org/giving/areas-support/funds/disaster-response GA Registration: https://www.uua.org/ga/registration To support this ministry and help…
Nailed It! A VUU Special – Ep. 441
/RSS FeedNovember 27, 2024
As an annual CLF Connects event, our hosts compete in a “Nailed It!” baking challenge and attempt to create cookie christmas trees. Guest host and originator of the challenge Julica Hermann de la Fuente serves as judge of the competition. https://community.clfuu.org/ To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the…
Post-Election Host Roundtable – Ep 440
/RSS FeedNovember 13, 2024
Aisha Hauser, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss the reality facing our bodies and minds following the US presidential election, and what keeps us fighting for liberation. Recommendations from the Episode: https://uuma.org/…/2023-berry-street-essay-the…/ On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century, by Timothy Snyder The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
Mindful Race Talk with Dr. Nathalie Edmond – Ep. 439
/RSS FeedNovember 7, 2024
Dr. Nathalie Edmond (UU, licensed clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, anti-racism educator) joins VUU hosts to discuss her book “Mindful Race Talk” and the intersections between supremacy culture, the genocide in Gaza, and the US government. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast
Beyond the Election with UU the Vote – Ep. 438
/RSS FeedOctober 29, 2024
UU the Vote joins the VUU for the final installment in a four part series leading up to the Presidential Election. Hosts Aisha Hauser and Rev. DC Fortune are joined by Nicole Pressley (Director of Organizing Strategy Team, Side With Love) and Nora Rasman (Democracy Strategist, Side with Love) to discuss organizing for liberation beyond…
Is JETPIG Haram? Using Inclusive Metaphors for UUism – Ep. 437
/RSS FeedOctober 23, 2024
Rev. Cheryl M. Walker (Former President of UU Ministers’ Association, Co-Chair Article II Commission) joins VUU hosts to discuss the issues with using the acronym “JETPIG” from a pluralist standpoint, as well as other ways to improve pluralism in UU practice. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the…
White Christian Nationalism with UU the Vote – Ep. 436
/RSS FeedOctober 16, 2024
In the third for four episodes with UU the Vote, Rev. Ranwa Hammamy (Side with Love, Congregational Justice Organizer) and Nora Rasman (Side with Love, Democracy Strategist) join hosts Rev. Michael Tino and Christina Rivera to discuss organizing around the forces of White Christian Nationalism within a multi-racial democracy. To support this ministry and help…
Destructive Forces: Helene and Netanyahu – Ep. 435
/RSS FeedOctober 10, 2024
Co-hosts Aisha Hauser and Rev. DC Fortune discuss the destruction caused by hurricane Helene in the US and the rhetoric around the ongoing genocide in Palestine. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast
Block and Build with UU the Vote – Ep. 434
/RSS FeedOctober 2, 2024
In the second of four VUU episodes with UU the Vote, host Aisha Hauser, Rev. Cathy Rion Starr (Side with Love, Leadership Development Specialist), and Nora Rasman (Side With Love, Democracy Strategist) discuss strategies of organizing through the election and onward. One Million Experiments https://millionexperiments.com/ UU Climate Justice Revival:https://www.uuclimatejustice.org/ To support this ministry and help…
Host Roundtable: Practice Active Hope- Ep. 433
/RSS FeedSeptember 25, 2024
Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss how to foster active hope in our communities in order to further liberation. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast
