Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Rev DC Fortune, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML as they speak about organizing as individuals against fascism around the globe, but also how grief can manifest with changing realities. How are religious institutions and faith leaders answering the call of this moment? We, as communities of people with love at…

VUU Hosts, Aisha Hauser-MSW, CRE-ML, Rev. Donte Hillard, Rev. DC Fortune are joined by the authors of Imani Rituals, Anthony Y. Stringer, Ayanna Kafi, and Duncan E. Teague to discuss the ways Unitarian Universalist congregations must be culturally pluralistic to become a religious home to all who cross their threshold. Their book, Imani Rituals, centers…

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Rev DC Fortune, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML and Rev Dr. Michael Tino for a wide ranging discussion centering love in public. They link abolition, the US political system, and the role of religious institutions. Discover how living out Unitarian Universalist values through life-giving worship propels skillful action to create…

VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Rev DC Fortune, and Rev Dr. Michael Tino discuss the Church of the Larger Fellowship’s Congregational Study Action Issue (CSAI) on abolition, and upcoming classes. Start the conversation on the theologies that undergird the United States’ political and social systems which result in a carceral nextwork based on punishment and…

VUU Hosts Aisha Hauser MSW-CRE-ML, Rev. DC Fortune, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev Donte Hillard are joined by Rev. Dr. Lucas Herbert to discuss his new book which covers the need and ask for impassioned preaching and embodied worship within Unitarian Universalism in these times.

In this archival episode of the VUU, historian Dr. Paul Ortiz joins to disscuss educational upheaval in Florida beyond diversity, equity and inclusion, and its historical precedents. His book, An African American and Latinx History of the United States was published by Beacon Press. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people…

Join The VUU hosts Aisha Hauser and Michael Tino for the first live music episode with Parker Woodland! Friend of the band David Johnson also joins to talk regional organizing, community care and the framework of abolition that the CLF seeks to establish. Parker Woodland music: parkerwoodland.bandcamp.com Coalition to abolish slavery in Texas: https://befrank4justice.org/cast UU…

VUU Hosts Aisha Hauser, DC Fortune, and Rev Michael Tino discuss the United States, faith, fascism, and draw connections to how connection and the human centered framework of abolition at the CLF counters the rising tide of oppression. Apply to be a guest on the VUU: ⁠⁠⁠⁠clfuu.org/vuuguest

VUU Hosts Donte Hillard, Aisha Hauser, DC Fortune, and Rev Michael Tino discuss Unitarian Universalist General Assembly 2025, and liberatory theology for this moment. Will it be a hot summer of protest? Apply to be a guest on the VUU: ⁠clfuu.org/vuuguest Info on #HALTsolitary: ⁠https://bit.ly/HALTstatementFeb2025⁠ To support this ministry and help us continue to reach…

Bill Young and Rev Kimberly Quinn Johnson join VUU hosts Aisha Hauser, Donté Hillard and Rev Michael Tino to talk about their vision for the office and the UUA.  To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast