Rachel Myslivy (Climate Justice Organizer on the Side with Love Organizing Strategy Team at the UUA) and Rev Nancy McDonald Ladd (Director of Communications and Public Ministry at the UUA) join hosts Rev. Michael Tino and Rev DC Fortune to discuss their work on the UU Climate Justice Revival, and how the culture of activism…

Rev. Dr. Cindy Landrum (Minister at First Parish of Stow and Acton in MA, Article 2 Commission) joins Aisha Hauser and Rev. Michael Tino to discuss proposed revisions to Article 2 of the UUA bylaws ahead of this year’s virtual General Assembly. They also discuss the Actions of Immediate Witness process and the ways these…

Christina Rivera, Aisha Hauser, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss living our UU values as they relate to Kansas City Cheifs kicker Harrison Butker’s misogynistic commencement speech, continued crimes against humanity in Gaza, and American politics as the 2024 election approaches. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all…

ReVUU: In early 2020 representatives from the Commission on Institutional Change joined VUU hosts to discuss their work reporting their findings (presented June 2020) and how those findings could inform UU values and congregational action during the lockdown. Guests: Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore (CIC Member, Minister at Shelter Rock UU), Rev Leslie Takahashi (Chair…

This week Karishma Gottfried (UU emerging adult, Union Theological School Seminarian) joins the VUU to discuss the student protest encampment at Columbia University calling for the university’s divestment from corporations with ties to Israel. Karishma shares their experience of hostility from Christian-Zionist counter protestors and the NYPD, and the spark that has grown to a…

This week our VUU hosts discuss the state of resistance in our world, addressing the police action against student protests for Palestine and the passing of a TikTok ban. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Hosts Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera discuss the complex issues facing our world and the next generation, the overlap between Star Trek and Unitarian Universalism, and the nuances of Ministerial search season. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

In this archival VUU episode (originally aired Winter 2019), Desmond Meade (Florida Rights Restoration Coalition), and Rev. Patrice Curtis (former minister at UU Clearwater in Florida and Amendment 4 organizer) join hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Rev. Michael Tino, Christina Rivera, and Aisha Hauser to discuss the passing of Florida’s Amendment 4 in November 2018, restoring…

In this archival episode of the VUU (originally aired May 2018), Dr. Anthony Pinn (author, educator, and scholar of humanist thought) joins in a discussion of humanism and its intersections with Unitarian Universalism. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Justice Equity Transformation Pluralism Interdependance Generosity Rev. Misha Sanders joins the VUU as a Holy Week guest host to discuss all things JETPIG, or (J Piglet). Sarah Kelley (Director of Religious Growth and Learning at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Susquehanna Valley) and Rev. Elizabeth (UU Church of Cheyenne) bring their JETPIG mascots to discuss the…