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Join our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, and guest host, Rev Dawn Fortune, 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 every Thursday at 11 am ET.
On The VUU this Week (April 18th): Sara Green, UUA Youth and Young Adults of Color Ministry Associate, talked about what’s new and what’s next with this ministry – The VUU #257
Sara Green in her own words – “I am a southern, cis/queer/poly, Black femme minister living in Nashville, TN. I imagine liberation/salvation/beloved community as communities that have the ability to eat good food together, experience pleasure in our bodies and regularly put their hands in soil—all the while free from fear and violence by way of all of the cultural and legal changes that must happen in order for this world to exist. I understand myself as part of a legacy of cultural workers, healers, maroons and creoles, southern queer freedom fighters and artists trying to shape god. And I feel so blessed to be doing this work now.” (from the UUA website)
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Join our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera 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 every Thursday at 11 am ET.
On The VUU this Week (April 11th): UU Muslims – The VUU #256
UU Muslims, Ranwa Hammamy, Sana Saeed, Paige Ingram, and Tynan Power joined The VUU hosts and spoke about their experiences as Unitarian Universalists who also identify as Muslims.
Ranwa (they/she) is the President of DRUUMM and a community minister affiliated with the Mt. Diablo UU Church in California. They serve as the Executive Director for the UU Justice Ministry of California, organizing and supporting California UUs in the work of creating a just and equitable California. She is also a co-editor of the proposed Muslim Voices in Unitarian Universalism, along with Tynan Power.
Sana is the Co-Vice President of DRUUMM. She is currently serving as a Chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania working with undergraduate and graduate students on campus. She is also the Intern Minister for the UU Ministers Association and a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School.
Paige is a Southern and Mid-Western based Black Muslim UU troublemaker and faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist. Her calling is to nurture emergent spaces where people can authentically connect in ways that heal and totally reimagine their communities. Paige is a community organizer with Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism, fellow with the Lorde’s Werq of Southerners on New Ground, co-founder of the Half-Moon Healing House in Greensboro, NC, anti-racism trainer with Resist U, freelance facilitator, speaker, and collage artist.
Tynan Power is a transgender UU Muslim faith leader and community organizer. He was a founding member of the the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD), coordinates Transfaith’s Trans and Muslim project and founded Pioneer Valley Progressive Muslims/Masjid al-Inshirah, a progressive Muslim congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has been a member of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence since 2004.
Power also is a writer and editor, whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, The Rainbow Times, The Good Men Project, and in the anthologies Progressive Muslim Voices: Personal Stories from the U.S. and Canada and All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim.
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On The VUU this Week (April 4th): 2019 Search Experience – The VUU #255
UUA Transition Director, Keith Kron, joined The VUU to discuss what this year’s search process has been like for UU ministers and congregations.
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Join our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera 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 every Thursday at 11 am ET.
On The VUU this Week (March 28th): Finding Our Way Home – The VUU #254
Hosts Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera (and others) shared their thoughts on Finding Our Way Home and discussed ways to support UU Religious Professionals of Color.
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I kept imagining how it might have gone.
I keep thinking of it like my Universalist Dream Ballet version of the horrifying/captivating Senate hearings on Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court. That is, a version of events fueled by my most idealistic notions of redemption and reconciliation. A version that would obviously include spectacle, ornate costumes and over-the-top musical flourishes, and/or non-linear plot devices—because it’s that disconnected from reality. Read more →
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To all members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist
Per Article VII, Sections 1 and 2 of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Bylaws, the 46th Annual Meeting will be held via video/telephone conference call and screen sharing on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 8:00PM EDT. Read more →
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If European Americans begin to learn the real stories, and become aware of the level of devastation and grief suffered by Indigenous peoples, our first reaction can sometimes be defensiveness. Read more →
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Restorative justice is an act of giving back, not going back, for nothing will ever be the same as before the damage was done. Read more →
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Years ago, I worked in Arizona’s so-called justice system. A woman named Kathy McCormick, who worked at the Attorney General’s Office doing victim-offender mediation, told me this story. Read more →
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