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The Rev. Carlton E. Smith and Kenny Wiley from the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU) organizing collective join us. We will discuss BLUU efforts to make GA more accessible for black UUs, and how we can develop spiritual fortitude for the struggle. We will also get an update from founder of the Hot Stove Report Hank Pierce! The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Tom Schade, Aisha Hauser, and Hank Pierce, and airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired April 14, 2016.
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow meets The VUU crew to talk about the Jewish renewal movement. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Tom Schade, Aisha Hauser, and Hank Pierce, and airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired April 7, 2016.
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We have not come here to take prisoners
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April 2016
I wish that every human life might be pure, transparent freedom. —Simone de Beauvoir
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Candidates for UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray and Alison Miller join The VUU to discuss their visions for UU. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, and Hank Peirce, and airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired March 31, 2016.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born a free Black woman in Baltimore, Maryland in 1825. She was raised in the household of her uncle, an educator and African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister. He was also an abolitionist—a person who objected to the enslavement of blacks. Harper became an educator and abolitionist as well. She also became a writer, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and later in life publishing the first short story by an African American woman. Her writing often urged Blacks, women, and people in oppressed groups to take a firm stand for equality and freedom.
In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. It became dangerous to be a free Black in Maryland because slave owners could claim Black people were runaway slaves and force them into slavery. So, Harper moved farther north to Ohio and then to Philadelphia. She taught, ran part of the Underground Railroad helping slaves escape to freedom, and lectured around the country.
In 1863, abolitionists celebrated success with the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves. But there was a long road ahead to full equality, and Harper spent the rest of her life working for women as well as African Americans to have access to full freedom and justice.
To read some of Harper’s poems click here.
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David Breeden joins The VUU to talk about how UU is engaging with young atheists and turning them into humanists. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, and Hank Peirce, and airs Thursdays at 11 am. ET. This episode first aired March 24, 2016.
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