251 VUU Episode – How Covenant Can Help Us Challenge the Status Quo with Julica Hermann Fuente
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Our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Rev. Michael Tino, and guest host Dawn Fortune for a pre-recorded live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective.
THIS WEEK (March 7th) ON THE VUU – How Covenant Can Help Us Challenge the Status Quo – The VUU #251
On The VUU as we chatted with UU Community Minister, Julica Hermann de la Fuente on how to use covenant to challenge the status quo.
Julica Hermann de la Fuente is a Lay Community Minister and currently serves as a retreat leader for the Beloved Conversations program and an anti-racism coach and trainer at large for Unitarian Universalist religious professionals and congregations. Born and raised in Mexico City, she first became committed to social justice when she came to the United States for college. Since then, she has spent the past two decades seeking new ways to engage in anti-racism and anti-oppression education that centers faith formation and helps us heal our hearts and our institutions from the impact of colonialism and white supremacy culture. When she’s not on shift for the resistance, you will find her playing with fabric, making costumes for her two daughters, and reading optimistic sci-fi and fantasy possibilities of a just and equitable universe.
#250 VUU – A Discussion About UMC w/ Rev. Dr. Lightsey
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Join our hosts Rev. Meg Riley, Rev. Michael Tino and Rev Dawn Fortune for a live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective.
THIS WEEK (February 28th) ON THE VUU – A Discussion About UMC with Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey #250
We chatted with Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey about The United Methodist Church’s decision to tighten their ban on same sex marriage.
Dr. Lightsey is a minister ordained by the UMC. “After ordination, she served as a United Methodist congregational pastor and then as a theological school educator, scholar and administrator. Throughout her vocational life, she has been a leading social justice activist, working with local, national and international organizations focusing primarily on the causes of peacemaking, racial justice and LGBTQ rights.” (From Meadville Lombard Theological School Website)
249 VUU 2919 Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium by BLUU
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We chatted with Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU) Executive Director, Lena Gardner, about the 2019 Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium and what’s next with BLUU.
From the BLUU website – “The Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium responds to a longing on the part of many Black Unitarian Universalists to more fully understand where they have been, who they are now, and how they hope to live out Unitarian Universalism as Black people. The Symposium is open to everyone, and is prioritizing spaces for Black people, Indigenous people and People of Color. This exciting symposium is named for Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (abolitionist, suffragist, author, Unitarian) and Rev. Joseph Jordan (the first Black ordained Universalist).” For more information about this event and BLUU in general go to http://www.blacklivesuu.com
The VUU streams live on Facebook every Thursday at 11 am ET. We talk social justice, Unitarian Universalism, religion, spirituality, and whatever else is topical and interesting!
Hosts: Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera; production support provided by Margalie Belizaire.
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VUU 248 – Side With Love – with Elizabeth Nguyen and Everette Thompson
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We chatted with Side With Love Senior Strategist, Rev Elizabeth Nguyen, and Campaign Manager, Everette Thompson about what’s new and what’s next. More information about Side With Love can be found at https://sidewithlove.org.
The VUU streams live on Facebook every Thursday at 11 am ET. We talk social justice, Unitarian Universalism, religion, spirituality, and whatever else is topical and interesting!
Hosts: Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera; production support provided by Margalie Belizaire.
The VUU is brought to you by the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
247 – Progressive Faith Beyond Optimism
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This week on The VUU
This week on The VUU, we chatted with Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd about her new book, After the Good News: Progressive Faith Beyond Optimism. More information about the book can be found here: https://www.uuabookstore.org/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=138878&Name=Nancy+McDonald+Ladd
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Rev Jessica Star Rockers and Margalie Belizaire. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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246: Florida Rights Restoration: Amendment 4
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We chatted this week with Desmond Meade and Patrice Curtis about Florida’s Amendment 4, the successful restoration of voting rights for formerly incarcerated people.
More information about the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition can be found here:
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers and Margalie Belizaire. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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245: An African American and Latinx History of the US
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This week we chatted with author and scholar Paul Ortiz about his new book “An African American and Latinx History of the U.S. Come join the conversation, streaming live on our Facebook page. http://facebook.com/clfuu
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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244: Shutting it Down
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This week we tackled two topics in our show. How is the government shutdown affecting government workers? Park ranger Keith Stegall came to offer us some insight. And then we chatted with Dottie Mathews and Rabbi Bruce Elder who worked to successfully shut down the Tornillo Detention Center. We are keeping it current on the VUU this week. Come join the conversation every Thursday at 11am ET, streaming live on our Facebook page. http://facebook.com/clfuu
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera with production support from Jessica Star Rockers.
243: World Refugee Crisis with Latifa Woodhouse
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This week we chatted live on The VUU about the world refugee crisis with Latifa Woodhouse, President of Shared Humanity. Shared Humanity is a nonprofit founded to provide urgent and sustained humanitarian aid to refugees seeking safe haven from war, violence, and oppression.
More info can be found at www.sharedhumanityusa.org.
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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242: US Border Refugee Crisis with Alex Dixon
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This week we chatted live on The VUU about the US Border Refugee Crisis with Alex Dixon.
Links from the show:
https://annunciationhouse.org/
https://www.borderlandrainbow.org/
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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