Since 2013, the VUU has been the weekly online talk show hosted by the CLF. It is recorded and broadcast live on Thursdays at noon ET. In 2020 we celebrated our 300th episode! We have a lively live viewership as well as the option to view it later as a podcast or on YouTube. In its initial formation its guests and hosts were generally ordained UU clergy people talking about topics of interest. Seven years later, what is the view of the VUU?

Today’s VUU brings together UU and UU-adjacent guests and topics viewed through an anti-oppression, anti-racist lens. The hosts are now an eclectic mix of CLF staff and volunteers who come from all corners of our faith community.

I would love for more CLF members with internet access to tune into the VUU. As the new Lead Ministry Team gets a clearer picture of the landscape of the CLF, we are looking at ways to integrate the CLF ministry as a whole. This includes understanding how the VUU can feed into a larger cohesive program for ministry. In future, we may preview a topic on the VUU that we’ll go deeper into during Sunday Service, or vice versa. Or perhaps you’ll find a covenant group that will watch and discuss a show together. Or a guest from the VUU will take us deeper into their ministry via a workshop.

What won’t change on the VUU? Well, our “well known” intro segment will always be our take on our local weather just to give you a taste of where we sit. And we’ll always be looking to bring you the UU Round up of that week’s noteworthy UU News. But most importantly we’ll still be looking out for topics and guests that help us all go deeper into our UU faith and help us all get free. So consider this your personal invitation to join us this Thursday or via podcast, if you’re able to. We’d love to see you soon!

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Christina Rivera

Lead Ministry Team at Church of the Larger Fellowship

Christina Rivera (she, her) is a religious educator and administrator serving Unitarian Universalism through her consulting group Called to Justice (CTJ.) CTJ’s focus is impactful anti-racist leadership development for UUs committed to justice ministries. She is a sought after anti-racism trainer, facilitator, and social media campaign developer. She was the first Latina and religious educator elected to the UUA Board of Trustees, serving as Trustee, Financial Secretary, and Secretary of the Association. In 2017 she received national news coverage for exposing racism in hiring decisions at the UUA. Later that year, along with Aisha Hauser and Kenny Wiley, she co-founded the #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn, a grassroots organization which organized and supported over 700 congregations in their efforts at identifying and addressing white supremacy culture within their structures. In 2020, Christina was selected as the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Angus MacLean Award recipient for Excellence in Religious Education. Chris has the faith and support of her husband and twin sons who, along with her ancestors, form the foundation for her calling to Unitarian Universalist ministry.

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