162: Movement Building
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In this episode, Scot Nakagawa talks about how storytelling has been effectively used by conservatives and the religious right to move power. He goes deep into explaining why all politics is identity politics. He talks about the need to build both the popular front and the united front.
Scot is a senior partner with ChangeLab, a grassroots racial justice laboratory. He’s a long-time activist, community organizer and provocative thinker.
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Alicia Forde, with production support provided by Terri Burnor. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode aired on December 8, 2016.
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160: Black Lives of UU
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Dr. Takiyah Amin and Kenny Wiley from the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism organizing collective join us!
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Alicia Forde, with production support provided by Lori Stone Sirtosky. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode aired on November 17, 2016.
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158: Fellowship Movement (1948-67)
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The VUU talks with Bobbie Alicen, daughter of Munroe Husbands, who served as Director of Fellowships from 1948-1967 for the American Unitarian Association (AUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). We discussed how he worked, how he became Unitarian, his education and experiences that prepared him for the job, how he came to get the job, how he prepared for his trips to meet isolated religious liberals who would discover Uism/UUism for the first time, how CLF was important to his outreach, and how he supported the nascent fellowships.
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Alicia Forde, with production support by Lori Stone Sirtosky. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode originally aired November 3, 2016.
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156: Black Lives of UU
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The Black Lives of UU regulars join the VUU. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on October 20, 2016.
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155: Indigenous People’s Day and the Dakota Pipeline Protests
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Hear from UUs who went to North Dakota in solidarity with the Protectors to help stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Scheduled guests are Carlo Voli, Florence Caplow, Alyzza May, Karen van Fossan.
The VUU is hosted by Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. Meg Riley is on sabbatical. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on October 13, 2016.
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154: Clergy Misconduct in Unitarian Universalism
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The VUU speaks to Deborah Pope-Lance about clergy misconduct, which was the topic of her Berry Street Lecture in 2011. The VUU is hosted by Michael Tino, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. Meg Riley is on sabbatical. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 29, 2016.
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153: Black Lives of UU
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The Black Lives of UU regulars join the VUU regulars. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 29, 2016.
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152: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Latifa Woodhouse
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The VUU speaks with Latifah Woodhouse, who has travelled to Greece to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees and continues to work with and for Syrian and Iraqui refugees. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 22, 2016.
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151: Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
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We sit down with Artemis Joukowsky, Co-Director of the upcoming Ken Burns documentary. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, Alicia Forde, and Slim Moon. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired on September 15, 2016.
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150: Live from General Assembly in Columbus!
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The VUU Crew stalks the hallways of GA. Who knows who we’ll corral? Tune in and find out! The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. This is the final episode of the season; The VUU will return in September. This episode first aired June 23, 2016.