189: The Fight for Healthcare for All
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Hosts Meg Riley and Michael Tino discuss healthcare reform with Rev. Robin Tanner, Dr. Carol Paris, and activist Samson Hampton. They share some important information on the current fight for healthcare for all, what it means to write your own healthcare story, and how to get involved in making a single-payer option happen in the U.S. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. As Samson Hampton says, we are people, not statistics. And our senators need to fight for us and not the insurance companies.
Want to get involved? Organizations mentioned include:
Portlight.org
Healthoverprofit.org
Adapt.org
The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET. We talk social justice, Unitarian Universalism, religion, spirituality, and whatever else is topical and interesting!
Hosts: Meg Riley, Michael Tino, and Aisha Hauser; production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU is brought to you by the Church of the Larger Fellowship
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161: Resistance and Resilience
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Our guests, the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker and Donna Red Wing, talk about resistance and resilience in our personal lives, activist circles, and religious communities. This rich conversation explores both the outside and inside work that is needed, embodied intersectional living, and how spirituality enhances resiliency.
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 1, 2016.
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The Coming WORR: A Week of Righteous Resistance July 12 – 18
Last November, I lay down with just under a hundred other people on an interstate highway in Minneapolis. Along with thousands in cities across the country, we stopped the cars, we carried signs and we chanted and sang, saying Black Lives Matter in every way that we could. My brother called me from Texas, and said, “Hey, did you shut down I-35 today?” I responded, “Well, yes, me and a few others.” He said, “It made news down here. That’s dope. My freedom fighter sister.” That was just over six months ago, it was the start of what has been a nonstop whirlwind of actions, public witness, and personal challenges for me. Read more →
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group
People of Color Covenant Group
The last year has seen Unitarian Universalists get involved in #blacklivesmatter protests, the commemorative march to Selma, and a renewed commitment to racial justice. For many of us, the conversation about American racism that we’ve been hoping for seems like it might be starting to happen. At the same time, the focus on racial justice that we crave also highlights the places where our liberal religious tradition doesn’t always know quite how to engage us as people of color.
As we navigate the currents of change moving through Unitarian Universalism, this group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now.
CLF Covenant groups are grounded in the practice of deep listening. Taking to heart Parker Palmer’s small group commitment to “no fixing, saving, or setting each other straight,” this is a place for sharing hopes and fears, challenges and aspirations.
When
2nd and 4th Wednesdays, May-July, 2:30-3:30 PM. (see on a calendar)
Who
People of color are welcome to participate.
This group is facilitated by Arif Mamdani, Spiritual Director and M. Div Student at United Theological Seminary.
How
This group meets in-person via videoconference using Zoom Cloud Meeting.
To join the group, please fill out the registration form below. There is no charge to participate.
Arif will then send you instructions for getting connected.
People of Color Covenant Group
This group provides space for people who identify as POC to come together in covenant to reflect and share where our faith is calling us now. Learn more about the People of Color Covenant Group