The Voices of Unitarian Universalism

The VUU live show has been running for nearly 500 episodes. Join hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML and Rev Dr. Donte Hillard as they contemplate what the world would be like without empire. How we can usher in the world that is being born as empire crumbles? Join us next season with more guests, more laughs, and more expansive imagination for liberation. In the meantime, enjoy the archive! To support...

What does interdependence mean to you? Join our VUU hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, Rev. Dr. Donte Hilliard, and Rev. DC Fortune.  The separateness of our existence is an illusion and under empire this spell is reinforced in order to keep us exhausted. All the systems that work to keep people with targeted identities on the margin, and harm the planet are interconnected. What...

Join VUU Hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev Dr. Donte Hilliard, with special guest Angel Fisher who is a third degree high priest in the Minoen Brotherhood, loud and proud, and a local CUUPS leader. The hosts discuss paganism within UU, multi-religiosity, and the ways that collective ritual could be used to hasten the end of empire.  To support this ministry and help us...

Join VUU Hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, Rev. DC Fortune, Rev. Dr. Donte Hilliard for a roundtable discussion including the escalating situation at ICE torture chamber Delaney Hall in New Jersey, and the resistance to anti-queer legislation around the country. A common thread remains, how do we cultivate the fortitude to resist in community, and what are our individual roles...

Join VUU Hosts Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, Rev. DC Fortune, and Rev. Dr. Donte Hilliard for the monthly theme conversation on Justice. How do you understand justice in this life and after death as a Unitarian Universalist? The hosts reflect theologically on justice and how it intersects with abolition, universal salvation, worthiness, and the afterlife.  To support this ministry and help us continue to...

S13 Ep 494 - Spatial and Community Needs: Host Roundtable Join VUU Hosts Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a roundtable discussion including seasonal differences across the United States, the importance of different types of Unitarian Universalist community options, and preparing for gathering at General Assembly. This year's Assembly will be virtual. What are the different ways th...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Donte Hillard, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML for a discussion with guest Brent Saccucci to talk pedagogy, growing edges and pluralism. Brent is a Canada based master teacher and equity consultant with over ten years of experience leading workshops, and teaching in K-12, secondary and graduate classrooms. As we work in our various ways to undo white supremacy...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Donte Hilliard, Rev Dr Michael Tino, Rev DC Fortune, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML for a discussion with guest Mx Katherine Childs. They are the outgoing President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association and the Executive Director of Mirth & Dignity of the UU Hysterical Society. How can we remember the importance of building new spaces of actualization through joy w...

Join VUU hosts Rev. Dr. Donte Hilliard, Rev. Dr Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune for a host roundtable discussion on this month’s theme of Pluralism. The effect of the empire on religion can be palpable, both institutionally and communally. How have we been brought into thinking that inclusion is the endpoint rather than part of the journey? How have you experienced Pluralism in your spiritual li...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a discussion with artist with Maggie Weber, also known as Refashioned Hippie. Maggie is a fiber artist, fashion critic, writer and mom, who has a passion for kid’s safety, upcycling, and debunking fast fashion's nepotism. Our bodies are battlegrounds for imperialism, and artists in our lives are solving problems for their community and sha...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Donte Hillard, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML along with this week’s guest HP Rivers. They are a Tennessee based writer, educator and candidate for UU Ministry, who specializes in community and social media ministry that has a particular emphasis on queer youth. They are also the founder of Bee Blessed, and a super mom! How can we unlock our imaginative su...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Donte Hillard, Rev DC Fortune, and Rev Dr. Michael Tino for a discussion on information literacy for all ages and shifting paradigms of knowledge with special guest Caerhl Irey, also known as the North Omaha Cat Lady on TikTok. She weighs in with comedy on politics, education, undoing white supremacy and homophobia and so much more! Follow Caerhl on TikTok: @north_omaha_cat_...

Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Michael Tino, Rev DC Fortune, and Aisha Hauser, for a discussion with Daniella Mestyanek Young, also known as the Knitting Cult Lady. She is a Harvard graduate, cult survivor and former Army Captain who has written about her own experience and the cultish practices of white supremacy in America. Let us deconstruct together!  Want to support the CLF? Visit ⁠⁠clfuu.org/merch⁠...

Join VUU hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev Donte Hillard for this roundtable discussion on the state of the world under imperial domination, including the US-Israeli war on Iran, and the ongoing genocide in Palestine. How do you know in our bones the ways that culture has been shaped by white supremacy? As we shift the way the world currently is to what we know it can be, where will we place our...

The world is on fire, and there are times in history where communities have had to construct themselves outside of the constraints of Empire. What do you find to be an antidote to rampant individualism and imperialism? Join VUU hosts Rev Dr. Michael Tino, Rev DC Fortune, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, and Rev Donte Hillard for this discussion.   To support this ministry and help us continue to reach peo...

In this archival episode, join Rev Dr. Michael Tino, Rev DC Fortune, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, in this host roundtable welcoming in Season 13. Discover, the life-giving work of the CLF’s prison ministry. Remember, in these times, the optimism and promise of communities that see you in your entirety. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to  clfuu...

As the systems of extractive capitalism break down, we are called into greater actions of community care for survival and sustainability. How can we practice this in our social locations in order to influence the whole? What are our gifts and abilities? What does accountability that does not rely on one type of method look like? Join our hosts Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev. Donte Hilliard, and Rev...

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a discussion on the monthly theme of generosity. Can you name the ways that places, people and situations offered you the choice to participate in radical self love? How have we discovered it was something missing in our lives? Want to support the CLF? Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠clfuu.org/merch⁠

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a discussion on the monthly theme of generosity. In a world shaped by capitalism and imperialism, moving beyond thinking of generosity as only money is essential. How do we craft a generosity of spirit in our communities, families, and organizations? Want to support the CLF? Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠clfuu.org/...

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a discussion of the events around the United States and the UU World, along with the righteous responses to tyrannical forces that we may encounter out in the wider world or within Unitarian Universalism. Let's build community together, fight fascism, and also rest. Have you heard of Black Lives of Unitarian Univers...

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for a wide ranging discussion on freedom, fullness, and building community with language and action that is honest about the times we are currently living in within the United States and around the world. Want to support the CLF? Visit ⁠⁠⁠clfuu.org/merch⁠

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for the monthly theme conversation, centered on Love. In times of escalating crises, participating in national and local movements can take many forms. How can we unlearn what we have considered about love, in order to be who we need to be, where we need to be, right now?

What happens when we center the whole lives of youth and young adults in our spiritual and religious spaces, including their prophetic visions? How can Unitarian Universalism meet the moments within the whole lives of its congregations and beyond into their communities? Join VUU Hosts Rev. Donte Hillard, Rev. DC Fortune, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML, to discuss the documentary film Why Are You You?...

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, Rev Dr. Michael Tino, and Rev DC Fortune for this year end discussion of 2025 for themselves and the world. How was 2025 for you, and what are you looking forward to in 2026? We are looking forward to more exciting topics on The VUU! See you on Jan 8th 2026! Want to support the CLF? Visit ⁠⁠clfuu.org/merch⁠

Join VUU Hosts Rev Donte Hillard, and Aisha Hauser MSW CRE-ML who discuss joy! How do themes of embodiment, sexual and non sexual touch, intimacy, and healthy sexuality transform the world and allow us to tap into joy? What harmful theologies or practices shame us out of our birthright of joy?