The Voices of Unitarian Universalism

Rev. Kimberley Debus joins Christina Rivera, Rev. DC Fortune, and Rev. Michael Tino to discuss her substack "Hold My Chalice." "Hold My Chalice": https://holdmychalice.substack.com https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=debus%20point To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Hosts Christina Rivera, Aisha Hauser, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss the urgency of sharing resources and learning from organizers who were building community prior to this administration, and the importance of learning to thrive while we fight fascism. Resources: www.mijente.net https://www.pinkhaven.org/ https://www.lavenderrightsproject.org/⁠ ⁠https://www.sistersong.net/⁠ ⁠https://www.thetrevorpro...

Members of the CLF Nominating Committee Heather Gatland, Doreen Christiani, and Rachel Wade-Harper join host Aisha Hauser as guest hosts. The four discuss what makes the CLF community unique and invite listeners to join upcoming opportunities for leadership. The hosts also cover recent issues including a ceasefire deal, TikTok ban, LA wildfires, and the threat of H5N1. Opportunities for Leadership...

In the first VUU episode of 2025 Rev. Michael Tino and Rev. DC Fortune discuss recent events. Topics include action items for congregants in preparation of 2025 General Assembly, Jimmy Carter's life and legacy, and the Ring Theory in collective trauma. UUA Disaster Relief Fund: https://www.uua.org/giving/areas-support/funds/disaster-response GA Registration: https://www.uua.org/ga/registration...

As an annual CLF Connects event, our hosts compete in a "Nailed It!" baking challenge and attempt to create cookie christmas trees. Guest host and originator of the challenge Julica Hermann de la Fuente serves as judge of the competition. https://community.clfuu.org/ To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Aisha Hauser, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss the reality facing our bodies and minds following the US presidential election, and what keeps us fighting for liberation. Recommendations from the Episode: https://uuma.org/.../2023-berry-street-essay-the.../ On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century, by Timothy Snyder The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin

Dr. Nathalie Edmond (UU, licensed clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, anti-racism educator) joins VUU hosts to discuss her book "Mindful Race Talk" and the intersections between supremacy culture, the genocide in Gaza, and the US government. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

UU the Vote joins the VUU for the final installment in a four part series leading up to the Presidential Election. Hosts Aisha Hauser and Rev. DC Fortune are joined by Nicole Pressley (Director of Organizing Strategy Team, Side With Love) and Nora Rasman (Democracy Strategist, Side with Love) to discuss organizing for liberation beyond the election. Side with Love Post-Election Events: https://sec...

Rev. Cheryl M. Walker (Former President of UU Ministers' Association, Co-Chair Article II Commission) joins VUU hosts to discuss the issues with using the acronym “JETPIG” from a pluralist standpoint, as well as other ways to improve pluralism in UU practice. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

In the third for four episodes with UU the Vote, Rev. Ranwa Hammamy (Side with Love, Congregational Justice Organizer) and Nora Rasman (Side with Love, Democracy Strategist) join hosts Rev. Michael Tino and Christina Rivera to discuss organizing around the forces of White Christian Nationalism within a multi-racial democracy. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around...

Co-hosts Aisha Hauser and Rev. DC Fortune discuss the destruction caused by hurricane Helene in the US and the rhetoric around the ongoing genocide in Palestine. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

In the second of four VUU episodes with UU the Vote, host Aisha Hauser, Rev. Cathy Rion Starr (Side with Love, Leadership Development Specialist), and Nora Rasman (Side With Love, Democracy Strategist) discuss strategies of organizing through the election and onward. One Million Experiments https://millionexperiments.com/ UU Climate Justice Revival: https://www.uuclimatejustice.org/ To support thi...

Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss how to foster active hope in our communities in order to further liberation. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Aisha Hauser and Rev. Michael Tino speak with Nicole Pressley (Side with Love, Director of Organizing Strategy Team) and Nora Rasman (Side With Love, Democracy Strategist) on the important work UU the Vote campaigns have done for past and present elections. The group discusses navigating the tensions & contradictions of the 2024 election and the ethics of American politics. To support this min...

On the first episode of the VUU's 12th season Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss updates on the 2024 Presidential election and whether Unitarian Universalism may be uniquely suited for prison ministry. Worthy Now Fundraiser: clfuu.org/fundhope Prison Ministry Pen Pal program: worthynow.org/pen-pals To support this ministry and help us continue to rea...

Season 11 ends, as always, with a VUU episode from General Assembly, this year virtually. Our hosts discuss the pros and cons of online ministry and the process of being a delegate with Darbi Lockridge, Alex Dixon, Rosemary Amico. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

In this ReVUU Janine Gelsinger, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune chat with the Article 2 Study Commission about the Article 2 revision process preceding 2023 General Assembly. Originally aired Apr 27, 2023. Guests - Article II Study Commission: Co-Chair Rev. Cheryl M. Walker Co-Chair Dr. Rob Spirko Commissioner Maya Waller Commissioner Dr. Paula Cole Jones To support this ministry and help u...

Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss current events and the rules which must be broken to maintain humanity within the system of violent extractive capitalism. Action of Immediate Witness for Palestine: uupalestineaction.org To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Rachel Myslivy (Climate Justice Organizer on the Side with Love Organizing Strategy Team at the UUA) and Rev Nancy McDonald Ladd (Director of Communications and Public Ministry at the UUA) join hosts Rev. Michael Tino and Rev DC Fortune to discuss their work on the UU Climate Justice Revival, and how the culture of activism can become more intersectional and community focused. Climate Justice Revi...

Rev. Dr. Cindy Landrum (Minister at First Parish of Stow and Acton in MA, Article 2 Commission) joins Aisha Hauser and Rev. Michael Tino to discuss proposed revisions to Article 2 of the UUA bylaws ahead of this year's virtual General Assembly. They also discuss the Actions of Immediate Witness process and the ways these two subjects speak to the core of Unitarian Universalism. Article 2 Info:...

Christina Rivera, Aisha Hauser, Rev. Michael Tino, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss living our UU values as they relate to Kansas City Cheifs kicker Harrison Butker's misogynistic commencement speech, continued crimes against humanity in Gaza, and American politics as the 2024 election approaches. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/po...

ReVUU: In early 2020 representatives from the Commission on Institutional Change joined VUU hosts to discuss their work reporting their findings (presented June 2020) and how those findings could inform UU values and congregational action during the lockdown. Guests: Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore (CIC Member, Minister at Shelter Rock UU), Rev Leslie Takahashi (Chair of CIC), Mary Byron (CIC Member)...

This week Karishma Gottfried (UU emerging adult, Union Theological School Seminarian) joins the VUU to discuss the student protest encampment at Columbia University calling for the university's divestment from corporations with ties to Israel. Karishma shares their experience of hostility from Christian-Zionist counter protestors and the NYPD, and the spark that has grown to a national student...

This week our VUU hosts discuss the state of resistance in our world, addressing the police action against student protests for Palestine and the passing of a TikTok ban. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast

Hosts Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera discuss the complex issues facing our world and the next generation, the overlap between Star Trek and Unitarian Universalism, and the nuances of Ministerial search season. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, go to clfuu.org/podcast