• Ask the Delegates - Ep. 430
    Jun 27 2024

    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.


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    40 mins
  • Refresher: Article 2 Commission - ReVUU s10e393
    Jun 19 2024

    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


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    45 mins
  • Host Roundtable: Legality vs. Morality - Ep. 429
    Jun 12 2024

    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

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    37 mins
  • UU Climate Justice Revival - Ep. 428
    Jun 4 2024

    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 Revival Info: www.uuclimatejustice.org

    Email questions to: uurevival@uua.org


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    46 mins
  • Our Living Tradition: Article 2 Revisions - Ep. 427
    May 30 2024

    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: https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission

    AIW Info: https://www.uua.org/action/process/aiw


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    45 mins
  • Host Special: Teach Your Children - Ep. 426
    May 23 2024

    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.


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    42 mins
  • Call for Reparations with the Commission on Institutional Change - ReVUU: s7e294
    May 15 2024

    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)

    Hosts: Rev. Meg Riley, Rev. Ali K.C Bell, Rev. Michael Tino, Christina Rivera, Aisha Hauser

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    47 mins
  • Students Say Ceasefire with Karishma Gottfried- Ep 425
    May 8 2024

    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 movement for university divestment.


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    42 mins