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/

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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.

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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://secure.everyaction.com/l5x6AKkABECevkjhSHyQhw2

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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.

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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.

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Resource Links from the episode:

sidewithlove.org

uuthevote.org

UUA Disaster Response:

https://www.uua.org/.../areas.../funds/disaster-response

To learn more about SACReD and Christians for a Free Palestine:

https://www.sacreddignity.org/

https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/

From our guest Nora Rasman: sweet podcast about Palestine Solidarity encampments lessons and offerings in mutual aid:

https://truthout.org/.../palestine-solidarity.../

Critical Resistance:

https://criticalresistance.org/.../CR_abolitioniststeps...

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.

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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/

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Rev. Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Rev. DC Fortune discuss how to foster active hope in our communities in order to further liberation.

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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.

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