Elandria Williams and the Rev. Carlton E. Smith with the Black Lives of UU organizing collective are back! We talk about shifting organizing strategies to meet the reality of a non-petitionable government regime and the need to protect and defend (in literal ways) the most targeted while still keeping our intersectionality grounded in this moment. Visit http://bit.ly/thevuu163 for the video of this episode plus links for resources and information mentioned.

Activist Scot Nakagawa talks about storytelling and how it's used to move power, why all politics is identity politics, and the need to build both the popular front and the united front.

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.

Takiyah Amin and Kenny Wiley from the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism organizing collective join The VUU.

The VUU talks with folks who are in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Bobbie Alicen, daughter of Munroe Husbands, who served as Director of Fellowships from 1948-1967 for the American Unitarian Association and the Unitarian Universalist Association join The VUU.

The Rev.Theresa Ines Soto talks with us about ableism, metaphors and other important things.

The Black Lives of UU regulars join the VUU regulars.

Hear from UUs who went to North Dakota in solidarity with the Protectors to help stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The VUU speaks to Deborah Pope-Lance about clergy misconduct, which was the topic of her Berry Street Lecture in 2011.