Aisha Ansano

Aisha Ansano's author photo

Rev. Aisha Ansano (she/her/hers) believes in the spirituality of food, the power of community, and the importance of self-care. She is the affiliated community minister at First Parish in Malden (MA), and a co-founder of the dinner church consultancy Nourish.

From Aisha Ansano

Displaying 1 - 9 of 9

The Faith Lab Toolbox series contains videos, songs, activities and quotes on a variety of themes for you to draw from for consistent faith engagement with young UUs. This page is dedicated to the Care Groups Toolbox on creating communities of care.

Leader Resource | By Lifespan Faith Engagement, Aisha Ansano, Kimberly Quinn Johnson , Jennica Davis-Hockett, Cora McCold, Steven Leigh Williams | November 3, 2021 | From Youth Ministry

I named the truth as I perceived it, because it didn’t feel like there was any other option.

Reflection | By Aisha Ansano | January 27, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser

Three young ministers discuss Lady Bird, powerful storytelling, and hopes and possibilities for Unitarian Universalist ritual.

By Aisha Ansano, Abigail Clauhs, Hannah Roberts Villnave | December 14, 2017 | From UU World

Spirit that runs through us all, help me to remember all the ways in which I am connected to others.

Reflection | By Aisha Ansano | August 16, 2017 | From Braver/Wiser

Our souls and minds need sustenance as much as our physical bodies. May we delight in the ways we find to provide this nourishment to our whole selves.

Reflection | By Aisha Ansano | July 26, 2017 | From Braver/Wiser

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time when particular songs get sung; one of them is "Lift Every Voice and Sing." It gets sung in school, in church, and at various MLK day celebrations or over the course of Black History Month....

Reflection | By Aisha Ansano | February 27, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

No matter what tactics and methods racial justice activists use, the general response of society will be a collective head-shaking and tsk-tsk-ing — because what people are actually complaining about are not the specific tactics that are being used in the struggle for racial justice, but that the...

Reading | By Aisha Ansano | February 27, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radical. He was called “the most dangerous man in America” by the FBI and had a 17,000 page FBI file at the time of his death. It wasn’t just KKK members or those in positions of power who disagreed with him or hated him. As Cornel West explains in...

Reading | By Aisha Ansano | February 27, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

Aisha participated in this summer's Thrive Young Adult leadership school for Unitarian Universalist young adults of color. —Ed. The five days I spent with my Thrive Young Adult cohort were vibrant and life-giving. So many parts of it stand out, moments that were uplifting, and challenging, and...

By Aisha Ansano, Elizabeth Nguyen | October 21, 2016 | From Youth and Young Adults of Color

For more information contact .