Instructor: Kelly
Brown Douglas \nDate: Friday\, Apr. 9\, 1:00 – 6:00
pm | Saturday\, Apr. 10\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day intensive course will be held online\, through synchronou
s sessions. Registrants are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.<
/h4>\n
We are no longer accepting
students for this course.
\n
\n
Prior to the course\, the instructor recommends that you have read t
he following sections of Rosalind Rosenberg’s book Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray.
\n
Introduction \nPart III: Naming Jane Crow \nPart
V: A Chance to Lead \nPart VI: To Teach\, To Preach \nEpilogue<
/p>\n
More than three decades after her death\, the activist\, lawyer\,
and Episcopal priest Pauli Murray remains one of the most compelling and e
nigmatic figures in Black intellectual history. In addition to playing a p
ivotal role in both the civil rights and women’s movement\, her experience
s of being non-binary in race and gender expressed a complex identity.
\n
Through this 1-credit\, two-day course\, the Very Rev. D
r. Kelly Brown Douglas invites students and community members to explore P
auli Murray’s legacy in light of where the country and church are today. F
eatured speakers who will join Dean Douglas over the two days include\, Dr. Sarah Azaransky\, Associate Professor of Social Ethics\, Union Theological Seminary\; Rev. Patrick Cheng\, Theologian-in-Reside
nce\, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue\; Rev. Kim Jackson<
/strong>\, Georga State Senator and Episcop[al Priest\; Dr. Anthon
y Pinn\, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professo
r of Humanities\, Rice University\; Dr. Rosalind Rosenberg\, Professor of History Emerita\, B
arnard College
\n
\n
Bio: <
br />\nThe Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Epi
scopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theo
logy at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers
Chair in Theology in November 2019.
\n
She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in
Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. Prior to Union\, Dean Douglas served as Professor of Religion at Go
ucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion
and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Profes
sor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and As
sistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987).
\n
Ordained as an Episcopal priest
in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in
systematic theology from Union. Dean Douglas is the author of many article
s and five books\, including Se
xuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective and Stan
d Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology\
, sexuality and the black church.
The Center for Earth Ethics is kicking off
Earth Day co-hosting the Faith Leaders cohort at the upcoming Clim
ate Reality Leadership Corps Training happening this Apri
l 22 – May 2. We are teaming with The Climate Reality Project to
create specific sessions that will help faith leaders from across traditio
ns integrate climate activism into their work.
Visit the Registration link at Climate Realit
y. To register to be part of the Faith Cohort please answer the following
questions in the registration form as outlined below:
\n
\n
Do yo
u currently volunteer or organize with any groups focused on climate chang
e or environmental justice? Please answer “YES”
\n\n
\n
Organization Name: Please write “Center for Earth Et
hics”.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Shanté Paradigm Smalls \nDate: Friday\, February 11\, 1:00 pm –
6:00 pm | Saturday\, February 12\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \n<
/strong>Format: This two-day intensive course will be hel
d online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrants are expected to atten
d full-time\, for both days.
In Tibetan Buddhism\, especial
ly in the Nyingma and Kagyu Schools\, there is a great deal of emphasis on
working with the environment\, the elements\, and the phenomenal world. A
s a practice\, philosophy\, or religious practice\, the Four Karmas (Pacif
ying\, Enriching\, Magnetizing\, and Destroying) refer both to esoteric el
emental practices and practical ways of working with our own minds\, as we
ll as with difficult interpersonal\, individual\, and structural challenge
s. How do we apply that to our contemporary moment when we are dealing wit
h a resurgence and intensification of anti-Black violence and racism\, the
continuance of Indigenous dispossession\, and the stronghold of patriarch
y and misogyny finally being challenged in a genuine way? This introductor
y course will combine tantric Buddhist wisdom with undoing interlocking st
ructural oppressions. It will focus on sitting meditation instruction (sha
matha)\, walking meditation\, discussion groups\, short readings\, and lig
ht physical movement.
D
r. Shanté Paradigm Smalls is a student\, practitioner\, and teacher in the
Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhist tradition. Shanté began studying and practic
ing Buddhism at age 17 and has practiced in Zen\, Sokka Gakkai Internation
al\, Shambhala\, and Bhumisparsha communities. Shanté trained from 2009 to
2015 as a teacher and was authorized to teach meditation and buddhadharma
in 2015. Shanté is focused on the healing impact of meditation in Black &
Indigenous communities\, People of Color communities\, LGBTQ+ communities
\, and incarcerated and recovery communities. Shanté is a Teacher on the L
iberate App and teaches regularly on Weekly Dharma Gathering Online which
they co-founded and curate.
\n
Shanté’s root guru is The Kongma Sakyo
ng\, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche*. Shanté is currently studying with Lama Rod O
wens and Lama Justin von Budjoss co-founders of Bhumisparsha and Karla Jac
kson-Brewer\, Sangha Leader at NY Tara Mandala.
\n
*NB: In 2018\, cre
dible allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse were revealed against Sak
yong Mipham Rinpoche\, to read more about this: https://bit.ly/32RqR5R.
Instructor: Daniel Spencer \nD
ate: Friday\, February 18\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm | Saturday\, Februar
y 19\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day inte
nsive course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registran
ts are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
This course w
ill explore the implications of the geological discoveries of “deep time”
and Earth’s history of climate change for contemporary Theology and Minist
ry. Using insights from Marcia Bjornerud’s Timefulness: How Thinking L
ike a Geologist Can Help Save the World\, we’ll explore environmental
and social problems aggravated by pervasive “time illiteracy” in contempo
rary culture and thought. We will connect biblical and geological notions
of time by setting the Earth’s story and the biblical story within the lar
ger context of the contemporary scientific story of an evolving Universe S
tory. Using the work of Thomas Berry and “the New Story\,” we’ll explore b
iblical themes of Wonder\, Joy\, Brokenness and Healing to offer new insig
hts and approaches to contemporary theology and ministry.
\n
About Dan Spencer
\n
Dan Spencer is profe
ssor of environmental studies and has taught at the University of Montana
since 2002. He received his M.Div. ’83 and his PhD. ’94 from Union Theolog
ical Seminary\, and served for eight years on Union’s Alumni Board. A chil
d of the West\, Spencer has also spent significant time overseas working o
n human rights and social change issues\, and is particularly passionate a
bout three primary areas of interest that inform his teaching and research
: community participation in ecological restoration\, environmental and so
cial justice issues connected to economic globalization\, and the intersec
tion of religion\, ecology\, and environmental ethics. He has helped place
graduate students in field sites in Central America with diverse nongover
nmental organizations working on issues of environmental sustainability\,
social justice\, and sustainable agriculture.
\n
In recent years he h
as taken several classes to Vietnam to look at the intersection of climate
change and social-economic development in SE Asia. He works with the Youn
g Southeast Asia Leadership Institute through the Mansfield Center at the
University of Montana\, bringing YSEALI fellows from 11 ASEAN nations to M
ontana and Washington DC. Recently he has been using his training in geolo
gy to examine ethical issues related to deep time\, species extinctions\,
and climate change. Spencer loves thinking\, writing about\, and engaging
ethical issues at the intersection of ecological sustainability and social
justice.
\n
Spencer is the author of Gay and Gaia: Ethics\, Ecology
and the Erotic (Pilgrim\, 1996)\, and co-author ofEarth Ethics: A Case Study Approach\, that contains nine contemporary case studies in environmental issu
es and ecological justice. He offers graduate study examining how diverse
religious traditions are responding to the environmental crisis and what r
esources religion and spirituality can offer toward a constructive respons
e. Spencer remains active in the Religion and Ecology section of the American Academy of Religion.
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220220
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:RISE Together
CONTACT:Genise Reid\; greid@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Refresh\, Ren
ew\, Reclaim \nThe POWER of our VOICES
\n
\n\n
Join RISE
Together\, Union’s mentorship network for women of color in ministry\
, on March 11-12\, 2022 for the highly anticipated 2022 Women of
Color Leadership Institute for Pastoral Excellence. This Virtual Exper
ience is committed to creating spaces where the needs\, issues\, hopes\, d
reams\, and visions of women of color ministry leaders are at the center o
f individual and collective discourse on pastoral\, prophetic\, academic\,
and community leadership and praxis.
This national gathering includes workshops\,
worship\, skill-building\, and networking. This is an opportunity for wom
en of color ministry leaders to come together as sisters and colleagues in
ministry\, unapologetically tell their truths\, and breathe. This event f
eatures a graduation for the current mentors and mentees and an induction
ceremony for incoming RISE Together cohort.
\n
Early Registration: Jan 1\, 2022-Jan 15\, 2022 ($150.00) \nGen
eral Registration: Jan 16\, 2022-Feb 21\, 2022 ($190.00) \nLate Regis
tration: Feb 22\, 2022-March 7\, 2022 ($225.00)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220313
LOCATION:Online Event
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:2022 Women of Color Leadership Institute for Pastoral Excellence
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/2022-women-of-color-leadership-institute-for-p
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Lama Justin von Bujdos
s \nDate: Friday\, April 1\, 1:00 –
6:00 pm | Saturday\, April 2\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat:
This course will be held in person\, at Union Theological Semina
ry. All registrants must be fully vaccinated and must adhere to Union’s Visitor Policy.\n
Mu
ch work has been done to engage the way that spiritual formation impacts m
inistry work through chaplaincy. In Buddhist chaplaincy\, much of the conv
ersation has been advanced through various Zen-based lineages. But what of
vajrayana\, or tantric Buddhism? How do the unique expressions of this ri
ch and dynamic Buddhist tradition inform chaplaincy and care-giving?
\n
This one credit class offers the ground through which participants can
explore how tantric Buddhist spiritual formation and practice narratives p
rovide a powerful basis and point of departure for chaplaincy work in hosp
ice settings as well as within the context of working with a variety of po
pulations in correctional settings. We will also explore and unpack a mode
l for approaching the end-of-life and the transition into post-death exper
iences of consciousness attributed to the great Tibetan yogi\, Milarepa th
rough the lens of engaged meaning-making.
Justin von Bujdoss is an American Buddhist teacher and
the Staff Chaplain for New York City Department of Correction where he als
o serves as Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness. He was or
dained as a Repa (lay tantric yogin) in the Karma Kamstang tradition of Ti
betan Buddhism by His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab and given the name Repa Dor
je Odzer. Justin is authorized to transmit this lineage and is committed t
o the development of the Repa tradition and engaged dharma practice in the
West.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220403
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Tantric Buddhist Spiritual Formation and Engaged Chaplaincy: Meanin
g-making in Hospice and Correctional Settings
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Michael Roberson\nDate: Friday\, April 8\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm |
Saturday\, April 9\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: T
his course will be held in person\, at Union Theological Seminary. All reg
istrants must be fully vaccinated and must adhere to Union’s Visitor Policy.
Africa-American Harlem Renaissance writer and poet\, Zora Neal Hurston wro
te “black women are the mules of the earth.” For some\, black trans women
are historically and theologically situated somewhere between Howard Thurm
an’s notion of “the disinherited” and Franz Fanon’s notion of “the wretche
d of the earth.” In a contemporary context\, transgender\, lesbian\, bisex
ual\, and gay African-American persons must overcome complex challenges to
establish and secure welcoming and nourishing communities. Even when conn
ected with multiple social groups\, membership in these groups is highly c
onditional and tenuous. Constant marginalization sustains the community’s
burdens of stigma\, violence\, housing insecurity\, and extremely high HIV
infection rates. One response to marginalization has been the formation o
f self-sustaining social networks and cultural groups\, such as the House
| Ballroom scene\, a Black/Latino LGBT artistic collective and intentional
kinship system that has grown over the past 50 years with its roots in th
e Harlem Renaissance. We will explore the history of the House | Ballroom
community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a freedom move
ment\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\, sexuality\,
and gender oppression. We’ll explore the use of the art of performance as
a hermeneutics of the body\, then situate its history in mobilizing as a
resistance\, while placing this resistance in conversation with other hist
orical struggles.
\n
Fulfills concentration requirement for Religion
and the Black Experience students.
\n
About Michael Roberson
\n
Michael Roberson is a public heal
th practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator\, and leader with
in the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Ga
y Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, as well
as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC\, a
nd Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics
consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitle
d “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\, Reli
gion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident\, whe
re he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House
/ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of bal
lroom” For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an article i
n Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matt
er Now More than Ever.” Michael also serves as a cultural consultant
for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advi
sor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract trac
ing initiative.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220410
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:The Trans Sounds of Black Freedom
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructors: Dr. James Gil
ligan\, Dr. Bandy Lee\, and Dr. James Vrettos (all Visiting Professors at
Union Theological Seminary) \nDate: May 6\, 1-6pm ET
| May 7\, 9am-5pm ET \nFormat: This two-day inten
sive course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrant
s are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
One of the earliest moral teachings of Judaism wa
s “Thou shalt not kill.” And the main iconic symbol of Christianity is a
cross\, the means of perpetrating one of the cruelest forms of murder ever
invented. Clearly\, violence has been a central issue for major world re
ligions throughout history. While the task of preventing violence has tra
ditionally been delegated to the criminal justice and political systems\,
we believe that the task of understanding and preventing violence can only
be successful when it is understood as a religious\, spiritual\, and huma
nitarian vocation. This includes involving religious leaders\, creative t
hinkers and artists\, and progressive social movements. In this course\,
we will examine how recent advances in the human sciences have achieved a
revolutionary breakthrough in our understanding of the biological\, psycho
logical\, and social causes and prevention of violence. But they have als
o shown us that achieving that goal is only possible when we recognize tha
t people consist not merely of body and mind (soma and psyche) but also of spirit (pneuma)\, as St. Paul recognized. And that
love\, the essential motive of non-violence\, can only be successful in pr
eventing violence when it is not merely erotic (eros) or interperso
nal (philia)\, but also transpersonal and universal (agape).
\n
Learning how to recognize and overcome the obstacles impeding peo
ple from realizing their full human potential (pneuma and agape<
/i>)\, so that they will revere life rather than death\, will be the main
goal of this course. Students will be expected to read chapters (4 and 7)
from Lee’s Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Causes\, Consequ
ences\, and Cures (Wiley Blackwell\, 2019) and Gilligan’s and Vrettos’
“Violence\, Morality\, and Religion\,” Tikkun\, 33(4):49-61\, Fall
2018.
\n
Guest speakers will include: Lisa Sharon Harper (social justice author and advocate)\, Dr. Carl Hart (Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and P
sychiatry\, Columbia University)\; Dr. Susannah Heschel
(Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish
Studies\, Dartmouth College)\; and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (Direct
or of the Center for Sustainable Development and University Professor\, Co
lumbia University).
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220508
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Rethinking Violence: The Role of Religion\, Spirituality\, and Crea
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa SImon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: September 16 (1-6pm) and September 17 (9am-
5pm) \nLocation: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstru
ctors: Su Yon Pak
and Hal Taussig \nRegistration: Sold Out
\n
In a retreat-like f
ormat\, this course explores Thunder: Perfect Mind as a resource for spiri
tual and contemplative practice. Thunder is an ancient Nag Hamadi text\, a
non-dual self-proclamation of identities written and performed primarily
in a divine mostly female and queer voice. Making space for prayer\, medit
ation\, silence\, chanting\, text study\, spiritual reflection\, spiritual
guidance\, and performance\, students engage spiritual exercises with Thu
nder as a way to deepen their spiritual contemplative practice.
\n
<
strong>Hal Taussig
\n
Hal Taussig recently retired as Professor of New Testament at Union Theol
ogical Seminary in New York. He lectures around the country and world. The
editor of the award-winning A New New Testament (2013)\, United Methodist
minister\, and author of fourteen books\, his mediography includes The Ne
w York Times\, Time Magazine\, The Daily Show\, People Magazine\, Newsweek
Magazine\, National Public Radio\, the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC\, the Bo
b Edwards Show on Sirius Radio\, The History Channel\, and the Washington
Post.http://www.haltaussig.org/
\n\n
Su Yon Pak
\n\n
Dr. Su Yon
Pak is the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at Union Theologic
al Seminary. Prior to her current position\, she was the Dean and Associat
e Professor of Integrative and Field-Based Education and was responsible f
or the curricular and co-curricular work field education\, chaplaincy conc
entration\, clinical pastoral education\, life-long learning\, ministerial
formation\, and combined courses inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facili
ty. She also held the positions of Vice President for Institutional Advanc
ement\, and the Associate Dean for Student Life/ Director of Recruitment a
t Union. She is a spiritual director grounded in contemplative traditions.
\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220918
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: October 7 (1-6pm) and October 8 (9am-5pm)
\nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Kelly Brown Douglas \nRegistrat
ion Deadline – Friday\, September 24
\n
How do you speak of the just
ice of God amidst unjust human suffering and oppression? This core dilemma
in the book of Job is also the central theme of liberation theology. Gust
avo Gutierrez\, the pioneer of Latin American liberation theology\, writes
that “the innocence that Job vigorously claims for himself helps [us] to
understand the innocence of an oppressed and believing people amid the sit
uation of suffering and death that has been forced upon it.” Through caref
ul examination of Gutierrez’s “On Job: God-Talk the Suffering of the Innoc
ent”\, this course examines how Latin American liberation theology respond
s to the predicament of speaking of a just God in the face of human suffer
ing with special attention to the practice of ministry in an unjust world.
The Very Reverend D
r. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at
Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September
2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in Nove
mber 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington Nati
onal Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.<
/p>\n
Dean Douglas’ academic work has focused on womanist theology\, Bla
ck theology\, sexuality and the Black church\, and racial and social justi
ce. Prior to EDS at Union\, she served as Professor of Religion at Goucher
College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and
is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Professor o
f Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assista
nt Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987). Read more.
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221016
LOCATION:Online Course
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Faith and Human Struggle: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: October 21 (1-6pm) and October 22 (9am-5pm) \nLoca
tion: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: Ben Connel
ly \nRegistration Deadline: Friday\, October 7
\n
How can we ha
rness imagination in traditions that radically emphasize present moment aw
areness? How can teachings of interdependence provide a basis for a deep s
ense of always being supported while constantly challenging us to be aware
of oppressive systems and harmful patterns in which we live? These questi
ons are addressed in Vasubandhu’s seminal Yogacara Buddhist text\, “Treati
se on Three Natures”. Yogacara Buddhist teachings clearly show how the pat
h to liberation from collective causes of suffering such as patriarchy\, r
acism\, and climate change\, are inseparable from the personal\, momentary
\, experience of our lives. This course is structured around the “Treatise
on Three Natures” and balances teaching\, dialogue\, and meditation to ma
ke space for integrated learning and transformation.
Ben Connelly is a Soto Z
en teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfu
lness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police and corporate
training\, correctional facilities\, and addiction recovery and wellness
groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and travels to tea
ch across the United States. He’s the author of Inside the Grass Hut: Livi
ng Shitou’s Classic Zen Poem and Inside Vasubandhu’s Yogacara: A Practitio
ner’s Guide. He lives in Minneapolis\, Minnesota.
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: November 4 (1-6pm) and
November 5 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: In Person \n<
strong>Instructor: Donna Schaper \nRegistration Deadline<
/b>: Friday\, October 7
\n
Before COVID-19\, there was another pande
mic. It was much slower moving and it involved bricks and their mortals.
Multiple congregations\, of all flavors\, going slowly out of business. De
ferred maintenance joined membership declines to create enormous need to c
reatively adapt religious buildings to mission central and mission consist
ent purposes. This course addresses this challenge\, considering it more o
f an opportunity than a problem. It helps the stewards of these buildings
to concretely and spiritually address the shifts in economics and purpose\
, and guides them to develop productive plans in order to survive and thri
ve on their site. The course also provides an introduction for community m
embers who see under-used often beautiful buildings as assets\, and for ar
tists\, architects and urban planners who enjoy painting urban landscapes
using existing visual context to support love of public place and space.
p>\n
Donna Schaper w
as the pastor at Judson Memorial Church for fifteen years\, where she help
ed found the New York City new sanctuary movement\, the community ministry
program\, and bricks and mortals. She is now part-time pastor at the Orie
nt Congregational Church on the Eastern end of Long Island. She continues
to be active teaching and organizing through Bricks and Mortals\, a New Yo
rk City based organization that helps sacred sites find sustainable soluti
ons to thrive. She also teaches leadership at the Hartford International U
niversity for Religion and Peace. In her rewirement\, she is working with
Bricks and Mortals on S4\, Spiritual Solutions for Sacred Sites. She has w
ritten 39 books\, most recently REMOVETHEP
EWS.COM. She also writes\, irreverently but spiritually\, under
the pen name The Dolly Mama at Porch magazine and elsewhere.
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: November 4 (1-6pm) and No
vember 5 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Sarah Monroe \nRegistration Deadline: Thursday\, October 27
\n
As the religious landscape i
n the United States shifts with growing speed\, chaplaincy has grown in im
portance cross institutions and disciplines. This course explores how chap
lains could be a vital presence in poor communities\, as poverty grows wit
h equal speed. Taking lessons from The Poor People’s Campaign\, grassroots
movement building around the country\, and hospital and jail chaplaincy\,
students discuss how chaplains could lead a movement to end poverty.
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SEQUENCE:0
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
The spiritual care generalist course trains healthc
are workers to better understand the significance of spirituality for many
patients\, be able to conduct basic spiritual assessments and provide ref
errals to chaplains — “spiritual specialists” — when warranted. The course
is asynchronous and facilitated by a senior spiritual care provider.
By the end of the course\, participants wi
ll be able to:
\n
\n
Incorporate spiritual care at the
generalist level into clinical roles as health caregivers
\n
Recogn
ize how spirituality affects patients’/families’ healthcare decisions and
values regarding care
\n
Maintain appropriate boundaries in spiritu
al care with patients
\n
Document patients’ spiritual screens and g
eneralist-level spiritual care plan in their charts in order to work as a
team with other health caregivers to support a patient/family spiritually<
/li>\n
Understand the role of spirituality in the participants’ profess
ional life
\n
Apply the concept of compassionate presence to clinic
al care
\n
\n
How is the course conducted?
\n
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York hosts the online
course on its learning management system\, in which you will be enrolled a
s a user. While the course is asynchronous\, its requirements must be comp
leted within 6 weeks. A trained facilitator will evaluate all of your work
\, which includes discussion board activities and personal reflections\, a
nd be available for consultation. Additionally\, optional Zoom sessions wi
ll be held with the facilitator at the start and conclusion of the course.
For the cohort launching on February 12\, the optional Zoom sessions will
be held on February 14 at 8-9pm EDT and March 27 at 8 – 9pm EDT. For more
information on enrollment\, contact David Gastwirth\, Union Vice Presiden
t of Online Education and Learning Innovation\, at dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu.
\n
Ho
w much does the course cost?
\n
The course fee is $350 for
individual learners\; your fee will be paid to Union Theological Seminary.
If your institution would like to explore group enrollment as a cohort\,
you may direct enterprise questions to Michael Skaggs\, Chaplaincy Innovat
ion Lab Director of Programs\, at ms
kaggs@brandeis.edu.
For nurses\
, 6 continuing nursing professional development contact hours are availabl
e through this course\, provided by NYU Meyers College of Nursing Center f
or Continuing Nursing Professional Development.
Dates/Times: February 24 (3-8pm) and
February 25 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: Online Course \nInstructor: Maryam Sharrieff \nRegistrat
ion Deadline: Sunday\, February 12
\n\n
This course will cover death and dying from an Is
lamic perspective. We will review how to care for a Muslim patient at the
time of their transition and all consequent matters. Muslims place great i
mportance on the preparation for death\, dying and the afterlife. As we pr
epare for the inevitable reality of death\, and the accompanying pain and
loss\, we will learn how best to support and serve a deceased Muslim\, the
ir family and community members during this time. This workshop will prepa
re chaplains\, religious leaders\, and community members on how to perform
the Islamic rites and rituals of death. We will cover: actions to take wh
en death is imminent\; actions to take at the time of death and who to con
tact\; rights of the deceased\; ghusl (ritual washing for the deceased) an
d shrouding of the body\; janaza (Muslim funeral prayer)\; etiquette of mo
urning the deceased\; will writing and debt satisfaction\; and cultural tr
aditions vs. religious obligations.
\n
<
a class='btn btn-primary' href='https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/death-and-dying
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\n
Ustadha Maryam Sharrieff is an educator\, filmmaker\, lecturer\,
linguist\, researcher and student of the development of Islam in America.
Her recent research projects have examined the African-American Shi’i Mus
lim Community\, Latino Converts to Islam in America\, the Legacy of Female
Scholarship in Islam and Gender & Its Linguistic Implications in the Qur’
an and Torah. Maryam’s research interests also include the Muslim Contribu
tion to Sicilian Society\, the Representation of Faith In (& On) film\, Ho
mosexuality in Canonical Texts\, American Muslim Women’s Leadership\, Fund
amentalism Across Faiths and America’s Founding Father’s Interactions with
the Muslim World. Most recently she presented on Muslim women’s leadershi
p at the World Parliament of Religion’s conference in Sydney\, Australia\,
Salt Lake City and at the annual international Shaykafest. From 2012-2014
she was a Muslim fellow for Hebrew College’s and Andover Newton Theologic
al School’s CIRCLE (Center for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Edu
cation) program. Recently\, she presented on Muslim Women’s Comic Book Her
oes at the United Kingdom’s University of Derby’s Muslim Women’s Activism
conference. Ustadha Maryam teaches for rabata.org and serves as an adjunct
professor. She is dedicated to building and contributing to institutions
conducive to the pursuit of human excellence. Sharrieff received her Bache
lor’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies/Italian/TV & Film from Rutgers Univ
ersity and obtained her Master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divin
ity School. Presently\, Maryam is a doctoral student at Teachers College-C
olumbia University. She currently resides in the Boston area and serves as
a University Muslim Chaplain.
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: Friday\, March 3 (1-6pm) and Sa
turday\, March 4 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: In Person \nInstructor: Rebecca Li \nRegistration De
adline: Sunday\, February 19
\n\n
Are we aware that we may be perpetuating group dynamics tha
t cause suffering to ourselves and others? Chan Buddhism emphasizes cultiv
ating clear total awareness of constantly changing causes and conditions t
o live in accordance with wisdom and compassion. Yet\, powerful but invisi
ble group dynamics often compel us to act in contradiction to our bodhisat
tva vows. Understanding and awareness of these dynamics needs to be an int
egral part of our practice. In this course\, students discuss sociological
insights on subtle dynamics of solidarity\, conflict\, power and culture
and how to integrate conceptual understanding of these social processes in
to our spiritual practice for the social good. Discussion is conducted in
the context of Chan meditation practice.
DR. REBECCALI\, a Dharma heir in
the Dharma Drum line
age of Chan Master Sheng Yen\, began her teacher’s training with the maste
r in 1999 when she also began to serve as his translator until his passing
in 2009. Starting in the mid-2000s\, she also trained with John Crook an
d Simon Child\, two lay Dharma heirs of the master\, and received full Dha
rma transmission from Simon Child in 2016. Currently\, she leads Chan ret
reats\, teaches meditation and Dharma classes\, and gives public lectures
in North America\, the U.K.\, and in Taiwan. Her talks and writings can b
e found at w
ww.rebeccali.org. She is the foun
der and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community and a sociolo
gy professor at The College of New Jersey\, where she also serves as facul
ty director of the Alan Dawley Center for the Study of Social Justice.
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230305
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SEQUENCE:0
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of Invisible Group Dynamics through Chan Practice
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This cour
se critically explores the biblical and theological traditions that have h
elped to cause economic and ecological injustice as well as biblical\, the
ological and ethical mandates for addressing it. It highlights the interse
cting and interlocking realities of racial\, economic and ecological injus
tice as well as the impact and implications of binary ways of viewing huma
n and non-human creation.
The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Doug
las was named Dean of the Episc
opal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Th
eology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moye
rs Chair in Theology in November 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theol
ogian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at
Trinity Church Wall Street.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n<
p>\n
Karenna Gore is the fo
under and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New Yor
k. Karenna formed CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimension
s of the climate crisis. Working at the intersection of faith\, ethics\, a
nd ecology\, she guides the Center’s public programs\, educational initiat
ives\, and movement-building. She also is an ex officio faculty member of
Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
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LOCATION:Online Course
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:An Examination of Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological an
d Economic Justice
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: Friday\, April 21 (1-6pm) and
Saturday\, April 22 (10am-6pm) \nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Tara Bedeau \nRegistration
Deadline: Sunday\, April 9
\n\n
This course wil
l address best practices corresponding to the (5) five organizational lead
ership competencies (OLCs) identified by the U.S. certifying Board for Cha
plains (BCC). These include: integrating spiritual care in the system & d
ecision making\; understanding system and role function\; and navigating i
nternal and external relationship development and building. This is an in
troductory course for Chaplains\, Change Agents and Leaders of faith/wisdo
m/spiritual based communities and organizations.
TARA BEDEAU\, ESQ.\, SPHR\, M.A.R\, has been a licensed Attorney for almos
t 20 years. She is the Founder and Principal of The Alchemical Workshop\,
a change management organization dedicated to the cultivation and optimiza
tion of individual and organizational health. Ms. Bedeau
graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her
Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.). with a concentration in Public Law from C
ornell Law School\, and a Masters in Religion (honors earned) at Union The
ological Seminary. Ms. Bedeau has been awarded a Senior Professional in Hu
man Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification
Institute (HRCI). She has completed certifications in Mediation and Confli
ct Resolution and in Organizational Development and Change Management. She
has completed training in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and is certified by t
he Edgar Cayce Center for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) in New York. Sh
e is currently exploring Interfaith ordination.
Reunion 2022-2023 will take place April 26 – 29\, 2023 with in-pers
on indoor and outdoor spaces and virtual programming so that everyone can
participate! With this year’s theme – One Union – our hop
e is that as many alums will join each other for this first ReUnion on cam
pus since 2019.
Union’s Development Office is planning a variety of programmi
ng for alums and community members to gather\, including faculty lectures\
, a book fair\, tours\, workshops\, milestone class years special gatherin
gs\, an all-class years’ celebration\, the opportunity to speak with stude
nts\, and so much more. In addition to the general events\, during Reunion
2023\, we will also host special events for the 50-year (’70\, ’71\, ’72\
, ’73)\, 25-year (’95\, ’96\, ’97\, ’98)\, 10-year (’10\, ’11\, ’12\, ’13)
\, and 5-year (’15\, ’16\, ’17\, ’18) graduation anniversaries that we wer
e unable to celebrate in person over the past few years.
\n
R
eunion is a celebratory occasion to be in community with one another and with the seminary – a time when memories are crea
ted. We encourage you to become a class ambassador and to share your thoug
hts. Do you have ideas or questions? Contact Nayeli Garcia Mo
wbray at ngmowbray@uts.col
umbia.edu or 212-280-1419. For information on directions\, please click here.
\n
We look forward to seeing you – in whatever way is possible f
or you – in spring 2023.
\n
Accommodati
ons
\n
If you’re planning to stay overnight\, Union has organized ro
om blocks at a couple of great hotels in the area for our ReUnion guests.
If you’re interested in staying at the Aloft Harlem\,just click this link to reserve you
r room. We also have a room block at The Arthouse Hotel\,
just click this link to reserve this room. You can also book a room at The Lucerne byclicking here\, entering your dates\, and fol
lowing the prompts. If you prefer to make your reservation over the phone
or via email\, you can call 1-800-492-8122 or email reservations@thel
ucernehotel.com.
\n
Schedule
\n
WEDNESDAY\, APRIL 26
\n
One Union Reunion Registration\n2:00 pm ET | Hastings Lobby & Bonhoeffer Room | In-pers
on Event \nRegister for the opening day of One
Union Reunion and enjoy light refreshments before the programming kicks of
f.
\n
One Union Reunion Opening \n3:00 pm E
T | Seminary-wide OR Around Union! | In-person event \n<
/strong>Join us for the initial programming at One Union Reunion. Starting
at 3 PM\, there will be tours of Union\, class photos\, student & alum ar
t exhibit\, and more!
\n
Trailblazers Worship Service \n
7:00 pm ET | James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nJoin us
for a special Trailblazers Worship and Reception featuring The Rev. Dr. Vi
olet Lee `08 and joined by The Rev. Dr. Timothy Akins-Jones\, The Rev. Bre
nda Ford `08\, soloist June Townes\, and pianist Eustace Johnson – modera
ted by The Rev. James Singletary `08. Guests are invited to receive commun
ion and stay for an hors d’oeuvres reception following the service.
\n<
h3>THURSDAY\, APRIL 27\n
One Union Reunion Registration \n8:00 am ET | Hastings Lobby & Bonhoeffer Room | In-person
Event \nRegister for the second day of One Uni
on Reunion and enjoy light refreshments before the programming kicks off.<
/p>\n
Morning Prayer \n9:00 am ET | The Small
Chapel | In-person Event \nGather for Morning Prayer at Union fo
r a meaningful and grounding start to the day.
\n
1836 Legacy
Circle Celebration & Recognition Service \n11:00 am ET
| James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nCelebrate the generosity and com
mitment of the members of the 1836 Legacy Circle\, who have made gifts to
support the Union Theological Seminary’s mission for generations to come.<
/p>\n
Chapel Honoring 50th Reunion Classes \n1
2:00 pm ET | James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nThis Chapel Service h
onors the 50th Reunion Classes (’70\, ’71\, ’72\, and ’73) at the Union Th
eological Seminary.
\n
Community Lunch \n12
:45 pm ET | A207 | In-person Event \nCommunity lunch is a wonder
ful opportunity to connect with fellow alums\, faculty\, staff\, and our c
urrent students over a delicious meal with indoor and outdoor (weather dep
endent) options.
\n
Book Fair \n2:00 pm ET
| The Burke Library | In-person Event \nThis book fair showcases
the works of our esteemed alums\, faculty\, staff\, and students. From th
eological texts to memoirs and novels\, this diverse collection of books i
s a testament to the breadth and depth of the Union community.
\n
Archive Workshop \n3:00 pm ET | The Burke Library |
In-person Event & Recorded \nJoin us for an engaging introducti
on to archives led by the Archivist at the Burke Library! Come learn about
the library’s collections related to the rich history of Union\, the work
that goes into preserving these important archives\, and some tips and tr
icks for organizing your own materials. This recording will be shared with
online participants.
\n
Fireside Chat with Dr. Isaac Sharp\n4:00 pm ET | The Burke Library | In-person Event & Reco
rded \nJoin for a fireside chat with Isaac B. Sharp\, author of
the highly anticipated book\, “The Other Evangelicals.” In this intimate c
onversation\, Sharp will delve into his research on the diverse and comple
x world of evangelicalism beyond the mainstream. This recording will be sh
ared with online participants.
\n
Faculty Lecture with Vice P
resident for Academic Affairs\, Dr. Su Yon Pak ’99 \n5:0
0 pm ET | James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nYou are invited to a fac
ulty lecture where you will hear from Union President Rev. Dr. Serene Jone
s and three newly promoted Full Professors\, Cláudio Carvalhaes\, Esther H
amori\, and John Thatamanil in conversation with Dean Su Pak. Join us for
a thought-provoking discussion on theology\, bible\, and worship. Receptio
n to follow.
\n
50th/25th Reunion Gathering \n<
em>7:00 pm ET | President’s Apartment | In-person Event \nMember
s of classes ’70\, ’71\, ’72\, and ’73 who are celebrating their 50th reun
ion milestone are invited to a gathering with the classes celebrating thei
r 25th reunion milestone\, class of ’95\, ’96\, ’97\, ’98. Enjoy an evenin
g together\, hosted by Union President Rev. Dr. Serene Jones\, for an hors
d’oeuvres reception.
\n
10th/5th Reunion Party \n7:00 pm ET | McGiffert Hall Rm 811 | In-person Event \nTh
e 10th anniversary classes (2010\, 2011\, 2012\, 2013) and 5th anniversary
classes (2015\, 2016\, 2017\, 2018) are invited for a special reunion par
ty in McGiffert Hall.
\n
Union Pub Night \n
9:00 pm ET | McGiffert Hall Rm 811 | In-person Event \nThis Reun
ion Happy Hour event offers the chance to mingle with fellow Union Theolog
ical Seminary alums and our current students over drinks and light bites.<
/p>\n
FRIDAY\, APRIL 28
\n
One Union Reunion Registration
\n8:00 am ET | Hastings Lobby & Bonhoeffer Room | In-pe
rson Event \nRegister for the third day of One
Union Reunion and enjoy light refreshments before the programming kicks of
f.
\n
Donald Shriver Memorial Service \n9:3
0 am ET | James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nJoin us for a memorial s
ervice commemorating the late The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr.\, Preside
nt Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary.
\n
Meditations on
Queer Worship\, Liturgy\, & Theology \n11:00 am ET | The
Burke Library | In-person Event & Recorded \nJoin for a firesid
e chat with authors from the anthology “Beyond Worship: Meditations on Que
er Worship\, Liturgy\, & Theology.” The book\, which features a number of
authors who are students and alums of Union\, seeks to show LGBTQIA+ peopl
e that they are divine\, here for a reason\, and have so much to contribut
e to their communities. This recording will be shared with online particip
ants.
\n
Theology and Arts Chapel \n
12:00 pm ET | James Chapel | Hybrid Event \nThis chapel service
will be led by Union’s own Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psycholo
gy & Religion Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, PhD\, MDiv\, MA\, PhD\, LCPC\, fe
aturing an alum\, student and friend art exhibit including the work of Mar
ilyn Seven `62.
\n
Grab-and-Go Lunch \n12:3
0pm ET | Fred Davie Terrace | In-person Event \nEnjoy a boxed lu
nch in the renewed Fred Davie Courtyard\, where you can be outdoors from w
ithin your beloved seminary. \n
\n
Tour of Uni
on \n2:30pm ET | Bonhoeffer Room | In-person Event<
br />\nThis tour will highlight the renewed areas around Union that have c
reated a more welcoming and nurturing learning environment for students.
p>\n
Senator Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock ’94\, ’06 \n5:00 pm ET | James Chapel | Meet & Greet\, In-person Event \n6:00 pm ET | James Chapel | Moderated Conversation\, Hybrid Event \nJoin us for special evening co-hosted with The Riverside Church w
hen U.S. Senator & Union alum Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock ’94\, ’06 sits down
for a conversation with Rev. Adriene Thorne\, the new senior minister at
The Riverside Church and Union’s Assistant Professor of Homiletics\, Rev.
Dr. Timothy Adkins-Jones. In the beautiful setting of Union’s James Chapel
\, the panel will discuss Senator Warnock’s latest book\, A Way Out of
No Way: A Memoir of Truth\, Transformation\, and the New American Story\, how the Senator’s time as a Union student informs his faith\, the work
he is doing now\, and more!
\n
SATURDAY\, APRIL 29
\n
Virtual Farewell from President Jones \n1:00 pm ET | Zo
om | Online Event \nJoin Union President Rev. Dr. Serene Jones f
or her farewell remarks to close out our 2023 Reunion.
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
\n
The spiritual
care generalist course trains healthcare workers to better understand the
significance of spirituality for many patients\, be able to conduct basic
spiritual assessments and provide referrals to chaplains — “spiritual spe
cialists” — when warranted. The course is asynchronous and facilitated by
a senior spiritual care provider.
By
the end of the course\, participants will be able to:
\n
\n
Incorporate spiritual care at the generalist level into clinical rol
es as health caregivers
\n
Recognize how spirituality affects pati
ents’/families’ healthcare decisions and values regarding care
\n
M
aintain appropriate boundaries in spiritual care with patients
\n
D
ocument patients’ spiritual screens and generalist-level spiritual care pl
an in their charts in order to work as a team with other health caregivers
to support a patient/family spiritually
\n
Understand the role of
spirituality in the participants’ professional life
\n
Apply the co
ncept of compassionate presence to clinical care
\n
\n
How is the course conducted?
\n
Optional Zoom sessions will be May 17 and June 28\, both 8-9pm.
\n
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York hosts the online course
on its learning management system\, in which you will be enrolled as a us
er. While the course is asynchronous\, its requirements must be completed
within 6 weeks. A trained facilitator will evaluate all of your work\, whi
ch includes discussion board activities and personal reflections\, and be
available for consultation. Additionally\, optional Zoom sessions will be
held with the facilitator at the start and conclusion of the course. For t
he cohort launching on May 15\, the optional Zoom sessions will be held on
May 17 at 8-9 pm EDT and June 28 at 8-9 pm EDT. For more information on e
nrollment\, contact David Gastwirth\, Union Vice President of Online Educa
tion and Learning Innovation\, at dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu.
\n
How much does the c
ourse cost?
\n
The course fee is $350 for individual learne
rs\; your fee will be paid to Union Theological Seminary. If your institut
ion would like to explore group enrollment as a cohort\, you may direct en
terprise questions to Michael Skaggs\, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Director
of Programs\, at mskaggs@brandeis.ed
u.
For nurses\, 6 continuing nursing
professional development contact hours are available through this course\,
provided by NYU Meyers College of Nursing Center for Continuing Nursing P
rofessional Development.
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DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: Friday\, June 23 (1-6pm) and
Saturday\, June 24 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Richard Gannotta \nRegistrati
on Deadline: June 12
\n
\n
T
his course provides a unique opportunity for current and aspiring chaplain
s and healthcare leaders to better understand the “impact factor” of chapl
ains (and spiritual care programming more broadly)\, and how they can be o
ptimized to promote quality of care\, access\, and cost imperatives. In pa
rticular\, this course focuses on how chaplains could be\, should be\, and
are/are not fully leveraged by chief executive officers\, chief medical/c
hief nursing officers\, and chief human resource officers. The course inco
rporates conversations with C-Suite-level leaders as well as evidence-base
d research\, popular writing\, and personal experiences. Students are prov
ided a unique opportunity to engage in complex and critical conversations
with leaders of some of the world’s most prominent hospitals and healthcar
e systems. Some topics explored are: the role that chaplaincy and spiritua
l care can play in influencing patient satisfaction\; clinical outcomes an
d clinician well-being\; performance and retention\; as well as how chapla
incy and spiritual care can be incorporated into organizational strategy a
nd provide a source of competitive advantage.
Richard
Gannotta is a recognized health sector leader with service in CE
O / president and executive roles in some of the nation’s most prominent a
cademic and public health systems. He is currently serving in key strategi
c roles advising global med and biotech companies\, health systems\, and n
ew ventures.
\n
He has held leadership roles as CEO of the University
of California Irvine Health System\, Senior Vice President of Hospitals a
t New York’s NYC Health + Hospitals\, and roles as President of Chicago’s
Northwestern Memorial Hospital\, Duke Raleigh Hospital\, part of the Duke
University Health System\, and North Carolina-based Wake Med Health & Hosp
itals.
\n
Professor Gannotta has a longstanding commitment to academi
c excellence and is Senior Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robe
rt F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Co-Director of the MS i
n Health Law and Strategy\, a degree jointly conferred by NYU Wagner and N
YU School of Law.
\n
He holds a Doctorate in Healthcare Administratio
n\, (MUSC) as well as MBA (Campbell University) and NP/BSN (FIU) degrees.
Gannotta’s area of focus revolves around the intersection of biotech inno
vation and healthcare delivery\, its translational and rapid deployment as
well as strategic\, policy and economic impacts.
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: October 20 (1-6pm) and October 21 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: Lam
a Justin von Bujdoss (he/him) \nRegistration Deadline: October 6\, 20
23
This one credit class introduce
s participants to the importance of the development of a ministry that is
rooted in open non-judgemental presence as well as a distilled practical i
ntroduction to Ati Yoga meditation practice as a supportive technique for
chaplains\, spiritual caregivers\, or anyone who is interested in releasin
g themselves from the hardness of our biases\, assumptions and projections
. The Vajrayana Buddhist practice of Ati Yoga or Dzogchen offers simple\,
direct instructions for resting into ‘pure being’ a state that allows for
the natural and authentic way of simply letting everything that we experie
nce arise as it does without the need to judge\, ascertain or react.
\n
This program is offered from the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Bu
ddhism.
\n
Lama Justin von Bujdoss
\n
Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher
\, writer\, and the is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhi
st sangha along with Lama Rod Owens. He is the author of Modern Tantric Bu
ddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North
Atlantic Books\, and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Refle
ctions published by Lexington Books. Justin serves as the Executive Direct
or of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where
he also serves as Staff Chaplain supervising over 30 chaplains and guides
wellness programming for staff. Justin has professional experience in hom
e hospice and hospital settings as a pastoral caregiver. Justin has also w
orked as a full-time home hospice chaplain and is trained both in CPE (Cli
nical Pastoral Education) as well as Buddhist end-of-life practices and sp
iritual care. Justin has taught on Buddhist end-of-life care and teaches d
harma in a variety of settings from monasteries\, retreat centers and dhar
ma centers\, to hospital didactics\, CPE groups and at conferences and mus
eums. Justin was ordained as a repa\, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition
of Milarepa\, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche. Lama Justin has presente
d on Buddhist practice at Harvard\, Princeton\, Yale\, University of Chica
go\, Wellesley\, Columbia University\, has been a visiting instructor at U
nion Theological Seminary and has led retreats at a variety of dharma cent
ers. Justin is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authe
ntic embodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West.
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: September 29 (1-6pm) and September 30 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: M
anny Vega \nRegistration is so
ld out
\n
This course will be a workshop format for
students to design and create their own personal icons as spiritual expres
sion and devotion. The students will create their own icons over the two-d
ay workshop\, with design and construction materials available. The artist
/instructor will provide guidance throughout the creative process. The fin
al results would provide insight\, planning\, craftsmanship\, and a comple
ted work\, that reflects the student’s spirituality.
\n
Mann
y Vega
\n
Vega was born in Bronx\, N
ew York\, in 1956.[1] He joined the artist collective Taller Boricua in 1979 where he
studied through 1986. While there he was also a pupil of Harlem printmake
r Robert
Blackburn at his Printmaking Workshop from 1980 to 1990. Among Vega’
s public art projects are a mosaic mural at the Pregones Theater in the Bronx\, a mosai
c mural portrait of Julia De Burgos in East Harlem\, a series of mosaic pa
nels for the 110 street train station\, also in East Harlem\, as well as a
series of painted murals throughout New York City.[2][3]
\n
For many years\, Vega has been teaching visual arts for organizations s
uch as El Muse
o del Barrio\, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, the American Museum
of Natural History\, and the Caribbean Cultural Center.[3] He h
as exhibited extensively in the United States\, Puerto Rico\, and Brazil.
Vega has created set designs and costumes for DanceBrazil and The American Place Theater. Since
1984\, Manny has been traveling to Salvador\, Bahia in Brazil\, where he
has been initiated into the Afro Brazilian temple known as “Ile Iya Omi As
e Iya Masse”. As a member of the temple\, his creative talents have been u
tilized to create some of the most elaborate ritual costumes and accessori
es. His work in this medium has been documented by the Fowler Museum of UC
LA\, the Smithsonian\, as well as Dartmouth College. This body of work has
been documented in the book\, Beads\, Body\, and Soul: Art and Light
in the Yoruba Universe\,[4] as well as the book\, The Yoruba
Artist.
\n
His current focus is to create a series of mosaic pro
jects\, based on study of classic Byzantine mosaic fabrication\, to adopt
this style to modern day imagery\, which he calls “Byzantine Hip Hop”.[6]<
/a> Vega has a studio on 103rd Street in East Harlem.
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: February 9 (1-6pm) and February 10 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: Sh
anté Paradigm Smalls (they/them/theirs) \nRegistration Deadline: Janu
ary 26\, 2024
\n
Registratio
n Closed
\n
This course offers how we might manifest
the qualities of healer\, liberator\, companion\, and visionary for ourse
lves\, others\, and the planet? During this course\, we will discuss Harri
et Tubman’s legacy\, the efficacy of using Western bodhisattvas (awakened
beings). We will work in small groups and do directed writing. There are t
ypically three main practice components of a Sadhana: a. Mudras (sacred ge
stures) b. Mantra (sacred speech) c. visualization. Over the course of the
weekend\, we will begin each session with shamatha meditation (peaceful a
biding) and end with simply resting in space (Dzogrim). We will practice t
he Sadhana practice I have written and read short excerpts from Spring Was
ham’s The Spririt of Harriet Tubman (Penguin Books\, 2023). The w
eekend will also include small discussion groups\, writing exercises\, and
walks.
\n
Shanté Paradigm Smalls
\n
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls (They/Them) is a teacher and student i
n Vajrayana/Tantric Buddhism. They currently study under Lama Rod Owens an
d Lama Justin von Bujdoss\, co-founders of Bhumisparsha. Shanté began stud
ying and practicing Buddhism at age 17 and has practiced in Zen\, Sokka Ga
kkai International\, Shambhala\, and Bhumisparsa communities. They began o
n the teaching path in 2009 and were authorized by the Shambhala lineage t
o teach meditation and buddhadharma in 2015. Shanté is focused on the heal
ing impact of meditation in Black\, Indigenous communities\, and People of
Color communities\, LGBTQ+ communities\, and incarcerated and recovery co
mmunities. Shanté is a Teacher on the Liberate App and is a former Lead Te
acher on Weekly Dharma Gathering\, which they co-founded and curated until
2022 when WDG went on indefinite hiatus. Shanté identifies as a Black per
son descended from enslaved and trafficked African Indigenous people. Shan
té is queer and genderqueer. They live on Canarsie Munsee Lenapehoking Ter
ritory (Brooklyn\, NY).
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DESCRIPTION:
div>
Dates/Times: February 9 (1-6pm) and February 10 (9am-5pm) \nL
ocation: Online \nInstructor: Wendy Cadge (Brandeis University / Chap
laincy Innovation Lab) and Shelly Rambo (Boston University School of Theol
ogy) \nRegistration Deadline: January 26\, 2024
This course will introduce learners to the current deba
tes and discussions around how to best train chaplains for a rapidly chang
ing landscape of spiritual care. It will invite learners reflect\, from wh
ere they are positioned\, about the role chaplains play in the organizatio
n as a spiritual caregiver.
She launched the Chaplaincy
Innovation Lab in 2018 after founding and co-directing the Transforming Chaplaincy Project from 2015-2019. A public intellec
tual\, she recently wrote or has been quoted in the Atlantic\, the Economist\, the BBC\, and on WBUR. She has published more than eighty articl
es and raised more than $8 million in support of her own research and teac
hing and that of students and colleagues.
Shelly Rambo has been teaching at Boston University School of Theology sin
ce 2004. Trained as both a systematic and constructive theologian\, she is
particularly attentive to the transmission of Christian theologies of suf
fering\, from history to the present. She locates her work at the intersec
tions of Christian theology\, literature\, and postmodern thought. Her boo
k\, Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining\, forges a theolog
y of the Spirit through engagements with postmodern biblical hermeneutics\
, a theology of Holy Saturday\, and contemporary trauma theory. Her second
book\, Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma\,
explores the significance of resurrection wounds in the Christian traditio
n in relationship to contemporary discourses about wounding in popular cul
ture and the study of trauma.
\n
Her work at the intersection of trau
ma and religion has led to partnerships with chaplains and international e
ducators in post-conflict areas. Inspired by the work of military chaplain
s\, she was instrumental in designing Boston University School of Theology
’s MDiv track in Chaplaincy. She also serves as a faculty leader in Boston
University’s Religion and Conflict Transformation program. Her current pr
ojects focus on theologies of spiritual care that inform the work of chapl
ains. Through grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and the BTS center\, s
he is partnering with sociologists to explore the changing demographics of
religious life in the US and the education and training of chaplains.
\n
She teaches courses in contemporary theology\, feminist and womanist
theologies\, trauma and theology\, postmodern theology\, and theopoetics.<
/p>\n
Dates/Times: February 16 (1-6pm) and February 17 (9am-5pm) \nL
ocation: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: Michael
Roberson \nRegistration Deadline: February 2\, 2024
This course will explore the history of the House
| Ballroom community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a f
reedom movement\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\,
sexuality\, and gender oppression. It will further examine the community’s
ability to use the art of performance as a hermeneutics of the body\, and
situate its history in mobilizing as a resistance to these oppressions an
d place it in conversation with other historical struggles
\n
Michael Roberson
\n
Michael Roberson is a publi
c health practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator\, and leade
r within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Bl
ack Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, a
s well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College N
YC\, and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and po
litics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective e
ntitled “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\
, Religion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident
\, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx
House/ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of ballroom
” (https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_roberson_the_enduring_lega
cy_of_ballroom) For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an
article in Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter
Now More than Ever.” (https://time.com/5941822/ballroom-voguin
g-queer-black-culture-renaissance/) Michael also serves as a cultural
consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public
health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 co
ntract tracing initiative.
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Dates/Times: March 5\; March 12\; March 26\; and April 2\, 2024\,
7:00-9:15 PM EST \nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Wendy Cadge (B
randeis University / Chaplaincy Innovation Lab) \nRegistration Deadli
ne: February 20\, 2024 \nNOTE: This course is taught as a blended
course which includes a few hours of engagement activities that take plac
e before/between/after live class sessions.
How individuals and communities engage with spirituality ce
rtainly is changing. “Delivery Systems\,” like primarily physical congrega
tions and parishes\, are in sharp decline. But new delivery systems exist
and are on the rise — not necessarily under the name of “religion\,” but f
ulfilling many of the same social\, emotional\, and spiritual purposes as
configurations of the past. Chaplains are key leaders of these delivery sy
stems of the future. This course will consider the “Spiritual Infrastructu
re of the Future\,” where chaplains fit into it\, and how those interested
in the work of spiritual care can begin pursuing leadership in this area.
She launched the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
in 2018 after founding and co-directing the Transforming C
haplaincy Project from 2015-2019. A public intellectual\, she recentl
y wrote or has been quoted in the Atlantic\, the Economist\, the BBC\, and on WBUR. She has published more than eighty articles and raised more
than $8 million in support of her own research and teaching and that of s
tudents and colleagues.
The Power Of Ou
r Voices and The Telling of Our Stories\, hosted by the RISE
Together Mentorship Network\, is a three-day mentorship and leade
rship development opportunity for women of color ministry leaders. Through
networking\, inspirational worship\, dynamic panel discussions\, and empo
werment sessions\, women of color ministers will be Renew
ed\, Inspired\, Supported\, and
Empowered to navigate difficult spaces\, overcome barriers\, and
embrace the fullness of God’s call on their life.
\n
Building upon the storie
s of women of color in ministry and fierce courageous trailblazers\, atten
dees will gather in community and sisterhood. During this dynamic conferen
ce\, the diverse narratives and experiences of women of color in ministry
will be centered and affirmed. RISE Network partners will
also recognize the 2024 Class of RISE sojourners\, and hold an induction
ceremony for the RISE Together Class of 2026. The Power Of Our Voices
and The Telling of Our Stories conference is open to all women of col
or ministry leaders.
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ta\, GA 30313\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:RISE National Conference: The Power of Our Voices and The Telling o
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CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: April
5 (1-6pm) and April 6 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: Online \nInstructor
: Karenna Gore \nRegistration Deadline: March 22\, 2024
Communities around the world work on ecological
restoration projects to restore health and balance to damaged ecosystems.
With physical and biological aspects\, ecological restoration is also spi
ritual and cultural work\, addressing the wounds inflicted on people as we
ll as land. Students learn from restoration projects that rely on complex
“ways of knowing\,” where ceremony\, community\, and longstanding and atte
ntive relationships with the natural world are fundamental. Topics explore
d are: approaches and examples of restoration work around the world\; rest
oration work to build community and relationship with place\; ceremony and
ritual\; commodification and monetization of nature\; and ethical questio
ns and dilemmas in restoration.
\n
Karenna Gore
\n
Karenna Gore is the founder and executive d
irector of the Center for Earth Ethics and visiting professor of practice
of earth ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Karenna formed
CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of the climate c
risis. Working at the intersection of faith\, ethics\, and ecology\, she g
uides the Center’s public programs\, educational initiatives\, and movemen
t-building. She also is an ex officio faculty member of Columbia Universit
y’s Earth Institute.
\n
Her previous experience includes serving as d
irector of Union Forum at Union Theological Seminary\, a platform for theo
logical scholarship to engage with civic discourse and social change. She
also worked at the legal center of Sanctuary for Families\, which serves v
ictims of domestic violence and trafficking\, was director of community af
fairs for the Association to Benefit Children\, which provides early child
hood education and other services for New York City families living in pov
erty\, and was an associate with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlet
t.
\n
Karenna is the author of “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Chan
ged Modern America” (2006)\, and has written for numerous publications\, i
ncluding Slate\, El Pais (Spain) and the New York Times. She serves on the
boards of the Association to Benefit Children\, and the Sweetwater Cultur
al Center\, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to promoting the educ
ation\, health and welfare of Indigenous Peoples and to preserve their cul
tures and ceremonial practiced locally\, regionally\, and around the Weste
rn Hemisphere\, and Riverkeeper\, an organization that protects and restor
es the Hudson River and safeguards drinking water. She is also an expert i
n the United Nations’ Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network\, an online pl
atform of practitioners\, academics\, and researchers.
\n
A graduate
of Harvard College\, Karenna earned her law degree from Columbia Law Schoo
l and a master’s in social ethics from Union Theological Seminary. She liv
es in New York City with her three children.
Dates/Times: April 5 (1-6pm)\, and April 6 (9am-5pm) \nLocation: Online \nInstructor: Mary Martha Thiel (Hebrew SeniorLi
fe) and Ylisse Bess (Wellesley College) \nRegistration Deadline: Marc
h 22\, 2024
For decades\, chaplain
cy has been identified with religion and thus assumed to exclude those who
do not identify with a religious tradition\, or who actively identify as
humanist or atheist. Yet modern chaplaincy understands that the human spir
it is common to everyone\, regardless of their self-identification within\
, without\, or beyond traditions. This course will explore how well-traine
d chaplains can and should serve those who are non-religious\, as well as
how non-religious individuals can pursue careers in spiritual care toward
the goal of serving those of any or no religious identification.
\n
Mary Martha Thiel
\n\n
Reverend Mary Martha Thiel is the Director of Clinical Pastoral
Education (CPE*) at Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL). Drawing on the energy and nim
bleness of its CPE program\, the Religious and Spiritual Care Department s
pearheads the LGBTQ+ initiatives on HSL’s six campuses.
\n
Mary Marth
a has been a national leader in teaching spiritual care of the non-religio
us. Building on this foundation\, and with grant funding from the Carpente
r Foundation\, she then developed a specialized CPE training unit focusing
on the spiritual needs of LGBTQ+ elders. LGBTQ+ elders have often experie
nced religious trauma earlier in their lives\, leading to religious disaff
iliation and spiritual isolation. Even those who were “out” in their indep
endent lives frequently choose to be closeted when they enter long term ca
re or senior living communities. Nevertheless\, their spiritual needs — fo
r love/belonging\, forgiveness\, hope\, trust\, meaning/legacy\, gratitude
\, and identity – remain alive.
\n
Students have flocked to these cou
rses. The CPE program\, together with staff training in how to make HSL co
mmunities more welcoming of LGBTQ+ individuals\, has contributed to real c
ulture change at HSL. Patients who had never dreamed it possible have felt
safe to come out and have experienced sensitivity from staff. Residents h
ave begun to share more freely about LGBTQ+ members of their families. LGB
TQ+ family members are more comfortable on HSL campuses and visit their lo
ved ones more frequently. LGBTQ+ staff feel supported by the organization.
It’s been a win all the way around.
\n
Rev. Mary Martha Thiel states
: “I love that HSL’s mission and Jewish values help drive LGBTQ+ hospitali
ty in our communities. Instead of hurting LGBTQ+ elders\, religion now rig
htfully supports and celebrates their presence.”
\n
Mary Martha lives
in Brookline with her spouse\, and has two daughters. She is active at Fi
rst Church Cambridge\, UCC. She is an avid reader\, traveler\, and lifelon
g learner.
\n
Ylisse Bess
\n\n
Chaplain Ylisse C. Bes
s (she/they) serves as College Chaplain and Christian Life Coordinator at
Wellesley College. Ylisse’s ecumenical background includes roots in the Ch
urch of God in Christ\, African Methodist Episcopal Church\, the United Ch
urch of Christ\, and American Baptist Churches. They continued their spiri
tual growth through their Methodist seminary education and have served as
an Associate Minister in a UCC congregation. They earned their bachelor’s
degree in sociology and religious studies from Gonzaga University\, their
M.Div. from Boston University School of Theology\, and became a Board Cert
ified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains.
\n
Ylisse joins the ORSL staff after serving as Program Director for the Trau
ma Responsive Congregations Grant at Boston University School of Theology.
As adjunct faculty at BU School of Theology\, Ylisse takes a trauma-respo
nsive approach to team teaching current seminary students\, and continuing
education for clergy through courses such as “Sustaining Spirits While Em
pires Crumble\,” and “Spiritual Care for the Nonreligious.”
\n
Ylisse
comes to Wellesley with 5 five years of experience as an Intensive Care U
nit chaplain at level 1 trauma centers in Boston\, including multifaith pa
storal care and counseling\, as well as crisis response.
\n
Ylisse dr
aws on years of experience leading multifaith religious/spiritual services
\, providing opportunities for reflection\, contemplative practice\, educa
tion\, and leading retreats. She has a passion for developing creative pro
gramming for spiritual nourishment and growth\, advocating for reproductiv
e justice\, and freeing our community members from immigration jail throug
h local community organizing.
\n
College is an opportunity to explore
\, detangle\, and rebuild a world for one’s self and community – Ylisse is
excited to be part of that journey with Wellesley students. Ylisse hopes
to support Wellesley students as they make meaning of the shifts in their
lives – from their joy\, grief\, faith\, activism\, extracurricular activi
ties\, and everything in between.
\n
In her free time\, Ylisse enjoys
roller skating and adventures with her dog Paprika-Ylisse!
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Dates/Times: April 12 (1-6pm) and April 13 (9am-5pm) \nLocatio
n: In Person – Union Theological Seminary \nInstructor: Judy Clark \nRegistration Deadline: March 29\, 2024
This course will look at advocacy efforts in New York State to a
ddress a prison system that warehouses 30\,000 people\, in which a person
dies every three days. These advocacy efforts include bail\, parole and se
ntencing reform\, the fight to close Rikers Island\, the call for treatmen
t not jails and efforts to prioritize stabilizing families. We will analyz
e how the opposition to these reform efforts is drawing on the public’s fe
ar of rising crime rates and examine alternative approaches to fostering p
ublic safety.
\n
Judy Clark
\n
Judi
th Clark spent 38 years in prison for her part in the 1981 Brinks armored
car robbery\, in which three people were killed. While reckoning with the
damage she caused\, she worked with others inside to create community base
d programs to address the problems they faced and their desires to grow. S
he was one of the founders of an AIDS education and support program\, and
part of the committee of women who built a college program after public fu
nding was eliminated. She helped develop programs for mothers to sustain b
onds with their children and mentored new mothers living in the prison nur
sery. She has written about that work\, the experiences of mothers inside\
, the spiritual work of remorse and the efforts of women inside to build c
ommunity. Her published poetry\, memoir and scholarly writing can be found
on line. Released in 2019\, she currently works with Hour Children\, whic
h provides housing and support for women emerging from prison\, and is act
ive in advocacy work for those she left behind the walls.
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us
for ReUnion 2024\, a special gathering of Union alumni and other passiona
te social justice advocates. This year\, we’re welcoming graduates whose c
lass years end in ‘4 and ‘9 to come together in a shared space of connecti
on\, reflection\, and action. ReUnion is more than just a reunion – it’s a
n opportunity to reignite the flame of social justice activism and continu
e the important work that unites us.
\n
Mark your calendars for October 17th and 18t
h\, and be part of this empowering event where meaningful conversations\
, impactful initiatives\, and lifelong bonds await. Together\
, let’s honor our legacy and inspire positive change. If you’re interested
in participating in the planning of ReUnion 2024\, please email development@uts.columbia.edu. We
value your input and involvement!
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on Wednesday\, April 7\, 2021\, at 6:00 PM EST fo
r a public address and conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers\, autho
r of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
Each semester\, Episcopal Divinity School at Union selects
a theme and book to guide a semester-long discussion on justice issues cr
itical for faith communities to address. This spring 2021\, EDS at Union i
s joining with the Center for
Earth Ethics and the Kairos Center
for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Justice to focus on the structura
l challenges facing communities living in poverty and to explore how econo
mic\, environmental\, and racial issues exacerbate inequality in the Unite
d States.
\n
We have selected Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against Am
erica’s Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers to frame this discu
ssion.
\n
Past community-wide readings have included Just Mercy:
A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson\, The Poison
ed City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark\,
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America by
Darnell Moore\, Enrique’s Journey by two-time Pulitzer Prize-win
ning journalist Sonia Nazario\, and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Str
uggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman.
\n
Please join
us in reading Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret and
share your reflections with us this semester.
\n
About Cath
erine Coleman Flowers
\n
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founde
r of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice\, Senior Fe
llow of Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement at Center for Earth Ethic
s at Union Theological Seminary\, and since 2008 has been the rural develo
pment manager at the Race and Poverty Initiative of the Equal Justice Init
iative. She is the author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Di
rty Secret\, winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in
the public interest (from The New Press). In 2020\, Flowers was awarded a
MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in Montgomery\, Alabama.
Join us on Thursday\, April 8 at 6:00 pm EST<
/strong> for a lecture on inner Animalities: Theology and the End of th
e Humanwith
Dr.Eric Daryl Meyer. Professor Meyer i
s the Gregory Roeben and Susan Raunig Professor of Social Justice and the
Human-Animal Relationship and an Assistant Professor\, Theology Departmen
t at Carroll College.
In this talk\, Meyer’s will explore h
ow attempts to distinguish human beings from all other animals within the
Christian theological tradition inevitably produce conflicted accounts of
human life. Those conflicts at the heart of Christian self-conception\, th
e book ventures\, are also opportunities to think differently\, see differ
ently\, and live differently—through the end of the human.
\n
About
Dr. Eric Daryl Meyer
\n
Dr. Eric
Daryl Meyer grew up in the mountains of Colorado. As a theologian with str
ong interests in the land\, wild places\, and ecological degradation\, his
research focuses on all the ways that the Christian theological tradition
draws boundaries between human beings and nonhuman animals. He earned a P
h.D. in Theology from Fordham University in 2014 and taught at Fordham and
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles) before coming to Carroll. Read more.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Union Beyond
CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This online course will explore the intersections of pub
lic policy\, political engagement and religious faith. Several key issues–
i.e.\, poverty\, immigration and foreign policy– will be explored through
the lens of faith-based groups and leaders that have been at the forefront
of advocacy and political engagement work. Resources on activating church
es and other faith traditions for political engagement will be offered.
Format: T
his virtual workshop will take place over four 90-minute Thursday evening
sessions.
\n
Dates: \n-Thursday\, April
8 at 7:00 – 8:30 pm \n-Thursday\, April 15 at 7:00 – 8:30 pm \n-
Thursday\, April 22 at 7:00 – 8:30 pm \n-Thursday\, April 29 at 7:00
– 8:30 pm
\n
Session 1: Introductory Session \nDescription: This session will introduce students to the role religio
n plays in public life\, and more specifically\, how faith-based groups ha
ve navigated the public policy and political engagement worlds. Examples f
rom some faith-based groups engaged in policy work will be explored.
\n
Session 2: Economics\, Poverty and Labor \nD
escription: There is no dearth in faith-based engagement on poverty issue
s in the U.S. And more recently\, there has been a push to build coalition
s between religious and labor groups on matters relating to fair wages and
proper work conditions. This session will explore advocacy work and strat
egies utilized by groups\, clergy leaders\, and theologians on poverty and
labor issues in the US.
\n
Session 3: Immigration \nDescription: The immigration crisis ravaging many Brown familie
s is not a new one. It has only been exacerbated by the inhumane policies
enacted by former president Donald Trump. This session will take a look at
how faith leaders and groups have organized for immigration justice\, tak
ing a special look at the work of Father Arturo Banuelas at the El Paso bo
rder.
\n
Session 4: Faith-based organizations and PACs in Elect
oral Politics \nDescription: This session will examin
e the role religious organizations have played in the electoral process an
d in presidential elections. Some specific groups (i.e.\, Faith and Freedo
m Coalition\, Faith 2020) will be selected as case studies for examining t
he role religious groups have played\, and continue to play\, in president
ial elections.
\n
Resources on activating churches and other faith tr
aditions for political engagement will be offered.
\n
About
Eli Valentin
\n
Eli Valentin is a publ
ic theologian working at the intersection of faith and politics. He has se
rved as a political advisor to numerous elected officials and labor organi
zations across the country and is the editor of Sermons from the Latino/a
Pulpit. Eli is also the author of the forthcoming book\, Reinhold Niebuhr
and Politics. In addition to 16 years as a senior pastor\, he has been a l
ecturer at Union Theological Seminary\, New York Theological Seminary and
Hunter College (CUNY).
\n\n
At the
conclusion of Union’s Continuing Education Certificate courses\, participa
nts will be provided with a certificate of completion signifying their par
ticipation. For anyone hoping to fulfill denominational continuing educati
on requirements\, an additional form certifying the number of hours spent
in the course can be provided as well.
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CONTACT:Kevin Bentley\; kbentley@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Co-sponsored by the Student Affairs Career Development Office and the Un
ion Alumni/ae Council \nWednesday\, April 14\; 4:30 – 5:30 pm ET
\nZoom webinar: Click here
\n
Social Entrepreneurship as a conce
pt gained traction in the 1980’s and has only expanded since then. Definit
ions abound\, but essentially\, a social entrepreneur’s main goal is to of
fer solutions for a social problem or to create social impact. They do thi
s through a variety of methods – business\, nonprofit\, and hybrid approac
hes. Union Theological Seminary has both accomplished alumni/ae and outsta
nding students who are social entrepreneurs. Five of them from across the
country will share their wisdom and experiences via Zoom. Audience members
will be able to submit questions ahead of time and during the webinar. Jo
in us for an opportunity to learn about this career path!
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Insight Project
CONTACT:John J. Thatamanil\; johnthatamanil@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on Thursday\, April 15 at 6:00 pm EST
for a lecture on Wild Spirituality: Queer Grief and Grievance in an A
ge of Extinctionswi
th Jacob J. Erickson. Professor Erickson is the
Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics\, Trin
ity College Dublin.
Living in what is now called the Sixth Extinction\,
creaturely deaths and disappearances exceed knowing and feeling. Widely
implicated in these losses is Christian theology\, with heterosexist and s
ettler-colonial histories of being human\, of being created in the image o
f God. In this talk\, Erickson will
explore recent queer ecologies that wrestle with the concept of the “wild
\,” asking how queer perspectives on wild animality might offer deeply fel
t ways of grief and grievance\, playful mourning and protest\, for these l
osses. In short\, what might a “wild ecospirituality” look like in a time
of mass extinction?
\n
About Jacob J. Erickson
\n
Jacob J. Erickson has lectured in
theological ethics at Trinity since 2016. He previously taught Religion a
nd Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield\, Minnesota\, U
SA. Alongside theologian Marion Grau (Norwegian School of Theology)\, he c
hairs the Sacred Texts\, Theory\, and Theological Construction Unit and se
rves on the Steering Committee for the Martin Luther and Global Lutheran T
raditions Unit for the American Academy of Religion.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Alumni/ae
CONTACT:Kevin Bentley\; kbentley@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
In the spirit of community\, during a time t
hat calls for deep healing and renewal\, Union Theological Seminary invite
s its cherished alumni/ae to join our virtual series of ReUnion events fro
m Sunday\, April 18 through Wednesday\, April 21.
\n
This is a celebr
atory occasion to return\, rejoice and reflect with one another and with t
he institution. We will have a full day of academic and spiritual activiti
es for Union Alumni/ae during ReUnion. A single registration is required t
o receive the login credentials to enter the virtual spaces for each sessi
on.
Each day will begin
with Morning Joy\, <
/em>highlightingdiv
erse spiritual enrichment methodsto start one’s day an
d we will end with Reflectio
n to conclude the day in co
mmunity. Daily\, we will host Faculty Lectures\, Chapel and Worship Services\, Anniversary Class Hangouts\, and Difficu
lt Conversations\, workshop
s on creating inclusive and welcoming congregations.
\n
Alumni/ae are invited to attend the sessions
that interest them\, catch up with old and new friends\, and get updated
on the happenings at Union Theological Seminary. Our schedule is still in
formation and subject to change. Once registered\, you will receive regula
r updates about the activities planned as the schedule is finalized.
\n
Below is the tentative schedule for Sunday\, April 18:
\n
3:00 – 3:30 pm EST | Conversation
with Union Alum Sen. Raphael Warnock ’94\, ’06 \n7:00 – 8:00
pm EST | Evening Meditation with Dr. John T Thatam
anil
With the controversy over Georgia’s new v
oting bill dominating the news\, Union is excited to announce that Union a
lum and US Senator Raphael Warnock ’94\, ’06 will join Rev. Dr. Serene J
ones on Sunday\, April 18th at 3:00 pm EST for a discussion o
n voting rights and the religious left.
\n
The event is the second in a digital series titled “So Help
Me God: Faith and the Fight for a Progressive Future\,” which features pr
ominent political figures in conversation with Union leaders and faculty.
These conversations will focus on the rise of the religious left and its p
ower to shape policymaking going forward.
Sen. Wa
rnock is an unparalleled leader of the religious left. After growing up in
public housing in a poor family\, Sen. Warnock worked his way through sch
ool to become an ordained minister. He later became the youngest person to
be selected for the esteemed position of Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptis
t Church in Atlanta — the former pulpit of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King
\, Jr.
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Guided by his fait
h\, Sen. Warnock then defied all odds and mounted a successful campaign to
become Georgia’s first Black senator. In doing so\, he beat back mischara
cterizations of his faith and other attacks.
\n
Elected in a state that is notorious for suppressing Bl
ack people\, the right to vote is deeply personal for Sen. Warnock. And wi
th Georgia making voting even more difficult\, Sen. Warnock is fighting fo
r federal legislation to ensure that voting rights are protected and expan
ded. In the discussion\, he’ll dive into the national debate over voting\,
along with other pressing progressive issues.
\n
To register for the event on Sunday\, April 18th at 3:00 pm ET\, p
lease click here.
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CONTACT:Kevin Bentley\; kbentley@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
In the spirit of community\, during a time t
hat calls for deep healing and renewal\, Union Theological Seminary invite
s its cherished alumni/ae to join our virtual series of ReUnion events fro
m Sunday\, April 18 through Wednesday\, April 21.
\n
This is a celebr
atory occasion to return\, rejoice and reflect with one another and with t
he institution. We will have a full day of academic and spiritual activiti
es for Union Alumni/ae during ReUnion. A single registration is required t
o receive the login credentials to enter the virtual spaces for each sessi
on.
Each day will begin
with Morning Joy\, <
/em>highlightingdiv
erse spiritual enrichment methodsto start one’s day an
d we will end with Reflectio
n to conclude the day in co
mmunity. Daily\, we will host Faculty Lectures\, Chapel and Worship Services\, and Anniversary Class Hangouts.
\n
Alum
ni/ae are invited to attend the sessions that interest them\, catch up wit
h old and new friends\, and get updated on the happenings at Union Theolog
ical Seminary. Our schedule is still in formation and subject to change. O
nce registered\, you will receive regular updates about the activities pla
nned as the schedule is finalized.
\n
Below is the tentative
schedule for Monday\, April 19:
\n
9:00
– 9:30 am EST | Morning Joy \n11:00 – 12:00 pm ES
T | ReUnion Rewatch | Dharma and Justice: What is Right Justice
with angel Kyodo williams \n12:00 – 12:30 pm EST | 50th Anniversary Chapel (Hosted by the Class of 1971) \n2:
00 – 2:45 pm EST | Circling the Elephant: The Work of Interrelig
ious Learning” with Dr. John Thataminal \n2
:00 – 2:45 pm EST | “You will not replace us. Jews will not repl
ace us” The Intersection of Racism and Antisemitismwith<
/strong> D
r. Mary C. Boys ’75\, ’78 \n3:00 – 3:45
pm EST | Discussion on Hispanic Summer Program with Dr. Daisy Machado ’81 \n3:30 – 4:15 pm EST | Talk Back with The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Sandra Montes \n
4:00 – 5:30 pm EST | Alumni Hangout with the Graduates
of the 1960s \n4:00 – 5:30 pm EST | Alumni Hangout
with the Graduates of the 1970s \n6:00 – 6:30 pm EST | Spiritual Reflection
On Monday\, April 19 at 2:
15 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Alicia G
arza\, Principal at Black Futures Lab. They will discuss Garza’s
role as a co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Globa
l Network and her current work with the Black Futures Lab.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations
with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to
our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activist
s and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work be
ing champions for justice.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T150000
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CONTACT:Kevin Bentley\; kbentley@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
In the spirit of community\, during a time t
hat calls for deep healing and renewal\, Union Theological Seminary invite
s its cherished alumni/ae to join our virtual series of ReUnion events fro
m Sunday\, April 18 through Wednesday\, April 21.
\n
This is a celebr
atory occasion to return\, rejoice and reflect with one another and with t
he institution. We will have a full day of academic and spiritual activiti
es for Union Alumni/ae during ReUnion. A single registration is required t
o receive the login credentials to enter the virtual spaces for each sessi
on.
Each day will begin
with Morning Joy\, <
/em>highlightingdiv
erse spiritual enrichment methodsto start one’s day an
d we will end with Reflectio
n to conclude the day in co
mmunity. Daily\, we will host Faculty Lectures\, Chapel and Worship Services\, and Anniversary Class Hangouts.
\n
Alum
ni/ae are invited to attend the sessions that interest them\, catch up wit
h old and new friends\, and get updated on the happenings at Union Theolog
ical Seminary. Our schedule is still in formation and subject to change. O
nce registered\, you will receive regular updates about the activities pla
nned as the schedule is finalized.
\n
Below is the tentative
schedule for Tuesday\, April 20
\n
9:00
– 9:30 am EST | Morning Joy (Guided Meditation)
\n10:00 – 11:00 am EST | UBUNTU: George M. Houser and the Str
uggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents with Dr. Sheila Collins
’64 \n12:00 – 12:30 pm EST | Chapel with Rev. Dr. Tim Adkins-Jones \n1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
| ReUnion Rewatch – Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard
Thurman \n2:00 – 2:45 pm EST | Liturgies from Bel
ow: Finding New Vocabulary to Pray from Ends of the World with Rev. Dr. Claudio Carvhales ’07 \n2:00 – 2:45 pm EST
| Gender\, Violence\, and Justice: Collected Essays on Violence A
gainst Women with Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White and Sall
y MacNichol \n3:00 – 3:45 pm EST | What do WE say to death? Communal Preaching for Life with Rev. Dr. Tim Adkins-Jones \n4:00 – 4:45 pm EST | Alumni Hangout with the Graduates of the 2000s \n4:00 –
4:45 pm EST | Alumni Hangout the Graduates of the 2010s \n
5:00 – 5:30 pm EST | Spiritual Reflection
In the spirit of community\, during a time t
hat calls for deep healing and renewal\, Union Theological Seminary invite
s its cherished alumni/ae to join our virtual series of ReUnion events fro
m Sunday\, April 18 through Wednesday\, April 21.
\n
This is a celebr
atory occasion to return\, rejoice and reflect with one another and with t
he institution. We will have a full day of academic and spiritual activiti
es for Union Alumni/ae during ReUnion. A single registration is required t
o receive the login credentials to enter the virtual spaces for each sessi
on.
Each day will begin
with Morning Joy\, <
/em>highlightingdiv
erse spiritual enrichment methodsto start one’s day an
d we will end with Reflectio
n to conclude the day in co
mmunity. Daily\, we will host Faculty Lectures\, Chapel and Worship Services\, and Anniversary Class Hangouts.
\n
Alum
ni/ae are invited to attend the sessions that interest them\, catch up wit
h old and new friends\, and get updated on the happenings at Union Theolog
ical Seminary. Our schedule is still in formation and subject to change. O
nce registered\, you will receive regular updates about the activities pla
nned as the schedule is finalized.
\n
Below is the tentative
schedule for Wednesday\, April 21:
\n
9
:00 – 9:30 am EST | Morning Joy (Sing-Along) \n11:
00 – 11:45 am EST | Workshop on Creating Your Legacy \n12:00 -12:30 pm EST | Chapel Service with Joseph (Jay) O’Re
ar \n1:00 – 1:45 pm EST | ReUnion Rewatch – Knowle
dge & Nourishment: The Diverse Experiences of Women with Ruby Sales \n2:00 – 2:45 pm EST | This Kairos Moment: Building a Mo
ral Movement to Confront Racism\, Poverty\, Ecological Devastation\, Milit
arism and the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis \n3:00 – 3:45 pm EST | Humans as images of God\, human relations with non-human beings (‘an
imals’)\, and other things I learned when writing about Genesis 1-11 with
Dr. David M. Carr \n4:00 – 4:45 pm EST | Alumni Hangout with the classes of the 1980s \n4:00 – 4:4
5 pm EST | Alumni Hangout with the classes of the 1990s \n5:15 – 6:00 pm EST | Reflecting on the ReUnion
On Thursday\, April 22 at 2:15
pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Simran Jeet Singh\, Senior Divers
ity & Inclusion Advisor at YSC Consulting and an Adjunct Faculty member at
Union Theological Seminary. They will discuss the need to work across dif
ferences and how compassion and empathy are crucial for racial equity and
justice.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly
Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation a
nd our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
The
se 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and re
ligious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being cham
pions for justice.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T141500
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SEQUENCE:0
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CONTACT:Benjamin Stegbauer\; bs3316@utsnyc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
Join us on Earth Day\, Thursday\, April 22\, at 6:00 pm EST for Listen
ing to the Cry of the Earth: Union’s Response to the Climate Crisis.
As part of Union Theological Seminary dec
laring a Climate Emergency
\, the greater Union community has committed to undergoing a democrati
c Community Assembly to determine and enact a Climate Mobilization Action
Plan.
\n
\n
\n
\n
This expert panel serves as an opportunity for stude
nts\, faculty\, and alum participants of the Assembly as well as the great
er Union community to hear from esteemed experts in the fields of Curricul
um\, Facilities\, Eco-Justice\, and other adjacent fields. The panel will
ask and explore how Union\, as an institution\, as a community\, as a memb
er of the Morningside Heights community\, and as a Seminary can better hea
r the Cry of the Earth?
\n
Our E
xpert Panel will include:
\n
Karenna Gore
\n
Karenna Gore is the founder and direct
or of the Center for Earth Ethics (CEE) at Union Theological Seminary. CEE
bridges the worlds of religion\, academia\, policy and culture to discern
and pursue the changes that are necessary to stop ecological destruction
and create a society that values the long-term health of the whole. She is
also an ex officio member of the faculty of the Earth Institute at Columb
ia University.
\n\n
rev. abby mohaupt
\n<
p>The rev. abby mohaupt is GreenFaith’s Director of Educa
tion & Training. abby previously coordinated GreenFaith’s and Drew Theolog
ical School’s Green Seminary Initiative\, and she coordinates GreenFaith’s
relationships with seminaries across the US\, as well as the GreenFaith F
ellowship. She holds a Masters of Divinity and Masters of Theology degrees
from McCormick Theological Seminary\, is a PhD candidate at Drew Theologi
cal School\, is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and lives in Tex
as.\n\n
Rev. Pamela Cooper White
\n
Rev. Pamela Cooper White\, PhD bio and portr
ait (attached): The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, PhD is Dean and Vice Presid
ent for Academic Affairs and Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psycho
logy and Religion at Union. She has long been an advocate for climate jus
tice\, especially as climate change disproportionately impacts women and c
ommunities of color. She was an original faculty signer for Columbia Theo
logical Seminary in Atlanta onto the Green Seminary Initiative\, presented
to Union’s Center for Earth Ethics on the topic of psychological causes o
f climate change denial\, and participated with faculty and students in th
e October 2019 Climate Strike and march in New York City. She is excited
about Union’s declaration of a climate emergency\, and plans to become a c
ertified member of Green Seminary Initative\, which represents best practi
ces for ecojustice education and advocacy.
\n\n
Rev. D
awrell Rich
\n
Reverend Da
wrell Rich is a pastor-teacher\, public speaker\, and community builder. H
e holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture\, Master of Inf
rastructure Planning and Master of Divinity. Currently\, he is completing
a Ph.D. in the area of religion and society. His research focuses on the r
ole of the church in environmental justice and community development. He i
s a member of the American Academy of Religion\, the Association for the S
ociology of Religion\, and a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership
Program. He is also a United States Green Building Council Scholar. Most
recently\, he was awarded the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Social
Justice Award from Drew University.
\n\n
Owl (Steven
Dennison-Smith)
\n
Son of William Alfred Smith\, Esquire\, who spent his ea
rly childhood in the Ramapo mountains and grandson of Ira Smith\, professo
r and educator from Hillburn\, NY and one of first from Ramapough communit
y to receive an advanced university degree. Steven D. Smith received his b
achelor of arts in political science from the University of California at
Santa Cruz and his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Calif
ornia at Berkeley. Mr. Smith has traveled and lived extensively in Latin A
merica and the Caribbean including Mexico\, Cuba\, Haiti\, Guyana and Ecua
dor. Steven Smith is a member of several bar associations including the Un
ited States Supreme Court bar of attorneys. Mr. Smith has assisted indigen
ous Navajo (Diné)\, Tohono O’odham\, Guyanese villagers\, and Ramapough wi
th major environmental issues in national courts and before Congress and t
he United Nations.
\n\n\n
Geoff Brown
\n
Geoff Brown directs government r
elations activities for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ domestic environmental
campaigns\, which have ranged from preserving our nation’s public lands to
promoting clean energy policies and improving the ability of communities
to cope with flooding and sea-level rise. He also has been involved with
many of Pew’s oceans and international campaigns. Previously\, he was the
legislative director for the National Environmental Trust and spent 10 yea
rs working in the U.S. Senate on a range of environment\, energy\, and eco
nomic development issues.
\n
Geoff lives on Capitol Hill in Washingto
n\, DC and holds a master’s degree in resource policy and behavior from th
e University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in American studies from
Yale University.
\n
This picture is from almost the last day of the O
bama administration. I am on the grounds of the White House with the Obam
a’s dogs Sunny and Bo.
\n
\n
Petra Thombs\n
\n
Petra is the Executive Director of the Ramapough
Lenape Community Center in Mahwah\, New Jersey\, operated by the Ramapoug
h Mountain Indians\, Inc. a 501-c3 organization. She is in preliminary Fel
lowship with the UUA\, and will be ordained in May. Petra has been an advo
cate for the rights of Indigenous peoples and nations. A graduate from Uni
on Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity\, having majored in Chu
rch History\, her focus is largely addressing the Doctrine of Discovery as
it has fostered racism and extreme marginalization for Indigenous
communities globally.
\n
Prior to coming to Union\, Petra retired from her career in the NYC D
ept of Education. A lifelong poet\, she writes about historical\, cultural
\, religious\, and personal experiences\, expressing the perspectives of m
arginalized communities. Petra is married to Bernard\, has two adult sons\
, Benjamin and Matthew\, and a cat named Esteban.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us on Thursday
\, April 29 at 12:30 pm EST for Life\, Death\, and Compassion: A Conve
rsation about Medical Aid in Dying in New York. The coronavirus pande
mic forced New Yorkers to confront death and dying in ways that none of us
would have imagined. The pandemic spurred discussions about life and deat
h issues among family and friends. What death looks like\, when it comes\,
is something far too many of us had to face on a daily basis. These discu
ssions taught us much about what constitutes a good death: being surrounde
d — and touched — by loved ones\, able to say our goodbyes\, passing in pe
ace\, and free from pain.
COVID-19 robbed many of our loved ones
of that good death. But many people whose lives are ravaged by breast canc
er\, brain cancer\, other insidious cancers\, heart disease\, Parkinson’s\
, and ALS face tremendous suffering that not even the advanced palliative
care available in New York State can allay. A good death may be out of rea
ch for these individuals as well.
\n
Expanding end-of-life care optio
ns to allow for medical aid in dying could give a terminally ill person th
e ability to avoid needless end-of-life suffering. Medical aid in dying\,
which is authorized in nine states – including our neighbors in Vermont an
d New Jersey as well as Washington D.C. – allows a terminally ill\, mental
ly capable adult with six months or less to live to request a prescription
from their doctor they can take when suffering becomes too great to die p
eacefully.
\n
This event will explore the topic of medical aid in dyi
ng\, sometimes called Death with Dignity. State lawmakers in Albany are cu
rrently considering whether or not to authorize this option for New Yorker
s. Learning about what the legislation would allow and how it has worked i
n other states will help faith leaders and community leaders develop their
own ways of addressing end-of-life issues among their congregants and con
stituents.
\n
Panelists Include:
\n
\n
<
strong>Dr. Pamela Cooper-White\, academic dean and professor of r
eligion and psychology at Union Theological Seminary (Moderator)
\n
Rev. Madison Shockley\, Union The
ological Seminary alumni and member of the Board of Trustees
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T140000
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SEQUENCE:0
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; Irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
On Friday\, April 30 at 1:15 pm ES
T\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with the Rev. Alfredo
Feregrino\, Associate Rector of All Saints Church Pasadena\, Cal
ifornia. They will discuss Rev. Feregrino’s ministry as a church planter a
nd his new role at All Saints Church\, and strategies for reconnecting con
gregations to their wider communities.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series
Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequi
ties intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a
more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the E
DS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\
, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice.
p>\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T140000
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SEQUENCE:0
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on Thursday\, Ma
y 6 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on The Challenge of Christia
n Animal Ethicswith
David L. Clough. Professor Clough is the Professor of Th
eological Ethics at The University of Chester. Registration is required to receive the
Zoom details.
In this lecture\, David Clough makes the case t
hat Christians have strong faith-based reasons for urgent changes in their
practice towards animals\, particularly with respect to the ways they are
now raised for food. He begins by arguing that despite the many important
pressing questions of social justice and environmental responsibility\, a
nimal ethics is worth our time both because it is urgent and because it in
tersects with these other areas of ethical concern. He next provides an ou
tline of where animals figure in Christian understandings of God’s work in
creation\, reconciliation\, and redemption\, showing that Christians have
faith-based reasons for being concerned for the flourishing of fellow ani
mal creatures. In the third section of the lecture\, he provides a survey
of how animals are currently being raised for food\, which leads to the co
nclusion that there is a scandalous abyss between a Christian understandin
g of animals and our current practice in using them for food. In the final
part of the lecture\, he identifies two clear practical responses to the
challenge: to reduce overall consumption of animal products and move to hi
gher welfare sourcing. He invites individuals\, churches\, and other Chris
tian organizations to take action in relation to both goals\, and offers r
esources to guide and support such action.
In 2015\, I launched the CreatureKind project\, which draws on my research to engage churche
s in the UK and North America with farmed animal welfare as a faith issue.
In 2018 I launched the DefaultVeg projec
t encouraging organizations to make a simple change to events catering
policy that benefits humans\, animals\, and the planet. I am a Methodist
Local Preacher and have served on national ecumenical working groups on th
e ethics of modern warfare and the theology of climate change.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Monday\, May 10 a
t 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with the
Rt. Rev. Diana D. Akiyama\, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Or
egon. They will discuss challenging white supremacist views in the Church\
, particularly going beyond the black/white dichotomy in racial justice co
nversations.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Ke
lly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nati
on and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page
will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to d
iscuss their work being champions for justice.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T150000
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Rt. Rev. Diana D. A
kiyama
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/just-conversations-with-kelly-brown-douglas-rt
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Celebrate the birth into the world of Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed’s
new book\, “Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Li
fe” \non Tuesday\, May 11 with two launches throughout the day.
Please drop in either time! Or both! The party will include in
terviews with special guests\, secret discounts\, drawings for giveaways\,
and general celebration and fun!
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Our So Help Me God: Faith and the Fight for a Progress
ive Future series continues on Thursday\, May 13\, at 4:00 pm
ET when we welcome New York’s newly elected Congressman
Ritchie Torres\, the first openly gay Afro-Latino to serve in Con
gress. Please join Rev. Dr. Serene Jones and Rep. Torres for a conversatio
n on why he and progressives are breaking with the White House and pushing
the Biden administration to do more to reduce child poverty.
As you know\, our series brings leading policymakers
together with Union leadership and faculty to discuss some of the most pr
essing issues of our time. So far\, we’ve been joined by Congressman Cleav
er\, Senator Warnock\, and look forward to welcoming Congresswoman Teresa
Leger Fernandez in early May. Throughout the series\, we will discuss the
rise of the religious left and its power to shape policymaking going forwa
rd.
\n
Rep. Torres\, who rep
resents much of the Bronx\, is already emerging as a leading Democratic fi
gure in the fight for affordable housing and more expansive LGBTQ rights.
He is an ardent champion of equitable housing\, and has consistently spear
headed legislation to advance progress on this issue.
\n
Rep. Torres’ political career and policy prior
ities reflect his roots. He grew up in public housing\, and his mother sin
gle-handedly raised him and his siblings off of a minimum wage of a measly
$4.25 an hour. He served on the New York City Council\, chairing its Comm
ittee on Public Housing\, before breaking through a crowded Democratic field — which included a homophobic p
astor favored to win — to clinch the Democratic nomination for the distric
t’s U.S. House representative in June 2020. He then went on to win the gen
eral election in November.
\n
We look forward to welcoming the Congressman to Union Seminary this wee
k and discussing all of this and more.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Please join us on Thursday\, May
27 at 7:00 PM EST for a book talk on The Puerto Rican Diaspora: A Mode
l Theology. The evening’s conversation will be moderated by Rev. Dr.
Samual Cruz\, Professor of Religion & Society\, and will feature the book’
s author\, Rev. Dr. Juan Carmona\, and Reverend Luis Barrios. Click here to register.
The Reverend Juan A. Carmona\, D.Min.
is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He was born and
raised in New York City by his Puerto Rican family. He received his Bache
lors of Arts in Comparative Religions from the State University of New Yor
k\, a Masters of Divinity from New Brunswick Theological Seminary\, and a
Doctor of Ministry degree in Liberation Theology from the Colgate Rocheste
r Crozer Divinity School. He is a retired prison chaplain with the New Yor
k State Department Correctional Services and has taught at various institu
tions of higher education\, including having served as a Visiting Scholar
at the Tainan Theological College & Seminary in Taiwan. Dr. Carmona is the
author of two books: “The Puerto Rican Diaspora: A Model Theology\,” and
“The Sovereignty of Taiwan: A Theological Perspective.” He is married to R
uth Ayala-Carmona and has three children\, Dr. Geoffrey Antonio Carmona-Ba
ez\, Jennica Carmona-Arandia\, and Jessica Carmona-Baez.
\n
T
he Reverend Luis Barrios\, Ph.D. is a Certified Clinical Trauma P
rofessional and a Professor (John Jay College of Criminal Justice\, Gradua
te Center-City University of New York\, & Union Theological Seminary). He
is also a Consultant to the International Human Rights Association of Amer
ican Minorities (IHRAAM). Dr. Barrios co-editor and co-authored “Gangs and
Society: Alternative Perspective”\, “Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation:
Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang”\, and “Otr
as Naciones: Jóvenes\, Transnacionalismo y Exclusión”. Fr. Luis Barrios is
an Episcopal priest leading Holyrood Church / Iglesia Santa Cruz in Upper
Manhattan. His commitment to justice as has led him to provide sanctuary
harm-reduction for various people groups in the tradition of liberation th
eology. Rev. Dr. Luis Barrios was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
Our “
So Help Me God: Faith and the Fight for a Progressive Future” series wraps
up on Sunday\, June 6th\, at 6:00 pm ET when we welcome the newly elected
\, Representative Teresa Leger Fernández\, the first woman to represent Ne
w Mexico’s 3rd District. As we have with our previous guests\, we will dis
cuss hotly-contested issues including combating climate change and protect
ing the rights of Native Americans.
Prior to being elected in 2020\, Rep. Leger F
ernández spent decades as an attorney and advocate fighting to support and
uplift vulnerable communities by bolstering voting rights\, protecting th
e environment\, and promoting tribal sovereignty — issues that remain a fo
cus during her time in office.
\n
Like many of our elected officials\, faith has played an integral rol
e in Rep. Leger Fernández’s journey to Congress. In April 2019\, prior to
her candidacy\, Rep. Leger Fernandez\, raised Catholic\, took a class on t
he prophetic tradition at Temple Beth Shalom\, a Reform synagogue in Santa
Fe. The four-session course — taught by Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev\, Beth Shalo
m’s scholar in residence — was instructive for the 60-year-old lawyer abou
t to launch her first political campaign.
\n
We are excited to welcome the Congresswoman to Union and d
iscuss the rise of the religious left and its power to shape policymaking
going forward. Please remembe
r to RSVP today.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Join us for a four-session\, online course
that will explore the implications of the foundational biblical concept o
f the “Kingdom of God” for the ongoing struggle for just and equitable law
s\, policies\, social structures\, and political institutions. It will be
loosely based upon Professor Obery M. Hendricks’ books The Politics of
Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings an
d How They Have Been Corrupted and The Universe Bends Toward Just
ice: Radical Reflections on the Bible\, the Church and the Body Politic.
\n
Topics to be discussed will include the biblical origins and m
eaning of the Kingdom of God\; the biblical concept of egalitarian politic
al justice\; the nature of political economy(s)\; the foundational ethics
of a just political economy\; capitalist versus socialist political econom
ies\; the necessary elements for a Kingdom of God political economy\; and
what a political economy consistent with the notion of the Kingdom of God
would look like in America today.
Instructor: Obery M. Hendricks\,
Jr.\, Ph.D. \nFormat: This virtual workshop will tak
e place over four 90-minute evening sessions. Each class will begin at 7:0
0 pm Eastern Standard Time.
\n
Session One: Tuesday\, June 8 –
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Exploring the Meaning(s) of the Kingdom of God
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Foundational Ethics of the Kingdom of God
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Session Two: Wednesday\, Ju
ne 16 –
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\n<
li>The Biblical Meaning(s) of Justice
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What is a Political Econom
y?
\n
\n\n
\n
Ses
sion Three: Tuesday\, June 22 –
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Policies and Structures of a Kingdom of God Po
litical Economy
\n
Achieving a Kingdom of God Political Economy
\n
\n
\n
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Session F
our: Tuesday\, June 29 –
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\n
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Capitalist Political Economy\, Socialist Political Ec
onomy and the Biblical Ideal
\n
\n
\n
\n\n
About Obery M. Hendricks
\n\n
A life long social activist\, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost comme
ntators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America.
He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African Americ
an biblical scholar writing today. Cornel West calls him “one of the last
few grand prophetic intellectuals.”
\n
A widely sought lecturer and m
edia spokesperson\, Dr. Hendricks’ appearances include CNN\, MSNBC\, CBS\,
Fox News\, Fox Business News\, the Discovery Channel\, PBS\, BBC\, NHK Ja
pan Television and the Bloomberg Network. He has provided running event co
mmentary for National Public Radio\, MSNBC\, and the al-Jazeera and Aspire
international television networks. Dr. Hendricks has been a member of the
Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee\, for whom he
delivered the closing benediction at the 2008 Democratic Convention\; ser
ved on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the 2008 Democ
ratic Presidential campaign and served in the Religion and Foreign Policy
Working Group at the U. S. Department of State under Secretaries of State
Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at The
Democracy Collaborative in Washington\, DC\; has been an Affiliated Schol
ar at the Center for American Progress\; was a Senior Fellow at The Opport
unity Agenda social justice communications think tank\; is on the Advisory
Board of the Institute of Christian Socialism\; and is a member of the Bo
ard of Directors of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Dr. Hen
dricks has been a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and
Salon.com\, a former editorial advisor to the award-winning
Tikkun magazine\, and a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia o
f Politics and Religion. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretatio
n has called his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in
Western biblical studies.”
\n
Hendricks’ bestselling book\, The
Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of
Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (Doubleday\, 2006)
\, was declared “essential reading for Americans” by the Washington Po
st. Social commentator Michael Eric Dyson proclaimed it “an instant c
lassic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of Americ
an religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured su
bject of the 90-minute C-SPAN special hosted by the Center for American Pr
ogress\, “Class\, Politics and Christianity.” The tenth anniversary of its
publication was acknowledged at a major 2016 panel at the American Academ
y of Religion at its annual convention in San Antonio\, TX. Governor Howar
d Dean\, former chair of the Democratic National Committee\, has called hi
s book\, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the
Bible\, the Church and the Body Politic (Orbis\, 2011)\, a “tour de
force.” His forthcoming book\, Christians Against Christianity: How Ri
ght-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith\, will
be published by Beacon Press in July 2021.
\n
A former Wall Street in
vestment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary\, the
oldest African American theological seminary in the United States\, he is
currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the Department of R
eligion and the Department of African American and African Diasporic Studi
es\; a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary\; and Emeritus Pro
fessor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. An Ord
ained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church\, Hendricks holds th
e Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Semin
ary\, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Prin
ceton University.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
On Monday\, Jun
e 14th at 2:15 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Yance Ford\, an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nomin
ated director. Ford directed Episode 5 – “1990s: The Culture Wars” of FX’s
new series PRIDE\, a six-part documentary series chronicling the s
truggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000
s.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live
series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialize
d inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to
create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured
on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, po
litical\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for ju
stice.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n \n
Please join us on Wednesday\, June 23 at 3:00 pm EST\, as we bring together a p
anel of faith leaders\, legal experts\, and advocates to discuss the Supre
me Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The Supreme Court ruled on t
his case on Thursday\, June 17th. Our panel will help us understand this <
a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/supreme-court-gay-rights-fos
ter-care.html' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>narrow ruling in favor of Ca
tholic Social Services\, the impact of their decision\, and reflect on
this approach by organizations to use religion as grounds for discriminat
ion against same-sex couples. Registration is required to receive Zoom details.
\n
Thi
s case centered on Catholic Social Services\, a child welfare agency that
sued the City of Philadelphia to receive taxpayer dollars for its child we
lfare services\, despite the agency’s refusal to comply with the City’s no
ndiscrimination requirement. A broad ruling in favor of Catholic Social Se
rvices could have granted religious agencies a broad license to discrimina
te against same-sex couples\, people of minority faiths\, unmarried couple
s\, and others—simply because they do not meet an agency’s religious test.
The Rev. Stan J Sloan\, Manag
ing Director of Collegiate Church of New York\, and Trustee for Union Theo
logical Seminary
\n
Daniele Gerard\, Senior Staff Attorney at
Children’s Rights
\n
Rev. Patrick Cheng\, Theologian in Residence at Saint Thomas
Church Fifth Avenue
\n
\n
Last August\, Union Theological Semin
ary and EDS at Union joined an amicus brief filed by Children’s Rights in
the Supreme Court case Fulton v. the City of Philadelphia. Learn more about the briefing her
e.
On Wednesday\, Jun
e 30th at 1:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Tom
Frieden\, president\, and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. They will discuss
the disproportionate impact COVID has had on people of color\, how racism
impacts health and mental health\, and the recent reports for the decline
of life expectancy in America.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with K
elly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nat
ion and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n\n
T
hese 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and
religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being ch
ampions for justice.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n\n
On Wednesday\, July 2
1 at 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with D
r. Tia Dole\, Chief Clinical Operations Officer of the Trevor Pro
ject. They will discuss how to best provide crisis intervention and suicid
e prevention services to lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, queer &
questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
EDS at Uni
on’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas expl
ores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective
responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conve
rsations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists
and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work bein
g champions for justice.
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DESCRIPTION:
What are the impacts of our global food systems on
people and the planet? What can we learn from Indigenous communities and
traditional food practices? How can a respect for faith and values make fo
od systems more healthy\, sustainable\, and equitable?
\n
To help ans
wer these questions\, the Faith + Food Coalition will host “Faith + Food:
Planting Seeds for Change” on July 27\, 2021 at 8 a.m. Central Eur
opean Summer Time (2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the US). The f
orum is open to all without charge\, but registration is required.<
/p>\n
This global online forum will present the Coalition’s findings and
recommendations to improve food security and access in conjunction with t
he United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome. The Pre-Summit—which wi
ll engage policymakers\, advocates\, NGOs\, healthcare leaders\, and other
s from around the world—is part of the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summ
it on September 24 in New York.
“Values and ethics must be included in the global policy-making con
versation about food\,” said Karenna Gore\, executive dir
ector of the Center for Earth Ethics. “We are honored to convene this foru
m with people who bring real insight about this essential dimension of hum
an life.”
\n
Speakers will be Dr. Chris Elisara\, di
rector of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Creation Care Task Force and a
senior fellow at Duke Divinity School’s Ormond Center\; Dr. Marium
Husain\, president of the Islamic Medical Association of North A
merica and a hematology/oncology fellow at Ohio State University’s Wexner
Medical Center\; Lina Mahy\, technical officer in the Wor
ld Health Organization’s Multisectoral Action in Food Systems Unit\; and <
strong>Gopal Patel\, co-founder and director of Bhumi Global. Andrew Schwartz\, the director of sustainability and global
affairs at the Center for Earth Ethics\, will moderate the discussion.
\n
“Planting Seeds for Change” builds upon five interfaith dialogues that CEE convened in May a
nd June as part of a formal UN process to engage diverse stakeholders in t
he Food Systems Summit. The Food + Faith dialogues explored how faith comm
unities—including Indigenous communities—could support the transformation
of global food systems toward something that was truly sustainable\, acces
sible\, equitable\, and regenerative. They engaged grassroots organizers\,
farmers\, food advocates\, and policymakers to gather insights and develo
p holistic\, inclusive recommendations.
\n
“Engaging faith-based grou
ps and Indigenous communities is essential to shifting worldviews toward f
ood and the natural world\,” says Schwartz. “We’re delighted to have been
invited to organize this forum alongside the Pre-Summit.”
\n
“Plantin
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alogues\, identify crucial topics for the Summit to address\, and issue ca
lls to action.
\n
The Food + Faith Coalition comprises seven groups—t
he Center for Earth Ethics\, Bhumi Global\, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation\,
Interfaith Public Health Network\, Islamic Medical Association of North Am
erica\, Parliament of the World’s Religions\, and the World Evangelical Al
liance’s Creation Care Task Force –that came together to create a platform
for faith groups and Indigenous communities around the world to contribut
e to the UN Food Systems Summit.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n\n
On Thursday\, July 29 at 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Do
uglas as she speaks with Dr. Sherry Molock\, a Senior Res
earch Fellow at The Steve Fund. They will discuss how The Steve Fund works
with colleges and universities\, non-profits\, researchers\, mental healt
h experts\, families\, and young people to promote programs and strategies
that build understanding and assistance for the mental and emotional heal
th of the nation’s young people of color.
EDS at Unio
n’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explo
res the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective r
esponsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conver
sations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists a
nd religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being
champions for justice.
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For
over 20 years\, the life and martyrdom of Jonathan Myrick Daniels has been
remembered through a pilgrimage to Hayneville\, Alabama\, co-sponsored by
the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama with the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coa
st. Due to the ongoing pandemic precautions\, the 2021 event will be a vir
tual celebration of Jonathan Daniels life and work combatting voter suppre
ssion\, and the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological will join a
s a co-sponsor.
\n
The virtual celebration will broadcast on Saturday
\, August 14\, at 11 am. The celebration will be streamed on the Diocese o
f Alabama website and social media. This is not only a momentous time in o
ur country’s history for discussions about race but also an opportunity to
spread widely the story to those who are unable to physically participate
and to those who have yet to hear the account of Jonathan Daniels and oth
ers killed during the civil rights movement. The virtual celebration will
include prayers and the Roll Call of the Martyrs offered from St. Paul’s E
piscopal Church\, Selma\, the parish where Daniels worshipped and helped t
o integrate\, as well as contemporary remarks from the Episcopal bishops f
rom the Dioceses of Alabama and the Central Gulf Coast\, community members
\, and representatives of Virginia Military Institute.
\n
The keynote
speaker will be the Rev. Kim Jackson\, who serves as a Senator for Georgi
a State Senate District 41\, representing portions of Dekalb and Gwinnett
counties. Kim works every day to build a safer\, fairer\, and more prosper
ous Georgia\, and bring the diverse voices of her district to the Capitol:
immigrants\, refugees\, and people living on the margins.
\n
Jonatha
n Myrick Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian killed while working in the c
ivil rights movement in Hayneville\, Alabama. In 1965\, in answer to Marti
n Luther King\, Jr.’s appeal\, Daniels came to Selma. He returned to semin
ary to secure permission to return to Selma to continue work sponsored by
the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU). He was one of
a group of protestors arrested on August 14. The group was held in the ja
il in Hayneville for 6 days\, and then unexpectedly released. Daniels walk
ed to a nearby store with a small group. The group was confronted by Tom C
oleman\, an auxiliary deputy\, wielding a shotgun. When Coleman pointed th
e shot gun at 17-year-old Ruby Sales\, Daniels pushed Sales out of the way
. He was killed instantly by the shot. Richard Morrisroe\, a Roman Catholi
c priest\, was shot in the back as he and the others tried to get away. Co
leman was acquitted by an all-white jury.
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The offering from this v
irtual celebration is designated for the Lowndes County Board of Education
Scholarship Fund. To give to the offering\, please visit bit.ly/DioAlaGiv
e and select “Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage Offering” from the drop down. Fo
r information on the celebration please contact the Rev. Carolyn Foster (D
iocese of Alabama)\, of Mr. Joe McDaniel\, Jr. (Diocese of the Central Gul
f Coast).
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Join the fourth HSP Exchange for an onli
ne event on Wednesday\, September 1 at 7:00 PM EST\, as t
hey welcome Union alum\, HSP Faculty member and Director of Contextual Min
istry and Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Virginia Theologica
l Seminary\, The Rev. Canon Altagracia Pérez-Bullard\, Ph.D.
\n
Sexism continues to plague society\, generally\, and women in
ministry\, specifically. To understand and combat this reality\, Dr. Peréz
-Bullard has worked with The Flourishing in Ministry Project at the Univer
sity of Notre Dame to gather data on issues facing clergywomen that impact
their ability to flourish and live fully into their call. Building on thi
s work\, Dr. Peréz-Bullard will share some of these issues and suggest str
ategies for church leaders and seminaries committed to the full inclusion
of all in the work of ministry.
\n
The HSP Exchang
e provides a special opportunity for alumni\, faculty\, and allies of the
Hispanic Summer Program to engage directly with some of our country’s best
thought leaders on topics that are highly relevant to the Latinx communit
y and the issues we face. In addition to a leading presenter\, each Exchan
ge event includes an opportunity for our community to dialogue together in
a small group setting. We know that many of our alums and friends are exc
ited about the opportunity to connect with each other\, to support each ot
her in community\, and to continue the important conversations they began
during their HSP experience.
On Tuesday\, September 7th at 2:15 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Bishop Yvette A. Flunder\, founder of
the City of Refuge United Church of Christ. Just Conversations during the
fall semester will dive deeper into the essays and themes discussed in our
fall community read\, The 1619 Project from the New York Times. In this c
onversation\, Dean Douglas and Bishop Flunder will explore the growing pub
lic debate around Critical Race Theory and the church’s role in creating a
more welcoming society for all people.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live s
eries Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized
inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to cr
eate a more just future.
\n
These 30-min
ute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\,
political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for
justice.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210907T141500
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\n
Join us on Sunday\, September 12 at 7:00 PM ET
for Convocation\, as we welcome the incoming class to Union. Con
vocation can be view on the Union Facebook page and Union YouTube Channel.
Procession | Hasan Bakr and Un
ion Drummers \nSong | Siyahamba\, South African Tr
aditional Hymn \nWelcome | The Rev. Dr. Serene Jon
es \nCall to Gather | The Rev. Dr. Andrea White \nSong | Sweet\, Sweet Spirit\, Doris Akers \n<
strong>Preamble | Calvin M. Mew \nDeclaration of I
ntention | The Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White \nText
Isaiah 58:5-12 | Dr. Ki-Eun Jang \nAddress | Dr. Cornel West \nPrayers | Dr. Sandra T. M
ontes \nSong | This Little Light of Mine\, Traditi
onal \nBenediction and Sending Forth | The Very Re
v. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
\n\n
Musical guests conducted by Dr. Malcolm J. Merriweather
\n
Janinah Burnett\, soprano
\n
Karmesha Peake\, mezzo soprano
\n
Markel Reed\, bass
\n
Edward Washington\, II\, tenor
\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T190000
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DESCRIPTION:\n
On Friday\, September
17th at 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Justin J. Pears
on\, co-founder of Memphis Community Against the Pipeline. Just Conversati
ons during the fall semester will dive deeper into the essays and themes d
iscussed in our fall community read\, The 1619 Project from the New York T
imes. In this conversation\, Dean Douglas and Pearson will explore housing
segregation laws and how they have contributed to environmental racism an
d disproportionate health outcomes for people of color.
EDS at Union’s Facebo
ok Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the ra
cialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibil
ity to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations fe
atured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religio
us\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions
for justice.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T143000
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr.\, acclaimed ethicist and
President Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York\,
died on July 28 at Mount Sinai Morningside. He was 93. Read more about the life and work of D
r. Shriver.
\n
A public memorial service is being planned for Sunday\, September 19\, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST in the Nave at T
he Riverside Church in the City of New York. The service will also be a tr
ibute to Peggy\, Don’s beloved partner in life and wife of almost 68 years
\, who will be leaving New York soon to live near her family in Iowa. A re
ception will follow the service. No RSVP is needed.
\n
The family has
asked that any memorial donations be made to Union Theological Seminary i
n support of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210919T150000
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DESCRIPTION:\n<
p>Join us for the fir
st Dharma and Justice Dialogue for this academic year with Tiokasi
n Ghosthorse\, Sensei Kritee Kanko\, PhD\,Cláudio Carvalhaes ’07\, and Rev.
Kosen Greg Snyder. This online event will take place on Thursday\, September 23 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm ET. Click here to register for the w
ebinar. \n
In a time of climate crisis when we are grieving the mass exti
nction of species\, the suffering and relocation of peoples\, and the incr
easing regularity of cataclysmic weather events everywhere\, many are ques
tioning the very foundations of the dominant culture and its very ill and
confused relationship with our sacred Earth. Rather than recognizing Earth
as the source of our being and the interwoven\, living presence that is o
ur life\, we continue to objectify the Earth as a dead heap of resources t
o be extracted for our consumption\, comfort\, and pleasure. Elders\, ance
stors\, protectors\, and many practitioners of indigenous spiritual tradit
ions who treasure and champion the Earth’s guidance are asking us to renou
nce these more destructive paths and find our way to wise and sustaining w
ays of living together. In this conversation\, we hope to explore what it
might mean to leave behind the destruction and domination our planet in fa
vor of listening to the Earth\, regaining a genuine humility\, respect\, b
alance\, and slow wisdom that can support us in transforming ourselves int
o justly aligned\, effectual\, and intimate guardians of this sacred Earth
.
Tiokasin Ghosthorse is hos
t of First Voices Radio\, which explores the cultures of Indigenous people
s and the threats they face. Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Nation of South
Dakota\, he has long been involved in Indigenous rights and advocacy. As
a musician he performs worldwide on the ancient red cedar Lakota flute and
other instruments. At the website \, he says: “We have to stop with the i
dea of creating peace on earth and begin with creating peace with Mother E
arth. We’ve tried the first alternative for thousands of years\, but look
where that has led us\; now is the time of the Original Ways\, the Native
ways … We all must make peace with Mother Earth.”
\n
\n
\n
Sensei Kritee Ka
nko\, PhD\, is a climate scientist\, educator-activist\, grief-ri
tual leader\, and a Zen priest. She is a Sensei in the Rinzai Zen lineage
of Cold Mountain\, a founding Dharma teacher of Boundless in Motion\, and
a co-founder of Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. She has served as
an Ecodharma teacher for Earth-Love-Go (Lama Foundation)\, One Earth Sang
ha\, Impermanent Sangha\, and Shogaku Zen Institute. As a senior scientist
in the Global Climate Program at Environmental Defense Fund she helps imp
lement climate-smart farming at scale in India. She was trained as a micro
biologist and isotope biogeochemist at Rutgers and Princeton Universities.
Kritee believes in identifying and releasing our personal and ecological
grief and bringing our gifts into strategic collective actions for societa
l healing. She is committed to learning from and bringing dharma to young
adults\, permaculture communities\, LGBTQ\, black\, indigenous\, and other
people of color. Her synthesis of myths surrounding climate crisis\, raci
sm\, ethics\, and action is available as a Youtube video. Her other interv
iews and articles can be accessed here.
\n
Cláudio Carvalhaes\, theologian\, liturgist and
artist\, a native Brazilian\, completed his Ph.D. in Liturgy and Theology
at Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 2007. He earned a Maste
r of Philosophy in Theology\, Philosophy\, and History at the Methodist Un
iversity of Sao Paulo in 1997 and a Master of Divinity from the Independen
t Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Sao Paulo\, Brazil) in 1992. A much s
ought after speaker\, writer\, performer\, and consultant\, Dr. Carvalhaes
has preached at Wild Goose Festival\, Festival of Homiletics\, Forum for
Theological Education\, Child Defense Fund – Proctor Institute for Child A
dvocacy Ministry\, Academy of Homiletics and many other places. He has giv
en lectures at the Liturgy Symposium Series at Yale Divinity School\, Prin
ceton Theological Seminary\, the Buddhist-Christian Conference at Denison
University\, the 7th Aasta Hansteen Lecture on Gender and Religion in Oslo
\, Norway\, the Jubilee 800 Order of Preachers of the Dominican Order at t
he Vatican\, Italy\, Societas Liturgica in Belgium\, Liturgical Conference
in Germany\, and the International Academy of Practical Theology in Brazi
l.
\n
Kosen Gregory Snyder is the Senior Director and Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at Un
ion Theological Seminary\, where he oversees the Master of Divinity degree
program in Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement as well as the Thích Nh
ất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism.
\n
Professor Snyder is an ordai
ned Zen Buddhist priest and dharma-transmitted teacher in the lineage of S
hunryu Suzuki. He co-founded and is currently the senior resident priest a
t the Brooklyn Zen Center and Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery in Millerton\,
NY. He is one of the founders of the Buddhist Action Coalition\, whose mi
ssion is to organize and inspire compassionate Buddhist initiatives in adv
ancing social\, economic\, and environmental justice through advocacy and
nonviolent direct action.
On Monday
\, September 27th at 3:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Lo
nnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Just Convers
ations during the fall semester will dive deeper into the essays and theme
s discussed in our fall community read\, The 1619 Project from th
e New York Times. In this conversation\, Dean Douglas will explore Dr. Bun
ch’s former role as director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Afric
an American History and Culture and the importance of telling an accurate
and truthful account of American history. In addition\, they will discuss
criticisms the museum faced and some of the parallels that The 1619 Pr
oject has seen since its publishing.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series <
a href='https://utsnyc.edu/eds/eds-just-conversations/'>Just Conversations
with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic
to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just fut
ure.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union
Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thoug
ht leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are a
lso available on the Union YouTube Page.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Friday\
, October 1st at 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Richar
d Rothstein\, Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute. Just
Conversations during the fall semester will dive deeper into the essays an
d themes discussed in our fall community read\, The 1619 Project from the
New York Times. Dean Douglas and Dr. Rothstein will discuss his book\, The Color of Law\,<
span data-preserver-spaces='true'> which outlines America’s history of int
entional\, state-sanctioned segregation that produced unfair housing pract
ices\, the racial wealth gap\, and continued discrimination against people
of color in our nation.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Ke
lly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our
nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook p
age will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders
to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also availab
le on the Union YouTube Page.
p>\n
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DESCRIPTION:
EDS at Union has selected The 1619 Project as our Fall 2021 Community Re
ad. This ongoing project from The New York Times Magazine “ai
ms to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery
and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our nation
al narrative.” Please join us on Thursday\, October 7\, at 6:00 pm
EST\, as we welcome Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
Dr. Muham
mad will deliver a lecture on his The 1619 Project essay
on the barbaric history of sugar production in America. He will be in con
versation with Dean Kelly Brown Douglas and available for
an audience Q&A after the lecture. Click here to RSVP for the Zoom Webinar.
As Harvard Kennedy School Profes
sor of History\, Race\, and Public Policy\, he explains how “bias educatio
n”—race education—can help individuals and institutions reconcile the past
within the present\, and move towards greater equity\, together.
\n
Widely known as one of the most influential aut
horities on racial justice in America\, Dr. Muhammad is redefining our und
erstanding of diversity\, with his work featured in the likes of the New Y
ork Times’ landmark 1619 Project\, and Ava DuVernay’s 13th.
\n
Dr. Muhammad is the author of The Condemnation of
Blackness: Race\, Crime\, and the Making of Modern Urban America\, w
hich won the John Hope Franklin Best Book Award in American Studies\, also
the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advance
d Studies.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T193000
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DESCRIPTION:
Please join President Serene Jone
s for a Knowledge and Nourishment webinar on Tuesday\, October 12<
sup>th at 12:30 pm ET. President Jones will lead a discussi
on with Charlene Visconti\, Dean of Students and
Vanessa Hutchinson\, Vice President of Admissions & Financial Aid
. They will talk about the return of students to Union’s campus\, the newl
y renovated Hastings Hall\, and the amazing incoming class.
You will get a
chance to learn about what it has been like to teach\, live\, and learn in
our reconvened community: both in-person and online. Come with questions
for President Jones\, Dean Visconti\, and VP Hutchinson\, and help add to
the discussion!
Join us for Dharma and Justice: Buddhism\, An
cestral Memory\, and Healing with Duncan Ryūken Williams\, Ve
nerable Bhante Buddharakkita\, DaRa Williams\, and Kosen Gregory Snyder. This online event will take place on Thursday\, October 14
\, from 12:30 pm – 2 pm ET. Click here to register for the webinar. <
/p>\n
For some traditions of Buddhism\, ancestral lineage offers a precious s
piritual place for devotion\, wisdom\, and a deep sense of origin. As Budd
hism continues to unfold in the United States within and beyond the Asian
communities in which it came\, all complex\, painful\, and cherished relat
ionships to ancestry and ancestors unfold with it.
\n
Historically\,
these same lineages have often been constructed for reasons of legitimacy\
, authority\, power\, and attracting resources. The legacy of white suprem
acist colonization has severed ancestries through violent occupation\, rel
ocation\, reeducation\, and enslavement. The logic of whiteness itself is
one that insists our cultural and ancestral bodies be stripped\, denounced
\, and replaced by ahistorical and racialized hierarchies of power. Ancest
ry\, then\, can for us bear a timeless love and encouragement or a deeply
cutting domination and erasure. Our ancestors can be as close to our bodie
s as our very breath and they can be rendered the unnecessary\, cultural b
aggage of less reasonable peoples.
\n
How then do we morally navigate
the many intersections of our personal and Buddhist ancestries so our vie
ws and actions cultivate healing and liberation for all beings\, rather th
an furthering the harmful\, colonial\, supremacist legacies of our world a
nd nation? As we unpack this question together\, we are excited to learn f
rom three people who have devoted their lives to working intimately at the
se very intersections.
\n\n
Duncan Ryūken Williams was ordained as a Soto Zen Buddhist priest
at Kotakuji Temple (Nagano\
, Japan) in 1993 and then served as a Buddhist chaplain at Harvard Univers
ity\, where he received his Ph.D. in 2000. Currently\, he is the Chair of
the University of Southern California’s School of Religion\, Professor of
American Studies & Ethnicity\, and Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cu
lture. Previously\, he held the Ito Distinguished Chair of Japanese Buddhi
sm at UC Berkeley and served as the Director of Berkeley’s Center for Japa
nese Studies. He is also the founder of Hapa Japan (a mixed race/mixed roots Japanese community and fe
stival). Williams is the author of the LA Times bestseller American Sutra:
A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Harvard University
Press\, 2019) about Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American internment\; T
he Other Side of Zen (Princeton University Press\, 2005)\, and editor of 7
books centered on Buddhism as well as race\, religion\, and American belo
nging. He is a co-organizer of the “May We Gather” national Buddhist cerem
ony for Asian American ancestors\, a gathering to heal the rising anti-Asi
an animus and violence of recent times. Williams is currently writing a bo
ok about a Buddhist approach to racial reparations and is the organizer of
the USC Ito Center series “Black+Japanese American Reparations”.
\n
\n
Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita was born in Uganda\, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism i
n 1990 while studying and living in India. He was ordained as a Buddhist m
onk by the late Most Venerable U Silananda in 20
02 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jos
e\, California. He then spent eight years under the guidance of Bhante HenepolaGunaratana at th
e Bhavana Society\, West Virginia. He is the fo
under and Abbot of the Uganda Buddhist Center in Uganda.
\n
Besides spending time at the Uganda Buddhist
Center\, he is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary in New Y
ork City and the spiritual director of Radiance Retreat Center in Magnolia
\, Mississippi. He is long-time member of Global Buddhist Relief’s advisor
y council in New Jersey.
\n
He
has been teaching mindfulness meditation in Africa\, the U.S.\, and worldw
ide since 2005\, and he is a much-loved teacher in many countries. His boo
k\, Pl
anting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa\, tells t
he story of his religious and spiritual work in the continent of his birth
.
\n
DaRa<
/span> Williams is a meditation
teacher\, psychotherapist and trainer. DaRa<
span id='E229'> has been a meditator for the past 25 years and is a practi
tioner of both Vipassana and
Ascension meditation. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock/Insight Medita
tion Society Teacher Training Program and is a Guiding Teacher at IMS. Th
is year she completed the role of program manager and was a core teacher i
n the IMS Teacher Training Program. DaRa has been a clinician and administrator in the field of mental
health for over 25 years and currently maintains a private teletherapy practice. She is a holder of
Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy and Complex Trauma trainig in the USA and a certified trainer and
practitioner of IFOT. She is committed to liberation and freedom thru int
egrating liberatory voices a
nd knowledge. DaRa incorpor
ates these practices\, skills\, understandings\, wisdom traditions and wor
ld views in her intention for contributing to the ending of suffering for
all beings.
\n\n
Kosen
span> Gregory Snyder is the Seni
or Director and Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at Union Theologic
al Seminary.
\n
Professor Snyder is an ordained Zen Buddhist pri
est and dharma-transmitted teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He co-founded and is currently th
e senior resident priest at the Brooklyn Zen Center and Ancestral Heart Ze
n Monastery in Millerton\, NY. He is one of the founders of the Buddhist A
ction Coalition\, whose mission is to organize and inspire compassionate B
uddhist initiatives in advancing social\, economic\, and environmental jus
tice through advocacy and nonviolent direct action.
\n
Professor Snyder’s academic and
practice interests include socially engaged Buddhism\, the intersections o
f contemplative interreligious dialogue and social action\, the relationsh
ip between Buddhist liberatory practices and social transformation\, and the exploratory juxtaposition
of Buddhism with liberation theology\, Earth-centered cosmologies\, and W
estern continental theory\, particularly phenomenology and post-structural
ism. Professor Snyder is currently working on a book exploring expressions
of social justice rooted in Buddhist dharma\, moral epistemology\, and pr
axis. He has been published in Buddhist and other periodicals\, including
Buddhadharma\, Lion’s Roar\,
Shambhala Sun and the New York Times.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
Join Political Scientist Rev. Andrew Wilkes\, co-pastor of
the Double Love Experience in Brooklyn for a conversation with sociall eth
icist and political theologian Gary Dorrien\, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics
to discuss his latest book\, American Democratic Socialism.
\n
When: Monday\, October 25
at 7:30 PM EST \nWhere: Judson Memorial Church\, 55
Washinton Square South
\n
Dorrien’s book American Democratic Socialism has been called\, comprehensive\, deeply researched\, and highly origin
al. This book offers a luminous synthesis of secular and religious sociali
sms\, detailing both their intellectual and their organizational histories
. Learn more and purchase American Democratic Socialism: History\, Politic
s\, Religion\, and Theory (Yale University Press | Amazon).
\n
This event is sponsored by the Democratic
Socialists of America working group on Religion and Socialism.
\n
p>
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GEO:+40.730219;-73.998383
LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church @ 55 Washington Square S\, New York\, NY 10
012\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Democratic Socialism in the USA
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/democratic-socialism-in-the-usa/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Tuesday\, October 26 at 2:3
0 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Dr. Brittney Coope
r\, Associate Professor at Rutgers University and co-editor of T
he Crunk Feminist Collection (The Feminist Press 2017). Dr. Cooper is the
author of Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Wome
n (University of Illinois Press\, May 2017) and Eloquent Rage: A
Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (St. Martin’s\, February 2018
). As one of the key themes found throughout The 1619 Project is the impor
tance of telling an accurate and truthful account of American history\, th
is conversation will focus on issues of identity and gender politics\, spe
cifically around issues facing Black women.
Just Conversations during the fall semester will dive deeper int
o the essays and themes discussed in our fall community read\, The 1619 Pr
oject from the New York Times.
\n
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live
series Just Conv
ersations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities
intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more
just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page wil
l invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to disc
uss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also available on t
he Union YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T150000
LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube LIve
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Just Conversation with Kelly Brown Douglas | Brittney Cooper
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/brittney-cooper/
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us on Tuesday\, October 26th f
rom 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET\, for a screening of The Ants and The Grasshopper. <
span class='JsGRdQ'>This new film\, directed by Raj Patel\, follows Anita
Chitaya as she battles hunger\, sexism and climate change in her home in M
alawi\, through the heartland of the US midwest\, to communities of people
of color in Detroit\, to the White House. Despite a language barrier\, sh
e’s able to reach patriarchs\, climate skeptic
s\, and deniers of equality through her fluency with the Bible.
Before the film screening\, there will be a welco
me by the film’s co-director\, Raj Patel. Immediately fol
lowing the screening there will be a panel discussion moderated by The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of the Episcopal Divini
ty School at Union. The panel will feature The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoha
ris\, Director of the Kairos Center\; Karenna Gore\, Director of The Center for Earth Ethics\, and Francine Johnso
n\, Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and Mileston Co-operative.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T200000
LOCATION:Virtual
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:The Ants and the Grasshopper Screening and Discussion
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:\n
Please join
us on Wednesday\, Oct 27\, 2021\; 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET for
a Seminarians in Public Service Alumni/ae Panel. It might surprise you to
learn that public service has proven to be a meaningful career path for so
me Union Theological Seminary alums.
\n
Our panelists represent all l
evels of government service — local\, state\, and federal. Come and learn
what drew these alums to careers in the public sector and how seminary tra
ining contributed to and prepared them for their careers. Following the pa
nelists’ initial discussion\, there will be time for questions from attend
ees\, as well.
Dominique Atchison\, MDiv ’06 \nRecently worked for
the New York City Office of the Mayor \nFormer Executive Director of
the Mayor’s Center for Faith and Community Partnerships \nFormer Dir
ector of Faith Engagement for First Lady Chirlane McCray
\n
E
lizabeth Edman (she/her/hers)\, MDiv ’91 \nOffice of NY Stat
e Comptroller \nDirector of Community Engagement \nAuthor\, Quee
r Virtue
\n
Derrick Harkins\, MDiv ’87 \nUS Dep
t of Housing and Urban Development \nDirector\, Center of Faith-based
and Neighborhood Partnerships
\n
Tommy Ross\, MDiv ’02 \nUS Dept of the Navy \nChief of Staff
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T170000
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Seminarians in Public Service Alumni/ae Panel
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/seminarians-in-public-service-alumni-ae-panel/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Admissions Events
CONTACT:Karmen Smith\; ksmith@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Wednesday\,Oc
tober 27\, 2021\,6:00 pm to 7:00 pm \nJames Chapel for curren
t UTS students / online for non-UTS students \nfollowed by a student-only mee
ting 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
\n
This event is
designed as an open discussion of various faculty members and PhD student
s with MA\, MDiv and STM students who are interested in applying fo
r PhD programs (at Union and elsewhere). Why would one want to pursue a Ph
D program\, and what does it take to get into one? How best to prepare for
the application process? What are some tips for a well-rounded course sel
ection in one’s masters level program? How to organize effective recommend
ations? How to build up connections that are conducive to getting accepte
d?
\n
The panel discussion is followed by a stude
nt-only meeting. MA\, MDiv and STM students are invited to mingle with PhD
students\, ask them all kinds of questions\, tap their experiences and in
sights\, and enjoy the evening.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T190000
LOCATION:Virtual and James Chapel
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR A PH.D PROGRAM?
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/considering-applying-for-a-ph-d-program-2/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Kelly Brown Douglas
\nDate: Friday\, October 29\, 1:00 – 5:00 pm | Saturday
\, October 30\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two
-day intensive course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions.
Registrants are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
\n
Students explore one of the most provocati
ve and award-winning books by Dr. James Cone on the relationship between t
he cross and the lynching tree. This book looks at how “the cross and lync
hing tree interpret each other\,” throughout the black struggle for freedo
m—even today. This class will incorporate short lectures\, panel discussio
ns\, and one-on-one interviews with scholars across the field of Black The
ology and African American history.
Students are
expected to read Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree in advance of the
course.
\n
The V
ery Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union The
ological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. Sh
e was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in November 2019.
She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathed
ral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
\n
Prior to Union\, Dean Douglas ser
ved as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D
. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before G
oucher\, she was Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University Scho
ol of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward W
aters College (1986-1987).
\n
Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master’s
degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
\n
Dean Douglas is the author of
many articles and five books\, including Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Her academic work has focuse
d on womanist theology\, sexuality and the black church.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211029T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211030T170000
LOCATION:Online Course
SEQUENCE:0
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
\n
\n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n
Join us on Monday\, November
1\, at 8:00 pm EST\, in celebration of Fèt Gede (Haitian Day of the Dead)
\, Dr. Samuel Cruz and Nyya Flores Tou
ssaint ’19 will host a discussion about how Haiti’s social\, poli
tical\, and spiritual context is wrongly contextualized as being a result
of the 1791 Vodou ceremony at Bwa Kayiman that marked the beginning of the
Slave Rebellion and Haitian Revolution.
\n
Since Haiti’s
successful establishment of the second nation-state in the Americas\, Bwa
Kayiman has been falsely claimed as Haiti making a pact with the devil in
order to be emancipated and independent. This conversation will critically
analyze the role imperialism\, Christianity\, and anti-Blackness have had
on Haiti’s current politics\, history\, and spirituality.
Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels\, Assistant
Professor of Art History and African & African Diaspora Studies\, Boston C
ollege \nDr. Nathalie Frédéric Pierre\, Assistant Pr
ofessor of History of African Diaspora\, Howard University \n
Dr. Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper\, Assistant Professor School of Social
Sciences\, University of California Irvine
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T213000
LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:The Character Assassination of Haiti
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/haiti/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Knowledge and Nourishment
CONTACT:Shana Kaplanov\; skaplanov@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
Please join Pr
esident Serene Jones for a Knowledge & Nourishment webinar on Thu
rsday\, November 4 at 12:30 pm ET. President Jones will lead a disc
ussion with Nicole Mirando\, Assistant Dean of Academic A
dministration\, and Karmen Smith\, Assistant Director of
Recruitment & Enrollment. They will share information about the exciting t
hings happening with degree programs and expanded educational opportunitie
s being offered by Union – including a concentration on Chaplaincy and Rel
igion & the Black Experience.
How can we understand the Bibl
e and other faith teachings in the context of today’s ecological crisis? H
ow can we restore traditional practices that once directed a mutual relati
onship among God\, humans\, and nature?
\n
These are among the questi
ons raised by Aliou Niang\, associate professor of New Te
stament at Union Theological Seminary\, in “A Poetics of Postcolonial Bibl
ical Criticism: God\, Human-Nature Relationship\, and Negritude” (2019). N
iang will discuss these and other issues raised in his book in a webinar o
n Friday\, November 5\, at noon Eastern Time.
\n
A native of Senegal
and member of the region’s Diola people\, Niang describes his book as “a h
umble reading of Scripture in conversation with Diola faith traditions.” H
e integrates the work of Léopold Sédar Senghor\, the architect of the conc
ept of Négritude\, and other postcolonial theorists to “reposition the col
onized” and learn from “people who have been negotiating life with nature
since time immemorial and were aware of climate change since its onset.”
p>\n
At the discussion\, Columbia University Professor of French and of
Philosophy Souleymane Diagne\, who also directs the Insti
tute of African Studies at Columbia\, will offer a response to Niang’s pre
sentation. Rev. Petra Thombs\, executive director of the
Ramapough Lenape Nation Community Center in Mahwah\, N.J.\, will provide a
reflection.
\n
“Postcolonial Poetics: Aliou Niang on the Human-Natur
e Relationship” is co-sponsored by the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Th
eological Seminary and the Institute for African Studies at Columbia Univ
ersity.
\n
This webinar is free\, but registration is required.
Aliou Cisse Niang is an associate professor
of the New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Before joi
ning Union\, he served as assistant and associate professor of New Testame
nt at Memphis Theological Seminary in Tennessee\, where he was named The R
ev. Dr. James L. Netters Associate Professor of New Testament and received
The Paul R. Brown Distinguished Teaching Award. His previous books includ
e “Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal” (2009) and “Text\, Image and
Christians in the Graeco-Roman World: A Festschrift in Honor of David Lee
Balch” (2012)\, which he co-edited with Carolyn Osiek.
\n
\n
\n
Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a professor of French and of philosophy at Columbia University\,
where he also directs the Institute for African Studies. Before joining C
olumbia\, he taught philosophy for many years at Cheikh Anta Diop Universi
ty\, Dakar (Senegal)\, and at Northwestern University. He is the author of
“African Art as Philosophy: Senghor\, Bergson\, and the Idea of Negritude
” (2011)\, “Bergson postcolonial. L’élan vital dans la pensée de Senghor e
t de Mohamed Iqbal” (2011)\, “The Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Phil
osophy in Africa” (2016)\, and “Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Con
versation with Western Tradition” (2018).
\n
\n
\n
\n
Petra Thombs<
/strong> is the executive director of the Ramapough Lenape Community Cente
r in Mahwah\, N.J.\, operated by the Ramapough Mountain Indians. She is in
preliminary fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association and wa
s ordained in 2021. A graduate from Union Theological Seminary with a Mast
ers of Divinity and a major in church history\, she focuses on the Doctrin
e of Discovery as it has fostered racism and extreme marginalization for I
ndigenous communities globally.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T120000
LOCATION:Online
SEQUENCE:0
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor:Tara Bedeau \nDate:
Friday\, November 4\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm | Saturday\, November 6\,
9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day intensive
course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrants are
expected to attend full-time\, for both days. \nRegistration
: CLOSED
\n
Join us for a two-day\, online course that will
address elements of systems change management and th
eir practical applications in furtherance of the increased effectivity\, i
mpact\, and value add of Chaplaincy care. As a profession whose pur
pose is to provide spiritual care\, inclusive of responding to spiritual a
nd emotional distress\, it is understandable that Chaplaincy has been cons
idered a marginalized entity within the organizational systems it operates
and serves. And yet\, as the constitution of “distress” has been expandin
g to mirror and include the intersectional and pressing concerns of the da
y\, the Chaplaincy function has a renewed opportunity to influence organiz
ational frameworks and operations.
\n
About Tara Bedeau
\n
TARA
BEDEAU\, ESQ.\, SPHR\, M.A.R\, has been a licensed Attorney for almost 20
years. She is the Founder and Principal of The Alchemical Workshop\, a ch
ange management organization dedicated to the cultivation and optimization
of individual and organizational health. Ms. Bedeau gra
duated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Doc
tor of Jurisprudence (J.D.). with a concentration in Public Law from Corne
ll Law School\, and a Masters in Religion (honors earned) at Union Theolog
ical Seminary. Ms. Bedeau has been awarded a Senior Professional in Human
Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Inst
itute (HRCI). She has completed certifications in Mediation and Conflict R
esolution and in Organizational Development and Change Management. She has
completed training in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and is certified by the E
dgar Cayce Center for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) in New York. She is
currently exploring Interfaith ordination.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211106T170000
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Liz Theoharis \nDate: Friday\, November 12\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm | Saturday\, November 13\, 9
:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day intensive co
urse will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrants are e
xpected to attend full-time\, for both days.
\n
The Bible is often interpreted in ways that justify inactio
n in the face of poverty\, state that poverty is eternal\, and claim that
if God wanted to end poverty\, God would do so. Rarely in our public discu
ssion or our congregations is there reference to the truly radical economi
c teachings of the Bible and the call for abundant life for absolutely all
. Students explore what the Bible really says about the poor\, prosperity\
, and justice and what we are called to do in this moment in history about
it. Attention will be paid to passages like “the poor will be with you al
ways”\, “if you do not work\, you shall not eat”\, “render unto Caesar wha
t is Caesar’s” and other biblical roadblocks for a more just society.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Our event scheduled for Monday\, Novemb
er 15 at 4:15 pm EST has been cancelled. We are sorry for the inc
onvenience. We will update this site is we are able to reschedule at any p
oint.
Democratic socialism is ascending in the United States as a consequence of
a widespread recognition that global capitalism works only for a minority
and is harming the planet’s ecology. Dr. Dorrien’s book offers a history
of American democratic socialism from its beginning to the present day. It
interprets the efforts of American socialists to address and transform mu
ltiple intersecting realities of injustice and harm. Join us as we explore
secular and religious socialisms\, detailing both their intellectual and
their organizational histories.
Join us on Thursday\, November 18 at 7:00 pm EST fo
r our Union at Home webinar Pastoral Imagination: Cultivating Leadersh
ip and Shaping Theological Education. Registration is required to receive the
Zoom webinar details.
\n
What is pa
storal imagination and why do ministers and theological educators need it
right now? Pastoral imagination is an embodied\, relational\, spiritual\,
and integrative practical wisdom. It is a capacity needed by religious lea
ders so they can see a situation in all its complexity and holy depths and
make fitting and wise responses. The panel will address ways ministers ca
n embody and educators can cultivate pastoral imagination.
Dr. Pamela Cooper-White\, Vice-Presi
dent of Academic Affairs and Dean\, and Christiane Brooks Johnson Professo
r of Psychology & Religion\, will moderate the panel
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SEQUENCE:0
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
\n
On Monday\, December 6th at 2:30 pm EST
\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Dr. Maulana Karenga\, the Creator
of Kwanzaa and the author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family\, Commun
ity and Culture. Dr. Karenga is also a Professor and Chair for the De
partment of Africana Studies at California State University\, Long Beach.
Dean Douglas and Dr. Maulana Karenga will discuss how Kwanzaa brings a cul
tural message that speaks to the best of what it means to be African and h
uman in the fullest sense.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown
Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and
our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These
30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will i
nvite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss
their work being champions for justice. Videos are also available on the
Union YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T143000
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Ahead of the Biden Administration’s December Summit for Democracy\, Union will host a virtual pre-summ
it event\, focusing on Global LGBTQIA+ Rights and Intern
ational Faith Communities on Tuesday\, December 7\, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm EST. Ou
r keynote address will be delivered by Karine Jean-Pierre\, Principal Deput
y Press Secretary and Senior Advisor to the Press Secretary at The White H
ouse.Reg
istration is required to receive the Zoom details.
The rights of LGBTQIA+ persons are an integ
ral part of our collective work to advance democracy both at home and abro
ad. This virtual event will contextualize the unfinished work of fighting
against the global increase in anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments. We will address c
rackdowns on human rights abuses and the criminalization of sexual and gen
der minority status. Following the keynote\, we will hear from local faith
leaders as well as a panel from around the globe:
<
strong>Essy Adhiambo\, Initiative for
Equality and Non Discrimination \nSteve Chalke\, Oasis Charitable Trust\, Former UN Special Adv
isor on Human Trafficking \nJulius Kaggwa\, SIPD Uga
nda \nDr. L Ramakrishnan
\, SAATHII
\n
This pre-summit event will ensure that LGBTQIA+ persons are a
n integral part of the vital work to advance democracy worldwide and call
on our leaders to find creative and diplomatic ways to transform the lives
of the LGBTQIA+ community. The we
binar is hosted by Serene Jones\, Fred Davie\, and Ruth Messinger\, and co
-sponsored by Union Theological Seminary and The Council for Global Equali
ty.
\n\n
About Karine Jean-Pierre
\n
Karine Jean-Pierre currently serves as the White House Principal Dep
uty Press Secretary. She was the Senior Advisor to President-Elect Joe Bid
en and Chief of Staff to Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-H
arris Campaign. Prior to her role on the campaign\, she served as Chief Pu
blic Affairs Officer for MoveOn.org and an NBC and MSNBC Political Analyst
. Jean-Pierre served as Regional Political Director for the White House Of
fice of Political Affairs during the Obama-Biden administration and as Dep
uty Battleground States Director for President Obama’s 2012 re-election ca
mpaign. She served as Southeast Regional Political Director for President
Obama’s 2008 campaign\, Deputy Campaign Manager for Martin O’Malley for Pr
esident\, Campaign Manager for the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Initiative\
, and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Legislative and Budget Affairs
for two members in the New York City Council. Previously\, she worked at
the Center for Community and Corporate Ethics\, pushing major companies to
change their business practices. Born in Martinique and raised in New Yor
k\, Jean-Pierre is a graduate of Columbia University.
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on December 8\, 2021\, from 9:00 – 11:45 am
for Sacred Priorities\, Faithful Action: A Social Justice Agenda for t
he Incoming NYC Administration\, an event hosted by Union Theological
Seminary through its Center for Community Engagem
ent and Social Justice. It is designed to bring religious communities\
, leaders\, and scholars into the critical social justice policy conversat
ions taking place amongst policymakers\, policy analysts\, and political l
eaders. The event is being held in conjunction with NYC 2025\, an initia
tive of NYU Wagner
that convenes non-partisan experts across a range of areas to hold an
ongoing conversation about issues that must be addressed for the city to
become a stronger and more equitable city. Registration is required to receiv
e the Zoom details.
Speakers an
d panelists will include Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin as w
ell prominent NYC policymakers (past and present)\, academics and scholars
\, and leaders of faith-based nonprofit organizations and religious commun
ities. Part of NYC 2025’s Road to Recovery Series.
\n
Additi
onal Panelists Include:
\n
Timothy Adkins-Jones (Union Faculty Member & Senior Pastor a
t Bethany Baptist Church) \nJennifer Jones Austin (C
EO\, FPWA) \nChloe Breyer (Executive Director\, The
Interfaith Center of New York) \nSamuel Cruz (Union
Faculty Member & Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church) \n
Fred Davie (Senior Strategic Advisor to the President of Union\;
Senior Advisor for Racial Equity at IFYC) \nSherry Glied (Dean and Faculty Member\, NYU Wagner School of Public Service)
\nElizabeth Glazer (Former Director of the NYC Mayor’s Of
fice of Criminal Justice) \nColvin Grannum (CEO of B
edford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation) \nSerene Jones (Union President and Faculty Member) \nKhalid Latif (Executive Director and Imam for the Islamic Center at NYU\; NYPD Ch
aplain) \nMichael Livingston (Interim Senior Ministe
r for The Riverside Church) \nFather Edward Mason (P
astor of St. Gabriel – St\, John Cantius Catholic Church in East New York
Brooklyn\, and a leader with the East Brooklyn Congregations and the Metro
-IAF\, Industrial Areas Foundation) \nRuth Messinger
(Social Justice Fellow\, Jewish Theological Seminary) \nRay
Rivera (President of the Latino Pastoral Action Center) \nJames (Jamie) Rubin (Co-Chair\, NYC 2025) \nLi
z Theoharis (Director of Kairos Center\; Co-Chair of Poor People’
s Campaign) \nDamarias Whitaker (Senior Pastor\, For
t Washington Collegiate Church) \nAndrea C. White (U
nion Faculty)
\n
In-person attendance will be limited to promote
the safety of the Union community and the well-being of attendees. If you
would like to attend as an in-person attendee\, please contact dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu. All att
endees will be required to submit proof of vaccination prior to the event.
Read Union’s visitor policy here.
How do we really know that God cares when Black people
are still getting killed? How long do we have to wait for the justice of
God? I get it\, that Christ is Black\, but that doesn’t seem to be helping
us right now. These questions from her son prompted theologian Kelly Brow
n Douglas to undertake this soul-searching reflection. The killing of Geor
ge Floyd and the ongoing litany of Black victims raised questions about th
e persistence of white supremacy in this nation\, leading her to reflect o
n how a “white way of knowing” has come to dominate American identity and
even to shape the consciousness of Christians. In exploring the message of
Confederate monuments and the “Make America Great Again” slogan\, she exa
mines the failures of even “good white Christians” and struggles with the
hope that “Black Lives Matter\,” before reaching deep into her own experie
nce and the faith of Black folks to find her way back to Resurrection Hope
. Purchase the book.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T180000
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DESCRIPTION:\n
“This book is a profound and inspirational
reminder of why you should never give up.” \n-Bernard King\, Nai
smith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer\, four-time NBA All-Star
About the Book \nFrom the grips of the Nazis to th
e top of the Olympic podium\, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madi
son Square Garden\, from yellow stars to silver spoons\, this complex tale
traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance
\, love\, and legacy can survive through generations\, carried on the shou
lders of a simple and beautiful game. By the Grace of the Game is a multi-
generational family epic detailing history’s only known journey from Ausch
witz to the NBA.
\n
Written by Dan Grunfeld\, s
on of University of Tennessee basketball legend Ernie Grunfeld. Foreword b
y Ray Allen\, NBA Champion and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Cou
ncil Member. Purchase the book today.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T203000
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SEQUENCE:0
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\nOn Thursday\, January 6th at 11:30 am EST\, joinDean Douglas as she speaks withRev. Dr. Liz Th
eoharis\, the Co-Chair Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call fo
r Moral Revival. Rev. Theoharis is also the Director of the Kairos Center
for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Justice at Union. Dean Douglas and Rev
. Theoharis will reflect on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 atta
ck on the United States Capitol and discuss the ongoing threats to our dem
ocracy. They will also examine the progress and setbacks from the first tw
elve months of the Biden administration.\n
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live
series Just Conv
ersations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities
intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more
just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Uni
on Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and
thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos
are also available on the Union Yo
uTube Page.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Friday\, January
21 at 1:30 pm EST\,
span>joinDean Douglas as she speaks withDanté Ste
wart\, writer and speak
er on the topics of race\, religion\, and politics. His 2021 book <
a href='https://www.dantecstewart.com/book'>Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistleis a meditation on being Black and learning to love in a loveless\, a
nti-Black world. Dean Douglas and Danté Stewart will discuss his book and
his New York Times op-ed How I Learned That Jesus Is Black.
span>
\n<
p>EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series <
/span>Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our na
tion and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.\n
These 30-minute conversations
featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought le
aders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also a
vailable on the Union YouTube Page.
\n
About Danté Stewart
\n
Danté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work has been fe
atured in The New York Times\, CNN\, in The Washington Post\, ESPN’s Th
e Undefeated\, Sojourners\, Religion News Service\, and elsewhere. He
received his BA in sociology from Clemson University and is currently stu
dying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta\, G
eorgia. He is the author of Shoutin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle
i>.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T140000
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SEQUENCE:0
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DESCRIPTION:
p>\n
On Thursday\, January 27th at 3:00 pm EST\, joinDean Douglas as she speaks
withthe Rev. Sarah Monroe\, priest in charge and cofounder of Chaplains on the Harbor. Chaplain
s on the Harbor seeks to build a freedom church of the poor by pastoring\,
organizing\, and empowering the leadership of poor people in Grays Harbor
County\, in Washington State. Dean Douglas and Rev. Monroe will discuss t
he ways that faith leaders can respond to housing insecurity\, evictions\,
and homelessness in their communities.
E
DS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brow
n Douglas explores the racia
lized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility
to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS
at Union Facebook page will
invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discu
ss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also available on th
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be Page.
\n
About the Rev. Sarah Monroe
\n
Sarah Monroe is the pri
est in charge and cofounder of Chaplains on the Harbor\, a parish of over
500 homeless\, incarcerated\, and poor people in rural Grays Harbor County
\, Washington State. Sarah grew up on the Harbor\, attended Episcopal Divi
nity School\, and planted Chaplains on the Harbor in 2013. Now employing e
leven staff members\, most of whom are formerly homeless\, Chaplains on th
e Harbor operates a 23-acre farm\, hosts six feeding programs a week\, run
s a community center and low-barrier shelter\, does human rights organizin
g\, and offers pastoral care to people on the streets and behind bars. Har
bor Roots Farm\, their supportive employment program\, was started in 2016
to provide living-wage jobs for local people getting off the street\, out
of jail\, graduating from drug treatment\, and otherwise stabilizing in t
heir lives. Sarah\, and the entire staff\, have been deeply involved in th
e Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival since its in
ception. She is passionate about bringing poor communities together across
lines of difference and division.
\n
Sarah has written about her exp
erience working in a majority white\, very poor community\, and on anti-ra
cism and movement building in that context\, and is currently working on h
er first book about this groundbreaking ministry.
\n
She lives with h
er wife\, two dogs\, and two cats on a tiny farm between her favorite fore
st and favorite river. In her spare time\, she grows herbs\, makes cheese\
, and is an avid reader of historical fantasy.
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\n
On
Friday\, February 4 at 2:00 pm EST\, joinDean Dou
glas as she speaks withDarren Sands
\, reporter who has covered race\, identity\, and politics for The Washing
ton Post and BuzzFeed News. Dean Douglas and Sands will discuss the fragil
ity of democracy and the role of race at this moment.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with
Kelly Brown Douglas explore
s the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective res
ponsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leade
rs to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also avai
lable on the
Union YouTube Page.
p>\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T140000
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
On Wednesday\, February 9 at 3:00 pm EST\, joinDean Douglas
as she speaks with Julian E. Zelizer\, professor of history and public
affairs at Princeton University\, and the Co-Host\, Politics and Polls po
dcast. In this conversation\, they will discuss the state of democracy\, c
ivil rights and Dr. Zelizer recently released book Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conver
sations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our co
llective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on th
e EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and t
hought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos a
re also available on the Union YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T153000
LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live
SEQUENCE:0
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DESCRIPTION:
\nJoin us on Thursday\, Februar
y 10th from 6:30 – 7:30 PM ET\, as we celebrate Black History Mon
th and honor the life of Absalom Jones\, whose feast day is February 13th.
Dean Kelly Brown Douglas will host a panel discussion with Bishop
Shannon MacVean-Brown\, Episcopal Diocese of Vermont\; B
ishop Kevin Nichols\, The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem\; and Bishop Robert Wright\, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. \n
As the Episcopal Church’s fir
st African American priest\, the Rev. Absalom Jones’ story is one of resil
ience\, struggle\, and powerful witness. Our panel will reflect on the lif
e of Rev. Absalom Jones and the significance of his witness for our Church
and nation today. RSVP for this virtual event here.
Born into slavery in Delaware in 1746\, Absalom Jones
became one of the foremost black leaders during the United States’ post-r
evolutionary period. Both Jones and Richard Allen served as lay preachers
and evangelists at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia
\, PA. When white congregants protested the tenfold increase in black memb
ership\, Jones and Allen led a historic walk out from St. George’s in 1786
which ultimately led to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal d
enomination and the first black priest and black congregation of the Episc
opal Church. Bishop William White ordained Absalom Jones as the first blac
k Episcopal priest in 1804 whereupon he denounced slavery and warned slave
holders to “clean their hands of slaves.”
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Public Programs
CONTACT:'Dr. Elizabeth 'Liz' Rios\; drlizrios@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:
\n
Join us on Saturday\, February 19 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm\, for the
In
augural Mama Leo Latinx Lecture. This online celebration of the life a
nd ministry of Mama Leo will feature a full day of worship\, workshops and
a keynote lecture by Dr. Daisy Machado\, Professor of Church History. Other speakers w
ill include Dr. Sam Cruz\, President Serene Jones\, Kat Armas\, Rev. R.l.
Ortiz Jr (Sito)\, Dr. Elzabeth Rios\, Bishop Raymond Rivera\, Dr. Robert C
hao Romero\, Rev. Jonathan Roque\, and Rev. Sonia Warren.
\n
Check out the full list of speakers and the schedule of the day on the regis
tration page here.
Union Theological Seminary\,
in partnership with Dr. Samuel Cruz\, Associate Professor of Religion and
Society\, is establishing The Mama Leo Latinx Lecture Series to honor the
Puerto Rican spiritual leader\, the Reverend Leoncia Rosado Rousseau\, kn
own to many as Mama Leo. This lecture series will celebrate her legacy as
a Latinx pioneer in the New York City faith community for those like her\,
who seek to dedicate their lives to transforming and liberating the oppre
ssed on the margins of society. Through this Latina\, a movement in the ur
ban center flourished to plant holistic churches that served the poor and
addicted. Many still exist today.
\n
This lecture series will be held
annually to recognize the unconventional and pragmatic leader’s dedicatio
n and years of service. Learn more about the Mama Leo Latinx Lecture Series here.
Join
us for Dharma and Justice: Abolition with guest panelists Jasmine Syedullah\, Justin von Bujdoss\, and Rima Vesely-Flad.
This online event will take place on Tuesday\, February 22\, from
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET. Click here to register for the webinar.
With nearly 2.3 million people locked up behind bars\, the
United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the worl
d. Moreover\, Black\, Indigenous\, and other communities of color are disp
roportionately targeted for criminalization and incarceration. With the Bo
dhisattva vow calling for the liberation of all beings\, how should Americ
an Buddhists contend with the present reality of mass incarceration and it
s origins in the 13th Amendment? Are Buddhist notions of liberation aligne
d with the movement to abolish jails and prisons? Are there alternative wa
ys of thinking about the current retributive justice system that are roote
d in the dharma?
\n
To engage with these challenging issues\, Union T
heological Seminary’s Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism present
s the Dharma and Justice Dialogues Series on Abolition. Please join guest
panelists Jasmine Syedullah\, Justin von Bujdoss\, and Rima Vesely-Flad as
they explore this important topic. Union students Weishin Huang and Grego
ry Smith will serve as facilitators for this rich conversation.
\n\n\n
Dr.
Rima Vesely-Flad is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Social Ju
stice\, and the Director of Peace and Justice Studies\, at Warren Wilson C
ollege.She is the author of <
i>Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillne
ss in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press \,2022) and Racial Pur
ity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution\, Black Lives\, and the Struggle
for Justice (Fortress Press\, 2017).
\n\n
\n
Jasmine Syedullah is a queer black feminist political
theorist of abolition\, as well as co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking R
ace\, Love\, and Liberation (North Atlantic Books\, 2016). She joined the
Program of Africana Studies to teach prison studies at Vassar College in 2
019 and holds the first Assistant Professor line there. Her current book\,
Stay Truant: The Loophole Matrix of Ms. Harriet Jacobs’s Anyday Abolition
\, reads the fugitive writings of formerly enslaved mother Harriet Jacobs’
s and her abolitionist spirit of freedom as a protofeminist foundation for
contemporary carceral race and gender studies.
\n
Before joining the faculty at Vassar\, Syedullah taught at the Unive
rsity of San Francisco and the University of California Santa Cruz where s
he completed her PhD in Politics with a designated emphasis in Feminist St
udies and History of Consciousness. Her research is published in Abolition
: A Journal of Insurgent Politics\, The Journal of Contemporary Political
Theory\, Society and Space\, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review\, and Truthout.
\n
Out in the world\, Dr Sy\, as she is affe
ctionately called\, is a certified yoga teacher and mindfulness facilitato
r. She also supports the continued work of the Radical Dharma Movement Pro
ject by bringing embodied practices of liberation to spaces of social just
ice\, community organizing\, and institutional change across occupied Turt
le Island.
\n\n\n
Lama Justin von Bujdoss (Repa Dorje Odzer) is
an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher\, writer\, and the is a co-founder
of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod
Owens. He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticit
y and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books\
, contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness:Critical Reflections published by Lexington Books. From 2018 through 2021 Lama Justin served
as the Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Departm
ent of Correction where he also served as Staff Chaplain from 2016 through
2021. He also has experience as a hospice and hospital chaplain as well.
He was ordained as a repa\, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of
Milarepa\, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche. Lama Justin has presented o
n Buddhist practice at Harvard\, Princeton\, Yale\, University of Chicago\
, Wellesley\, Columbia and has led retreats at a variety of dharma centers
and is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authentic em
bodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West.
Weishin Huang (he/they) is a first-generation Chinese Ameri
can\, having immigrated to the U.S. with his family after the pro-democrac
y demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. They are dedicated to the work of he
aling and transforming the intergenerational impact of state violence\, pa
rticularly for those involved in the criminal legal system. He is pursuing
a dual degree in Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement at Union Theologi
cal Seminary and an MSW at Columbia School of Social Work. Previously\, We
ishin was a theater artist and worked in the NYC non-profit cultural and c
ivic sector for nearly two decades. He is a sangha member of the Brooklyn
Zen Center\, where he also serves as the Board Chair.
\n\n
Gregory Smith <
/b>worked in the youth development field for 7 years before coming to Union Theological Seminary to pursue
a Masters in Divinity studying Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement. Whi
le serving as a counselor and teacher within NYC public high schools\, he
received the Zen precepts from his Dharma teacher\, Nancy Mujo Baker\, in
2019. As a way to integrate spiritual practice with his professional life\
, Gregory enrolled at Union and presently serves as a chaplain intern at R
ikers Island. He is currently interested in developing abolitionist inform
ed systems of care.
On Friday\, 25 February
2022\, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm\, visiting New Testament professor\,
Dr. David L. Balch\, will present a fascinating paper entitled “Greek Tra
gedy\, Pompeian Amphitheater Art\, and Christian Martyrs in Nero’s Gardens
(1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus\, Ann. 15.44). 14 Figs.”
David L Balch \nEmerit
us Prof. New Testament and Early Christian Literature PLTS/GTU \nform
er Staff Chaplain\, V.A. \nfather\, grandfather \nnow Portland\,
OR 97206
\n
I was born in a part of the USA that keeps earning its r
eputation as segregationist and misogynist. As we read the Bible\, my bril
liant mother was not allowed to speak in worship for all her 90+ years! I
earned a doctorate at Yale investigating the New Testament household codes
that silence women and found that a white man in Greece\, Aristotle\, gav
e them form and content\; they did not drop from heaven! Once liberated fr
om an original\, rural enclosed culture\, I traveled to study diverse cult
ural values\, first to the intellectuals in Germany\, where I was fascinat
ed by Ernst Käsemann\, who had been imprisoned by the Nazis\, then to Isra
el\, later to the artists in Italy\; I have spent the last 25 years studyi
ng the Roman art of Pompeii. My son\, Justin\, who loves Latin jazz\, intr
oduced me to Argentina\, Puerto Rico\, and Ecuador. I also studied briefly
at the Catholic university in San Salvador\, where I visited the chapel i
n which Oscar Romero was assassinated. The social\, political\, and spirit
ual meaning and context of Jesus\, Paul\, and Luke intrigue me\, as well a
s the visual Greco-Roman culture in which they lived.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Center of Community Engagement and Social Justice
\,EDS at Union\,Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Kelly Brown Douglas \nDate: Friday\, March 4\, 1:00 pm – 6
:00 pm | Saturday\, March 5\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day intensive course will be held onli
ne\, through synchronous sessions. Registrants are expected to attend full
-time\, for both days.
\n
Students explore Audre Lorde’s landmark bo
ok addressing the intersecting and interactive realities of oppression wit
h special concern with issues surrounding race\, gender and sexuality. Aud
re Lorde’s work continues to speak to today as a people as we still strugg
le to create a world where all of God’s people can thrive and be whole. He
eding Lorde’s words\, “Our silence won’t protect us\,” this class will inc
lude short lectures\, panel discussions\, and one-on-one interviews with s
cholars across the field of Womanist Theology and African American history
to discuss some of the most pressing issues of injustice. Students are expected to read Lorde’s Sister Outsider: Essays and
Speeches.
\n
Registration Is Closed: We are no
longer excepting students for this course.
\n
Ab
out Kelly Brown Douglas
\n
The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Un
ion Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2
017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in Novembe
r 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National
Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
\n
Prior to Union\, Dean Douglas served as Professor of Religion a
t Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Reli
gion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Pro
fessor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and
Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987).
\n
Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master
’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
\n
Dean Douglas is the author of many a
rticles and five books\, including Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective<
span data-preserver-spaces='true'> and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
em>. Her academic work has focused on w
omanist theology\, sexuality and the black church.
EDS at Union has selected the Pulit
zer Prize-winning bestseller Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American C
ity by Matthew Desmond as our Spring 2022 Community Read. This la
ndmark work of scholarship and reportage takes us into the poorest neighbo
rhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Pleas
e join us on Thursday\, March 10\, at 6:00 pm EST\, as we
welcome Dr. Matthew Desmond\, the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociolog
y at Princeton University for the Spring 2022 Community Read Lecture and I
nterview. An RSVP is required to attend this virtual event.Unio
n students are invited to attend in person.
In 2015\, M
atthew Desmond was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Grant for “revealing the
impact of eviction on the lives of the urban poor and its role in perpetu
ating racial and economic inequality.” He is the principal investigator of
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University\, which creates data\, interacti
ve tools\, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the
eviction crisis.
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
For almost 50 years
\, Roe v. Wade has been settled case law\, protecting reproductive rights
by guaranteeing access to abortion. That may soon change: In just a few mo
nths\, the Supreme Court will likely weaken or entirely overturn Roe — rob
bing tens of millions of American women of the right to choose.
\n
It’s no secret that right-wing Chri
stian leaders and organizations have long been at the forefront of this an
ti-choice crusade\, using a warped vision of Christian theology to justify
eliminating a woman’s right to control her reproductive future.
p>\n
At Union Theological Seminary\, we
wholeheartedly reject this contortion of Christianity – and are speaking
out to fight it. On March 23rd from 10:00 am – 11:00 am ET\, we will host a moderated discussion with
prominent Christian leaders about why we must protect the right to choose
. We will explore the faith-based debate over abortion\, how it has become
such a motivating force for the evangelical right\, and detail the many w
ays that religion should be used to expand people’s dignity and freedom —
not diminish it.
\n
This urg
ent conversation will explore how progressive faith leaders can rise up an
d combat the state laws chipping away at the reproductive freedoms guarant
eed by Roe and decades of settled law.
\n
The followin
g panelists will participate in this moderated event:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is widely kno
wn as a kind of “modern saint” in contemporary Protestantism. He is one of
the most influential theologians of the 20th century and his popularity i
s still growing\, both in Germany and the USA. He was the author of famous
works such as Discipleship and Letters and Papers from Priso
n and he was affiliated to Union Theological Seminary where he visite
d twice – as a postgraduate student and as visiting professor. However\, h
e was also a complex personality: pastor\, double agent and actively engag
ed in the resistance movement against the totalitarian regime in Nazi-Germ
any. What inspiration can we get from him to face the challenges of our ti
me? This lecture will present research on new primary source material\, po
inting out the difference between hagiography vs. biography.
\n\n
Dr. Jutta Koslowski (born 1968 in Germany)\, ha
s graduated in Protestant\, Catholic and Orthodox theology as well as in s
ocial work and philosophy. She has earned a Ph.D. in theology at the Unive
rsity of Munich. She is an ordained Lutheran pastor in the Protestant Chur
ch in Germany and lecturer for ecumenism and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Be
sides\, she is doing research on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his family backgr
ound. She has published a substantial number of books and articles in reno
wned academic periodicals. Currently\, she is serving as Dietrich Bonhoeff
er Visiting Professor of Church History at the Union Theological Seminary
in New York.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union
CONTACT:Miguel Escobar\; mescobar@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Please join us on Thursday\,
March 24\, at 6:00 pm EST for an interview with Julio O. Torres
about his newest book\, Oscar Romero: A Man for Our Times. This
event will take place on the feast day for the celebrated Archbishop and
martyr.
\n<
p>Winner of a Silver Medal at the 2022 Illumination Book Awards\,
a unique perspective on one of the greatest religious fig
ures of recent history.\n
An in-depth portrait of Oscar Rom
ero\, the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador\, based on research of his dia
ries and sermons and on interviews with most of his surviving relatives\,
friends\, and co-workers. This biography provides a unique insider/outside
r perspective on both Romero and the plight and struggle of Central Americ
an immigrants and other migrant and impoverished populations.
\n
Torr
es takes readers into Romero’s early life\, his seminary formation\, and h
is active ministry\, including conflicts with the ruling elites and hierar
chy that led to his ultimate martyrdom. The book concludes with his canoni
zation and the pursuit of justice against his murderers.
\n\n
Julio O
. Torres is a Salvadoran Episcopal priest who lived and worked in
El Salvador with Archbishop Oscar Romero during the turbulent years leadi
ng to the country’s bloody civil war. He ministered to Salvadoran refugees
in Nicaragua during the 1980s. He lives in El Salvador.
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CONTACT:Aliou Niang\; (646) 964-5774\; aniang@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
On Friday\, 25 March 2022\, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm\, please join us for a conversation with Dr. Brigitte Kahl and Dr. Aliou C. Niang on their co-authored pa
per in production for a Festschrift honoring the work of Dr. Paul Jewett e
ntitled “Reading Galatians with Barbarians: West African and East European
Perspectives.” Union Students are invited to attend in person\, guests can join online.<
/p>\n
Triumphan
tly reined in by the civilizing mission of Roman colonialism\, Paul’s Gala
tians are the most notorious (ex-)barbarians of the ancient world. Reading
the letter before the backdrop of 19th/20th century French and German imp
erialism and the Christian-occidental mission civilisatrice among “barbari
ans” like the Senegalese Diola people\, offers striking cross-contextual i
nsights into the elusive context and subversive texture of Paul’s radical
text.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Center of Community Engagement and Social Justice
\,EDS at Union\,Life Long Learning
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Jeremy Hultin \n
Date: Friday\, March 25\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm | Saturday\, March 26\
, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day intensive
course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrants ar
e expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
\n
This course explo
res the Gospel of Luke\, focusing on the themes it sets forth programmatic
ally in Jesus’ inaugural sermon: “good news for the poor”\; “release for t
he captives”\; “freedom for the oppressed”\; and “the Favorable Year of th
e Lord.” Students examine how these topics recur throughout Luke’s narrati
ve\, looking closely at the complexities of Jesus’ teachings on economic a
nd societal injustices. The goal is to gain a fuller understanding of what
categories like “poor\,” “oppressed\,” and “captive” meant in Jesus’ time
\, and how he and his followers envisioned the reversal\, renewal\, and re
volution that might usher in the kingdom of God. This historical and liter
ary analysis can enrich the ways we draw on Luke to inform and inspire our
contemporary application and activism.
Professor Jeremy Hultin comes to Union from Perth\, Austra
lia\, where he was Lecturer in New Testament at Murdoch University\, and w
here he worked with Anglican ordinands at Wollaston Theological College\,
from 2012-2016. Before that\, he taught New Testament at Yale Divinity Sch
ool from 2003-2012.
\n
Dr. Hultin is interest
ed broadly in the history\, language\, and literature of ancient Judaism a
nd Christianity\, as well as in the broader study of philosophy and religi
on in the Mediterranean.
\n
Dr. Hultin’s firs
t book\, The Ethics of Obscene Speech in Early Christianity and Its Env
ironment (Brill 2008)\, examined early Christian rhetoric about foul l
anguage in the broader context of ancient discussions about the nature and
propriety of speech.Work on
that book prompted an ongoing interest in the ways that gender\, status\,
and ethnicity figure in ancient discussions of speech\, and the way that s
ocial realities are revealed—and shaped—by discourse
about how to talk.In 2010\,
Dr. Hultin co-founded a new Society of Biblical Literature Unit called “Sp
eech and Talk in the Ancient Mediterranean World\,” which has brought toge
ther scholars from various disciplines.
\n
Dr
. Hultin hasalso <
span class='s1'>completed a translation (with notes<
/span>) for a bi-lingual edition
of Hippolytus’s Commentary on Daniel\, which will be published in S
BL’s Writings from the Greco-Roman World series. Hippolytus’s Co
mmentary is of special interest\, as it is the earliest surviving Christian commentary on a book
of the Hebrew Bible\; furthermore\, it is valuabl
e source of information about Christian practice a
nd belief at the turn of the third century. \n \nDr. Hultin is currently working on severa
l projects\, the largest of which is a commentary for the Hermeneia series
on Jude and 2 Peter. \n
Join us on Monday\,
March 28\, at 6:00 pm as Dr. Mona Siddiqui (Univ
ersity of Edinburgh) hosts a discussion with Dr. Cornel West (Union Theological Seminary) and Dr. Russell Moore (C
hristianity Today) about the complicated role of religious\, political\, i
nstitutional\, and personal loyalties in contemporary American life.
Loyalty is essential to expressions of faith\, family\, and friendsh
ip but can come into conflict with other identities. The panelists will re
flect on their experiences of loyalty and assess the place of loyalty in t
he current political and religious landscape.
\n
Panelists
strong>
\n
Dr. Cornel West\, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Pr
ofessor of Philosophy & Christian Practice\, Union Theological Seminary \nDr. Russell Moore\, Public Theologian at Christianit
y Today and Director of Christianity Today’s Public Theology Project
\nDr. Mona Siddiqui\, Professor of Islamic and Interrelig
ious Studies\, University of Edinburgh
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
As spring weath
er arrives\, we wanted to let you know about several exciting opportunitie
s to learn more about the fully online\, part-time Master of Arts (MA) in Social Justice launching in
Fall 2022. Our online information sessions will provide you with an oppor
tunity to hear more about the program’s unique curriculum\, faculty\, and
student experience–as well as ask questions about admissions and financial
aid.
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\,Life Long Learning
CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Instructor: Dr. Josef Sorett\, V
isiting Professor of African American History (Union) and Professor of Rel
igion and African American and African Diaspora Studies (Columbia) \n
Date: Friday\, April 1\, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Saturday\,
April 2\, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm \nFormat: This two-day i
ntensive course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Regist
rants are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
Religion
has been a complicated and contested\, yet central\, organizing force in t
he making of black life in America. At the same time\, African American re
ligious life has been the subject of much scrutiny throughout the history
of the United States\, serving arguments that advocated abolition\, emanci
pation and full enfranchisement\, but also functioning as evidence to just
ify enslavement and second-class citizenship. To better understand such ph
enomena\, this 2-day public/intensive course provides a chronological surv
ey that introduces students to a range of ideas and practices\, individual
s and institutions\, as well as important themes and topics in African Ame
rican (thus American) religious history. Primary attention is given to Afr
o-Protestantism in the United States\; however\, throughout the course att
ention is directed to religious diversity and varying religious traditions
/practices in different diasporic locales. Guest speakers will include The Very Reverend Dr.
Kelly Brown Douglas
(Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Un
ion and Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology\, Union) and Dr. Lerone A. Martin (Director\, Martin
Luther King\, Jr.\, Research and Education Institute and Associate Profes
sor of Religious Studies\, Stanford).
Josef Soret
t is Professor of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studi
es at Columbia University\, where he is also chair of the Department of Re
ligion and directs the Center on African-American Religion\, Sexual Politi
cs and Social Justice. As an interdisciplinary scholar of religion and rac
e in the Americas\, Josef employs primarily historical and literary approa
ches to the study of religion in black communities and cultures in the Uni
ted States. His first book\, Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of
Racial Aesthetics (Oxford University Press\, 2016) illumines how reli
gion has figured in debates about black art and culture across the 20th ce
ntury. A second book\, The Holy Holy Black: The Ironies of an American
Secular\, is forthcoming with Oxford UP. Additionally\, Josef is editi
ng an anthology\, The Sexual Politics of Black Churches\, which wil
l be published by Columbia University Press.
\n
\n\n\n
Josef’s scholarly work has been supported with grants from the Henr
y Luce Foundation\, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation\, the E. Rhodes and Leon
e B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Arcus Foundation\, the Ford Foundation\, t
he Louisville Institute\, the Forum for Theological Exploration\, and Yale
University’s Institute for Sacred Music. His research has been published
in academic journals and anthologies\; and his writing and commentary have
also appeared in a range of popular media outlets\, including ABC News
\, the New York Times\, and the Washington Post\, as wel
l as on the BBC and NPR.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
On Monday\, 4 April 2022\, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm\, please join us for a presentation and Q&A with Dr. Klara Naszkowska f
or a presentation titled “Jewish Identities of Women Psychoanalysts Who Fl
ed Nazi Europe to the United States\,” which will focus on Dr. Naszkowska’
s work researching Jewish women pioneers in psychoanalysis\, and how their
Jewish identities influenced their work and circumstances. Attendees are invited to
join in person or virtually. This event is sponsored by Unio
n’s Psychology and Religion Program and the Program in Jewish Gender and W
omen’s Studies at Jewish Theological Seminary.
The forced migration of the Jewish people from Europe to the United
States in 1933-1941 is one of the most significant phenomena in twentieth
–century intellectual history. However\, close to nothing has been written
on Jewish female psychoanalysts swept in that immigration wave. In the fi
rst part of the lecture\, I will introduce this understudied diaspora of a
lmost eighty Jewish women analysts who fled Hitler to the US\, where they
became “essential workers” in mental-health care when America joined World
War II. I will discuss their personal and professional biographies includ
ing family and religious backgrounds\, education and career patterns\, exp
eriences of exile and (non)belonging\, their relationships with the past\,
and the construction of national\, spiritual and cultural identities\, wi
th a special attention to Jewish identity. The second part of the lecture
will be devoted to the unique case of Judith S. Kestenberg\, who\, differe
ntly from her colleagues\, tried to work through the losses and traumas ca
used by the emigration\, war\, and the Shoah. I will examine her complex\,
multilayered identity of a Jewish women raised in an Orthodox home\, Pole
\, Galitzianer\, a New Woman\, refuge\, trauma survivor\, daughter of Holo
caust victims\, non-citizen in the US\, “essential worker”\, wife\, mother
\, and more. The lecture is based on a research project that prioritizes p
ersonal accounts\, with a special focus on Oral History.
\n
Klara Naszkow
ska\, PhD. is a Cultural and Personal Historian with research int
erests in Jewish Women and Gender Studies\, Immigration Studies\, Memory S
tudies\, and Oral Histories. Most currently\, in her position of a Postdoc
toral Visiting Scholar at Union Theological Seminary (UTS) and at the Cent
er for Jewish History (CJH)\, she has been researching and writing a book
devoted to Jewish women who fled the Nazis to the United States in 1933-19
41 where they served as “essential workers” in mental-health care. In an e
ffort to reclaim and reconstruct their personal and professional biographi
es\, and of permitting their voices be heard\, she has given the priority
to personal accounts of said women\, with a special focus on oral historie
s.
\n
Dr. Nasz
kowska holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Edin
burgh\, and an M.A. in Polish Literary Studies from the University of Wars
aw. As a 2019/2020 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at UTS she worked on a resea
rch project devoted to an oppressed and understudied Jewish psychoanalyst\
, Sabina Spielrein. She is also the Founding Director of the International Association for Spielrein S
tudies. As the head of the scientific and organizational committee\, s
he is putting together an international conference “Sabina Spielrein and the Early Female Pio
neers of Psychoanalysis\,” on April 10\, 2022.
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:Kevin Bentley\; kbentley@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
The Troubles in Mind Nobody Knows: Ja
mes Cone’s Enduring Witness and the Spirituals\, Sacred and Secular
strong>
\n
Union is pleased to announce the Second Annual James H. C
one Lecture will be presented by Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes. In honor of Dr. James H. Cone\, the father of Black Liberation Theolog
y\, this annual lecture will continue forth his legacy of prophetic Black
theological and religious thought that pricks the conscience of America.
p>\n
Join us Wednesday\, April 6 at 6:00 p.m. EST\, as
Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes\, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor
of African-American Studies and Sociology and director of the African Amer
ican Studies Program at Colby College will deliver a lecture titled Th
e Troubles in Mind Nobody Knows: James Cone’s Enduring Witness and the Spi
rituals\, Sacred and Secular.
\n
The lecture will focus on the i
mpact and the importance of James Cones’ 1972 publication\, The Spirit
uals and the Blues\, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year.
It’s an important component to understand the current struggle over the k
nowledge about slavery and the experience of the people who were enslaved.
RSVP to attend
in-person or virtually.
\n
There will be a moderated con
versation and Q&A with Dr. Gilkes after the lecture.
Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (Pronounced “Jillks”) is t
he John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studie
s and Sociology and director of the African American Studies Program at Co
lby College in Waterville\, Maine. An ordained Baptist minister\, she is a
n assistant pastor for special projects at the Union Baptist Church in Cam
bridge\, Massachusetts\, and holds degrees in sociology from Northeastern
University (B.A.\,M.A.\, Ph.D.). Her specialties focus on African American
women\, religion\, social change\, and the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois for
sociology\, African American studies\, and religious studies\, and her re
search\, teaching\, and writing have specifically focused on the role of A
frican American women in generating social change and on the diverse roles
of black Christian women in the twentieth century. She is currently at wo
rk on a book titled\, That Blessed Book: The Bible and the African America
n Cultural Imagination\, and some of her essays and articles are gathered
in her 2001 book\, If It Wasn’t for the Women: Black Women’s Experience an
d Womanist Culture in Church and Community. READ MORE
They will also explo
re themes of Blackness\, gender\, and sexuality within Dharma practice and
communities. Engaging the work of Black Buddhist teachers\, they will to
gether examine the distinct contributions of contemporary writers\, as wel
l as luminaries such as James Baldwin and Audre Lorde\, whose essays clari
fy historical teachings on suffering\, impermanence\, compassion\, and sen
suality.
Dr.
Rima Vesely-Flad is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Social Justic
e\, and the Director of Peace and Justice Studies\, at Warren Wilson Colle
ge. She is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition:
The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press\, 2022
) and Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution\, Black Lives\,
and the Struggle for Justice (Fortress Press\, 2017).
\n
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About Dr. Toni Pressley-Sanon
\n
Dr. Toni Pressley-Sanon is Associ
ate professor of Africology and African American Studies at Eastern Michig
an University. She is the co-editor of Raoul Peck: Power\, Politics and th
e Cinematic Imagination (Lexington Books\, 2015) and author of Istwa Acros
s the Water: Haitian History\, Memory\, and the Cultural Imagination (Gain
esville\, FL: University Press of Florida\, 2017). You can find her bloggi
ng at www.alligatorwoods.blog
.
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CONTACT:Tim Cross\; tcross@centerforearthethics.org
DESCRIPTION:\n
\nWe are not lacking in the dynamic
forces needed to create the future. \nWe live immersed in a sea of e
nergy beyond all comprehension. \nBut this energy\, in an ultimate se
nse\, \nis ours not by domination but by invocation. \n— Thomas Berry
\n
Join the Center for Earth Ethics on Friday\, April 22\,
from 4:00 to 7:00 pm for Earth Day 2022: Life F
orce. This Earth Day\, we are thinking about untapped creative power:
the ways of thinking\, doing and being that our commodified\, globalized\,
fossil-fueled society tends to dominate and devour. Life Force is an oppo
rtunity for people to regenerate creativity while working toward a climate
-safe future.
We live in the time of climate emergency\, but it is als
o a time when we are more equipped than ever to work together. We can fost
er communities that celebrate our differences\, yet never lose sight of ou
r common humanity. We can dispel the illusion of our separateness from nat
ure. We can look to our roots\, the Earth\, the elements\, and all the int
erconnected life around us that ultimately make our own lives possible. We
can reimagine the economy away from relentless extractivism and exploitat
ion. We must become an unstoppable counterforce to the stunted thinking th
at has hampered efforts to avert ecological breakdown.
\n
Let’s spend
an afternoon tending to the best of the human spirit\, which is part and
parcel of the life force that animates our planet.
\n
Earth Day 2022
is an opportunity for tapping into the creative energy that flows through
each of us\, a counterpoint to the overload of information and analysis th
at can leave us depleted and exhausted—and a boost to get us to the other
side. Join us as we gather with artists\, poets\, thought leaders and clim
ate scientists who are reimagining and recasting how we experience the gre
atest challenge of our time.
\n
Convened by the Center for Earth Ethi
cs at Union Theological Seminary\, in collaboration with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
and The Climate Museum\, Earth Day 2022 will bridge the gaps to fost
er ecological thought and action.
\n
Scheduled participa
nts include:
\n
B
ill McKibben | Gavin Schmidt | Jacqui Pa
tterson
\n
Jody Sperlin
g | Karenna Gore | Kate Marvel | Rev. Le
nnox Yearwood
\n
Lyla J
une | Mike Massimino | Miranda Massie |
Mitchell Joachim
\n
Pád
raig Ó Tuama | Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky | Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
Following a lecture from Dean Cooper-White\
, a panel of Union professors moderated by President Serene Jones will discu
ss the book and respond to the lecture.
\n
Panelists will inc
lude
\n
Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at Union \nGary Dorrien\, Reinhold Niebuhr Pro
fessor of Social Ethics. \nCornel West\, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor o
f Philosophy & Christian Practice
Keynote Addre
ss | 12:00 1:00 pm \nMelanie L. Harris\, PhD
\n
Dr. Melanie L. Harris\, PhD (Union) is Pro
fessor of Black Feminist Thought and Womanist Theology jointly appointed w
ith Wake Forest School of Divinity and the African American Studies progra
m at Wake Forest University\; and Director of the Food\, Health and Ecolog
ical Well-Being Program. A graduate of the Harvard Leadership Program\, D
r. Harris is a former American Council of Education Fellow and Founding Di
rector of Texas Christian University’s African American and Africana Studi
es program. Her research and scholarship critically examines intersections
bxetween race\, religion\, gender and environmental ethics. She is the a
uthor of Gifts of Virtue: Alice Walker and Womanist Ethics (Palgr
ave)\, Ecowomanism: Earth Honoring Faiths (Orbis) andco
-editor of Faith\, Feminism\, and Scholarship: The Next Generation (Palgrave)\, as well as many scholarly articles and book chapters.
\n
Wisdom from Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition for Spiritual C
are | 1:15 – 2:15 pm \nDonna Carole Roberts\, MS & Rev. D
r. Samuel Cruz
\n
Donna Roberts\, MS
strong>\, is a longtime environmental educator\, activist\, non-profit lea
der\, and filmmaker with an MS in Environmental Sciences. She is Coordina
tor of Vermont Interfaith Power & Light\, and is producer/director and co-
writer of the documentary\, “Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Bra
zil”\, narrated by Alice Walker. Nearly two decades in the making\, the f
ilm has won six best documentary awards and screened internationally. Donn
a’s graduate field research focused on the work of Brazilian women socio-e
nvironmental educators and activists\, including the esteemed Candomblé le
ader Makota Valdina Pinto who is also featured in the documentary film.” <
a href='http://www.yemanjathefilm.com'>www.yemanjathefilm.com
\n
Rev. Sam
uel Cruz\, PhD\, is Associate Professor of Religion and Society a
t Union Theological Seminary\, and author of Masked Africanisms: Puert
o Rican Pentecostalism\; and Christianity and Culture in the City
: A Post Colonial Approach. He has an extensive background in the fi
eld of Sociology of Religion\, focusing on ethnographic research on Afro-L
atinx spiritualities\, Pentecostalism and African spiritualities of the Ca
ribbean. Pastor Cruz is known in New York City and Puerto Rico for advocat
ing for Afro-Latinx rights\, and is a frequent guest on MSNBC\, the Meliss
a Harris-Perry Show\, and a guest host on WBAI-FM. He is an ordained Past
or in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Senior Pastor of Trin
ity Lutheran Church\, Brooklyn.
\n
Ritual and Ecojustice for
Spiritual Care | 2:30 – 3:30 pm ET \nRev. Cláudio Carvalh
aes\, PhD\, Aiping Cao & Jing Lin
\n
Rev. Cláudio Carvalhaes\, PhD (Union) is Associ
ate Professor of Worship\, Union Theological Seminary\, and a regular inst
ructor in the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP). He is author most recently o
f Ritual at World’s End\, and Liturgies from Below\, amo
ng many publications in both English and Portuguese. He is a much sought
after speaker\, writer\, performer\, and consultant\, Dr. Carvalhaes has h
eld a number of leadership positions in the American Academy of Religion a
nd has presented frequently to the North American Academy of Liturgy\, the
Academy of Homiletics\, and the International Academy of Practical Theolo
gy Academy of Homiletics\, and has preached and lectured widely in the U.S
.\, Oslo\, the Vatican\, Mozambique\, and his native country Brazil. He i
s an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA.
\n
Xian’a
i (Aiping Cao) and Xian’an (Jing Lin) are Buddhist nuns from Chin
a of the Mahayana tradition. Currently\, they are STM students at Union Th
eological Seminary and will join the Ph.D. program at Union this Fall to s
tudy Buddhist ritual and climate crisis. During the past eight years\, the
y practiced mindfulness and studied Buddhist philosophy in the temple loca
ted in Manhattan\, and they completed the Buddhism and Interreligious Enga
gement MDiv program at Union Theological Seminary.
Join us on Friday\, April 29 from 12 noon to 6:00 pm E
T for Vibrant\, Visible\, Vocal\, an arts showcase is an e
xpression of AAPI presence\, resilience\, and joy in the midst of anti-Asi
an racism in all its various forms. We consider the arts—both new and old\
, inherited and original—as a potent way to stand up against anti-Asian vi
olence\, and welcome all mediums of expression.
Sponsored by th
e AAPI Caucus at Union\, this event will be an arts exhibition and an in-p
erson live presentation\, performance\, and workshop featuring artists of
Asian descent primarily from Union’s community. Vibrant\, Visible\, Voc
al is generously supported by the Interfai
th Youth Core “Healing and Belonging” Grant.
\n
Guests are invited to join for all or part of the event. Below is a ten
tative schedule for the day.
\n
Schedule
\n
12:00 pm ET |
Opening Address and Ceremony \n1:00 pm ET | Bhangra Dance Work
shop \n2:00 pm ET | Film and Music Screening and Discussion \n3:00 pm ET | Poetry & Singing \n4:00 pm ET | Artist T
alk and Discussion \n5:00 pm ET | Dinner & Exploration \n5
:30 pm ET | Closing Remarks and Ceremony
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
As spring weather arrives\, we
wanted to let you know about several exciting opportunities to learn more
about the fully online\, part-time Master of Arts (MA) in Social Justice launching in Fall 2022. Our
online information sessions will provide you with an opportunity to hear
more about the program’s unique curriculum\, faculty\, and student experie
nce–as well as ask questions about admissions and financial aid.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Tuesday\, May 10 at 2:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with an investigative reporter
and author Katherine Stewart. In Stewart’s book\, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationa
lism\, she reveals the
disturbing truth that America’s Religious Right has evolved into a Christi
an nationalist movement waging a political war on the norms and institutio
ns of American democracy.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with
Kelly Brown Douglas explores
the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective resp
onsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leader
s to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also avail
able on the U
nion YouTube Page.
\n
About The Power Worshipper
s: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
\n
For too long the Religious Right has masqu
eraded as a social movement preoccupied with a number of cultural issues\,
such as abortion and same-sex marriage. In her deeply reported investigat
ion\, Katherine Stewart reveals a disturbing truth: this is a political mo
vement that seeks to gain power and to impose its vision on all of society
. America’s religious nationalists aren’t just fighting a culture war\, th
ey are waging a political war on the norms and institutions of American de
mocracy.
\n
Stewart pulls back the curta
in on the inner workings and leading personalities of a movement that has
turned religion into a tool for domination. She exposes a dense network of
think tanks\, advocacy groups\, and pastoral organizations embedded in a
rapidly expanding community of international alliances and united not by a
ny central command but by a shared\, anti-democratic vision and a common w
ill to power. She follows the money that fuels this movement\, tracing muc
h of it to a cadre of super-wealthy\, ultraconservative donors and family
foundations. She shows that today’s Christian nationalism is the fruit of
a longstanding antidemocratic\, reactionary strain of American thought tha
t draws on some of the most troubling episodes in America’s past. It forms
common cause with a globe-spanning movement that seeks to destroy liberal
democracy and replace it with nationalist\, theocratic and autocratic for
ms of government around the world. Religious nationalism is far more organ
ized and better funded than most people realize. It seeks to control all a
spects of government and society. Its successes have been stunning\, and i
ts influence now extends to every aspect of American life\, from the White
House to state capitols\, from our schools to our hospitals.
\n
The Power Worshippers is a brilliantly rep
orted book of warning and a wake-up call. Stewart’s probing examination de
mands that Christian nationalism be taken seriously as a significant threa
t to the American republic and our democratic freedoms.
\n
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CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on May 23rd from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM for a
n information session to learn more about Union’s fully online\, part-time
Master of Arts MA in Social Ju
stice launching in Fall 2022. Our online information sessions will pro
vide you with an opportunity to hear more about the program’s unique curri
culum\, faculty\, and student experience–as well as ask questions about ad
missions and financial aid.
Tickets: <
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r/may23'>https://apply.utsnyc.edu/register/may23.
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CONTACT:DAVID\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
As spring weat
her arrives\, we wanted to let you know about several exciting opportuniti
es to learn more about the fully online\, part-time Master of Arts MA in Social Justice launching in
Fall 2022. Our online information sessions will provide you with an opport
unity to hear more about the program’s unique curriculum\, faculty\, and s
tudent experience–as well as ask questions about admissions and financial
aid.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
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On Wednesday\, July 6
at 3:30 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with Katherine M. Franke
\, James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Dean Douglas and
Professor Franke will discuss the supreme court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jack
son Women’s Health Organization. They will explore the implications and fu
ture of Roe v Wade and the upcoming fights against state legislation and p
olicy that use religious freedom to deny rights to same-sex couples and re
ligious minorities.
EDS at Union’s Facebook L
ive series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrins
ic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just f
uture.
\n
These 30-minute c
onversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, an
d thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Video
s are also available on the Union YouTube Page.
We live in a country that is rich in
diversity and intersectionality\, necessitating a dialogue about how to es
tablish spaces of faith where people can believe in and belong to themselv
es\, as well as have a sense of connection to a larger humanity. We believ
e religious communities\, faith leaders and those on a spiritual journey c
an play a central role by embodying their spiritual values in creating a m
ore just\, harmonious\, and peaceful world.
On
July 8th\, 2022\, we will host future leaders in their twenties and thirt
ies to explore ways we can cultivate spaces where people feel seen\, heard
\, and valued. How might we as people of faith\, support individu
als and communities connected to their religious and spiritual identities\
, to amplify their voice\, vision\, and public leadership?
\n
We are seeking a diversity of participants in their tw
enties and thirties. Individuals may define as those who lead publicly thr
ough a religious or spiritual voice or those who lead publicly with a secu
lar voice and have a strong private religious and/or spiritual practice.
p>\n
For the safety of everyone\, we requ
ire that you be fully vaccinated\, symptom-free in order to attend the ser
vice in person.
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LOCATION:Tillman Chapel at the Church Center of the United Nations @ 777 Un
ited Nations Plaza\, New York\, NY 10017\, USA
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URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/2022-annual-summer-interfaith-forum/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:\n
On Tuesday\, July 19 a
t 4:45 pm EST\, join Dean Douglas as she speaks with historian and Pulitze
r Prize-winning author Jon Meacham. They will discuss Meacham’s book\, The Soul of America: The Battle
for Our Better Angels. They will frame the issues of today\,
such as the growing threats to our democracy\, the rolling back of reprodu
ctive justice rights\, and the ongoing dangers of white supremacy\, by exa
mining leaders from our past.
These 30-mi
nute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, politic
al\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice
. Videos are also available on the Union YouTube Page<
/p>\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220719T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220719T171500
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SEQUENCE:0
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URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/just-conversation-meacham/
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CONTACT:Nyya Toussaint\; nt2480@utsnyc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
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Clergy Against immoral Evange
lical Politics \n& Supreme Court Rulings
\n
Join us on
Wednesday\, August 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm ET for an onli
ne event\, Prophetic Proclamation. To honor the continued struggle for Bla
ck freedom\, we will hear a prophetic proclamation from clergy against imm
oral evangelical politics and supreme court rulings. Participants can view
this video live on the U
nion Facebook page and Youtube Channel.
\n
This event is hosted by <
strong>Rev. Dr. Samuel C
ruz and Nyya Flores Toussant. Panelists will
include Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder\, Father Luis Ba
rrios\, Bishop-elect Vanessa M. Brown\, and Reverend Dr. Juan A. Carmona. Panelist bios are below.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T203000
LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Prophetic Proclamation: Clergy Against immoral Evangelical Politics
& Supreme Court Rulings
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/black-august/
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed\; hello@eileencampbellreed.org\; http
s://eileencampbellreed.org/2022/08/18/pandemicpastoring-report-2022/
DESCRIPTION:
On Thursday\, September
1\, (1pm ET // 12pm CT)\, visiting associate professor Eileen Campbell-Re
ed will join with Good Faith Media in a webinar to release the #PandemicPa
storing Report. The report includes key findings from Campbell-Reed’s 22 month qualitative study of over 100 Christian pastors and
lay leaders. The webinar will be hosted by Mitch Randall\, CEO of Good Fa
ith Media\, and Campbell-Reed will share data and insights from surveys an
d interviews that comprised the research. Ministers who affiliate with Bap
tist\, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)\, African Methodist Episcopa
l\, and Presbyterian churches will share brief and unique stories of pasto
ring in context of the report findings. The webinar will conclude with a t
ime of Q&A.
\n
“Leading U.S. churches through multiple pandemics has
been both challenging and bewildering\, demoralizing and encouraging\, mar
ked by grace and grief\,” Campbell-Reed shared. “Pastors and lay leaders a
like are experiencing suffering as well as resilience as they navigate cha
nges to church life that are here to stay.”
What are the social\, ethic
al\, and religious implications of artificial intelligence for the environ
ment and the climate crisis? How can faith leaders apply their ethical ins
ights of religious traditions to understand the nature\, possibilities\, a
nd limitations of A.I.? What are the moral implications of this new techno
logy\, which holds the possibility of impacting nearly every aspect of hum
an life?
\n
To suggest how we can go about answering these fundamenta
l questions\, the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Semina
ry will host a forum\, “A.I.\, Ecology & Earth Ethics\,” on Wednesday\,
September 28\, at 5:00 p.m.
\n
This salon will be held in
-person in the gathering space at “A Species Between Worlds\
,” an interactive exhibit organized by artist/photographer John Mack at 53
7 West 27th Street in Manhattan. This exhibit\, which focuses on how A.I.
can shape our perceptions of reality\, will provide a fascinating backdrop
for a discussion of artificial intelligence\, ecology and earth ethics.
p>\n
This event will not be livestreamed\, but a recording will be avai
lable after the event.
\n
Scheduled participants at the salon-style d
iscussion include:
\n
Rev. Fred Davie\, Senior Strategic Advisor\, U
nion Theological Seminary & Commissioner\, U.S. Commission on Internationa
l Religious Freedom
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Karenna Gore\, Founder & E
xecutive Director\, Center for Earth Ethics
\n
\n
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Ken Kitatani\, Director General\, International Council on Envir
onmental Economics and Development
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Isaac Sharp MDiv\, PhD ‘19\, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Theological Studies and Director of Certificate Programming\, Union Theol
ogical Seminary
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
Following a lecture by Stewart\, she will be joined in convers
ation with Dean Kelly Brown Douglas\, and available for a
n audience Q&A. Join us in reading The Power Worshipers by purchasing a
copy or borrowing one from your local library.
\n
Katherine Stewart is an investigat
ive reporter and author who has covered religious liberty\, politics\, pol
icy\, and education for over a decade. Her latest book\, The Power Wor
shippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism\, is a r
are look inside the machinery of the movement that brought Donald Trump to
power. Stewart’s journalism appears in the New York Times oped\, NBC\, th
e New Republic\, and the New York Review of Books.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T193000
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:EDS at Union Community Read | The Power Worshippers with Katherin
e Stewart
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/eds-at-union-community-read-the-power-worshipp
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union
CONTACT:Miguel Escobar\; mescobar@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
“Clearly\, Gerima intends for Sankofa to expand the boundaries of Black representation in ways t
hat include more diverse\, realistic\, and \nempowering images and\,
in turn\, enable Black audiences to see themselves in new ways that are di
vorced from dominant images.” \n–E. Assata Wright\, Black Film Review\n
\n
Join us on Wednesday\, October 12 f
rom 2:00 – 4:25 pm ET in AD 30 for a screening o
f the film Sankofa. Produced by the celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile G
erima\, the film centers on the Atlantic slave trade and features Oyafunmi
ke Ogunlano\, Kofi Ghanaba\, Mutabaruka\, Alexandra Duah\, and Afemo Omila
mi. This is an in-person event at Union Theological Seminary. We are no lo
nger accepting RSVPs for this event.
\n
This rich film illustrates
slavery from the view that many Blacks have been denied\, their history.
It explores the themes of loss of identity and racial consciousness\; resp
ecting and returning to our ancestral roots\; and recognizing the connecti
ons that exist between people of African descent who live throughout the w
orld.” \n–Michelle McC
lure in Black Camera
\n
Following the scr
eening\, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at Union\
, will facilitate a short discussion with the audience. This screening is
part of EDS at Union’s Expan
ding the Moral Imaginary Through Film project. Cohort members will be
on campus for a day of events including the screening.
\n
<
strong>Read More about Sankofa
\n
Delving Into the Languages of Haile Gerima’s Revered ‘Sankofa’ | Its significance in movie history and the director’s influence
on Black filmmaking cannot be overstated\, for the film\, an epic narrativ
e of a slave revolt\, was conceived and birthed under challenging circumst
ances. These conditions included the long shadow cast by colonialism\, a r
acist industry hostile to meaningful stories about Black people\, and the
particular struggles an independent Black filmmaker faced in securing fund
ing (money\, of course\, is always a problem) and distribution.
\n
My streaming gem: why you should watch Sankofa:
While it is often as disturbing as you’d expect a film about the African h
olocaust and chattel slavery to be\, its narrative arc is simply too thril
ling\, its mystical and emotional force too enrapturing\, for it to ever d
evolve into what we today like to call “trauma porn”.
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:https://hispanicsummerprogram.org/programs/hsp-exchange/
DESCRIPTION:\n
We are excited to co-host Hispanic Su
mmer Program’s October Exchange\, “God Gave Me My Money”: The Prosperity Gospel and
the Latinx Context with Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado on Wednesday\, Oct
ober 12\, 2022 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm EST. This event will take p
lace via Zoom.
Dr. Machado’s Exchange presentation will begin w
ith the words of John D. Rockefeller: “God gave me my money.” This phrase
characterized how this figure understood his wealth was amassed. But even
more interesting is the sentence that followed this one where he says\, “I
believe the power to make money is a gift from God…” Mr. Rockefeller was
not inventing any of these ideas\, instead\, he was giving voice to ways o
f thinking about wealth that were already present in U.S. society. With ea
ch passing decade of the early 1900s\, these ideas become more solidified
becoming what we know today as the “prosperity gospel” in which a person’s
relationship with God is transactional. This lecture will provide a short
history of the beginnings of the prosperity gospel in the U.S.\, focusing
on the rise of prosperity leaders in Latin America beginning in the 1980s
.
\n
Rev. Daisy L. Machado\, Ph.D. is the
Executive Director of the Hispanic Summer Program and Professor Emerita of
American Religious History at Union Theological Seminary.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T201500
LOCATION:Zoom\, Register at: https://hispanicsummerprogram.org/programs/hsp
-exchange/
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:“God Gave Me My Money”: The Prosperity Gospel and the Latinx Contex
t with Rev. Daisy L. Machado\, Ph.D.
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/god-gave-me-my-money-the-prosperity-gospel-and
-the-latinx-context-with-rev-daisy-l-machado-ph-d/
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CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:Peace Twesigye\; ptwesigye@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
Join us on Tuesday\, October 18\, 2022 at 7pm in James Chapel for thi
s in-person event. During this evening talk\, Khentrul Rinpoché will explo
re how we can cultivate inner stability while navigating the responsibilit
ies of our daily lives when meditation doesn’t feel like enough.
Khentrul Rinpoché Jamphel Lodrö is the founder and spirit
ual director of Dzokden. Rinpoche is the author of Unveiling Your Sacr
ed Truth\, The Great Middle Way: Clarifying the Jonang View of Ot
her-Emptiness\, A Happier Life\, and TheHidden
Treasure of the Profound Path.
\n\n
Rinpoche spe
nt the first 20 years of his life herding yak and chanting mantras on the
plateaus of Tibet. Inspired by the bodhisattvas\, he left his family to st
udy in a variety of monasteries under the guidance of over twenty-five mas
ters in all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Due to his non-sectarian appr
oach\, he earned himself the title of Rimé (unbiased) Master and was ident
ified as the reincarnation of the famous Kalachakra Master Ngawang Chözin
Gyatso. While at the core of his teachings is the recognition that there i
s great value in the diversity of all spiritual traditions found in this w
orld\; he focuses on the Jonang-Shambhala tradition. Kalachakra (wheel of
time) teachings contain profound methods to harmonize our external environ
ment with the inner world of body and mind\, ultimately bringing about the
golden age of peace and harmony (dzokden).
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:\n
Interested in divinity school? Curious about which d
ivinity school would be the best match for you? Thinking about non-profit
leadership\, parish ministry\, the academic study of religion\, teaching\,
movement leadership\, or chaplaincy?
\n
<
a href='https://apply.utsnyc.edu/register/aads' target='_blank' rel='noope
ner'>Join seven top divinity schools for an on-campus event at Union Theol
ogical Seminary
in James Chapel. Hear about what to expect at divinity
school\, learn what makes each school distinct\, and have small group con
versations with admissions officers at each school. Register for the
event here.\n
Tickets: <
a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exported' href='https://apply.utsnyc.edu/registe
r/aads'>https://apply.utsnyc.edu/register/aads.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T190000
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LOCATION:James Chapel\, Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New Yo
rk\, NY 10027\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:The Association of Academic Divinity Schools presents: Exploring th
e Call to Divinity School
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/aads-association-of-academic-divinity-schools-
info-session-at-union/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n<
p>On Wednesday\, October 26 at
11:15 am EST\, join Dean Douglas for a Just Conversation with Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones\, Assistant Professor of Theology
and African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College. Dr. Amey is a
lso a member of EDS at Union
’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Through Film cohort. In this conversa
tion\, they will discuss Dr. Adkins-Jones’ upcoming monograph project\, Immaculate Misconceptions: Black Mariology\, Freedom\, Fugitivity\,
a theological account of the rise of the global sex trade. They will also
talk about race and film\, specifically how Black pain\, tragedy\, and tr
auma are depicted in film. \n
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with
Kelly Brown Douglas explores
the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective resp
onsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Face
book page will invite activi
sts and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work
being champions for justice. Videos are also available on the Uni
on YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T114500
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SEQUENCE:0
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Public Programs
CONTACT:Tim Cross\; tcross@centerforearthethics.org
DESCRIPTION:\n
On Wednesday\, October 26\, the Center for Earth Et
hics at Union Theological Seminary will host “Freedom of Religion or Belief for Indigenous Peoples:
The 2022 UN Report.” This high-level forum will discuss the report abo
ut Indigenous peoples that the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freed
om of Religion or Belief will present to the 77th session of the UN Genera
l Assembly in New York earlier that week. Registration is required.
This fo
rum will feature a keynote address from Professor Ahmed Shaheed\, the form
er special rapporteur who supervised the report’s drafting. The current sp
ecial rapporteur\, Nazila Ghanea\, will participate as well. The forum als
o will feature respondents from North American Indigenous communities\, wh
o will reflect on the report\, offer insights\, and discuss how protecting
Indigenous rights\, including the right to freedom of religion or belief\
, relates to global environmental issues.
\n
The forum\, which is fre
e and open to the public\, will take place in James Memorial Chapel\, Unio
n Theological Seminary\, 90 Claremont Avenue\, New York from 5 – 7 p.m.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T170000
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DESCRIPTION:
\n\n
On Friday\, October 28 at 2:15 pm
EST\, join Dean Douglas for a Just Conversation with William Barber II\,
co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
They will discuss the upcoming election on Tuesday\, November 8\, and the
key racial and economic issues uniting poor and impacted communities acro
ss the country.
These 30-m
inute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, politic
al\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice
. Videos are also available on the Union YouTube Page<
span data-preserver-spaces='true'>.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T144500
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:TNHEB
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DESCRIPTION:
Please join us on Tuesday\, Novem
ber 1 at 6:30 pm ET as we partner wit
h Parallax Press\, Blue Cliff Monastery\, and the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundati
on to celebrate the new edition of Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. Originally published in 1967\, and one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s first b
ooks written in English\, this insightful text offers the perspective of t
he Vietnamese people on what they often refer to as “the American War.”
span>Guests are invited to attend in person (guests must show proof of vac
cination and wear masks during the event- read Union’s visitor
policy) or online via Zoom. Please RSVP here.
This book remains
as relevant today as it was when it was first published\, as the United S
tates and Europe continue to grapple with their roles as global powers and
the human effects of their military policies. The event will include a re
ading from the book\, meditation\, Dharma Reflections and more! We look fo
rward to coming together as a community with Blue Cliff Monastery monastic
s to commemorate and discuss this remarkable book.
\n
A group walking meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh’
s former home at 306 W. 109 St to James Chapel will start at 5:45 pm. This
is optional – you’re welcome to meet us at the Chapel around 6:15 instead
. In case of inclement weather\, silent meditation will be offered in Jame
s Chapel at 6:00 pm.
\n
\n
Frequently Asked Questions
\n
Will food and beverages be served? \nLight refreshments will be offered. All food wi
ll be vegan. There will not be alcohol at the event.
\n
What should I wear? \nPle
ase wear modest clothing that is comfortable for sitting (i.e. shirt cover
ing shoulders\, long pants below the knees). Order of Interbeing members a
re invited to wear their OI jackets in celebration of the Order of Interbe
ing\, which Thich Nhat Hanh founded while writing Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire.
\n
What parking options are available? \nStreet parking and local parking garages may be ava
ilable. The Central Parking System garage is on West 114th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue\
; Riverside Church Parking Garage is on West 120th Street between Claremon
t Avenue and Riverside Drive\; GGMC Parking is at 512-520 West 112th Street between Broadway and Ams
terdam Avenue.
\n
Whe
n should I arrive? \nPlease arrive at James Chapel by 6:15 PM to allow time for checking in. I
f you would like to participate in the optional walking meditation\, pleas
e arrive at 306 W. 109 St by 5:45
PM.
\n
Where can I f
ind information about the event schedule? \nThe schedule includes a gathering meditation\, wel
come and introduction\, reading from the book\, Dharma reflections\, and s
ilent contemplation. A reception will follow. Event programs will be provi
ded at the event.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
On Thursday\, Novembe
r 10 at 1:15 pm ET\, join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas for a Just Con
versation with comic writer and author Gabby Rivera. They
will discuss Rivera’s commitment to prioritizing joy in QTPOC communities
\, her forthcoming novel on navigating a Pentecostal faith tradition\, and
the significance of Marvel films such as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.<
/span>\n
<
span data-preserver-spaces='true'>Gabby Rivera is the first Latina to writ
e for Marvel Comics\, penning the solo series America about Ameri
ca Chavez. She is the author of the acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes
a Breath. Currently\, she is the writer and creator of b.b. free
\, a new original comic series with BOOM!\, and host of the Joy podca
st. Rivera is also a member of EDS at Union’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Through Film cohort.
span>
\n
EDS at Union’s Facebook L
ive series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrins
ic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just f
uture.
\n
These 30-minute c
onversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, an
d thought leaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Video
s are also available on the Union YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T134500
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CONTACT:Ian M Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
You are invited to the Rotunda on
Wednesday\, November 30\, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm for an unveiling o
f the portrait of the Reverend Leoncia Rosado Rousseau\, known to many as
Mama Leo. We will also celebrate her archives being available at the Burke
Library.A reception will follow the unveilin
g. After
the reception\, a panel discussion entitled Mama Leo: Contributio
ns of Latinx Pentecostalism to New York City will take place\, fe
aturing:
\n
\n
Rev. Olga Torres-Simpson: President and Founder of Angels Unaware
\n
Bishop Ra
ymond Rivera: Founder and President of Latino Pastoral Action Cen
ter\, Inc. and Sanctuary Church\, Senior Pastor
\n
Rev. Dr.
Kittin Silva: Bishop of the International Council of Pentecostal
Churches of Jesus Christ\, member and Founder of Radio Vision Cristiana.<
/li>\n
Rev. Ofa Rivera: Executive Director of Way Out
Ministries
Mama Leo’s ministry was groundbreaking in many ways. She was a
pioneer in advocating for sex workers and those addicted to drugs. She est
ablished a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program\, the Damascus Christia
n Youth Crusade. This program became a state-wide model and Mama Leo’s min
istry garnered recognition for the many followers whose lives were transfo
rmed.
\n
Launched in 2022\, Union is the home of
The Mama Leo Latinx Lecture Series to honor the Puerto Rican s
piritual leader. Held annually\, this lecture series recognizes the unconv
entional and pragmatic leader’s dedication and years of service by invitin
g speakers to focus on Latinx ministry and social justice. The 2023 lectur
e will be announced soon.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T170000
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DESCRIPTION:
In 202
2 RISE published a devotional for women of color ministry leaders. This dynamic devotional tells the varied
truth and complexity of Sacred Sistering. Devotions and prayers consist of
hopeful and inspiring testimonies reflecting women’s experiences\, Sister
ing moments\, and missed opportunities. Sistering moments have assisted wo
men through difficult transitions\, relationships\, and growing pains. Sea
sons in which joys\, blessings\, and accomplishments have been celebrated\
; and loneliness\, invisibility\, and the wounds of disempowerment have be
en comforted.
\n
Intended to
Renew\, Inspire\, Support\, and E
mpower the souls of women in ministry\, Sacred Sistering devotions are for
all who care about the ministry\, leadership\, the spiritual life journey
\, and legacy of women of color.
\n
Join us for our first Sacred Sistering Literary Cafe & Su
nday Brunch! This event will feature
food\, music\, live readings of devotions and prayers\, networking\, and f
ellowship! Books will be available for purchase!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T170000
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LOCATION:Auburn Seminary @ 475 Riverside Dr\, New York\, NY 10115\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\nOn
Monday
\, January 30 at 12:15 pm EST\, join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas for a Just Conversation with Starsky Wilson\, President & CEO of the Children’s De
fense Fund and Savannah
Wood\, Executive Direct
or of AFRO Charities. Wilson and
Wood are also member of EDS at Union’s Expa
nding the Moral Imaginary Through Film cohort.
\n
In this conversation\, they will disc
uss the attacks on critical race theory and the implications
of bans on Black history and the story of race from schools. They will di
scuss the historical and contemporary role of the Black press and Black ch
urch in supplementing education for young people in Black communities. Add
itionally\, the conversation will reflect on representation today in film
and popular culture and its impact on shaping racial perceptions and attit
udes.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series
Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our n
ation and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversation
s featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought l
eaders to discuss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also
available on the Union YouTube Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T130000
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SEQUENCE:0
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annah Wood
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union\,Facebook Live
CONTACT:Ian M Rees\; Irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
On Monda
y\, February 6 at 1:15 pm EST\, join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas for a Just Conversation with Ashon Crawley<
span data-preserver-spaces='true'>\, Artist and Author of Blackpenteco
stal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility\, and Danté Stewart\, Cultural Critic and Author ofSho
utin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle<
/em>. Crawley and Stewart are also a me
mber of EDS at Union’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Through Film cohort.
\n
In this conversation\, they will discuss the implications
of white Christian nationalism within the Black church and community. The
y will also discuss the role of Black writers and artists in inspiring the
next generation of leaders and the ways that their work can shape the cul
tural landscape. Additionally\, the conversation will reflect on represent
ation today in film and popular culture and its impact on shaping racial p
erceptions and attitudes\,
ED
S at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown
Douglas explores the racial
ized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility
to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page
span> will invite activists and rel
igious\, political\, and thought leaders to discuss their work being champ
ions for justice. Videos are also available on the Union YouTube
Page.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230206T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230206T140000
LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live
SEQUENCE:0
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Stewart
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/crawley-stewart/
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
center>
\nJoin us on Wednesday\, February 8
from 2:00 – 4:25 pm ET in Classroom AD 30 for a
screening of the film A Separation. This Iranian
drama was written and directed by Asghar Farhadi and became the first Ira
nian film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012.
The film tells the story of a couple\, Nader and Simin\, and explores the
mes of family\, morality\, and the Iranian legal system. This is an in-per
son event at Union Theological Seminary. An RSVP is required to attend.
strong>\n
Following the screening\, Dean K
elly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at Union and Prof. Golbarg Rekabtalaei\, Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University\, will reflect on th
e film and facilitate a discussion with the audience. Professor Rekabtalae
i is a cultural and social historian of modern Iran. Her research focuses
on the relationships between culture and cultural production\, modernity\,
cosmopolitanism\, urbanization\, nationalism\, and revolutions.
THE HONORABLE REVEREND RAPHAEL G. WA
RNOCK\, PH.D.
\n
The Honorable Reverend Dr. Raphael Gamaliel
Warnock serves as the Senior Pastor of the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Chur
ch\, spiritual home of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, and the
junior United States Senator from Georgia. The son of two Pentecostal pas
tors\, Dr. Warnock responded to the call of ministry at a very early age\,
and at age 35\, became the fifth and the youngest person ever called to t
he senior pastorate of Ebenezer Baptist Church\, founded in 1886. Before c
oming to EBC\, “America’s Freedom Church\,” Dr. Warnock was blessed to stu
dy and serve within the pastoral ranks of leading congregations also known
for their deep spiritual roots and strong public witness. Under Dr. Warno
ck’s leadership\, the church continues its legacy of social activism with
both spiritual and numerical growth.
\n
Dr. Warnock graduated from Mo
rehouse College cum laude in 1991\, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in
psychology. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theologi
cal Seminary in New York City\, from which he graduated with honors and di
stinctions. Seeing his pastoral work as tied to the ministry of scholarshi
p and the life of the mind\, Dr. Warnock continued his graduate studies at
Union\, receiving a Master of Philosophy degree and a Doctor of Philosoph
y degree in the field of systematic theology. He has also received honorar
y degrees from The Morehouse School of Medicine\, Fisk University and the
University of the Virgin Islands. Dr. Warnock is an Ascend Fellow at The A
spen Institute\, a Senior Fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary and a grad
uate of the Summer Leadership Institute of Harvard University and Leadersh
ip Atlanta.
\n
Dr. Warnock is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\
, Inc.\, the 100 Black Men of Atlanta\, Inc.\, and a Lifetime Member of th
e NAACP. While his activism was honored in 2016\, as his footprints were p
laced on the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame\, his activism did no
t stop there. Dr. Warnock continues to be a passionate advocate for crimin
al justice reform\, voting rights\, ending poverty and climate change.
\n
Among other honors\, Dr. Warnock has been recognized as one of “Atlan
ta’s 55 Most Powerful” by Atlanta magazine\, one of “God’s Trombones” by t
he Rainbow Push Coalition\, a “Good Shepherd” by Associated Black Charitie
s\, “A Man of Influence” by the Atlanta Business League\, one of The Root
100 in 2010\, 2011\, 2012\, and 2013 (TheRoot.com a division of the Washin
gton Post)\, one of the “20 Top African American Church Leaders” by TheRoo
t.com. He is a National TRIO Achiever Award recipient and has been honored
by induction into Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King\, Jr. Board of P
reachers. Dr. Warnock is also the recipient of Morehouse College’s prestig
ious Bennie Trailblazer award and Union Theological Seminary’s distinguish
ed Union Medal. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution has hailed him “a lea
der among Atlanta and national clergy\, a fitting heir to the mantle once
worn by The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.”
\n
On January 6\,
2021\, Dr. Warnock made history by becoming the first African American ele
cted to the United States Senate from the state of Georgia and\, on Decemb
er 6\, 2022\, he made history again by becoming the first African American
elected to a full 6-year term in the United States Senate from the state
of Georgia. Only the second African American to represent a southern state
in the Senate since Reconstruction\, Dr. Warnock is honored to have been
appointed to the Agriculture\, Nutrition\, and Forestry\; Banking\, Housin
g and Urban Affairs\; and Commerce\, Science and Transportation committees
. He also serves on the bicameral Joint Economic Committee and the U.S.
\n
Senate Special Committee on Aging. Whether preaching in the pulpit o
r speaking on the Senate floor\, Dr. Warnock is committed to working tirel
essly on behalf of the nation and all Georgians.
\n
His first book is
entitled\, The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology\, Piety & P
ublic Witness (NYU Press\, 2014). His memoir\, A Way Out of No Wa
y: A Memoir of Truth\, Transformation\, and the New American Story (P
enguin Press) was released in June 2022 and his children’s book\, Put
Your Shoes On & Get Ready! (Penguin Press) was released in January 20
23. Senator Reverend Warnock is the proud father of one daughter\, Chloé\,
and one son\, Caleb.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T193000
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:\n
Union Theological Seminary’s Board of Tru
stee\, Winnie Varghese `99\, invites you on Sunday\, February 19\,
2023 to St. Luke’s Church at 435 Peachtree Str
eet NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30308.
\n
\n
Please join us for 11:15 AM Worshi
p Service and a 12:30 PM hors d’oeuvres reception. Your respons
e is for the reception.
\n\n
We want to thank our host
\, the Rev. Winnie Varghese `99!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T210000
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LOCATION:Hilton Atlanta Room 313 and 314 @ 255 Courtland St NE a\, Atlanta\
, GA 30303\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
In partnership with Union Theological
Seminary’s Center for Community Enga
gement & Social Justice\, Pr
ide in the Pews will host The State of the Black Church: Reconcili
ng Communities and Reimagining Inclusion one-day\, in-person symposiu
m in New York\, New York. This convening will gather Black faith-leaders\,
churchgoers\, activists\, and academics to enumerate effective tools\, st
rategies\, and frameworks to bridge the gapping gap between the Black Chur
ch and LGBTQ+ Community. With an emphasis on storytelling\, truth-telling\
, and courageous conversations\, The State of the Black Church: Reconc
iling Communities and Reimagining Inclusion seeks to spur collective
action and to create pathways for healing that leads to more inclusive Bla
ck faith-based spaces.
(How) is it
ever possible to dialogue across the painful divisions of racism and gend
er violence in America today? MacArthur (“genius grant”) Fellow and longt
ime activist Loretta Ross will describe when and how “calling in” or “call
ing out” is an appropriate tool to confront privilege and oppressive speec
h (unintended and intended)\, and when “calling up” is the right activist
response to oppressive systems and institutions. Dr. Hellena Moon will res
pond from a theological and postcolonialist perspective\, followed by a ti
me for discussion.
\n<
p>Loretta J. Ross is a Professor at Smith College in the Program
for the Study of Women and Gender where she teaches courses on white supre
macy\, human rights\, and Calling In the Call Out culture. Loretta also is
a recipient of a MacArthur Fellow\, Class of 2022\, for her work as an ad
vocate of Reproductive Justice and Human Rights.\n
Loretta was the N
ational Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice
Collective (2005-2012) and co-created the theory of Reproductive Justice.
Loretta was National Co-Director of April 25\, 2004\, March for Women’s Li
ves in Washington D.C.\, the largest protest march in U.S. history at that
time. She founded the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE)
in Atlanta\, Georgia\, launched the Women of Color Program for the Nationa
l Organization for Women (NOW)\, and was the national program director of
the National Black Women’s Health Project. One of the first African Americ
an women to direct a rape crisis center\, Loretta was the third Executive
Director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center. Loretta has co-written three book
s on reproductive justice: Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for R
eproductive Justice (2004)\; Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (2017)\
; and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations\, Theory\, Practice\, Crit
ique (2017). Her newest book\, Calling In the Calling Out Culture is forth
coming later in 2023.
\n\n
Hellena Moon
\n
Hellena Moon(she/her) is a part-time assistant professor at Ken
nesaw State University in the Interdisciplinary Studies department. She ha
s degrees from Boston College\, a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies fro
m Harvard University\, a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School\,
and a PhD from Emory University. She was a hospital chaplain at the Unive
rsity of Chicago Hospital. She is the author of the monograph Liberalis
m and Colonial Violence: Charting a New Genealogy of Spiritual Care. S
he also co-edited 2 books with Dr. Bishop Emmanuel Y. Lartey: Postcolon
ial Images of Spiritual Care: Challenges of Care in a Neoliberal Age\;
and Postcolonial Practices of Care: A Project of Togetherness during C
OVID-19 and Racial Violence. She also edited an anthology for high sch
ool students: Power of Our Stories Won’t Stop: Intergenerational Truth-
Telling as Civic Democratic Practice. Foreword: Andrea Young (Executiv
e Director\, ACLU of Georgia).
\n\n
Pamela Cooper-Whit
e
\n
The Rev. Pamela Coop
er-White\, PhD is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology an
d Religion at Union\, and author of 10 books including most recently T
he Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn in and How to
Talk across the Divide.
Join us on Thur
sday\, March 2 at 7:00 PM for Dharma and Justice: Integrating Grie
f as Social Justice Work\, featuring Paula Arai\
, Sarah Dōjin Emerson\, and Jefre Cantu.
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The pain of loss is a key feature of the Buddha’s teaching of duk
kha\, one of the three marks of existence\, an unavoidable truth of life.
Loss\, and the attendant grief are therefore not something to get over or
through\, but gateways into compassion and our shared existence. Even whil
e grief is a universal truth\, dominant culture in the US has historically
and increasingly suppressed and cut off traditional ways of collectively
processing grief. In this conversation we will explore the centrality of g
rief on the path of liberation\, and how individual and collective practic
es and rituals in the Buddhist tradition can support\, make space for and
help reclaim how we integrate loss\; and in turn be a part of reforming sy
stems of oppression that depend on the denial and suppression of the vast
histories of what we need to collectively grieve.
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ASL interpret
ation will be provided.
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Paula Arai (Ph.D. in Buddhist St
udies\, Harvard University) is author of Painting Enlightenment: Healing V
isions of the Heart Sutra––The Buddhist Art of Iwasaki Tsuneo\, Women Livi
ng Zen: Japanese Buddhist Nuns\, and Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart
of Japanese Buddhist Women’s Rituals. She is co-editor of The Oxford Handb
ook of Buddhist Practice. Steeped in ethnographic research\, she takes an
embodied approach to her work and finds poetic immersive storytelling a po
tent medium for conveying the experiences of transformative healing she re
searches. Specializing in Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist women\, Arai trained
under the tutelage of Aoyama Shundō Rōshi at the Aichi Senmon Nisōdō nunne
ry in Nagoya and maintains decades-long relationships with her laywomen co
nsociates in Japan. An active public speaker\, Arai also leads workshops o
n healing rituals. She holds the Eshinni & Kakushinni Professor of Women a
nd Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.
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Sarah Dōjin Emerson is a Zen Priest
and Dharma teacher at the Brooklyn Zen Center. She experiences Bodhisattva
Zen practice as deeply supportive to inquiring into\, challenging and tra
nsforming systems of oppression\, particularly racial inequities and the h
arm they cause within convert Buddhist sanghas\, and in U.S. society gener
ally. Sarah has also worked for many years in grief support- clinically\,
ritually and in community- specializing in child loss. Sarah’s formal prac
tice in Soto Zen began in 1996. She lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mou
ntain center and other sites of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1997-200
7. She received Dharma Transmission from Abbott Konjin Gaelyn Godwin of th
e Houston Zen Center in 2015. She has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psych
ology from California Institute of Integral Studies\, and has worked in th
e fields of mental health and pastoral care with children and adults. She
lives with her partner\, Charlie Pokorny (who is also a Soto Zen Buddhist
priest)\, their children (who are her most profound and constant teachers)
and numerous pets in Brooklyn\, NY.
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Jefre Cantu is
a Soto Zen Buddhist priest in the lineage of Shunryū Suzuki Roshi\, and i
s a member of the Brooklyn Zen Center sangha. He is a graduate of Union’s
BIE program (2019) and currently works as a hospice chaplain in New York’s
Hudson Valley\, where he lives with his family.
Drawing fr
om their own analysis of gender and sexuality in ancient or medieval texts
\, the guest speakers will connect academic and social justice-oriented co
ntributions of Virgin Territ
ory with their projects in
diverse areas of religious and theological studies. The discussion will hi
ghlight the necessity of historicizing concepts that circulate in current
societies and the value of investigating the past to reconsider the presen
t and reimagine the future.
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strong>About the Book
\nWomen’s virginity held
tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world.
Early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and u
nderstood its bodily aspects in surprising\, often nonanatomical ways. Eve
ntually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virg
inity as something that could be perceived in women’s sex organs. Treating
virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this
change and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought\, V
irgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Chris
tian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women’s bodies that
still persist today. Purchase Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Ea
rly Christianity today.\n\n\n\n\n
I would identify as an Yoruba-African
socio-historical and ideology critic with an interest in gender\, embodied
\, and earth-centered approaches with a goal of liberation\, justice\, hea
ling\, and diversity.
\n\n
Maia Kotrosits
\n
Maia Kotrosits received her PhD i
n New Testament from Union in 2013. Since then she has taught at Amherst C
ollege and Denison University. She is currently serving as a Research Asso
ciate at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Hellenistic Studies un
der a grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Can
ada. She has co-authored two books\, and is the sole author of four others
. Her most recent books are
The Lives of Objects: Material Culture\, Experience\, and the Real in the
History of Early Christianity (University of Chicago Press\, 2020) and Theory\, History\, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiq
uity (Cambridge University
Press\, 2023).
\n\n
Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones
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Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones is Assistant Professor of Theology and
African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College. Her scholarship s
pecializes in Mariology and black feminist and womanist thought. Her first
monograph (Immaculate Misco
nceptions\, in progress) of
fers a theological account of the rise of the global sex trade. Centering
the icon of the black madonna\, the book holds accountable theological not
ions of purity and rape at the site of black flesh. Her second project (
span>See No Evil\, in progress) names how technology has chang
ed the way we visualize violence and black death\, and offers a theology o
f black protest.
\n\n
Saadia Yacoob
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Saadia Yacoob is Assistant Professor of Religio
n at Williams College. She holds a PhD in Islamic studies from Duke Univer
sity and an MA from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University.
She has also studied Islamic law in Egypt and Jordan. Her research focuse
s on gender\, childhood\, and enslavement in Islamic law. Her forthcoming
book manuscript titled Reading Gender in Early Islamic Law invest
igates the intersections of gender\, age\, and enslavement in the construc
tion of legal personhood in Hanafi law. More broadly\, her research intere
sts include Islamic legal history\, Muslim feminist studies\, history of s
exuality\, and slavery studies. Her research has been published in The Oxf
ord Handbook of Islamic Law and several academic blogs such as The Immanen
t Frame and Contending Modernities. She is also curator-host of the “Histo
ry Speaks” stream at the Maydan Podcast.
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The LGBTQ Religious Archives Netw
ork is collaborating with Union Theolo
gical Seminary on this in-person gathering to present the 2022-23 Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award to Wa
llace D. Best\, Ph.D on Wednesday\, March 8\, 2023 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm
ET.This is the first year t
hat LGBTQ-RAN’s annual award for papers has been named in memory of Virgin
ia Ramey Mollenkott. This event will also include memorial tributes to the
courageous witness and scholarship of this ground-breaking lesbian-femini
st-trans theologian.
Keegan Osinsk
i\, the librarian for Theology and Ethics at Vanderbilt Universit
y’s Divinity Library. She has a B.A. degree in Philosophy & Theology\, a M
aster’s of Library Science\, and a Master’s of Theological Studies with a
certificate in Religion\, Gender\, and Sexuality. Osinki is the author of
Queering Wesley\, Queering the Church.
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p> \n
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The Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng\, Visiting Professor of Anglican Studies at Episcopal Divinity School
at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. An Episcopal priest\, Fr.
Cheng is the author of three books on queer theology\, including Radic
al Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology (2011). One of the first b
ooks on LGBTQ+ theology that he read was Is the Homosexual My Neighbor
?\, which was co-authored by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott.
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This event is jointly hosted by the LGBTQ Rel
igious Archives Network and Union Theological Seminary.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us
on Tuesday\, March 21 at 7:00 PM for Dharma and
Justice: Investigating Caste and Racial Oppression through a Buddhist Lens
\, featuring Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Rima Vesely-Flad.
\n
Thenmozhi Soundararajan\, author of The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship\, Healin
g\, and Abolition (North Atlantic Books\, 2022) and co-founder of the
grassroots organization Equality Labs\, investigates how caste oppression
functions in India and within the Indian diaspora residing in the United S
tates. Rima Vesely-Flad\, author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radi
cal Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation
i>(New York University Press\, 2022)\, explores distinctive interpr
etations and practices of Black Buddhist teachers. In this virtual convers
ation\, they will discuss Buddhism\, intergenerational trauma\, how the ex
periences of caste and racial oppression mirror one another\, and their in
debtedness to the Black Feminist and abolitionist traditions.
Thenmozhi Sound
ararajan is a Dalit American artist\, community organizer\, technologist\,
and theorist. Currently\, Thenmozhi is the Executive Director of Equality
Labs\, which she co-founded. Equality Labs is the largest Dalit civil rig
hts organization working to empower caste-oppressed people in the US and g
lobally. Through her work at Equality Labs\, Thenmozhi has mobilized South
Asian Americans towards dismantling eons-long systems of oppression\, wit
h the goal of ending caste apartheid\, gender-based violence\, white supre
macy\, and religious intolerance. Thenmozhi previously co-founded Third Wo
rld Majority\, an international media training organization and collective
that supported people from disenfranchised groups in telling their own st
ories\, in their own way.
\n
Her intersectional\, cross-pollinating w
ork—research\, education\, art\, activism\, and digital security—helps to
create a more generous\, global\, expansive\, and inclusive definition of
South Asian identity\, along with safe spaces from which to honor the stor
ies of these communities. Thenmozhi’s work has been recognized by the U.S.
Congress\, The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center\, The Producers
Guild of America Diversity Program\, The Museum of Contemporary Art\, The
Sorbonne\, Source Magazine\, Utne Reader\, The National Center for the Hum
anities\, The National Science Foundation\, The Ford Foundation\, and The
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She is a frequent contributor on issues relate
d to South Asia\, caste\, gender\, and racial Equity\, as well interfaith
issues and peacebuilding\, and has been featured in the New York Times
\, Washington Post\, BBC\, Guardian\, ABC\, and NBC news. S
he was also an inaugural fellow of the Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activ
ist\, Atlantic Foundation for Racial Equity\, and is a current fellow at S
tanford Center for South Asian Studies. You can order her new book Th
e Trauma of Caste from North Atlantic Books to learn more about her
work around caste equity\, abolition\, and healing.
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Visiting Professor of Buddhism and
Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary. She is the author of Bla
ck Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in
the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press\, 2022)and Racial P
urity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution\, Black Lives\, and the Strugg
le for Justice (Fortress Press\, 2017). She leads retreats and classe
s for dharma centers throughout the U.S. Learn more about Dr. Rima Vese
ly-Flad here.
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CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us on Thursday\, March 23 from 6 – 7:30 pm ET for our Spring Community Read Lecture featuring Alicia
Garza. Each semester\, Episcopal Div
inity School at Union selects a book that serves as a guiding focus for di
scussion on justice issues that are critical for faith communities. For Sp
ring 2023\, EDS at Union has selected Garza’s book\,T
he Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.
\n
Alicia Garza will join us on campus for a public address\, and interview with Dean Kelly Brown Do
uglas. Members of the Union student body can attend in person. We also hav
e limited space for external guests to join us on-site. For those unable t
o attend in person\, join us virtually via Zoom.
Alicia Garza is an organizer\,
political strategist\, and co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black
Lives Matter Global Network. She is Principal at the Black Futures Lab and
the host of the Lady Don’t Take No podcast. Garza’s book\, The Purpose of Power is an essentia
l guide to building the type of movements that can address the challenges
of our time\, from one of the country’s leading organizers — one of the cr
eators of #BlackLivesMatter.
\n
The Purpose of Power is a collection of Garza’s essays and spee
ches that focus on the power dynamics of race\, gender\, and class in the
United States. The book explores t
he ways in which marginalized communities can come together to build colle
ctive power and create change\, and how individuals can use their own powe
r to advocate for social justice. It is a call to action for individuals a
nd communities to use their power to create a more just and equitable soci
ety.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Monday\, March 27 at 1:15 pm EST\, join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas for a Just Co
nversation with Rima Vesely-Flad\, Visiting Professor of
Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary\, and John J. Thatamanil\, Professor of The
ology and World Religions at Union Theological
Seminary. Professors Vesely-Flad and Thatamanil
are also a member of EDS at Union’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Through Film
span> cohort.
\n
In this conversation\, they will discuss the
role of interfaith and interreligious witness and dialogue in a nation fa
cing a dangerous resurgence of white Christian nationalism. They will shar
e their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for working toget
her in today’s society and reflect on the role of religious leaders in com
batting religious and cultural intolerance. Additionally\, the conversatio
n will reflect on representation today in film and popular culture and its
impact on shaping racial perceptions and attitudes.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conve
rsations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our c
ollective responsibility to create a more just future.
\n
These 30-minute conversations featured on t
he EDS
at Union Facebook page will
invite activists and religious\, political\, and thought leaders to discu
ss their work being champions for justice. Videos are also available on th
e Union YouTube Page.
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CONTACT:John Thatamanil\; jthatamanil@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Tuesday\, March 28 from 6:00-7:30pm ET\, Join Professor of Theology and World Religions at Union Theological Se
minary the Rev. Dr
. John Thatamanil and Tim Lilburn for a virtual conversation entitled
“Faith\, Contemplation and the Land.”
\n
A growing realization is eme
rging in a variety of fields that human beings have become profoundly inat
tentive to and disconnected from place and the land. The consequences for
human and natural life are profound. What might be some of the causes of t
his separation\, and what are the upshots? On the other hand\, there has b
een considerable resurgence of attention to contemplation. Only this resur
gence has had little impact on the former problem. What might contemplatio
n and place/the land have to do with each other? What might Evagrius say a
bout this question? How might contemplative life reconnect us once more to
place and the land? Join the distinguished Canadian Poet and Essayist for
a conversation on these vital themes for an age of ecological peril.
Tim Lilburn lives in the Bowker Creek watershed in W̱SÁNEĆterritory on Vancouver Island<
/span>. He is the author of twelve books of poetry\, including Harmoni
a Mundi\, The House of Charlemagne\, Assiniboia\, Orp
hic Politics\, Kill-site\, and To the River. His work ha
s received the Governor General’s Award\, The Canadian Authors’ Associatio
n Award\, the European Medal of Poetry and Art (the Homer Prize) and the S
askatchewan Book of the Year Award\, among other prizes. His poetry has be
en translated widely. Lilburn is also the author of three essay collection
s\, Living in the World as if It Were Home\, Going Home and The
Larger Conversation: Contemplation and Place\, and editor of two other
influential books on poetics. A new essay collection\, Numinous Sediti
ons: Interiority and Climate Change\, will appear from the University
of Alberta Press in September\, 2023. He has taught at the University of V
ictoria\, the University of Saskatchewan and Middlebury College and worked
with the dance troupe New Dance Horizons as a writer and performer.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us on Friday\, March 31 and Saturday\, April 1 for
The Road to Damascus\, a new solo performance piece writt
en and performed by Kathy Randels and directed by Odile Del Giudice that u
ses the story of Saul/Paul’s conversion experience as described in Acts 9
of the New Testament as a call for an awakening to the role the church has
played in creating and sanctifying the United States’ inequitable crimina
l legal system.
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Tickets are required. All ticket
s for the general public are at a suggested price of $25 but you may choos
e your own pay-what-you-can price during the ticketing process. Both perf
ormances are free to active members of the UTS community. Click here to reserve your tickets.
The Road to Damascus runs 75 minutes with no intermission and
is appropriate for audiences 12-years-old and up.
\n\n
The Road to Damascus is produced by ArtSpot Productions<
/strong>\, a 25-year-old New Orleans-based company equally dedicated to so
cial justice and original theater\, and was built\, in part\, on decades o
f experience teaching theater and performance at the Louisiana Correctiona
l Institute for Women (LCIW) in St. Gabriel\, Louisiana.
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In The Road to Damascus (as told by Grandmother to Little Red)\, G
randmother is an incarcerated woman who tells the story of Saul/Paul’s con
version experience to her granddaughter during prison visits as a way to i
lluminate the persecutorial nature of the system in which they live. They
acknowledge one another’s sexual traumas\, and share stories of encounters
with the Wolf and the Huntsman that leave questions as to which of these
two figures is predator and which is savior. Grandmother casts her prison
guard\, who happens to be named Saul\, as the Huntsman in the tale she wea
ves for Little Red. Through the telling of the tale\, we examine the perpe
trator/victim/savior dynamic that is present in both stories\, in ourselve
s\, and in our national consciousness.
\n
At a time when Christianity
is increasingly polarized by political interests and parties\, this perfo
rmance calls on Christ’s deepest teachings to help us look at the role we
have each played in crime and punishment\, harm and healing\, and invites
us to deepen our collective ability to look at and begin to heal the harm
that has been done to our nation and its citizens in the name of Christian
ity.
\n
The Road to Damascus is written and performe
d by Kathy Randels and directed and co-created with Odile Del Giudice\; designers Diane Baas (lig
hting)\, Kevin Griffith (set)\, Steve Gilliland
strong> (sound and music) and Shawn Hall (costumes)\, alo
ng with stage manager Tricia Anderson weave their unique
art forms into this multidisciplinary performance. The piece draws upon: R
andels’ upbringing in the church as the offspring of two generations of So
uthern Baptist preachers\; teaching theater to and learning from the curre
ntly and formerly incarcerated women at the Louisiana Correctional Institu
te for Women for 24 years\; a decade of dialogue and action with St. Charl
es Avenue Baptist Church and its Center for Faith + Action around the ways
in which faith communities can participate in long-needed criminal legal
system reform in our state\; and Del Giudice’s years of deep work identify
ing and addressing collective trauma.
\n
The piece draws upon: Randel
s’ upbringing in the church as the offspring of two generations of Souther
n Baptist preachers\; teaching theater to and learning from the currently
and formerly incarcerated women at the Louisiana Correctional Institute fo
r Women for 24 years\; a decade of dialogue and action with St. Charles Av
enue Baptist Church and its Center for Faith + Action around the ways in w
hich faith communities can participate in long-needed criminal legal syste
m reform in our state\; and Del Giudice’s years of deep work identifying a
nd addressing collective trauma.
\n
The Road to Damascus began as a prayer for the release of Gloria “Mama Glo” Willia
ms\, a longtime member of the LCIW Drama Club whose 52 years behi
nd bars was the longest sentence served at LCIW. The Union performances wi
ll be Mama Glo’s first chance to see the piece in person. She will speak a
fterwards with her sister\, Mary Smith-Moore. From 2019-2022\, PDMNOLA led
a “Free Mama Glo” campaign with The Graduates\, VOTE\, Kumbuka African Da
nce and Drum Collective\, The Washitaw Nation\, ArtSpot Productions\, St.
Charles Ave. Baptist Church and its Center for Faith + Action to encourage
Louisiana’s Governor John Bel Edwards to grant her pardon\, which he fina
lly did on January 25\, 2022.
\n
We invite you to come witness this “
Damascus experience” – and perhaps share your own – as a way to initiate o
r deepen the conversation around identifying the harm that has led to our
current\, dysfunctional legal system\; and to collectively find ways to ac
tively repair and end that harm.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
On Tuesday\, April 4 from 6:00-7:30pm ET\, J
oin Professor of Theology and World Religions at Union Theological Seminar
y the Rev. Dr. Joh
n Thatamanil and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africa
na Studies at Yale University Divinity School the Rev. Dr. Willie Jennings
for a virtual conversation entitled “Why the Body is the Land and the Lan
d is the Body: Thoughts and Conversation.”
\n
While much has been mad
e of the intimate connection between inattention to place and the ecologic
al crisis\, very little attention has been given to the troublingly intima
te relation between racial reasoning and the denial and destruction of pla
ce centered identity. Dr. Willie James Jennings has been a pioneer in thin
king through this neglected topic. Join Dr. Jennings in conversation with
John J. Thatamanil\, Director of Union’s Insight Project\, as they take up
this urgent topic.
Dr. Willie James Jennings is currently Associate Profe
ssor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divini
ty School.
\n
Dr. Jennings was born and raised in Grand Rapids\, Mich
igan. Dr. Jennings received his B.A. in Religion and Theological Studies f
rom Calvin College (1984)\, his M.Div. (Master of Divinity degree) from Fu
ller Theological Seminary in Pasadena California\, and his Ph.D. degree fr
om Duke University. Dr. Jennings who is a systematic theologian teaches in
the areas of theology\, black church and Africana studies\, as well as po
st-colonial and race theory. Dr. Jennings is the author of The Christi
an Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race published by Yale Un
iversity Press. It is one of the most important books in theology written
in the last 25 years and is now a standard text read in colleges\, seminar
ies\, and universities. Dr. Jennings is also the recipient of the 2015 Gra
wemeyer Award in Religion for his groundbreaking work on race and Christia
nity. Dr. Jennings recently authored commentary on the Book of Acts won th
e Reference Book of the Year Award\, from The Academy of Parish Clergy. He
is also the author of After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging
\, which is the inaugural book in the much anticipated book series\, Theol
ogical Education between the Times\, and has already become an instant cla
ssic\, winning the 2020 book of the year award from Publisher’s Weekly\, a
nd being selected as a finalist for the 2021 American Academy of Religion
Book of the Year in the Constructive- Reflective Studies category. And now
Dr. Jennings is hard at work on a book on the doctrine of creation\, tent
atively entitled\, “Reframing the World.”
\n
In addition to being a f
requent lecturer at colleges\, universities\, and seminaries\, Dr. Jenning
s is also a regular workshop leader at pastor conferences. He is also a co
nsultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and R
eligion\, and for the Association of Theological Schools.
\n
He serve
d along with his wife\, the Reverend Joanne L. Browne Jennings as associat
e ministers at the Mount Level Baptist Church in Durham\, North Carolina\,
and for many years\, they served together as interim pastors for several
Presbyterian and Baptist churches in North Carolina. They are the parents
of two wonderful daughters\, Njeri and Safiya Jennings.
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Join us on Tuesday\, April 11 at 7:00 PM
for Dharma and Justice: Solidarity and Accountability in
Black and Asian Buddhist Sanghas\, featuring Cr
istina Moon and Rima Vesely-Flad.
\n
As Bud
dhism gains numbers of practitioners throughout the U.S.\, there is increa
sing attention paid to cultural adaptation and appropriation within “conve
rt” sanghas. How can Buddhist practitioners\, including Black Bud
dhists who have similarly experienced cultural appropriation\, respond eth
ically? Recognizing the distinctive ways in which Asians and Asian-America
ns have been racialized\, as well as the distinctive ways in which Black p
eople have been racialized\, how can we address nuances and dynamics in Bl
ack and Asian Buddhist sanghas? Not least\, as violence continues to be di
sproportionately inflicted upon Black and Asian community members\, how ca
n Black and Asian communities create further avenues for solidarity?
After a career in human rights and soc
ial change organizing\, and graduating from the Stanford University Gradua
te School of Business\, Cristina embarked on three years of monastic train
ing at Daihonzan Chozen-ji in Honolulu. While still in residence as a prie
st\, she continues to train in zazen\, Kendo\, Chado\, and ceramics—and no
w works with individuals and organizations to develop the sensitivity and
spiritual strength needed to lead in today’s challenging world. Learn more
about Cristina’s work her
e.
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Visiting
Professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary. She
is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Pra
ctice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press\, 2022) and R
acial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution\, Black Lives\, and the
Struggle for Justice (Fortress Press\, 2017). She leads retreats and clas
ses for dharma centers throughout the U.S.
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DESCRIPTION:
\n
We are proud to a
nnounce the third annual James Cone Lecture in honor of D
r. James H. Cone\, the father of Black Liberation Theology. This annual le
cture continues forth his legacy of prophetic Black theological and religi
ous thought that pricks the conscience of America.
\n
This year’s lec
ture will be on Wednesday\, April 12\, and will be given
by Dr. Jacquelyn Grant\, a renowned theologian and The Fu
ller E. Callaway Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at the Int
erdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Her lecture titled\, T
he Anti-Sexism Work of James Hal Cone\, promises to be an engaging an
d thought-provoking exploration of Cone’s contributions to theology\, his
anti-sexism work\, and how it continues to shape our understanding of the
Black experience.
\n
The program will begin at 6:00 pm ET and will ta
ke place on Zoom.
Dr. Grant is an
expert in womanist theology and has written extensively on the intersecti
ons of race\, gender\, and religion. An MA and Ph.D. alum\, Dr. Grant was
the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology.
p>\n
We are excited to continue this lecture series in honor of James Ha
l Cone and to bring together scholars\, theologians\, and the Union commun
ity to engage in critical dialogue about the ongoing struggle for justice
and equality in America. Join us in celebrating Cone’s legacy and the impa
ct of his work.
\n
About Dr. Jacquelyn Grant
\n
Dr. Jacquelyn Grant is a graduate of Bennett Coll
ege (BA)\, Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theologi
cal Center (M.DIV) and Union Theological Seminary (MA & Ph.D.). She was t
he first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology. D
r. Grant holds honorary doctorate degrees from Turner Theological Seminary
at ITC\, Payne Theological Seminary\, Bennett College and Chicago Theolog
ical Seminary.
\n
Dr. Grant is The Fuller E. Callaway Distinguished P
rofessor of Systematic Theology at the ITC. Dr. Grant’s teaching resume\,
which covers some forty-six years\, (forty-two of which have been spent at
the ITC)\, includes several institutions. At various points of her career
\, Dr. Grant has served as a Dubois Scholar at Harvard University and a vi
siting professor at Harvard Divinity School (Women and Religion Program)\,
Princeton Theological Seminary\, Princeton University\, Candler School of
Theology and The Laney Graduate School at Emory University\, Christian Th
eological Seminary\, United Theological Seminary\, New York Theological Se
minary\, Bennett College\, Berea College and Vidyajoyti Institute of Relig
ious Studies\, Delhi\, India. At Bennett College\, she was the first hold
er of the Willa B. Player Chair in the Humanities\, and she was the Eli Li
lly Professor in Religion at Berea College.
\n
Being one of the three
founders of Womanist Theology/Ethics\, Dr. Grant authored the best-seller
book\, White Women’s Christ and Black Women’s Jesus: Femini
st Christology and Womanist Response\, edited two volumes\, Persp
ectives on Womanist Theology and Recovery of Black Presence
(with Dr. Randall Bailey)\, and she has written scores of articles that br
ing attention to theological/religious/social issues that affect women\, i
n general and black women\, in particular. This includes the 1979 groundb
reaking article\, “Black Theology and The Black Woman.” Her work is used
in educational institutions internationally.
\n
In 1981\, Dr. Grant f
ounded the Black Women in Church and Society (BWCS) program\, which advoca
tes the inclusion and full participation of women in the life and work of
the church and the society. Through the work of this office\, Dr. Grant ha
s brought together interdenominational\, intergenerational\, interdiscipli
nary and international groups of women in dialogues\, seminars\, forums\,
conferences\, and classes\, setting Black women’s agenda in the church and
society.
\n
Under the auspices of BWCS\, Dr. Grant created mentoring
\, community/social service\, research\, leadership and scholarly developm
ent and enhancement programs for women. Two Programs are The Womanist
Scholars Program (WSP) which supported the sabbatical/research/writi
ng work of Black women scholars nationally/internationally\, and Black
Women in Ministerial Leadership Program (BWML) which provided leader
ship training/education for Black women practicing ministry.
\n
Ordai
ned in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1974\, Dr. Grant continue
s to work locally and connectionally/internationally. Dr. Grant wrote and
presented a position paper at the 1976 General Conference calling for the
full participation of women at all levels of the church. This paper\, “T
he Status of Women in the AME Church\,” was followed by another paper\, “T
he AME Church and Women\,” written for the 1980 General Conference. In 197
6\, at the General Conference of the AME Church\, Dr. Grant called Women i
n Ministry together for organizing. This became the Women in Ministry orga
nization (AME/WIM) which led to the creation of the Commission on Women in
Ministry\, an official organ in the AME Church. Among other services\, AM
E/WIM provided advocacy work leading to the increase of women pastors and
presiding elders\, and to the election of women general officers and bisho
ps in this historic Black Church. Dr. Grant continues to serve as consult
ant with its executive board. In both the academic program (BWCS) and the
church program (AMEC/WIM)\, Grant has persistently challenged racism\, sex
ism\, classism and other forms of oppression in the church and larger soci
ety.
\n
Dr. Grant has worked with the World Council of Churches (WCC)
\, the National Council of Churches (NCC)\, the Commission on Church Union
(COCU)\, and Partners in Ecumenism (PIE). She is a member of the Ecumeni
cal Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT)\, the American Academy
of Religion (AAR)\, and the Society for the Study of Black Religion (SSBR
). Her work with WCC and EATWOT kept her on the international stage for m
any years. Dr. Grant has traveled to more than thirty-five (35) countries
on six (6) of the seven Continents.
\n
Dr. Grant has been recognized
outside of the academy and the church for her work. She has been featured
in several popular cultural magazines\, including in seven editions of Ebo
ny Magazines\, with three of them focusing on the following: she was a nom
inee for Johnson Publishing Company’s Black Achievement Award in the area
of religion\; she received an honorable mention among outstanding women pr
eachers\; and she was listed in a select group of “Women to Watch.”
\n<
p>Dr. Grant is one of nine children born in Georgetown\, SC to the late Re
v. Joseph J. and the late Mrs. Lillie Mae Grant (pastor and cosmetologist\
, respectively). She was married to the late Rev. Dr. John W.P. Collier\,
Jr.\, retired Executive Secretary for The Department of Missions of the A
ME Church.\n
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DESCRIPTION:\n
Plea
se join us on Friday\, April 14\, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ET for Re-forming the history of the Reformation?. In this one-
day colloquium\, we will consider the recent achievements in the disciplin
e of Reformation studies and explore pathways for future research. This ev
ent is being held in honor of the retirement of The Revd. Dr. Euan K Cameron\, Henry Luce III
Chair of Reformation Church History. Professor Cameron is the first and s
o far only holder of the Henry Luce III Chair of Reformation Church Histor
y\, and will retire at the end of this academic year. RS
VP to join in person.
Featured guest speakers include Kenneth G. Appol
d\, James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformation History at Pr
inceton Theological Seminary\; Bruce Gordon\, Titus Stree
t Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School\, and Kirsten Macfarlane\, Associate Professor in Early Modern Christ
ianities at the University of Oxford.
\n\n
Rev
. Euan K. Cameron
\n
Euan Cameron was educated at Eton and Oxford\, where
he graduated BA in History in the First Class in 1979 and received the D.P
hil. in 1982. From 1979 to 1985 he was a junior research fellow at All Sou
ls College\, Oxford. In 1985 he moved to the University of Newcastle upon
Tyne\, where he worked in the Department of History for 17 years\, receivi
ng promotions to Reader (1992) and full Professor (1997) and serving as He
ad of Department. He was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 1996/
7. In 2002 he was appointed as the first Henry Luce III Professor of Refor
mation Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York\, with a c
oncurrent appointment in the Department of Religion in Columbia University
. From 2004 to 2010 he also served as Academic Vice-President in the semin
ary. During 2010/11\, while on sabbatical leave\, he held a fellowship at
All Souls College\, Oxford.
\n
Cameron’s scholarly work analyses the
role and transformations of religion in European society in the later Midd
le Ages and Reformation periods. His academic research first began in the
area of religious dissent\, especially the Waldensian heresy: he has publi
shed three books on that subject\, The Reformation of the Heretics
(1984)\, Waldenses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe (2
000) and A Companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages (2022) i
n collaboration with Professor Marina Benedetti of the University of Milan
. Read more.
\n
Kenneth G. Appold
\n
Kenneth G. Appold is the James
Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformation History at Princeton Theological
Seminary. Appold earned his BA\, MA\, MPhil\, and PhD from Yale Universit
y\, and his Dr.theol.habil. from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Witte
nberg in Germany. Prior to coming to Princeton\, he served as a research p
rofessor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg\, France\,
and taught church history at the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz\,
Germany. His areas of interest include the history and legacy of the Refo
rmation\, the global history of Christianization\, and the history of Chri
stian ecumenism. He teaches courses on the Reformation in Europe\, with pa
rticular focus on early Lutheranism\, the Radical Reformation and the Cath
olic Reformation\, the history of church-state relations\, and the history
of Christianization in the New World and East Asia. A member of the Evang
elical Lutheran Church in America\, Appold has served as co-chair of the L
utheran-Pentecostal International Study Group and is a member of the Luthe
ran World Federation’s ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox churches. His
ongoing projects include co-editing (with Nelson H. Minnich) the Camb
ridge History of Reformation Theology\, and writing a book on Luther
and the Peasants. Read more.
\n
Bruce Gordo
n
\n
A native of Canada\
, Bruce Gordon taught at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland\, where
he was professor of modern history and deputy director of the St Andrews
Reformation Studies Institute. He came to Yale in 2008. His research and t
eaching focus on European religious cultures of the late-medieval and earl
y modern periods\, with a particular interest in the Reformation and its r
eception. In 2021 he published The Oxford Handbook of Calvin and Calvi
nism (Oxford) and Huldrych Zwingli. God’s Armed Prophet (Yal
e). The biography of Zwingli explores the roots of the Reformation and the
problematic relationship between religion and violence. His John Calv
in’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (Princeton 2016) looks at t
he reception from the sixteenth century to the age of YouTube of one of th
e defining works of the Reformation. He is the author of Calvin (
Yale\, 2009)\, a biography of the Genevan reformer\, and the Swiss Ref
ormation (Manchester\, 2002)\, a Choice Magazine “Outstandin
g Publication” (2003). Read more.
\n
Professor Kirsten Macfarlane
\n
I gained my BA\, MSt and DPhil at the Univers
ity of Oxford\, Lincoln College\, before taking up a Title A Research Fell
owship at Trinity College\, Cambridge University in October 2017. In 2019
I returned to Oxford\, where I am currently Associate Professor of Early M
odern Christianities and Tutorial Fellow at Keble College. I have also hel
d Visiting Fellowships at the Houghton Library\, Harvard\; the Massachuset
ts Historical Society\; the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies\;
and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Soc
ial Sciences. Read more.
\n
\n
\n\n
SCHEDULE
\n
\n
9.30 a.m.Coffee and pa
stries available in the Chapel
\n
10.00 a.m. Welcome \nRevd. Dr. Serene Jones\, President\, Uni
on Theological Seminary
\n
10.10 a.m. Introductions \nRevd. Dr. Euan Cameron\, Henry Luce I
II Professor of Reformation Church History\, Union Theological Seminary
\n
10.20 a.m. “The Many Lives of the Early Modern Bible: Historical and Cont
emporary Perspectives.” \nDr Bruce Gordon\, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical Histor
y\, Yale University
\n
11.35 a.m. Break
p>\n
11.45 a.m. “Grocer\, Draper\, Skinner\, Divine: Towards an Intellectual History of
Lay Believers in Post-Reformation England and New England.”
\nDr Kirsten Macfarlane\, Assoc
iate Professor of Early Modern Christianities in the Faculty of Theology a
nd Religion\, University of Oxford
\n
1.00 p.m. Lu
nch
\n
2.00 p.m. Panel Discussion with Graduate Stud
ents and Postdoctoral Scholars in Reformation Studies
\n
Host: Euan
Cameron
\n
Participants: \nAndreas Berger\, University of Basel \nElizabeth Buckheit\, Yale University \nMichael Hammett\, Columbia Univers
ity \nColin Hoch\, Yal
e University \nSerena
Strecker\, Yale University
\n
3.00 p.m. Break
\n
3.30 p.m. <
strong>“Is the Reformation Over?” \nDr Kenneth Appold\, James Hastings Nichols Professor of
Reformation History\, Princeton Theological Seminary
\n
<
strong>4.45 p.m. Conclud
ing Reflections and Looking Forward \nEuan Cameron
\n
5.20 p.m. Rec
eption for all attendees in the Chapel
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Jo
in the UTS community for an event honoring the legacy of Dr. Delores Senev
a Williams ’91\, where a portrait commissioned by the Class of 2019 will b
e blessed by the community and permanently placed in a prominent academic
hallway. We also have a very special announcement to make at the Chapel se
rvice.
\n
Please feel free to particip
ate in any or all activities:
\n
11:30 AM Guests Arrive
\n
12:00 PM Unveiling & Blessing of Portrait & Special Annou
ncement (livestreamed on Union’s Chapel Facebook)
\n
12:30 PM Lunch
\n
1:30 PM Pr
ogramming in the Burke Library
\n
2:30 PM Remembering Dr. Delores S. Williams
\n
4:30 PM Drum Procession and Install
ation of Portrait
\n
5:00 PM
strong> Celebration in James Memorial Chapel
\n
We look forward to
connecting with you\, students\, alums\, and friends to remember and recou
nt the innumerable ways in which Dr. Delores Williams made an impact on Wo
manist Theological Thought\, the community at Union\, and\, in turn\, our
own personal lives.
\n
Dr. Williams earned her PhD from Union and l
ater became the first Black woman to hold a named chair at the seminary as
the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology and Culture. Her groundbreaking bo
ok\, Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk\, remains a crucial and influential text in womanist theological thought
. Her profound legacy as an author\, teacher\, and revolutionary trailblaz
er of womanist theology will be reflected at this celebration.
Thank you to Uni
on’s Class of 2019 and the donors who made commissioning the portrait poss
ible\, and as a result\, is allowing us to permanently place this artwork
in the main Administration hallway at Union Theological Seminary.
\n
A special thanks
to the planning committee\, all of you have been instrumental in making th
is event so special\; and to our generous donors\, the Rev. David C. Parso
ns `01 and Dr. Judith A. Diers `90\, for financially supporting this even
t.
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t Blessing & Installation
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CONTACT:Nayeli Garcia Mowbray\; ngmowbray@uts.columbia.edu\; https://www.aa
rweb.org/2023AnnualMeeting/General-Registration.aspx
DESCRIPTION:
Join us on Sunday\, November 19th from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm CT\, for Union’s
Alum & Friend Reception with participants from the 2023 Annual Meetings h
osted by the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblica
l Literature (SBL). We will gather for an evening of conversation\, connec
tion\, and celebration at Hyatt Regency San Antonio Rive
rwalk\, 123 Losoya Street\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78205. Click below t
o RSVP.
At this reception\, you will hear Union updates by R
ev. Dr. Serene Jones\, MDiv\, PhD\, President of Union Theological Seminar
y & Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy\, and Dr. Su Yon
Pak\, MA\, EdD ’99\, Vice-President of Academic Affairs & Dean and Associa
te Professor of Integrative and Field-Based Education\, and celebrate the
faculty\, students\, alums\, and friends who attend and present at the ann
ual meeting. Click
here to learn about the sessions that Union faculty\, students\, and
alums are participating in during the conferences.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T210000
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SEQUENCE:0
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URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/union-annual-meeting-2023/
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Dr. Samuel Cruz of Union Theological Seminary will host p
olitical activist\, poet\, and journalist Felipe Luciano to discuss his ne
w memoir Flesh & Spirit (Fordham University Press 2023). The evening will
include distinguished panelists Jamal Joseph (Columbia University)\, Johan
na Fernandez (Lehman College)\, Raymond Rivera (LAC)\, and Gary Dorrien (U
nion Theological Seminary) who will discuss Luciano’s publication and life
’s work.
\n
This event is hosted by Union
Theological Seminary’s Religion & Society Department and is co-sponsored
by Fordham University Press and NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribb
ean Studies.
\n
Register Below
\n\n
This event has reached In-Person Capa
city\, and is no longer taking registrations. However\, the event will be
streamed on Union's Facebook page.
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rk\, NY 10027\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:The Official Book Launch of “Flesh and Spirit: Confessions of a You
ng Lord” A Memoir by Felipe Luciano
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/luciano/
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On Wednesday\, December 6
at 3 p.m. EST\, join the Center for Earth Ethics for Freedom to Be\, a co
nversation about the intersection of Indigenous issues\, the concept of fr
eedom of religion or belief\, and the climate crisis. This virtual discuss
ion will feature Indigenous voices who will explore how international Indi
genous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries\, dom
ination mindset\, and land removal policies that drive climate change.
\n
Confirmed speakers include Pavel Sulyandziga of the Udege peop
le in Russia\, Laulani Teale of the Kanaka Maoli people in Hawai’i\
, and Åsa Larsson Blind of the Sámi Peoples in Sweden. Robe
rto Múkaro Borrero\, strategic advisor to CEE\, will moderate. CE
E Executive Director Karenna Gore will introduce and clos
e the program.
\n
The conversation will investigate how Indigenous sp
irituality’s intrinsic connection to the environment and earth can support
an ecologically balanced future.
\n
This conversation is another in
a series of CEE events that build off the 2022 report on Indigenous commun
ities by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or B
elief.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T163000
LOCATION:Zoom webinar
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Freedom to Be: Perspectives on the 2022 UN Report on Indigenous Peo
ples and the Concept of Freedom of Religion or Belief
URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/freedom-to-be-perspectives-on-the-2022-un-repo
rt-on-indigenous-peoples-and-the-concept-of-freedom-of-religion-or-belief/
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DESCRIPTION:
PLEASE Join us for a brief overview of upcoming course:
Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations\, and some Q&A via Zoom on Wedn
esday\, December 20 at 5:30 pm.
The complex and largely contentious history between Jews and Christians co
nstitutes a significant dimension of current crises and conflicts—both abr
oad and here at home. Yet this difficult history isn’t the full story. Rem
arkable advances in understanding and collaboration reveal new hope in the
possibilities of repairing and strengthening the bonds that link both tra
ditions. In response to the relevance of the topic\, Union is featuring a
course offered in the 2024 spring term\, Studies in Jewish-Christian R
elations\, taught by Professor Mary Boys
p>\n
This in-person course\, offered to religiously diverse students fro
m schools in the NY Metro area\, will be offered weekly on Mondays (Januar
y 29-May 6 2024) from 9-11:50am on Union’s campus. The deadline to sign up for the course is January
11.
\n
The standard audit fee is $600\, but a reduced fee ($150) will
be available by request to those for whom the higher fee would be a finan
cial hardship. Please email David Gastwirth (dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu) no later than January 4 w
ith a reduced fee request (and prior to completing the sign up form) or an
y other questions about the course. Learners from all religious and spirit
ual backgrounds are encouraged to join.
\n
Course Information
:
\n
IE/RE 344 STUDIES IN JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS
\n
Jews and Christians have a long and complex relationship requiring us to
grapple with what has been termed a “tormented” history. As “two nations i
n [one] womb” (Israel Jacob Yuval)\, our traditions experienced a protract
ed\, complicated and often fractious process by which they ultimately emer
ged in relation to one another. Grappling with this history is essential t
o reimagining a relation in the present characterized by mutual respect an
d commitment to a peaceful and just world.
\n
This course on Jewish-C
hristian relations engages us in two cases in interreligious/intercultural
conflict and reconciliation. The first reveals how cultural and religious
differences gave rise to disparagement of the other\, and how power imbal
ances and societal tensions fueled binary oppositional identity\, often wi
th tragic consequences. This case involves delving into the origins and de
velopment of anti-Jewish teachings that became embedded in church life and
contributed significantly to antisemitism. The second case\, still very m
uch in process\, documents the developing—and somewhat marginal—transforma
tion of relations between Jews and Christians in the past 60 years\, not s
imply through the many instances of scholarly collaboration but also among
those committed to interreligious/intercultural dialogue.
\n
A cours
e such as this would be inconceivable for most of the two millennia of rel
ations between our traditions\, so it is a sign of hope that Jews and Chri
stians today can engage in learning in the presence of the other.
\n
Course Goals:
\n
\n
To analyze key developments in Jewish-Christi
an relations\, with emphasis on scholarship that presents an alternative t
o conventional understandings of the first centuries of the Common Era tha
t serve as a resource to reorient thinking.
\n
To draw upon the wea
lth of resources by Jewish and Christian scholars\, including books\, arti
cles\, open-access journals\, encyclopedias\, films\, and lectures.
\n
To engage participants in the issues involving Jews and Christians rel
evant to their own religious and cultural contexts\, including the current
war between Israel and Hamas.
\n
To provide opportunities for part
icipants to interact with one another and to collaborate so as to foster g
reater knowledge and understanding.
Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes’ Award Winning Play\, “Wh
en Wajcha Meets Pachamama\,” is coming to Union!
\n
February 1 @ 7:00 PM | February 2 @ 7:00 PM
| February 3 @ 6:00 PM
\n
James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
\n\n
This award-winn
ing play\, written by Rev. Dr. Carvalhaes\, Union’s Professor of Worship\,
wrestles with the future of our planet. The idea was to create a play tha
t could expose climate disasters in a way that would be received without a
nxiety or the heaviness of scientific analysis. A clown named Wajcha\, orp
han in Quechua\, goes around the earth/Pachamama with a rat\, experiencing
several climate disasters. After a journey\, Wajcha discovers he is hurti
ng as much as Pachamama.
\n
Prod
uction Team \nDirector – Luis Louis | Director
Assistant – Airen Wormhoudt | Director of Music – Marco Scar
assatti \nMusician – Lucas Cypriano | Video Manager
– Moses Bollam
\n
Actors/Actres
ses \nAiping Cao\, (Xian’ai) | Andrew Michael Laro | Helena
Theis | Jing Lin\, (Xian’an) \nLeslie Martinez | Michael Soaries | Vi
ctoria Bastos
Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes’ Award Winning Play\, “Wh
en Wajcha Meets Pachamama\,” is coming to Union!
\n
February 1 @ 7:00 PM | February 2 @ 7:00 PM
| February 3 @ 6:00 PM
\n
James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
\n\n
This award-winn
ing play\, written by Rev. Dr. Carvalhaes\, Union’s Professor of Worship\,
wrestles with the future of our planet. The idea was to create a play tha
t could expose climate disasters in a way that would be received without a
nxiety or the heaviness of scientific analysis. A clown named Wajcha\, orp
han in Quechua\, goes around the earth/Pachamama with a rat\, experiencing
several climate disasters. After a journey\, Wajcha discovers he is hurti
ng as much as Pachamama.
\n
Prod
uction Team \nDirector – Luis Louis | Director
Assistant – Airen Wormhoudt | Director of Music – Marco Scar
assatti \nMusician – Lucas Cypriano | Video Manager
– Moses Bollam
\n
Actors/Actres
ses \nAiping Cao\, (Xian’ai) | Andrew Michael Laro | Helena
Theis | Jing Lin\, (Xian’an) \nLeslie Martinez | Michael Soaries | Vi
ctoria Bastos
Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes’ Award Winning Play\, “Wh
en Wajcha Meets Pachamama\,” is coming to Union!
\n
February 1 @ 7:00 PM | February 2 @ 7:00 PM
| February 3 @ 6:00 PM
\n
James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
\n\n
This award-winni
ng play\, written by Rev. Dr. Carvalhaes\, Union’s Professor of Worship\,
wrestles with the future of our planet. The idea was to create a play that
could expose climate disasters in a way that would be received without an
xiety or the heaviness of scientific analysis. A clown named Wajcha\, orph
an in Quechua\, goes around the earth/Pachamama with a rat\, experiencing
several climate disasters. After a journey\, Wajcha discovers he is hurtin
g as much as Pachamama.
\n
Produ
ction Team \nDirector – Luis Louis | Director A
ssistant – Airen Wormhoudt | Director of Music – Marco Scara
ssatti \nMusician – Lucas Cypriano | Video Manager
– Moses Bollam
\n
Actors/Actress
es \nAiping Cao\, (Xian’ai) | Andrew Michael Laro | Helena T
heis | Jing Lin\, (Xian’an) \nLeslie Martinez | Michael Soaries | Vic
toria Bastos
Where: The Palmer House\
, a Hilton Hotel\, located at 17 E Monroe St\, Chicago\, IL 60603.
\n
\n
We’ll be in the company of students\, faculty members\,
and alums! For those planning to attend\, we’ll be sending out the restaur
ant details exclusively to those who RSVP. Looking forward to seeing you t
here!
\n\n
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
div>\n\n
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CONTACT:Joanna Luehmann\; jluehmann@uts.columbia.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Black History Month Event on Womanist Inte
rpretation honoring Union’s alumna and trailblazer: Rev. Dr. Gay Byron ’92
\, ’99
\n
\n\n\n
Join
us for a captivating Black History Month Event on Womanist Interpretation\
, scheduled for February 28th at 4:30 pm. This hybrid event will be hosted
at James Chapel for limited in-person attendees and simultaneously stream
ed online. In heartfelt remembrance of a Trailblazer\, the late Rev. Dr. G
ay L. Byron\, a remarkable Union alumna\, our discussion\, including Rev.
Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman and Rev. Dr. Vanessa Lovelace\, will delve into
the profound intersections of theology\, Black liberation\, and gender.
\n
The late Rev. Dr. Gay L. Byron\, a distinguished Professor of New Te
stament and Early Christianity at the Howard University School of Divinity
in Washington\, DC\, left an indelible mark on the fields of biblical sch
olarship\, liberation theology\, and womanist interpretations. She receive
d her M.Div.\, M.Phil.\, and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New
York City\, a journey that laid the foundation for her impactful career. D
on’t miss this opportunity to honor and explore the impactful legacy of Re
v. Dr. Byron\, a true Trailblazer. Secure your spot now for this insightfu
l discussion.
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SEQUENCE:0
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\n
\n\n
LGBTQ-RAN presents the 2023-24 Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award to Austin Steelman for
his paper\, “’Not an Ordinary Man:’ J. Gresham Machen & the Un-Queering of
Evangelical Theology. Last year’s Mollenkott Awardee Wallace Best\, Ph.D
. will interview Steelman about his research and writing.
\n
Read the
full press release for more information about Steelma
n’s award-winning paper.
\n\n
Aust
in Steelman is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at Sta
nford University. Prior to coming to Stanford\, he earned a J.D. from Harv
ard Law School and worked as a litigator in the field of intellectual prop
erty law. While in law school\, he began his research on the connections b
etween interpretations of legal and religious texts in American history.
p>\n
\n
\n
\n\n
Wa
llace Best\, Ph.D. joined the Princeton faculty in 2007 and holds
appointments in the Departments of Religion and African American Studies
and is a faculty affiliate of the Department of History. He also serves as
Director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. A scholar of Afr
ican American religious history\, he is the author of Passionately Hum
an\, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago\, 1915-1952\, Princeton University Press and Langston’s Salvation: American Reli
gion and the Bard of Harlem\, New York University Press\, winner of t
he 2018 award in “Textual Studies” from the American Academy of Religion.<
/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
Other speakers at this event
will include:
\n\n
C
aro Bratnober (they/she) is the Public Services Librarian at the
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary in New York and an alum of Uni
on Theological Seminary. Their library and archival work is informed by he
r research in gender and sexuality studies\, (dis)ability studies\, ethics
and religious studies\, along with digital-media and information-literacy
studies. She coordinates research and access services for the Burke Libra
ry and across the Columbia University Libraries\, and creates exhibits\, u
ser-engagement projects\, and instruction-design initiatives. They are pro
ud to serve on the Advisory Board of the LGBTQ-RAN.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Rev.
Dr. William Stell is a faculty fellow in the Department of Religi
ous Studies at New York University. His scholarship has been published in
American Religion\, Church History\, Journal of the History of Sexuality\,
and Theology & Sexuality. His current book project is titled Born Aga
in Queer: The History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antiga
y Christianity.
\n
\n
\n
\n<
p style='text-align: center\;'>This presentation and reception followi
ng is jointly hosted by the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network and Union The
ological Seminary.
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LOCATION:James Chapel\, Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New Yo
rk\, NY 10027\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-2024-award-presentat
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DESCRIPTION:\n
You’re invited to the fourth annual
James Cone Lecture in honor of Dr. James H. Cone\, the father of
Black Liberation Theology. This annual lecture continues forth his legacy
of prophetic Black theological and religious thought that pricks the cons
cience of America.
\n
This year’s lecture\, available to be viewed in
-person\, in James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary\, or Online via Zo
om Webinar\, will be on Wednesday\, April 3\, and will be
given by Dr. Terrence L. Johnson\, the Charles G. Adams
Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School
. He is a Faculty Associate of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics a
nd affiliate faculty of the Program in American Studies. His lecture title
d\, Between Black Liberation Theology and Democratic Womanism: Black f
aith and the Spirit of Freedom in a Time of War and Moral Decadence\,
promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking.
\n
Doors will open
at 5:30 PM ET and the Zoom Webinar will begin at 6:00 PM ET.
We a
re excited to continue this lecture series in honor of James Hal Cone and
to bring together scholars\, theologians\, and the Union community to enga
ge in critical dialogue about the ongoing struggle for justice and equalit
y in America. Join us in celebrating Cone’s legacy and the impact of his w
ork.
\n
About Dr. Terrence L. Johnson
\n\n
Terrence L. Johnson is
the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at H
arvard Divinity School. He is a Faculty Associate of the Edmond & Lily Saf
ra Center for Ethics and affiliate faculty of the Program in American Stud
ies.
\n
His research interests include African American political tho
ught\, ethics\, American religions\, and the role of religion in public li
fe. Johnson’s interdisciplinary research agenda is historical\, critical\,
and constructive. He weaves together African American religions\, politic
al theory\, and American history to paint broad conceptual schemes for ima
gining religion\, democracy\, ethics\, liberalism\, justice\, and freedom.
Johnson serves as co-editor of the Duke University Press
Series “Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspo
ra People” and co-editor of the Harvard Theological Review. H
e is also a member of the Corporation of Haverford College.
\n
Along
with writing scholarly articles\, Johnson has written for or appeared on CBS This Morning\, Salon\, NPR\, and the Literary Hub.
\n
A g
raduate of Morehouse College\, Johnson received his M.Div. from Harvard Di
vinity School and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Brown University.
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SEQUENCE:0
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Wednesday\, April 17 at 7:00 PM:
Dharma and Justice: Breaking the Cycle of Injustice\, featuring <
strong>the Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas Ph.D and the Rev. Kos
en Gregory Snyder.
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How do we break the cycle of injustice? How do
we claim our humanity in an inhumane world? How do we repair the breach be
tween what is and what ought to be? These are the questions which Reveren
ds Kelly Brown Douglas and Kosen Gregory Snyder will wrestle with together as they ex
plore what their particular religious traditions\, Christianity and Buddhi
sm\, have to say about the quest for justice. \n\n
The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas\, Ph.D. is Interi
m President of the Episcopal Divinity School. From 2017 to 2023\, she was
Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Pr
ofessor of Theology. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in The
ology at Union in November 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian a
t the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity
Church Wall Street.
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Prior to Union\, Douglas served as Professo
r of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Profes
sorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she wa
s Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity
(1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (
1986-1987). Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Douglas holds a mast
er’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
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Douglas is the author of many articles and six books\, including Se
xuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective\, Stand Your Ground:
Black Bodies and the Justice of God\, and Resurrection Hope: A Future Wher
e Black Lives Matter\, which won the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. He
r academic work has focused on womanist theology\, sexuality and the Black
church.
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Rev. Kosen Greg Snyder\, Osho is the Senior Director and Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies
at Union Theological Seminary\, where he oversees the Master of Divinity
degree program in Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement as well as the Th
ích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism.<
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Professor Snyder is an ordained Zen Buddhist prie
st and dharma-transmitted teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He co-
founded and is currently the senior resident priest at the Brooklyn Zen Ce
nter and Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery in Millerton\, NY. He is one of the
founders of the Buddhist Action Coalition\, whose mission is to organize
and inspire compassionate Buddhist initiatives in advancing social\, econo
mic\, and environmental justice through advocacy and nonviolent direct act
ion.
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Professor Snyder’s academic and pract
ice interests include socially engaged Buddhism\, the intersections of con
templative interreligious dialogue and social action\, the relationship be
tween Buddhist liberatory practices and social transformation\, and the ex
ploratory juxtaposition of Buddhism with liberation theology\, Earth-cente
red cosmologies\, and Western continental theory\, particularly phenomenol
ogy and post-structuralism. Professor Snyder is currently working on a boo
k exploring expressions of social justice rooted in Buddhist dharma\, mora
l epistemology\, and praxis. He has been published in Buddhist and other p
eriodicals\, including Buddhadharma\, Lion’s Roar\, Shambhala Sun and the
New York Times.
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Can perpetrators of huma
n rights violations be advocates and agents for human rights?
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Since 2002\, in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks\, the Uni
ted States has maintained Guantanamo Bay as a site of torture and brutalit
y – holding detainees indefinitely and without trials. Prisoners held at G
uantanamo have languished within its prison cells for years without due pr
ocess\, while civil rights organizations worldwide have condemned the Unit
ed States Government for the civil rights violations and inhumane treatmen
t of Guantanamo’s detainees.
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Join us for a discussion called “Stil
l a Beast at Bay: Thirty Years of Resisting the United States’ Suspension
of Universal Human Rights at Guantanamo Bay.” Hosted by Dr. Samuel Cruz an
d featuring keynote speaker Don E. Walicek.
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Please join us on Wednesday\, May 1
\, 2024 at 6:30PM at Union Theological Seminary\, for a keynote a
ddress by Dr. Agustina Luvis Nunez entitled\, “The Le
gacy of Latinx Women in Social Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean<
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The 3rd Annual Mama Leo Latinx Lecture Series will explore
the intersections of Reverend Leoncia Rosado Rousseau’s ministry and the s
ocial justice movements of Latin America and the Caribbean. Mama Leo’s dis
tinguishable impact on Latinx families in New York City and her continued
relevance across generations reveal Puerto Rican Pentecostalism as a tool
for liberation.
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The address will be preceded by a roundtable discu
ssion: “Latinx Women Voices\,” by Union students\, Yarilyne Regal
ado\, Leslie Martinez\, Karla Mendoza Arana\, Gisell Rodon\, and moderate
d by Dean Sandra Montes.
B.S. Biología\, Universidad d
e Puerto Rico (1980). Tecnología Médica\, Universidad de Puerto Rico (RCM)
(1982). MDiv\, Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (2001)\, Master in The
ology\, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (2003). PhD. Lutheran Schoo
l of Theology at Chicago\, 2009.
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Agustina Luvis Núñez is
a Puerto Rican theologian living and doing theology in the island. A life-
long learner\, she holds several degrees\, including BS in Biology and Med
ical Technology from the University of Puerto Rico\, a M.Div. from the Sem
inario Evangélico de Puerto Rico\, a Master in Theology and a Ph.D. in Sys
tematic Theology from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Currentl
y serves as Associate Professor and Director of the D.Min. Program at the
Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico.
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Dr. Luvis’s areas of
interest include Pentecostal and feminist theologies. She has contributed
to multiple publications\, including the book El sexo en la Iglesia (2015)\; which was edited by renown scholars Samuel Silva Gotay and Lui
s N. Rivera Pagán. Her book Creada a su imagen: Una pastoral integral
para la mujer was published in 2012 by Abingdon Press.
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