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Now Accepting Applications for The Collaborative for Faith Leadership
Friday, February 22, 2019

Since 2014, the VISION program has engaged early/mid-career faith leaders in a two-year collaborative program designed to support new ministries and build clergy relationships across denominations and religious traditions.​ In the Fall of 2019 Union will launch The Collaborative for Faith Leadership… Deadline: July 1 Click to apply The cohort meets monthly during the academic term to collaborate and

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Latinx Theology in Xenophobic Times: An Interview with Professor Machado
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Amid a government shutdown and public fight over US immigration policy, we sat down with Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado, Professor of Church History at Union. In addition to the Borderlands class described in depth below, Dr. Machado’s recent courses include Eugenics, Race, Gender, and Nation: A Brief History and Religious Movements from the Margins: A

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What Borders Must We Cross in 2019?
Monday, January 7, 2019

By The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas “The phenomenon of refugees is not an El Paso problem, it’s a U.S. problem,” said Ruben Garcia, the founder and director of Annunciation House. And he should know. At Annunciation House, they provide the “hospitality” of food, bed, a shower, and other necessities for at least 2000

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Live Stream – Flint, Faith, and Justice: The Poisoned City
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

The EDS at Union Spring Community Read is Anna Clark’s riveting book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. Anna Clark will join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas on Wednesday, January 30, at 6:00 pm EST, in James Chapel for a conversation about how Flint’s water and this urban tragedy is connected to the work of

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Love Knows No Borders
Thursday, December 20, 2018

From December 6 – 11, a Union delegation traveled to the San Diego/Tijuana border, to work with asylum seekers in Mexico and participate in a protest at the border. Below, they describe their experience, what it taught them about the US immigration system, and what ministry can look like amidst such unjust suffering. Gabrielle Sclafani

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Union Theological Seminary joins with Morningside Heights Community Coalition and P.A.’L.A.N.T.E to Protect and Support Vulnerable New Yorkers
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Announces Community Investment Initiative to Address Homelessness and Support Social Justice Funded Through Innovative Partnership with Lendlease and L+M (December 4, 2018 – NEW YORK) – Union Theological Seminary today announced its plan for a $5 million community investment initiative, alongside the Morningside Heights Community Coalition and P.A.’L.A.N.T.E., funded through an innovative partnership with Lendlease

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Trinity-Union Fellows Program Renewed for 2019-20
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Trinity Church Wall Street (Trinity) and Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York (Union) have partnered to renew the Trinity Union Fellows Program for a 2nd year. The program, launched in 2017, brings up to six international students from China and India to Trinity and Union for one year of academic training and

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Trinity Fellows Application Form
Monday, November 26, 2018

Thank you for your interest in the Trinity Fellowship STM program. Unfortunately, the applications for this program are now closed. Applications for Fall 2020 will launch in August 2019.

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Field Ed Profile: Hope Fried at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s
Friday, November 16, 2018

Field education at Union provides an opportunity for students to bring together their education, skill, and religious commitment in a way that can help them discover their call. Students do their field work in a wide variety of locations, from churches to shelters to non-profit organizations. Hope Fried, a second-year M.Div. student, is doing her

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Field Ed Profile: Ian Case at Manhattan Detention Complex
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Field education at Union provides an opportunity for students to bring together their education, skill, and religious commitment in a way that can help them discover their call. Students do their field work in a wide variety of locations, from churches to shelters to non-profit organizations. Ian Case, a second-year M.Div. student, is doing his

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