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Announcing the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary

Friday, April 24, 2015

New Center Unites Environmentalism with Religious and Humanist Moral Concerns For Immediate Release, April 22, 2015 Contact: Shay O’Reilly 212-280-1425 [email protected] New York, NY — Facing the reality of human-caused global climate change, people of conscience from around the world came together at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York last fall for the

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Union Hires Derrick Harkins ’87—Pastor & Obama Advisor—to Lead Public Programming

Thursday, February 19, 2015

See coverage in The Washington Post FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senior Pastor of Washington’s Historic 19th Street Baptist Church Returns to Union New York City, NY — After seventeen years at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Senior Pastor Derrick Harkins, former Director of Faith Outreach for the Democratic Party and advisor to President Obama,

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Divestment

Monday, February 2, 2015

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS Read Union President Serene Jones’ full statement at TIME Magazine’s website: http://time.com/2853203/union-fossil-fuels/ NEW YORK, NY — June 10, 2014 — The trustees of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York today voted unanimously to begin divesting fossil fuels

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