Social and Racial Justice

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A Mirror on Every Wall—and a Microphone Behind Every Mirror

March 24, 2022
Harvard Divinity School's statement on “Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging” declares that theological training at the school is “vibrant” with an energy that will guide students to “unlearn and heal” the vices planted in them by society and thereby allow them “to flourish and feel a deep sense of belonging.”
2021-22 WSRP Research Associate Heather White

Research Associate Heather White on 'Hosting the Counterculture'

March 4, 2022
Heather White, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender and Queer Studies at HDS and a Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate for 2021–22, describes her year-long research project at the WSRP, "Hosting the Counterculture: Histories of Queer Episcopal New York."
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Humans of HDS: Prepared for This Moment

February 24, 2022

“One of the things you realize when you start to do social justice work is that you don’t get anywhere alone. Without community and partnership, you can’t move the needle on any area of community empowerment, development, ant-discriminatory, or anti-oppressive work in order to make structural change that alleviates burdens on the marginalized.”—Teddy Hickman-Maynard, Associate Dean for Ministry Studies at HDS... Read more about Humans of HDS: Prepared for This Moment

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Enduring Memories of Toni Morrison

February 23, 2022
On the eve of what would have been the late novelist Toni Morrison’s 91st birthday, HDS Professor Davíd Carrasco shared stories from his 32-year friendship with the Nobel laureate during a remote lecture hosted by the Harvard Extension Alumni Association Midwest Chapter.
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The United States Pays Reparations Every Day—just Not to Black America

February 3, 2022
Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at HDS and a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member, and Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at HKS, explore why the extensive U.S. system of restorative justice is so disconnected from the multi-faceted, intergenerational harms suffered by Black Americans.
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For Black LGBTQ Christians, Storytelling Is a Tool of Resilience

January 27, 2022
In the year since starting Pride in the Pews, Don Abram, MDiv '19, has interviewed people from across the country, ages 22 to 85, each with a unique relationship with the Black church. Driven by a deep love for both the Gospel and the Black church’s legacy of social justice, Mr. Abram aims to mine their stories for insights that can help congregations become more welcoming toward LGBTQ members. 

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