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September 29, 2023

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“Reorienting Ourselves to the Reality of Not Yet” Launches Second Phase of Anti-Racist Initiatives at United

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, September 27, 2023 — United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United) and Rev. Dr. Gary F. Green, II—Director of Anti-Racist Initiatives—are thrilled to announce that on Monday, October 23, at 7:30 PM, we will cap off the first day of Symposium Week with a free, public event that officially launches the second wave of United’s Anti-Racist Initiatives. (more…)

September 25, 2020

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Cycles of Violence: On Breonna Taylor, the Verdict, and Sacred Protest

The following message comes from CARJ, United's Committee Advocating for Racial Justice: Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because of our need as human persons for autonomy. -The Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement” (more…)

June 1, 2020

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A Letter to My Christian Family Everywhere: From Alum Yolanda Y. Williams

Dear Christians, (more…)

May 29, 2020

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Students Respond to the Killing of George Floyd

In response to the violent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, MN, students in Professor Eleazar Fernandez's Public Theology for Social Transformation class worked together to write this statement. We share it as a reminder that the work of theology is always grounded in lived human experience and that calls for justice remain fundamental for people of all faiths. (more…)