Members of all faiths and spiritual traditions are encouraged to apply to the Center for Earth Ethics’ faith, spirituality, and climate training in June at the Ashokan Center.

Join us on Monday, April 27th, for a virtual conversation with Cassie Bingham, Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact, a leading systems and design educator and impact strategist.

On this Earth Day, we recommit to the sacred call at the heart of our tradition: to live rightly with one another and with the earth that sustains all life. #EarthDay #ClimateJustice #UnionTheologicalSeminary

@UnionSeminary.Bsky. Social President Rev. Dr. @SereneJones.Bsky.Social will be the speaker for the upcoming 2026 JWW Lectureship April 24–26, 2026. Save the dates for a weekend of learning, conversation, and meaningful connection. Learn more here: www.fcucc.org/events/jww-l...

Karenna Gore brought ethics, spirituality and climate justice to the global stage at ChangeNOW 2026 this month in Paris, where she was a keynote speaker and the moderator of a dynamic interfaith panel.

We are excited to announce that Rev. Dr. Lisa L. Thompson will serve as @unionseminary.bsky.social's 17th President. An internationally recognized theological scholar and academic, vocal social justice advocate, executive, and faith leader...

At Union, we strongly support Pope Leo as he speaks the truth about the Gospel. His words condemning war and calling for peace are Gospel-true. His affirmation of the sacredness of human and planetary life is Gospel-true.

Congratulations to @unionseminary.bsky.social President serenejones.bsky.social on being honored by Community Impact at Columbia University at their 2026 Public Service Celebration & Awards Breakfast on April 17th, celebrating 45 years of service and partnership in Upper Manhattan and New York City.

“The people of our city understand that our fates are bound up in one another, and we owe each other courage as we confront the problems facing our city. And that is why New Yorkers in 2022 voted to develop a racial equity plan and a true cost of living measure...”

Join us at Stanford D School for an unprecedented TIDEL Talks Experience on designing spaces of belonging in the digital age...

In 2015, I stood on Iranian soil. I have prayed with the Iranian people, broken bread, looked into their eyes, and stayed in their homes. I built friendships and was part of creating the foundation for diplomacy. This is slaughter.

“Engaging in that course helped me better understand myself, society, and all of the factors that contribute to bad outcomes like a criminal conviction,” stated Union MPS alumnus Mujahideen Muhammad speaking about the impact of higher education programs like...

Every day, there are more reports of abuse and cruelty within ICE facilities. But this inhumanity is nothing new. As Rev. Willie Dwayne Francois III explains in a new op-ed in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social...

@UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social wishes all who are observing a happy Easter.

“The next chapter of my life will be exploring how to create the scaffolding that helps people stand as a community,” stated @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social Student Wayne Hsiung about his decision to start attending UTS in a recent profile piece in The New Yorker

@UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social wishes all who are observing a happy Passover.

Today, the Supreme Court struck down protections against conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth — on Transgender Day of Visibility. To our trans siblings: we see you. We grieve with you. We are not looking away. You are not broken. You do not need to be fixed. You are beloved, exactly as you are...

@UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social stands in solidarity with our transgender community members today on Transgender Visibility Day and every day

“As chaplains, we’re taught that one of our most innate spiritual needs is that of reconciliation – reconciling with our pasts, as well as our actions that have caused harm to ourselves and others.,” stated @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social alumnus Bryan Mealer in a recent story published in The Guardian.

“Everything you will see in the world or face in the world is at Union at some point — from interreligious dialogue to racial and ethnic studies to gender studies. Everything is there. So we’re being prepared.”.” - Rhonda Brown UTS MASJ ‘24

Looking back on this day last year, when @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social, alongside partners, hosted an event on Capitol Hill on faith-based advocacy. “If ever we needed voices of faith, we need those voices right now,” stated Senator Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock at the event.

Join Visions2030 and Union Theological Seminary for a landmark convening. The American Dream and its promise have inspired generations around the world. Reimagining it for the future, as a true and meaningful reality for all, remains our moment’s mission.

“Gary Dorrien Is Christian Socialism’s Greatest Champion.” These are the words of scholar Matt McManus, who recently wrote an extensive profile on @unionseminary.bsky.social professor Rev. Dorrien in the Jacobin...

On March 3, @unionseminary.bsky.social professor & distinguished scholar Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien delivered a moving address on the enduring power of the Social Gospel in the struggle for justice. Check out the full Sorensen Lecture from Yale Divinity School here: buff.ly/sfFmEqZ

At a moment when many feel the moral fabric of our world under strain, the Interreligious Seder for Liberation at @unioneminary.bsky.social invites us to gather across traditions and imagine what liberation asks of us now.

My heart breaks for our siblings at Temple Israel in Michigan. Today's attack on the nation's largest Reform synagogue is an attack on all of us. To Michigan's Jewish community and beyond: you are not alone. We stand with you. Antisemitism is a sin, and silence is not an option.

1836 Day is when @unionseminary.bsky.social shows up for its students.

This spring, the Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab (TIDEL) welcomes Dr. Heidi Campbell for a timely Speaker Series conversation, “Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture...”

“[Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor] has allowed [Shia Muslim’s] to see that they are really welcomed in this city,” stated @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social adjunct faculty member Dr. Hussein Rashid on his recent appearance on Spectrum News NY 1. Watch the full story here: ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

@UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social adjunct faculty member Dr. Hussein Rashid recently took part in a fascinating conversation on the Doha Debates Podcast exploring this cultural moment through the lens of comic book superheroes, addressing the question “Are superheroes the moral leaders of our time?”

In a recent story published by NPR, @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social Encore Transition Program was featured as a part of a growing movement of institutions of higher education actively cultivating a crop of midlife and older students. Read the full story here: www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...

“The reason education is important is because if you can shape how someone is leading, in terms of their moral imagination, and you can shape the impact they're going to have in leadership beyond the walls of that institution,”

Join the Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab (TIDEL) this Monday for a dynamic Speaker Series conversation, “Discovering Social Impact,” featuring Milan Drake, Community Design Lead at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University...

“There's a different way of being higher education, and that at the center of it has the development of critical consciousness and of students' own voice, and that protesting and standing up and fighting for what you believe in is a core value of higher education itself,”

Today we mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson — pastor, prophet, and tireless champion for justice...

“Our definition of what constitutes being full and dignified and human stands far outside of the definition of the nation state that's being militarized here,” stated, Dr. Jorge Rodriguez V on authoritarianism in his recent appearance, alongside President Serene Jones, on The Left Hook podcast.

New course open to all! “Religious Freedom and the Law,” taught by Liz Reiner Platt will provide students with a solid understanding of the basic legal history and current status of key religious liberty doctrines, including Constitution protections and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument is not just symbolic — it is an attempt to obscure sacred history...

New course open to all! Saints, spiritual warriors, bodhisattvas, zaddikim — no matter how they are named in a given tradition, they all share a profound wish to free others from suffering. “Spiritual Activism and Activism”, taught by Lama Rod Owens, will dive deep into these themes.

New course open to all! Drawing on the Tibetan Buddhist archetype of the spiritual warrior, this workshop, taught by Dr. Brooke D. Lavelle & Paloma Schultz, will help participants deepen their capacity for unwavering compassion; access and embody their relational power...

I am outraged by the racist social media posts targeting Michelle and Barack Obama, shared by Donald Trump. Racism is not only a political sin—it is a moral and spiritual one. It desecrates the divine image in our neighbors and corrodes the soul of our common life...

The RISE Together Mentorship Network is hosting their annual RISE National conference March 12-14!

@unionseminary.bsky.social was honored to partner with alumnus, David Ostendorf ’72, in publishing his firsthand account of being on the ground in Minnesota..:

Closing Rikers isn’t enough. Without addressing poverty, trauma, housing, and mental health, we’ll just repeat the same harms in smaller buildings...

I am shocked and horrified by the attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during her town hall with her community in Minneapolis. This violence—and the climate of hatred fueling it—grieves me deeply. It is terrifying to witness how our nation is devolving...

Far-right forces are attacking higher education, and it’s no surprise. Union President @serenejones.bsky.social and Faculty Member Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez V joined @wajali.bsky.social’s “The Left Hook” to discuss the long history of corrupt leaders undermining higher ed, and how higher ed...

Join us in congratulating Union faculty member Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien who, alongside the Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, will be installed as a Canon Theologian of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

My heart is breaking for Minneapolis. Amid escalating ICE operations, Alex Pretti — a U.S. nurse who devoted his life to caring for veterans — has been killed. This is a moral outrage...

This week, I heard from a Union alum in Minnesota who is on the ground—describing every day a growing atmosphere of fear, intimidation, and heartbreak as federal immigration enforcement sweeps through neighborhoods and schools...