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...

“This was the first time there has been an ethical stocktake. It’s very much alive as an idea. It’s not complete after this COP—but could grow into something more. That is our goal and our hope,” stated Karenna Gore about the progress at COP30 Read the full story here: utsnyc.edu/blog/2025/12...

This year on MLK day we are reminded that “true peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”

From March 12 to 14, 2026, the RISE 2026 National Conference, hosted by the RISE Together Mentorship Network, will convene women of color in ministry for a powerful three-day experience of mentorship, leadership development, worship, and collective renewal...

New @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social online course open to all! Taught by Rev. Dr. Timothy Adkins-Jones, “Let the Earth Say Amen: Preaching with Creation” is an opportunity to think about both the congregation and creation’s role in creating the sermon before, during, and after it is preached...

@unionseminary.bsky.social is partnering with the Moth to bring a StorySLAM to our community! Discounted tickets available on the Moth website. Choose “UTS Comps” and enter code MOTHSLAM26. We hope to see you there!

“COP30 reminded the world that the climate crisis is inseparable from questions of justice, power, and dignity. Union’s presence in Belém, through Karenna’s leadership and the work of the Center for Earth Ethics, signaled our unwavering commitment to confronting systems that harm the Earth...

My heart is with the Jewish community in Jackson, Mississippi, and with Beth Israel Congregation synagogue after this antisemitic arson attack. An act of violence against a house of worship wounds the soul of a community...

New @UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social online course open to all! Taught by Adriana DiFazio and Mike Slott, “Buddhism and Marxism” will explore the convergence of two transformative worldviews: Buddhism and Marxism.

My heart is broken and my conscience outraged by the killing of Renee Nicole Good and others by ICE. Every human life is sacred. State violence that tears families apart and extinguishes life demands our moral reckoning. I hold her loved ones—and all living in fear—in prayer, grief, and solidarity.

"The Amazon has been described as the lungs of the planet, being there meant feeling that ecosystem—and the voices of the people who live there—at the heart of the proceedings,” stated Karenna Gore about her time at COP30 Read the full story here: utsnyc.edu/blog/2025/12...

“Virtually every faith tradition tells us to care for poor and marginalized communities — communities that are disproportionately targeted by incarceration...

With gratitude and joy, we celebrate @serenejones.bsky.social — our first woman president and a transformative leader who fixed the house, set the table wide, and invited the world into meaningful theological conversation...

My heart breaks for the Jewish community in Australia—and for Jewish communities across the world—that something so horrific would happen during Hanukkah, a sacred time of celebration. Everyone should be able to observe their faith traditions in peace and safety.

“Today, higher education institutions still hold enormous power. We are among the best positioned to protect free speech, equality, and justice, and resist the forces of authoritarianism, but only if we stay true to these values,”

Union invites applicants from all spiritual and religious backgrounds to join the fully online Encore Transition Program Fall Cohort. This four-month, bi-weekly journey supports ten to twelve participants aged 55 and older in discerning their “encore,” or “second,” stage of life, purpose, and impact

On Thanksgiving, we remain grateful for the gift of community here at @UnionSeminary. As many gather with loved ones in gratitude, we also honor that, for some Indigenous communities, this day is observed as a National Day of Mourning...

“[Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster’s actions in her ministry were] expressions of a response to grace that shows concern about the poor and the marginalized. She’s been very committed to the work of love and justice and inclusion,”

“Nothing in Christian teaching requires inflicting psychological harm on young people. It is morally urgent that the Court recognize the difference between genuine religious expression and the misuse of religion as a tool to endanger children,”

“What we’re witnessing is the acceptance of a principle that should terrify us: that state agents can detain people without cause, oversight, or accountability,”

We’re proud to celebrate the release of “Organizing Visions: Social Ethics and Broad-Based Solidarity Activism", a new volume from Orbis Books featuring stellar contributions from the Union-based group of alums, the “Social Ethics Energizing Democracy.”

@unionseminary.bsky.social’s Rev. Fred Davie, a civil rights advocate and former vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, welcomed the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Kim Davis’s appeal as a reaffirmation that public officials must uphold constitutional equality...

@unionseminary.bsky.social celebrates the historic election of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as New York City’s mayor — the first Muslim American and one of the youngest to hold the office in the city’s history.

YES!!! (Photo Credit: Reuters on Election Night at Mayor-Elect Mamdani's Victory Celebration)

Join us in congratulating Union Student Anabelle Helsell, who has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Liddell Award for Young Adult Service for her work with the Palestine Justice Network in NYC...

New Yorkers – it’s Election Day! As President of Union Theological Seminary, I believe deeply in our shared call to justice, community, and the dignity of all people. Voting is one of the most profound ways we live out that call.

“What a beautiful responsibility it is to have to think about how to care for people and how to care for community,” stated the Very Reverend Winnie Varghese ‘99, Union Trustee and 12th Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in her recent feature in RNS.

Join Union on October 30, at 5pm EST for a timely virtual conversation on the ethical sustainability of AI. Attendees will be invited to think critically and faithfully about how theology, innovation, and communal responsibility can guide decision-making around AI for the good of all.

“Instead of only saying what religious liberty shouldn’t be, we started asking what it should look like—religious liberty to do what, and for whom?” stated @UnionSeminary partner and LRRP Director Elizabeth (Liz) Platt.

@UnionSeminary.Bsky.Social are excited to welcome Dr. Jordan Loewen-Colón and Renaldo M. Pearson, ACNP to Union as new mentors at the Technology, Innovation and Digital Engagement Lab (TIDEL) led by Director, Dr. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes. Read the full story here: utsnyc.edu/blog/2025/10...

Happening today! 🎉 Join us at @unionseminary.bsky.social for an EdTech Week Networking Mixer & Fireside Chat featuring Union Board Chair Cliff Hudson (former CEO, SONIC) and Union Trustee Craig Miller (former CIO, Planet Fitness).