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1 month ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Timothy Adkins-Jones |Serene Jones |David Adams
Rev TIMOTHY ADKINS-JONES and Rev SERENE JONES say, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that today’s clergy need to answer Rev Martin Luther King’s call six decades ago to step up, organise and take action… United StatesRNSOn 7th March, 1965, hundreds of peaceful and determined protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to condemn racist voting restrictions and years of unjust treatment.
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2 months ago | 
baptistnews.com | Serene Jones |Fred Davie
Since delivering a sermon at the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde has faced a firestorm of backlash from far-right forces. Pointing to her calls for mercy — especially for LGBTQ people and immigrants —...
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May 21, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Serene Jones
As president of Union Theological Seminary, a 187-year-old graduate school in New York City, I know that leading an institution of higher education in the United States today is not a job for the faint of heart. At Union, a seminary long known for our commitment to social justice, care, and peace, we embrace challenges as opportunities and seek to make clear, morally grounded decisions.
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May 14, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Serene Jones |Amy Goodman |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González
As student protests around the world call for their educational institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel, we speak to the Reverend Dr. Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological Seminary, an ecumenical seminary affiliated with Columbia University that is one of the first schools to begin divesting from companies that “profit from war in Palestine/Israel.” Jones says divestment is an extension of Union’s “long policy of trying our best to bring our values, our core...
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Serene Jones |Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — From my office at Union Theological Seminary, I have watched in the past few weeks as Columbia University’s anti-war encampments have been torn down and student demonstrators have been arrested. I’ve also watched as the surrounding streets grow more and more bloated with every kind of repugnant publicity seeker imaginable, from politicians to marching Proud Boys to an endless stream of outside protesters and press.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Serene Jones
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Serene Jones
Editor’s Note: Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is president at Union Theological Seminary, a globally recognized seminary and graduate school of theology where faith, spirituality and scholarship meet to reimagine the work of justice. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. Last Thursday, I listened in horror as sirens blared outside my office window at Union Theological Seminary.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
salon.com | Serene Jones
Nex Benedict – a nonbinary 16-year-old from Oklahoma who reportedly experienced relentless bullying for their gender identity – was involved in an altercation in the girls’ bathroom of their Owasso high school last month and suffered a blow to the head, requiring emergency care. The next day, they died. Their death was essentially written into the law. Like many states, Oklahoma has instituted policy after policy to demonize transgender and nonbinary people.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
msn.com | Serene Jones
An ‘unashamed’ neo-Nazi prison officer who founded a fitness club for fellow fascists has been jailed for 13 years for possessing a ‘white supremacist murder manual’. Ashley Podsiad-Sharp, 42, from Barnsley, kept the handbook – titled White Resistance Manual – on his computer securely stored in an encrypted ‘virtual safe’. Sheffield Crown Court heard it contained information about how to kill people, use various weapons, build bombs and evade detection by police.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
salon.com | Serene Jones
This weekend, a racist shooter – Ryan Palmeter – murdered three Black people – Angela Carr, Anolt Laguerre, Jr., and Jerrald De'Shaun Gallion. This is the latest example of overt, growing, and gruesome anti-Black violence in our nation. We've heard from our leaders time and time again that we need to end racism. But we can't just keep giving the issue lip service.
