Institute for Women, Religion and Globalization: Union Theological Seminary

10/28/2014

The Interfaith Women's Residency Program is featured in the most recent issue of the Union Now Magazine! Check out the article here!

Learn about what is happening at Union Theological Seminary.

10/09/2014

Save the Date:
Thursday, October 23, 2014-10:30am
Earl Hall, Columbia University
and
Friday, October 24th, 2014-6:15pm
First Corinthian Baptist Church, Harlem

To Register:
www.http://iraas.com/node/326

10/09/2014

Women Pastors on the rise!!!!

08/14/2014

Yep...dropping knowledge. (I still can't believe that the song "Wiggle" exists.)

Poet Khalil Gibran wrote, “Music is the language of the spirit”—but what happens when that language tears our spirit down?Muslim spoken word poet Madiha Bhatti didn’t like the objectifying lyrics she heard in contemporary music. Rather than simply switching off the radio, she wrote some of her own.…

06/05/2014

Because its worth looking at the way gender works...and how advertisers are trying to pull a fast one!

Things that matter. Pass 'em on.

03/26/2014

Tonight at 6:00 PM in James Memorial Chapel Marilynne Robinson will give the Fourth Annual Judith Davidson Moyers Women of Spirit lecture. Join us by live stream below!

Acclaimed author Marilynne Robinson, winner of the the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her work Gilead and awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2013 by President Barack Obama, will give the “Judith Davidson Moyers Women of Spirit” lecture at Union Theological Seminary.

03/24/2014

The Fourth Annual Judith Davidson Moyers Women of Spirit lecture will be held this Wednesday, March 26th, in James Memorial Chapel at Union Theological Seminary. Our speaker this year is award-winning author Marilynne Robinson. Don't worry - if you haven't registered, you can still watch via livestream!

Watch Union Theological Seminary's Judith Davidson Moyers Women of Spirit Talk on Livestream.com. Established in 2011 through a gift from Bill Moyers, the Judith Davidson Moyers Women of Spirit lecture creates a public forum to discuss the most pressing global issues faced by present-day women leade...

11/30/2013

Women of Union Theological Seminary: There is still time to RSVP for the first "Women of Union" dinner of the semester hosted by our very own Dean Mary Boys. Join us on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 at 6pm to share a meal and conversation together, and to hear her tell us about her work.

Dean Boys received joint degrees from Union and Columbia and has taught here for almost twenty years. Come find out what brought her here and, more importantly, what has kept her engaged with and committed to this community.

Space is limited so RSVP as soon as possible by sending a message to us at this page, or contacting our program manager, Emily Hamilton.

04/27/2013

Apply today for Union's new interfaith women's residency program!!

Beginning, Fall of 2013, through a joint program between the Institute for Women, Religion, and Globalization (IWRG) and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Community Engagement, Union Theological Seminary will host a small interfaith residency program for women.

10/11/2012

Happy International Day of the Girl! Also, Happy National Coming Out Day! May we continue to ensure that world is a safe place for all girls, for all people, to be themselves.

The United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 2011 voted to designate 11 October as the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ (seeUN General Assembly resolution A/RES/66/170 on International Day of the Girl Child). The day promotes girls’ human rights, highlights gender inequalities that remain...

10/02/2012

Happy Birthday to Melissa Harris-Perry! Thank you for continuing to be a truth-teller!

Video on msnbc.com: Melissa Harris-Perry and her panelists share a heated conversation on how many Americans link their perceptions on welfare to African-Americans, and later, they discuss the importance of the social safety net.