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A podium with the Climate Justice Week 2023 poster on it.

Sights and Sounds: Climate Justice Week

April 28, 2023

"Whatever your gifts are, those are needed." 

This April, Harvard Divinity School students, faculty, and staff organized the first-ever Climate Justice Week, an initiative to honor Earth Month by proactively tackling the urgency of the climate crisis.

The goal of the week was to provide HDS and the Harvard community with opportunities to build connections, activate their passion around environmental justice, and understand the critical role that...

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Four headshots of participants in the Leading Toward Justice webinar series including moderator, Susie Hayward, Associate Director of RLPI, and alumnx panelists Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, MDiv ‘10, Erica Williams, MRPL ‘22, and Ryan Anderson, MDiv ‘04

Video: Leading Toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing

April 8, 2023
On February 10, 2023, The Leading Toward Justice webinar series featured a discussion of the critical importance of ethical practices and religious literacy in community organizing and advocacy fields. The Leading Toward Justice webinar series panel discussions spotlight alumni impact in the world and the ways alumni leverage their HDS training while working in secular or public professions.... Read more about Video: Leading Toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing
Anna Del Castillo, MDiv ’21, climate researcher at HDS's Religion and Public Life

With Climate Justice Week, Anna Del Castillo, MDiv ’21, Brings Hope Into Grief

April 6, 2023

Del Castillo has stayed close to HDS since graduating, and she is now a climate justice researcher at Religion and Public Life, where she explores the role religion and spirituality play in the movement for environmental justice. Her work resides at the intersection of religion, climate, and racial justice, and she helps provide resources and opportunities for members of the HDS community to engage with climate justice.

“If I could describe my research, it is listening to students and thinking about how we could innovate ways for students who come through the doors of HDS to feel ready to tackle the climate catastrophe,” Del Castillo explains. ... Read more about With Climate Justice Week, Anna Del Castillo, MDiv ’21, Brings Hope Into Grief

Karen L. King, David F. Holland, Dan McKanan, Terrence L. Johnson, and Tracey Hucks were the featured speakers for the final conversation of the six part Religion and the Legacies of Slavery series.

Video: Reflecting on Religion and the Legacies of Slavery

April 2, 2023

On March 20, 2023, HDS hosted the final installment in the the six-part series Religion and the Legacies of Slavery: A Series of Public Online Conversations. The featured speakers were Karen L. King, David F. Holland, Dan McKanan, Terrence L. Johnson, and Tracey Hucks. 

This session was a discussion among presenters reflecting upon the insights shared throughout the series. In addition to identifying themes and throughlines among sessions, presenters returned to the overarching questions that framed this collaboration: What does the academic study of religion teach us about the complex histories and legacies of slavery? How can a deeper understanding of the roles of religion enhance our commitment to reparative action in our contemporary times?