RPL in the News 2021-22

“‘I want to be in school forever’ Maggie Rogers Graduates from Harvard University,” The Boston Globe, May 26, 2022.

Singer-songwriter and Grammy Award-nominee Maggie Rogers is one of the inaugural Master of Religion and Public Life graduates.

“Religious Studies Can Inform, Strengthen Journalism | Faith Matters,” NJ.com, May 15, 2022.

Opinion piece covering the joint event by HDS alumni relations and RPL, “Leading toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Journalism.”

“Divinity School Student Discusses Religion as a Determinant of Health,” The Harvard Crimson, April 19, 2022.

Master of Religion and Public Health candidate Dr. Ans Irfan presents his final project.

“Divinity School Hosts Conversation on Peace and Power in Palestine,” The Harvard Crimson, April 11, 2022.

Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (RCPI) Fellow Noura Erakat’s event, “Decolonize Now: A Conversation about Radical 
Imagination and Justice in Israel/Palestine.”

“A Century before the First Earth Day, There Was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells,” The Boston Globe, April 9, 2022.

HDS faculty member Dan McKanan authors an op-ed on the history of local forest festivals as a precursor to contemporary Earth Day celebrations.

“HDS Fellow Presents Art Exhibition on Cultural Activism and Identity,” The Harvard Crimson, March 30, 2022.

Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (RCPI) Fellow Taurean J. Webb’s event, “A Home for the Human Spirit: Cultural Activism and the Moral Imagination in the Inherit Art Project.”

“Santa Monica Police To Host Discussion About Race And Policing,” Patch Santa Monica, March 8, 2022.

Mention of RPL Organizing Fellow Álvaro Huerta participating in an upcoming community discussion about race and policing organized by Santa Monica’s Public Safety Reform and Oversight Commission.

“Ukraine Crisis Coverage Reveals Stark Biases,” Axios, March 6, 2022.

Includes comments by RPL Media and Entertainment Fellow Maytha Alhassen.

“HDS Alumni Discuss Intersection of Ethics, Religion, and Spirituality,” in The Harvard Crimson, March 2, 2022.

Susie Hayward, associate director of the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative at HDS, moderates a panel discussion among HDS alumni on the intersection of religion, ethics, and humanitarian action.

“Consider This: Panel Discussions around Boston, February 26-March 5,” The Boston Globe, February 26, 2022.

Highlight of the RPL event “Assessing Domestic US Religious Politics’ Impact on Foreign Policy.”

“A Just World at Peace,” Harvard Magazine, January-February 2022.

Harvard University’s President Lawrence Bacow on the opening celebration of newly renovated Swartz Hall and the launch of RPL.

“Elizabeth Kolbert Sees a World Depleted, and Possibly Defeated, by Climate Change,” by Clea Simon, The Harvard Gazette, November 19, 2021.

Highlight of the RPL Weather Report with New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert, hosted by Terry Tempest Williams.

“Chance of Sun in Michael Pollan’s Climate Forecast,” The Harvard Gazette, November 2, 2022, by Alvin Powell. 

Highlight of the RPL Weather Report with Michael Pollen, hosted by Terry Tempest Williams.

“Divinity School Launches New Degree Programs,” by Nancy Kathryn Walecki, Harvard Magazine, September-October 2021.

Feature on the launch of Religion and Public Life and the promotion of religious literacy in the professions.