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Amanda Weatherspoon 2nd Year, M.Div. Student What inspired you to become a religious leader? I was doing social work for about 10 or so years. Then around when I started doing social work professionally after college, I also started attending the local UU congregation. And the values just aligned so well with my values around
Dear members of our beloved Starr King community, By now you will have heard of the Board’s actions and recommendations in response to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee. I believe this allows the board, the school, and the broader community to begin a new chapter of healing, renewal, and recommitment. As some of
Dear Members of the Starr King Community, As your Board of Trustees, we hold the Starr King School for the Ministry in trust on behalf of each of you – current students, faculty, staff, donors, and alumni of the School. We write now to you, those on whose behalf we serve. While we are aware
Shay MacKay 3rd Year, M.Div. Student Member of the Board of Trustees What inspired you to become a religious leader? Right after college, I joined an organization called the Jesuit Volunteer Corps… because I didn’t want to go to graduate school (laugh). They sent me to Washington to work in a homeless shelter and from
Jessica Clay 3rd Year, M.Div. Student Student Body President (2014 – 2015) What inspired you to become a religious leader? I found Unitarian Universalism when I turned 30, and I felt like something was missing in my life. I took an online quiz, “What religion are you?” And it said: ‘Unitarian Universalist.’ I had never
Dear Ones— One of the privileges that come with leading Starr King is the chance to make common cause for justice with other African-American religious leaders. One such opportunity arose this past week when I attended the annual gathering of African American Presidents and Deans of Theological Schools in Raleigh, NC, sponsored by the Association
Presented to Granite Peak UU Congregation December, 2014 Before I tell you briefly about Rumi, I want to let you know there is an excellent fictional account written by Elif Shafak called The Forty Rules of Love that I would recommend. Rumi writes: “Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened.
Selam, dear SKSM Community, For the past few years, I have been concerned about the fact that many low-residence students have to come and go from the Berkeley area several times of the year. For some, it has been a real challenge financially to support this. As a result of these concerns, I have been
Dear Ones— As I write, it is a Sunday night before another week of travel, and I wanted to be in touch in these days of deep and holy unrest. Events in Ferguson Missouri and New York City have been much on my mind and heart, as I know they have been for so many
Educating to “Create Just and Sustainable Communities that Counter Oppressions”(“ECO”) is a core goal of Starr King’s M.Div. and M.A.S.C. degree programs. In the ECO Core course SKSM M.Div. and M.A.S.C. students work together to form a framework for counter-oppressive spiritual leadership. It has been noted by SKSM alumni serving in congregations that a similar