The author reflects on her journey into activism as a means of survival in the wake of Trump’s first presidency as well as the ways that queerness and religion shape their identity.

Much has been written about the ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’ in terms of ‘strategic competition’, but little from a spiritually informed perspective. But what is it that we are competing for? And at what cost? 

“I have been at a loss for words with regard to the horrors happening in Palestine. I finally took to paper, and this is what fell out. I have deep and enduring connections to Palestine through friends who are family abroad. I thought of them when writing this piece.”

In what is clearly an act of procrastination, the author reflects on the end-of-semester weariness and what it all amounts to in a world that continues to suffer.

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I, and perhaps you too, came to Union in pursuit of finding my Self. When people asked me why I decided to attend Union, I always replied, ‘An existential crisis.’”

The luxury condo building in the middle of Union Seminary, affectionately known as the “tower,” is slowly opening up to residents. Black studies scholars help us make sense of such a display of capitalism and contradiction.

I reflected on feeling unsettled upon returning to campus, and why that’s maybe a good thing.

We need non-Black activists to raise their voices about reproductive justice issues holistically, and not only when it is trending.

How can the Union community better support workers like Charles and ensure that all who pass through Union’s doors are impacted for the better?