Imagine a seminary that dares to struggle against the powers and entities that exist in order to construct a deeper imagination of its operations. Imagine a seminary that is fully prepared to disobey anything that the State expects of us when it conflicts with our moral values. Imagine a courageous seminary, not a seminary full of cowardice.

Student solidarity groups are following the lead of Palestinian communities who are resisting and fighting for the liberation of their homeland. Their words and actions guide us, and in the announcement of a selective divestment without disclosure, we believe more work is required for Union as an institution.

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

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.