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Boston University School of Theology

Boston University School of Theology is a seminary of The United Methodist Church. The School is also a robustly ecumenical institution and welcomes students from diverse faith traditions.

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    Rev. Traci Blackmon: 50 Years After MLK's Assassination

    Tue, Apr 3, 2018
    The Reverend Traci Blackmon visisted Boston from The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Reverend Blackmon led a reflection on his legacy. Photo credit: [Revolutionary Love Conference 2018](http://revolutionaryloveconference.com/videos/ "Revolutionary Love Conference 2018")
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    Bishop Karen Oliveto: For the Living of These Days

    Mon, Mar 27, 2017
    Bishop Karen Oliveto served as senior pastor of the 12,000-member Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco for eight years. She was the first woman to be senior pastor at Glide, the fifth largest United Methodist congregation in the US. Bishop Oliveto has the distinction of being the first openly lesbian bishop in The United Methodist Church. She and her wife, Robin Ridenour, a nurse anesthetist and United Methodist deaconess, were married in 2014. Bishop Oliveto now serves as the leader of 400 churches in the Mountain Sky Area of The United Methodist Church.
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    Selma at 50 and Ferguson Today

    Tue, Mar 3, 2015
    The 2015 Spring Lowell Lecture hosted by BU's School of Theology featured a conversation with two alumni who had participated in marches in Alabama after the events of Bloody Sunday that took place on March 7, 1965. Joining the two alumni was Reverend Dr. Pamela Lightsey, who traveled to Ferguson, Missouri in the fall of 2014 to witness the new wave of civil protests that took place after the killing of Michael Brown. She shared video footage from her participation as clergy marching in with the protesters. Following the discussion, the Seminary Singers Concert features Mark Miller, Minister of Music at Church Christ in Summit and faculty at Drew Theological and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale.
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    Civil Rights Movement Series
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  • Cornell Williams Brooks: Transformational Leadership

    Thu, Nov 6, 2014
    President and CEO of the NAACP **Cornell William Brooks** spoke at his alma mater, the Boston University School of Theology, on Transformational Leadership. Prior to leading the NAACP, President Brooks led the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, where he directed the Institute’s successful efforts to win the passage of three landmark prisoner reentry bills in 2010, hailed by The New York Times as, “a model for the rest of the nation.” Brooks has also served as Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington, Vice-Chair of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, Second Vice-Chair of the East Orange General Hospital Board of Trustees. His 1987 MDiv from BUSTH focused in social ethics and systematic theology.
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