rev. melanie c. jones Archives

Union Presbyterian Seminary creates $1M endowment in support of reparations for enslaved African Americans

Posted December 2nd, 2020

Union Presbyterian Seminary’s board of trustees has approved the creation of a $1 million endowment fund to recognize and repent the resourcing provided to the seminary through the labor of enslaved persons.

Say her name and work for the justice you may never see

Posted October 20th, 2020

Five panelists brought heart, soul and hard-earned wisdom last week to a Union Presbyterian Seminary webinar called “When Home is a Dangerous Place: Breonna Taylor and American Domestic Terror.”

How Christians can respond to unjust policing

Posted July 8th, 2020

Panelists, some of them with firsthand accounts, discussed how Christians can respond to unjust policing during a Tuesday webinar hosted by two organizations affiliated with Union Presbyterian Seminary.

What white churches can do about racism

Posted June 10th, 2020

What should predominantly white churches do to help their communities address racial disparity and systemic racialized oppression? A panel convened by two Union Presbyterian Seminary organizations — the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership and the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation — had some ideas Tuesday during an hour-long webinar.

Katie Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership awarded $400k grant

Posted December 12th, 2019

Union Presbyterian Seminary will use a $400,000 grant to lift the voices and perspectives of black women in the church, academy and the world.