People Notes - December 2020

Jerry Streets ’75 M.Div., is helping launch a New Haven program to provide church-based addiction treatment options for people of color uncomfortable with traditional treatment settings.

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Nicole Perrone ’16 M.Div. has been named National Coordinator of ESTEEM, a faith-based leadership formation program for Catholic students at colleges and universities across the United States.

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Maurice Tiner ’19 M.A.R. has been appointed Director of Race and Ethnicity Programs at Connecticut College.

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Hannah Malcolm ‘17 M.A.R. is the editor of newly published volume titled Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church. The book includes contributions by other YDS alumni/ae including Jon Seals ‘15 M.A.R., Leigh Kern ‘16 M.Div., Oana Sanziana Marian ‘17 M.Div., and Caleb Gordon ‘16 M.A.R.

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YDS Professor Eboni Marshall Turman spoke at a recent HistoryMakers panel event titled “Are You Saved? The History of Blacks in Religion.”

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Faith Gay ’19 M.Div. is the newly installed pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown, N.Y.

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YDS Professor Teresa Berger was the focus of a U.S. Catholic magazine interview on the embodied nature of virtual worship.

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YDS/Berkeley alumna Shancia Ralna Jarrett ’19 M.Div. has joined the staff at Christ Church Greenwich (Connecticut) as a Curate with responsibility for outreach, worship planning, and new member ministry.

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Susan K. Williams Smith ’86 M.Div. has published a new book, With Liberty and Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America.

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Jaimie Crumley ’15 M.Div., ’16 S.T.M. has been appointed associate minister of First Baptist Church in Beverly in Massachusetts—which she will serve as a virtual pastor while remaining at her home in California.

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Mahogany Thomas ‘20 M.Div. appeared on the “Lady Preacher Podcast” to discuss her work on imagining a new love ethic.

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Meg Adler ’18 M.A.R. and collaborator Maya Elise have published a new picture book titled Isn’t It Amazing?

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December 9, 2020