Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
On first glance, Hallie Isadore’s job as database and donor services specialist at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is administrative. She spends most of her time managing the Development Office’s databases, including updating contact information for individuals, processing financial gifts, and working with the Financial Aid and Business offices to maintain records for Seminary endowments. It’s All…
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” – Proverbs 31:8-9 Grace Bassekele is a junior sociology and anthropology major at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and a recent undergraduate fellowship participant. She…
On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was found dead in Money, Miss. He had been brutally beaten and lynched after accusations he had whistled at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family’s grocery store. Years later, Bryant admitted to fabricating the accusation entirely. The men who murdered Till were found not guilty, but…