HDS Alumni Raise Their Voices

ROBERT MICHAEL FRANKLIN, MDIV ’78 The former president of Morehouse College and former director of the religion program at the Chautauqua Institute, Robert Franklin is a prolific author on social justice issues as a scholar of public theology, and a voice for moral leadership and formation within the academy.

JALANE D. SCHMIDT, MDIV ’96, AM ’05, PHD ’05 A scholar-activist in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, Jalane Schmidt was a central and instrumental player in the resistance to white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville during the summer of 2017.

SIMRAN JEET SINGH, MTS ’08 A religious studies scholar and an advocate for pluralism, inclusion, and social justice issues, Simran Jeet Singh is a Sikh activist who works to dispel myths about his religious tradition.

KAREN I. TSE, MDIV ’00 An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, lawyer, and international rights activist, Karen Tse is the founder and CEO of International Bridges to Justice—an organization that seeks to end the use of torture as an investigative tool around the world.