As a leading organization at the intersection of religion, sexuality, gender, and reproductive health, the Religious Institute’s work receives regular coverage in both national and local media. Below you will find some of the most recent media coverage of the Religious Institute. For press inquiries or further information about the Religious Institute, contact our staff at 203-222-0055 or info@religiousinstitute.org. Please click here to join the Religious Institute Press List.
UM News highlights the Religious Institute’s webinar on “Radical Solidarity in the UMC,” presented in partnership with UM-Forward and offered to prepare participants for the OMF Summit in Minneapolis.
HuffPost reports on a rally, co-organized by the Religious Institute, where faith leaders delivered over 5,000 signatures to lawmakers on Capitol Hill in support of Equality Act.
Speaking with the BBC, Rev. Marie Alford-Harkey makes the moral case for reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, challenging the moral high ground of those people of faith supporting abortion bans.
Covering the introduction of the Equality Act, Deseret News quotes faith leaders who spoke on a press call organized by the Equality Act Faith Coalition, co-convened by the Religious Institute.
We interview Rev. Leonard Curry of Vanderbilt Divinity School for our Seminary Spotlight series.
Religious Institute’s work featured in Sojourner’s article on the people of faith reshaping religion beyond purity culture.
The Resistance Prays Newsletter featured the Religious Institute’s guide for allies leading up to the 2019 special session of the UMC General Conference.
Religious Institute president Rev. Marie Alford-Harkey interviewed on the Culture Shocks podcast with Rev. Barry Lynn.
On our Medium channel, we dig into the Trump administration’s new rules on birth control coverage and how, for millions of Americans, they are a threat to their religious freedom and to the vision of a just society their faith traditions put forth.
We interview emerging scholar Minister Aisha R. Thomas for our Seminary Spotlight series.