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Dr. Elías Ortega
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Dr. Elías Ortega is an interdisciplinary scholar who received his M.Div. and Ph.D. (Religion and Society, Magna Cum Laude) from Princeton Theological Seminary (2005, 2011). He also holds a B.A. in Communications Arts & Sciences and Philosophy and Religion from Calvin College. Prior to coming to Meadville Lombard Theological School, Dr. Ortega served as Associate Professor of Social Theory and Religious Ethics at Drew University Theological School. At Drew Theological, he served as Deans’ Council Chair, was a member of the Digital Humanities Advisory Committee, and the Title IX Committee. His primary teaching and research areas are Sociology of Religion, Religious Ethics, Cultural Sociology, Social Movements, Critical Theory, Africana Studies, Latinx Cultural Studies. In addition to teaching at Drew, he has also taught at Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt Divinity School, The College of New Jersey, and Mercer County Community College. In the American Academy of Religion, he serves on the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession, and on the Steering Committees for the Religion and Politics. He currently serves the larger Unitarian Universalist movement as a member of the UUA’s Commission on Institutional Change. In recent years, his denominational service included a term in the Religious Education Credentialing Committee (2016-2018). From 2015 to 2017, he served as a mentor in UUA’s Growing Racial Justice initiative, and during that same period was the Co-Chair of the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey’s Dismantling Racism Group. He also helped to launch the Drew Freedom School Initiative, a social justice program that provides training in non-violent resistance and community organizing. He has been a volunteer, provided strategic planning, and program support to various community organizations including the Student Outreach and Academic Reinforcement Program at Bethel AME in Morristown, NJ; New Jersey Parent Caucus, a mental health and juvenile justice advocacy group; and the Sila Maria Calderon Foundation.
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Living Our Values
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Date: Sunday, 07 February 2021
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Adena Warner
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Al Gerhardstein
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Alice Diebel
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Austin Schiff
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Barbara Bonney
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Bart Campolo
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Brian Chenowith
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Bruce Bowdon
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Bruce Pollack-Johnson
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Caleb Cambron
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Carol LeBourveau
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Dan Schneider
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Dan Schneider and Martha Stephens
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Debbie Cenziper
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Denise Olden
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Don Sherman
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Dr Takiyah Nur Amin
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Dr. Brent A. Smith
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Dr. Elías Ortega
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Dr. Jared Leighton
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Dr. Rev. Frank Carpenter
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Dr. Starita Smith
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Elaina Ramsey
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Elizabeth Grover
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Ellen Wathen
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Gaut Ragsdale
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Georgine Getty, Director IHN
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Glenetta Krause
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Heather Zoller
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Imam Ismaeel Chartier
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Jera Cox
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Jessica James
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Jordan Ulrey
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Jorge Vila
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June Schlipf
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Karen Rohrer
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Katie Price
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Krista L Taylor
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Laura Stanton
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Lois Gish
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Lyn Martin
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Manon Voice
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Mark Curnutte
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Mary Tarbell Green
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Matt Meyer
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Meghan Snyder
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