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Are you looking to deepen your theological frameworks for social justice ministry? Do you want to develop practical skills for more effective models of community engagement?
Are you looking to deepen your theological frameworks for social justice ministry? Do you want to develop practical skills for more effective models of community engagement? In this track, skilled practitioners and Candler School of Theology professors offer innovative approaches to cultivating justice and fostering flourishing communities.
The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen joined the Candler faculty in 2021. Prior to arriving at Candler, she was assistant professor of pastoral theology and served as director of field education at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, where she taught courses on trauma, practical theology, and pastoral theology, with a feminist, intersectional, and anti-racist lens. Tumminio Hansen has been a lecturer at Yale and Tufts universities, in addition to serving as chaplain at Groton School and as a parish priest in Lexington, Lincoln, and Quincy, Massachusetts.
Tamara is an educator, post-graduate fellow, researcher, and public theologian. She has served in education, business, and ministry leadership for over 18 years, blending her love for people, pedagogy, and creative arts into serving and growing a variety of communities, including co-founding an anti-racism institute. She is a doctoral student of social ethics at the International Baptist Theological Studies Center via Vrije Universiteit- Amsterdam and holds a Master of Theology from Emory’s Candler School of Theology and a Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
Jazzy Johnson, a proud Native Texan and adopted Chicagoan, specializes in curating and facilitating transformative spaces for learning & listening in the area of social justice. A graduate of Northwestern University, Jazzy directed InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Chicago Urban Program for six years, and currently serves as the Resource Specialist for InterVarsity’s Black Campus Ministries Department. She holds a Mdiv from Candler School of Theology and is pursuing a PhD in Person, Community, and Religious Life at Emory University.
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