The Yale Divinity School Women’s Center is a student-run group.
Programs have included training workshops, service projects in the wider New Haven community, chapel services, lectures, a mentoring program, peer support groups and benefit theater productions. The Women’s Center is an integral part of the YDS community; the Women’s Center continually looks for ways to support and connect with members of the wider Yale and New Haven community to inform, serve, and equip for global leadership.
11/09/2020
We are so honored that VOICE was featured alongside Prof Kate Ott in Feminist Studies of Religion's latest "Off the Press."
Off the Press (November 2020) “Off the Press” is an FSR series that highlights the exciting news and accomplishments of our FSR Board membership that they wish to be shared with the wider community.
11/05/2020
Good news in a dark and uncertain time. The story behind VOICE's discovery and revival was featured in today's Yale Daily News.
Divinity students revive feminist journal The Voice Journal at the Yale Divinity School, a publication for feminist thought and reflection on campus, released its first issue last week since its initial run from 1996 to 2002. The Voice Journal of Literary and Theological Ideas will once again be published biannually by the YDS Women’s Cen...
10/27/2020
Now published and available online — the Fall 2020 issue of VOICE!
https://ydswomenscenter.yale.edu/initiatives/voice-journal/voice-fall-2020-issue
10/26/2020
We are so excited to launch our Fall 2020 issue of VOICE! Thank you to all of the thoughtful writers and generous supporters, faculty mentors, staff, students, & alumnae at Yale Divinity School
for making this journal possible!
A big thank you and special shoutout to Professor Kate Ott and Professor Gabby Thomas for their introduction and interview, and for their grace, generosity, and unwavering support that carried our editors Sarah, Oana, and Emily to the finish line!
10/12/2020
Check out this moving reflection from YDS Professor Mary Moschella on finding pastoral wisdom through the Inside/Out women's prison exchange program!
Pastoral wisdom, in prison | Yale Divinity School By Mary Clark Moschella Mary Clark Moschella is the Roger J. Squire Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Yale Divinity School and a trained instructor in the Inside/Out Prison Exchange Program. She wrote the following account of the Inside/Out class held last fall with YDS students and women...
09/30/2020
The YDS Women's Center is cheering on Jamie Manson '02 M.Div., the incoming president of Catholics for Choice!
Looking back and moving forward It's hard to believe that 12 years ago next month, I wrote my first column for the National Catholic Reporter. It's even harder to believe that this column I'm writing now will be my last. As of tomor...
07/22/2020
YDS Women’s Center Advisor, Professor Gabrielle Thomas, has co-edited a volume of essays which analyze questions pertaining to women and ordination in the Orthodox Church. We could not be more proud and thrilled!
Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church | WipfandStock.com Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church [Gabrielle Thomas] is 20% off every day at WipfandStock.com. This book—a collaborative, international initiative, involving academic theologians and practitioners—invites the reader . . .
06/23/2020
YDS alumna Lvyonne Proverbs will be co-leading this June 25th and August 14th free webinar on preparing future pastors to prevent and respond to sexual and domestic violence.
As part of the Women's Center's upcoming agenda, led by its new co-directors, Sarah Ambrose and Leah Snavely, it will work to be an active, trauma-informed resource and safe space for those impacted by gender-based violence, domestic abuse, and its derivatives.
Stay tuned for further updates and join in on this Sojourners event!
10 Out of 10 Webinar Series How Seminaries Can Prepare Future Pastors to Prevent and Respond to Sexual and Domestic Violence 90% of protestant pastors report encountering sexual or domestic violence in their congregations, but only 50% believe they are prepared to respond to it.* If 9 out of 10 pastors will encounter domestic....