--- title: The Canvas | social transformation (3) description: social transformation | (3) --- [![The Canvas Logo_Final1.png](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png?width=1779&name=The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png "The Canvas Logo_Final1.png")](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas) - [Theology](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology) - [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/activism) - [Arts](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/arts) - [Formation](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/formation) - [Voice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/voice) - [Theology of Prince](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology-of-prince) ![original-5](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hubfs/Images/social-suggested-images/original-5.jpg "original-5") ### Subscribe to The Canvas ### Subscribe to The Canvas # social transformation ## Featured Post   [Rev. 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Dr. Carolyn Pressler Reflects on Women’s History Month](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/statement-by-rev.-dr.-carolyn-pressler-on-womens-history-month) Dear Friends of United, [immigration](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/immigration) [Feminism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/feminism) [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/activism) [ICE in Twin Cities](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/ice-in-twin-cities) [Read More](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/statement-by-rev.-dr.-carolyn-pressler-on-womens-history-month) ## Recent Posts [Read More](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/message-from-united-faculty-on-trans-day-of-remembrance-2020) OR SHARE THIS ARTICLE: ## [Message from United Faculty on Trans Day of Remembrance 2020](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/message-from-united-faculty-on-trans-day-of-remembrance-2020) By [United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/author/united-theological-seminary) | on 19, Nov 2020 |   [ministry](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/ministry) [social transformation](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/social-transformation) [Voice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/voice) [Chapel](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/chapel) [Transgender Rights](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/transgender-rights) [resources](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/resources) [TDOR](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/tdor) [Trans](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/trans) [Non-Binary](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/non-binary) [Faculty](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/faculty) Transgender Day of Remembrance calls us to honor transgender and non-binary people who have needlessly lost their lives due to violence, medical neglect, and suicide. 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