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## [Rev. 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)

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SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, August 16, 2023. United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities today debuted its newly redesigned, reimagined, and reinvigorated website, modernized to better se\[...\]

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United aims to be a beloved community committed to intersectional justice, creativity, and curiosity. Our values, grounded in six decades of transformative education, put many of us in sharp disagreem\[...\]

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The Trump administration recently added six countries to the travel ban list which, as a recent New York Times article puts it, “will virtually block immigration from Africa’s most populous nation, Ni\[...\]

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