Rev. Ashley Horan, MDiv '12, is the 2022 Commencement Preacher. She serves as the Organizing Strategy Director of the UUA. We asked her about her experience at Meadville Lombard, her ministry, and her hope for the future of UU faith.

Dr. Hogue published an essay on how white supremacy culture is maintained by the epistemology of ignorance, which makes the Racial Contract imperceptible to those who benefit from it. "Just as Neo, prior to his education by Morpheus, mistook a simulation for reality, the matrix of Whiteness creates a false sense of reality for white people."

For this season of remembering and reconnecting with ancestors, Dr. Ortega shares a sweet family memory that taught him a lot about honoring relations.