Longtime friends with a common commitment to YDS: Read our new story on alums Jim Waits '61 B.D. and Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div. and the amazing friendship that began when Dr. Waits hired her to be his assistant at Candler School of Theology in 1978. #WeAreCalled https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-03-05-joy-of-giving-friends-with-a-common-commitment-to-yds
Guess who Alec Baldwin had on his podcast.
Listen to the episode and hear YDS student Andrea Barton Reeves '26 M.A.R. discuss her work ensuring accessibility to services and support for thousands of Connecticut residents, and how she remains grounded in her values of transparency, integrity, and service to others. #WeAreCalled https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/department-of-social-services-commissioner-andrea/id472939437?i=1000732751665
Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves on Connecticut’s Future

Podcast Episode · Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin · 10/21/2025 · 43m

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Well-deserved recognition for YDS alum and Dean's Advisory Council member Jerry W Henry '80 M.Div. in this recent article. Grateful for his leadership and service! #WeAreCalled https://forhumanity.yale.edu/news/mission-driven-life-jerry-henry-80-mdiv
Last night, nearly 40 YDS alums joined with more than 1,000 other Yale graduates for the "For Humanity Illuminated" event in New York. The program included a video featuring YDS Professor and Senior Associate Dean Jennifer Herdt speaking about the Divinity School and the Living Village. Watch the event recording here! (Segment including Prof. Herdt starts at 48:28.) #WeAreCalled
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In this season of gratitude, we send our warmest thanks to all the donors who support Yale Divinity School and our students. Please enjoy this brief video featuring Blake Long '27 M.Div. #WeAreCalled https://buff.ly/4eOfJf8
Thank you to our generous donors

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Excited to learn of this inspiring venture co-launched by Khaleelah Harris '21 M.A.R. — that's her on the left — supporting Black women in need of expensive fibroid treatments. #WeAreCalled https://buff.ly/4gq8FqQ
Meet the Duo Behind Nonprofit Helping Black Women Pay for Expensive Fibroid Treatments - Because of Them We Can

They’re meeting a need! Khaleelah I.L. Harris is a visual art curator and entrepreneur who, at the height of her career, learned she needed a myomectomy to get rid of her painful fibroids, Essence reports. The surgery was extensive and costly, totaling thousands of out-of-pocket costs. Luckily, Harris was able to get quality insurance coverage […]

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Happy to announce the success of our Nancy Taylor Challenge for scholarships! Check out our new story on how donors stepped up, and how students like Blake Long '27 M.Div. are reaping the benefit. #WeAreCalled https://buff.ly/4d0RHMI
Donors step up to make Nancy Taylor Challenge a success for scholarships | Yale Divinity School

Blake Long was a senior at Lee University in Tennessee last year—and an admitted YDS student who was trying to decide whether and where to pursue graduate studies in theology—when he took a “Facebook break” while working on a paper. There, he discovered that YDS was promoting the Nancy Taylor Challenge to raise funds for scholarships.

Nonprofit Recovery Cafe cofounded by YDS grad Killian Noe '88 M.Div. is taking off nationally. #WeAreCalled #yds #yaledivinityschool https://buff.ly/3Mjm0DI
Let's all do our part to make YDS financially feasible for the future ministers, scholars, and community-builders we educate each year! Donate to the YDS Annual Fund before June 30 to make your participation count this year!
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Let's all do our part to make YDS financially feasible for the future ministers, scholars, and community-builders we educate each year!
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