¡Bienvenidos a Open Plaza!

Letters
Written By Open Plaza

November 2019

It is with great pleasure that we share with you a new project funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.  Open Plaza is an exciting new platform that builds upon HTI’s En Conjunto commitments by offering a virtual gathering space to amplify Latinx scholars’ voices in the global public square through blogs, podcasts, and HTI Talks. 

Conversational, collaborative, and interdisciplinary, Open Plaza media engage six topic areas: culture, education, gender and sexuality, health, migration, and politics and economics.  Open Plaza is uniquely designed to facilitate connections between Latinx intellectuals in religion and theology and a broader audience to exchange resources and ideas that contribute to advancing the well-being of Latinx communities and society at large. 

Launched in November of 2019, Open Plaza will showcase two blogs and two podcasts each month for you to use in a variety of settings, such as bible studies, sermons, classrooms,  community forums, and more.  

Help us build and advance Open Plaza by tuning in and sharing with others.


Blessings,

Rev. Joanne Rodríguez
Executive Director
Hispanic Theological Initiative

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Joanne Rodríguez

Rev. Dr. Joanne Rodríguez is Executive Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA. Since 1999, Rev. Dr. Rodríguez has collaborated with students, faculty, deans, presidents, and directors of non-profit educational programs to ensure that HTI doctoral students graduate as influential leaders in theological and religious education and the broader educational landscape. She holds an honorary doctorate from the Iliff School of Theology, where she served as the Commencement Speaker for the class of 2024. She also earned ThM and MDiv degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and a BA from Pace University. The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) recognized her contributions with a 2024 Women in Leadership Trailblazer Award. Additionally, Rev. Dr. Rodríguez is a teaching elder at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey.

 
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