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Rev. Irene Monroe
The Reverend Irene Monroe is a religion columnist, public theologian, and motivational speaker. Featured in O, the Oprah magazine (Sept. 2001), she was described as "a phenomenal woman who has succeeded against all odds."
As an African American feminist theologian, Monroe is a sought-after speaker, preacher, and writer about women's and gender issues. She is also an expert on women's healing, bodies, and spirituality.
In 1997, Boston magazine cited Monroe as one of Boston's 50 Most Intriguing Women. In 1998, she was profiled in Out magazine as one of the "Out 100: The People Who Rocked 1998"; in June 1999 she was profiled in the Gay Pride episode of In the Life, which was nominated for an Emmy.
Monroe was a board member for the Millennium March on Washington 2000. She is a national speaker for the American Program Bureau. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and has been a Ford Fellow. She served as a pastor of a Presbyterian African American church in New Jersey before moving to Harvard Divinity School to take up doctoral studies. |
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