Erin Brigham and Jonathan Greenberg are very grateful for the generosity and eloquence of each of the participants in our Strength to Love symposium: our lives have been changed because of the words and feelings shared by each of you.

We wish to especially thank those who contributed essays to this online publication: : Rev. Marc Andrus, Rabbi Camille Angel, Dr. Roger Friedland, Tova Green, Rev. Donal Godfrey, Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper, Dr. Zandra L. Jordan, Silena Layne, Prof. Rhonda Magee, Fr. Barwendé Sané, Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, and Rev. Dr. Ronné Wingate Sims.

On behalf of The Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition and The USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, we wish to express our gratitude to our partners in the USF Interfaith Nonviolence Initiative: the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good, the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice, the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, the USF Chancellor, the Loyola House Jesuit Catholic Community, and University Ministry.

We also wish to thank The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University and Dr. Lerone Martin, the institute’s director, our partner in convening the Strength to Love symposium.

Erin and Jonathan