Jesse Remedios was an NCR Bertelsen Intern and then a staff writer with National Catholic Reporter's EarthBeat. He graduated from Duke University in 2017 with a B.A. in History with a focus on Human Rights and Social Movements. He spent his first year out of college serving with the AmeriCorps City Year program in Washington, D.C.
Memory was at the core of an Oct. 11 exchange between Sr. Joan Chittister and Sr. Teresa Forcades for a fundraising event hosted by the Women's Ordination Conference titled "Radicals and the Rule."
Speaking to a packed house of more than 400 people, the longtime death penalty opponent said she sees hope despite today's injustices because she has experienced how change happens.
