Getting Interconnected: Time Out Awardee Bishop Joseph Tolton ’89

Bishop Joseph Tolton ’89 at an Interconnected Justice symposium in Rwanda, attended by faith leaders and civil society advocates.

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So Tolton, who was consecrated as a bishop and is based in New York City, moved forward with Interconnected Justice. He describes it as “a global platform which connects Africans on the continent and Afro-descendants throughout the diaspora for the purpose of a process of reclamation.” He sees the effort as 400 years in the making, and coming at a time when, thanks to Zoom and other technology, it has become easier to make these connections.