{"id":3611,"date":"2022-05-04T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timber.site.strattic.io\/?post_type=people&#038;p=3611"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:09:58","slug":"monique-parsons","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/people\/monique-parsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Monique Parsons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-bio wp-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"content\">\n                                <h1 class=\"name\">Monique Parsons<\/h1>\n                                    <h3 class=\"title\">Managing Editor, Interfaith America Magazine<\/h3>\n                                                                                                                    <div class=\"copy\"><p class=\"first\">Monique Parsons is managing editor of Interfaith America Magazine, where she is part of a team dedicated to amplifying religiously diverse voices and publishing inspiring stories about people engaged in interfaith bridgebuilding. Monique\u2019s first journalism job was at her small hometown newspaper in Southern California, and she\u2019s reported on American religions as an independent producer for NPR, WBEZ Chicago, KALW\u2019s The Spiritual Edge podcast, Religion &amp; Politics magazine, and more. Her work has been honored by the Religion News Association and the Religion Communicators Council. Based in Chicago, Monique studied religion at Princeton University and earned master\u2019s degrees from Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism and Harvard Divinity School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <picture alt=\"Monique Parsons Image\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\">\n                   <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MParsons-Headshot-scaled-1-730x730.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n                   <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MParsons-Headshot-scaled-1-730x730.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\">\n                   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MParsons-Headshot-scaled-1-730x730.jpg\" alt=\"Monique Parsons Image\">\n                <\/picture>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-latest-articles \" ref='show-more-latest'>\n    <div class='container'>\n                    <h2>Latest by Monique<\/h2>\n                <ul ref=\"items\" class=\"latest-article-list\" data-page=\"1\" data-tag=\"786\"  data-count=\"5\">\n                <li class=\" hasImage \">\n                    <img src='https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/drmehta_editorial_3.7.23_48-1-scaled-424x283.jpg' alt='Mind, Body, Dharma: A Physician Finds Wisdom in the \u2018Flow Between\u2019' loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                <div class='article-info'>\n            <p class='label'>American Civic Life<\/p>\n            <p class='title'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/article\/mind-body-dharma-physician-finds-wisdom\/\">Mind, Body, Dharma: A Physician Finds Wisdom in the \u2018Flow Between\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n            <p class='date'>March 15, 2023<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n    <li class=\" hasImage \">\n                    <img src='https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DV_05636-424x283.jpg' alt='Pride in the Pews: Reimagining What Inclusion Looks Like in Black Churches' loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                <div class='article-info'>\n            <p class='label'>Racial Equity<\/p>\n            <p class='title'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/article\/pride-in-the-pews\/\">Pride in the Pews: Reimagining What Inclusion Looks Like in Black Churches<\/a><\/p>\n            <p class='date'>February 7, 2023<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n    <li class=\" hasImage \">\n                    <img src='https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1402350782-scaled-424x283.jpg' alt='The List: Interfaith America's Top 9 Interfaith Stories of 2022' loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                <div class='article-info'>\n            <p class='label'>American Civic Life<\/p>\n            <p class='title'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/article\/interfaith-americas-top-9-interfaith-stories-of-2022\/\">The List: Interfaith America&#8217;s Top 9 Interfaith Stories of 2022<\/a><\/p>\n            <p class='date'>December 31, 2022<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n    <li class=\" hasImage \">\n                    <img src='https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PaulinaThurmann.LIVE_-scaled-424x283.jpg' alt='We Can All Be Interfaith Leaders. 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