Auburn Theological Seminary is an institute for religious leadership that faces the challenges of our fragmented, complex, and violent time. They envision religion as a catalyst and resource for a new world—one in which difference is celebrated, abundance is shared, and people are hopeful, working for a future that is better than today.

Auburn Seminary’s Lives of Commitment Breakfast honors multi-faith women whose lives demonstrate a powerful commitment to the common good. This year’s 2010 Young Healer, Emma Bronznick Goldberg, has already demonstrated a life of commitment by the early age of 15. Emma is a fierce social justice activist. She has addressed issues as diverse as genocide in Darfur (through a letter-writing campaign and a petition to the United Nations), rape in the Congo (by raising funds for a hospital), acceptance for lesbian and gay youth (through a revealing article on “words that hurt” in the newspaper at her Jewish day school), the environment (by co-founding the school’s Sustainability Network), and the cultural gender roles of Bedouin women in Israel (through an award-winning essay).