The Rev. Andre Cortez Gilford Jr. ’24 M.Div. is the current president of Yale Black Seminarians, a Divinity School student group of more than 30 members that has pushed for change at YDS for 55 years. As president he is keen to continue the momentum first set in motion by YBS founders in 1969. At that time, YBS advocacy played a vital role in the YDS decision to hire its first