Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson, founding director of Center of Spiritual Light, has served as pastor at First Congregational Church of Stamford, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, The Church St. Paul and St. Andrew (United Methodist), and Union Theological Seminary. She is the author of Love Like You've Never Been Hurt (2013), For the Least of These (2012), and The Gift to Listen, the Courage to Hear (2003). She earned her PhD in Christian Social Ethics (Drew University), MDiv (Union Theological Seminary), and JD (University of Maryland).