3 DAYS.
YOUR MOVEMENT.

Friday, October 31: How Did We Get Here?

8:15 AM – Doors Open

9:00 AM – Welcome & Framing

9:15 AM – Artistic Offering

9:30 AM – Prophetic Grief and the Power of the Southern Freedom Movement
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III

10:45 AM – The Tenacity of White Supremacy — Are These Death Throes?
Dr. Robert P. Jones

12:00 PM – Go Get Lunch; Take a Friend!

1:15 PM – Nevertheless, We Resist, We Heal, We Move for Justice with Joy
Raquel Willis

2:05 PM – Closing Remarks & Send-off to Workshops

2:20 PM – Workshops & Affinity Space Breakouts
Multiple options | Choose your path

Workshop A: When Trans Folx are Safe, We’re All Safe
Zayn Silva | Joey Morelli | Sam Penix

Workshop B: How Do You Make Repair?
Macky Alston | Danita Branam | Majora Carter

3:30 PM – Conference Day One Concludes

~ An Evening Out in New York ~

8:30 AM – Art-Soul-Health - A Workshop on Wellness
Saundra Shanti & Sophia Diehl
or
On Just Love
Dr. Jillian Langford

9:30 AM – Doors Open

10:00 AM – Welcome & Framing

10:15 AM – Artistic Offering

10:45 AM – Beloved Community: Radically Rooted in Texts and Truth
 Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas | Dr. Obery Hendrix, Jr.

11:55 AM – Building a Society inspired by the Border-Crossing Jesus
Rev. Dr. Miguel de la Torre | Edna Benitez | Zayn Silva

1:00 PM – Go get lunch; take a friend!

2:15 PM – A Revolution of Values in the Classroom and in the Streets
Rev. Mark Thompson | Rev. Micah Bucey | Rev. Amanda Hambrick-Ashcraft

3:25 PM – Our Youth Speak
Emerging Voices on Today’s Movement

4:10 PM – Workshops & Affinity Space Breakouts

Workshop A: Meeting the Moment with Rapid Response
Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft | Edna Benitez

Workshop B: How Do You Keep Democracy?
Claudia Slacik | Susan Davis | Shari Carpenter

5:15 PM – Dinner on your own

7:15 PM – Evening Event: Comedy Show with ALOK

9:00 PM – Conference Day 2 Ends

Saturday, November 1: Building Beloved Community with a Revolution of Values

Sunday, November 2:

Where Do We Go From Here?

8:15 AM – Doors Open

8:30 AM – Morning Sessions
Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft & Rev. Macky Alston: Coffee & Community Organizing Q&A

OR

Dr. Jillian Langford: On Just Love

9:25 AM – Welcome & Framing

9:35 AM – Having the Conversation – From Black & White to Shades of Grey
Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim & Anu Gupta

10:35 AM – Light Brunch Served

11:45 AM – Worship Celebration: Fixing This Hot Mess with Just Love
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

1:00 PM – A Call to Reparations
Hadrien Coumans & Edgar Villanueva

2:05 PM – Middle Church Staff Panel: Storying the Beloved Community in Worship & Programming

3:10 PM – Intergenerational Panel: Where Do We Go From Here?
Traci Blackmon, Kaliswa Brewster, Brian McLaren, & Jawanza Williams

4:15 PM – Closing Keynote: We Are Not Going Back, No Matter What
LaTosha Brown & Resistance Revival Chorus

4:45 PM – Closing Remarks: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

5:00 PM – The Fierce Urgency of Now Conference Concludes