Workshops

Learning from Each Other: Afternoon Workshops

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Choose one of ten afternoon workshop options each day. These interactive, small group sessions build organizing skills, deepen understanding of policy concerns, introduce programs and strategies that you can replicate back home, and break open new perspectives or understandings of justice, community, children, and the work to which we are called. There is so much we have to learn from each other, and these intergenerational, interracial gatherings invite deep listening and learning, sharing, and strategizing together. The workshops are organized in ten “tracks” (see below); choose a workshop from the same track each day or sample workshops from a variety of tracks—the option is yours. Register for your workshop choices now to secure a spot.

Overview of Workshops:

Track	Tuesday 2-4 p.m.	Wednesday 2-4 p.m.	Thursday 2-4 p.m.
Soul Force: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing	Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson	Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson	Beloved Community: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson
Ending Child Poverty Now	Improving the Odds for Children in Poverty: Addressing Harms and Improving Opportunities \| CDF’s Poverty Team	Ending Child Poverty: Taking Action Now on Multiple Fronts \| CDF’s Poverty Team	FULL - Ending Child Poverty Now: Using CDF’s Action Kit \| CDF ‘s Poverty Team
Education for Emancipation: CDF Freedom Schools Program	CDF Freedom Schools Program \| Freedom School staff and Ella Baker Trainers	From Sabbath Schools to Freedom Schools: Christian Education for Emancipation \| Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee	Freedom Schools: Bringing the Model to Your Campus \| Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee
Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline	No Kinship, No Peace: Authentic Community with Young Folks in the Streets \| Cadeem Gibbs, and yosoyhomeboy and yosoyhomeboy jr.	Dignity and Power: Leadership from Formerly Caged \| Cadeem Gibbs, Nafeesah Goldsmith, James Nelson, and Ndume Olatushani	Transformative/Restorative Justice Practices with Youth \| Phyllis Hildreth
Pastoral and Prophetic: Healing Work, Words, and Witness with Individuals, Communities, and Nation	A Balm in Gilead: Developing a Trauma Informed Ministry \| Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets	Preaching for Social Change \| Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.	The Soul’s Work of Justice: The Compelling Witness and Invitational Conviction of Katie Geneva Cannon’s Prophetic Life and Legacy \| Dr. Becky Davis
Leave No Child Behind	Invisible No More: The Struggle for Voter Rights and Racial Equality \| Dr. Charlene Sinclair	Protecting Children Not Guns: Take Action Now \| CDF Staff	Attending to Children’s Health and Behavioral Health: Responding to the Opioid Crisis and Other Trauma \| CDF Staff
Who Can I Run To?	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Defining Terms and Understanding the Landscape \| Min. Candace Simpson	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Bible Study on Jairus’ Daughter \| Min. Candace Simpson	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Developing a Workable Plan \| Min. Candace Simpson
White Supremacy and Dismantling Racism	Public Theology and Racial Justice \| Dr. Teresa Smallwood	Dismantling Racism \| Rev. Naomi Tutu	Becoming Allies: White Folk Checking In at Proctor \| Ched Myers
I’m Your Child: Ending Cruelty to Immigrant Children and Families, Becoming Communities of Care	Creating Responsive Communities of Care through Innovative Partnerships \| Dr. Patrick Reyes, bel Reyes, and Kindra Montgomery-Block	Children and Families Impacted by Changing Immigration: Policy Change and Practical Support \| Cheasty Anderson and Maria Hernandez	Sanctuary as Civil Resistance \| Rev. John Fife
Roots of Justice	A Watershed Moment: Eco/Racial Justice and Climate Crisis as Issues of Children’s Defense \| Ched Myers	Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 1 \| Dr. Derek Hicks	Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 2 \| Dr. Derek Hicks
Liberation and Life in the Midst of Struggles for Justice	Faith and Justice \| Dr. Rodney Sadler	Revives My Soul Again \| Dr. Victor Anderson and Dr. Lewis Baldwin	Art Saved, Saves, Me, Us \| Omari Booker and Ndume Olatushani

Track	Tuesday 2-4 p.m.	Wednesday 2-4 p.m.	Thursday 2-4 p.m.
Soul Force: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing	Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson	Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson	Beloved Community: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing \| Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson
Ending Child Poverty Now	Improving the Odds for Children in Poverty: Addressing Harms and Improving Opportunities \| CDF’s Poverty Team	Ending Child Poverty: Taking Action Now on Multiple Fronts \| CDF’s Poverty Team	FULL - Ending Child Poverty Now: Using CDF’s Action Kit \| CDF ‘s Poverty Team
Education for Emancipation: CDF Freedom Schools Program	CDF Freedom Schools Program \| Freedom School staff and Ella Baker Trainers	From Sabbath Schools to Freedom Schools: Christian Education for Emancipation \| Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee	Freedom Schools: Bringing the Model to Your Campus \| Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee
Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline	No Kinship, No Peace: Authentic Community with Young Folks in the Streets \| Cadeem Gibbs, and yosoyhomeboy and yosoyhomeboy jr.	Dignity and Power: Leadership from Formerly Caged \| Cadeem Gibbs, Nafeesah Goldsmith, James Nelson, and Ndume Olatushani	Transformative/Restorative Justice Practices with Youth \| Phyllis Hildreth
Pastoral and Prophetic: Healing Work, Words, and Witness with Individuals, Communities, and Nation	A Balm in Gilead: Developing a Trauma Informed Ministry \| Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets	Preaching for Social Change \| Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.	The Soul’s Work of Justice: The Compelling Witness and Invitational Conviction of Katie Geneva Cannon’s Prophetic Life and Legacy \| Dr. Becky Davis
Leave No Child Behind	Invisible No More: The Struggle for Voter Rights and Racial Equality \| Dr. Charlene Sinclair	Protecting Children Not Guns: Take Action Now \| CDF Staff	Attending to Children’s Health and Behavioral Health: Responding to the Opioid Crisis and Other Trauma \| CDF Staff
Who Can I Run To?	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Defining Terms and Understanding the Landscape \| Min. Candace Simpson	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Bible Study on Jairus’ Daughter \| Min. Candace Simpson	Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Developing a Workable Plan \| Min. Candace Simpson
White Supremacy and Dismantling Racism	Public Theology and Racial Justice \| Dr. Teresa Smallwood	Dismantling Racism \| Rev. Naomi Tutu	Becoming Allies: White Folk Checking In at Proctor \| Ched Myers
I’m Your Child: Ending Cruelty to Immigrant Children and Families, Becoming Communities of Care	Creating Responsive Communities of Care through Innovative Partnerships \| Dr. Patrick Reyes, bel Reyes, and Kindra Montgomery-Block	Children and Families Impacted by Changing Immigration: Policy Change and Practical Support \| Cheasty Anderson and Maria Hernandez	Sanctuary as Civil Resistance \| Rev. John Fife
Roots of Justice	A Watershed Moment: Eco/Racial Justice and Climate Crisis as Issues of Children’s Defense \| Ched Myers	Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 1 \| Dr. Derek Hicks	Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 2 \| Dr. Derek Hicks
Liberation and Life in the Midst of Struggles for Justice	Faith and Justice \| Dr. Rodney Sadler	Revives My Soul Again \| Dr. Victor Anderson and Dr. Lewis Baldwin	Art Saved, Saves, Me, Us \| Omari Booker and Ndume Olatushani

Track

Soul Force: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing
Ending Child Poverty Now
Education for Emancipation: CDF Freedom Schools Program
Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline
Pastoral and Prophetic: Healing Work, Words, and Witness with Individuals, Communities, and Nation
Leave No Child Behind
Who Can I Run To?
White Supremacy and Dismantling Racism
I’m Your Child: Ending Cruelty to Immigrant Children and Families, Becoming Communities of Care
Roots of Justice
Liberation and Life in the Midst of Struggles for Justice

Tuesday 2-4 p.m.

Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing | Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson
Improving the Odds for Children in Poverty: Addressing Harms and Improving Opportunities | CDF’s Poverty Team
Improving the Odds for Children in Poverty: Addressing Harms and Improving Opportunities | CDF’s Poverty Team
CDF Freedom Schools Program | Freedom School staff and Ella Baker Trainers
No Kinship, No Peace: Authentic Community with Young Folks in the Streets | Cadeem Gibbs, and yosoyhomeboy and yosoyhomeboy jr.
A Balm in Gilead: Developing a Trauma Informed Ministry | Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets
Invisible No More: The Struggle for Voter Rights and Racial Equality | Dr. Charlene Sinclair
Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Defining Terms and Understanding the Landscape | Min. Candace Simpson
Public Theology and Racial Justice | Dr. Teresa Smallwood
Creating Responsive Communities of Care through Innovative Partnerships | Dr. Patrick Reyes, bel Reyes, and Kindra Montgomery-Block
A Watershed Moment: Eco/Racial Justice and Climate Crisis as Issues of Children’s Defense | Ched Myers
Faith and Justice | Dr. Rodney Sadler

Wednesday 2-4 p.m.

Personal Power: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing | Rev. Jim Lawson and Rev. Starsky Wilson
Ending Child Poverty: Taking Action Now on Multiple Fronts | CDF’s Poverty Team
From Sabbath Schools to Freedom Schools: Christian Education for Emancipation | Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee
Dignity and Power: Leadership from Formerly Caged | Cadeem Gibbs, Nafeesah Goldsmith, James Nelson, and Ndume Olatushani
Preaching for Social Change | Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
Protecting Children Not Guns: Take Action Now | CDF Staff
Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Bible Study on Jairus’ Daughter | Min. Candace Simpson
Dismantling Racism | Rev. Naomi Tutu
Children and Families Impacted by Changing Immigration: Policy Change and Practical Support | Cheasty Anderson and Maria Hernandez
Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 1 | Dr. Derek Hicks
Revives My Soul Again | Dr. Victor Anderson and Dr. Lewis Baldwin

Thursday 2-4 p.m.

Beloved Community: Nonviolent Direct Action Community Organizing | Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson
**FULL** - Ending Child Poverty Now: Using CDF’s Action Kit | CDF ‘s Poverty Team
Freedom Schools: Bringing the Model to Your Campus | Dr. Reginald Blount and Dr. Virginia Lee
Transformative/Restorative Justice Practices with Youth | Phyllis Hildreth
The Soul’s Work of Justice: The Compelling Witness and Invitational Conviction of Katie Geneva Cannon’s Prophetic Life and Legacy | Dr. Becky Davis
Attending to Children’s Health and Behavioral Health: Responding to the Opioid Crisis and Other Trauma | CDF Staff
Who Can I Run To?: The Quest to Make Congregations Places of Celebration and Safety for LGBTQ Youth And Families – Developing a Workable Plan | Min. Candace Simpson
Becoming Allies: White Folk Checking In at Proctor | Ched Myers
Sanctuary as Civil Resistance | Rev. John Fife
Eating and Believing: Religion, Food Justice, and Cultural Formation in Urban Life Part 2 | Dr. Derek Hicks
Art Saved, Saves, Me, Us | Omari Booker and Ndume Olatushani