3 DAYS.
YOUR MOVEMENT.
Friday, October 23: The Stories of Now
Understanding the stories that got us here. A keynote, panels and conversations on our history, White Christian Nationalism, and the persistence of racism and xenophobia in our story. We’ll also talk about how the ways money fuels systemic harm. We end the day with dancing.
9:30am Gathering and Grounding
10:00am-10:45am || Keynote: History Matters: How did we get here?
Jemar Tisby
Break
11:00am-11:45am || Panel: White Christian Nationalism, our Peculiar Economy, and the Dismantling of “Democracy”
Kelly Brown Douglas, Kristen Kobes Du Mez, Edwin Aponte, & Grace Ji-Sun Kim
12:00pm-1:00pm || Lunch, Connections and Book Signing
1:30p-2:15pm || Keynote: Class Matters: Can We Unbreak What Money Broke?
Abby Disney & Trevor Smith
Break
2:30p-3:15pm || Keynote Conversation: Money Matters: How Do We Finance Freedom? (working title)
Edgar Villanueva & Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Break
4:00p-4:45pm || Workshops
A: Moving the Movement with Money: Challenges and Opportunities for Partnering
Jennifer Bailey & Isaac Luria
B: The Moth: Shaping Stories, Building Worlds
The Moth Staff
Break
5:00p-5:30pm || Wrapping up - The Movement Moves: Dance Party and Reception
9:00am-9:15am || Gathering and Grounding
9:15am-10:00am || Panel: Building the Narrative: Re-shaping God Talk
Ciarra Jones, Genesis Be, & Nick Laparra
Break
10:15am-12:15pm || Panel: Who Shapes our Spiritual Imagination: A Soul Story Experience
Erica Simon Williams & Soul Story Cast
12:15pm-1:15pm || Lunch and Book Signing
1:30pm-2:15pm || Panel: When Our Stories All Matter…
Tiq Milan, Casey Donahue, & Bridgit Antoinette Evans
Break
2:30pm-3:15pm || Panel: Art Creating the World
Kaliswa Brewster, Lucy Tiberghian, & Ty Jones
Break
3:30pm-4:45pm Dream Space: Curating a World-Healing Vision (art, movement, fabric magic, meditation, imagination) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Studio on 4: BLIS Collective Activation
Studio on 3: Decolonizing Wealth Project
Sanctuary: Middle Church Artists
Break
5:00pm-6:00pm: Moth Rehearsal Coaching
REGISTRATION-Based - Limited Space
*6:30pm || Doors Open
*7:00pm - 9:00pm || An Evening Story Slam with The Moth
*Open to the public! Ticketing information coming soon.
Saturday, October 24: Dreaming for the World We Yearn for
The stories of tomorrow. A keynote, panels and conversations on narrative change and art move the movement. We’ll dream wild dreams grounded in real neighborhood organizing. There will be a story slam at the end of our day.
Sunday, October 25: The Spiritual Practice of Revolution
The practices that sustain us as nourishment for the body and soul. A keynote, panels, and a multi-faith worship celebration on Ubuntu, interrelatedness, and fierce love of self and neighbor.
9:00am-9:30am || Grounding, Book signing, and Connections
9:30am-10:30am || Panel: Revolutionary Spiritualities in Intergenerational Organizing, Hybrid Spaces, and the Public Square
Rev. Amanda Hambrick, Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins, & Rev. Macky Alston
10:30am-11:30am || Connections & Workshops - Choose Your Adventure
A: Essential Strategies to Build Multiracial Communities
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis & Rev. John Janka
B: Online Conversations (TBA) – We invite you to find space outside or in one of our Studios to participate from your own device on Whova
11:45am-1:00pm || Celebrating Love and Liberation in Worship
1:15pm-2:00pm || Lunch & Community Org Fair
Break
2:15pm-3:00pm || Panel: Ubuntu & The Spiritual Practice of Revolution
Tricia Levesque, Hussein Rashid, & Isaac Luria
Break
3:15pm-4:00pm || Panel: Next 250 and Making Reparations
Linda Sarsour et al
Break
4:15pm-5:00pm || Panel: Getting to Liberation: Toward a Multiracial, Multifaith Movement Powerful Enough to Heal our Nation
Rami Nashashibi, Shifra Brosnick, Michael-Ray Mathews, & Traci Blackmon
5:00pm || Closing Ritual: Middle Church Staff