3 DAYS.
YOUR MOVEMENT.
Friday, October 23: The Stories of Now
Understanding the stories that got us here. A keynote and a panel on history, white Christian nationalism, and the persistence of racism and xenophobia plus how the love of money fuels systemic harm. Art experience Friday evening.
9:30 AM - Gathering and Grounding
10:00 AM - Keynote - History Matters: How did we get here?
Jemar Tisby
11:00 AM - Panel: White XN Nationalism and the Dismantling of “Democracy”
Robert P. Jones | Kelly Brown Douglas | Kristen Kobes Du Mez
12:00 PM - Lunch and Book Signing
2:00 PM - Panel: Neighbor Love and Money Matters-What’s up with philanthropy?
Edgar Villanueva | Rodney McKenzie, Jr. | Jennifer Bailey | Isaac Luria
3:00 PM - Keynote: Class and Caste: How did money break us?
Abby Disney
4:00 PM - Networking & Coalition Building
5:00 PM - The Movement Moves: Dance Party and Reception
~ An Evening Out in New York ~
9:30 AM - Gathering and Grounding
10:00 AM - Panel: Is America Possible?
Lucas Johnson | Ciarra Jones | Genesis Be
11:00 AM - Panel: Storying the World We Want
Erica Simon Williams | Casey Donahue | Bridgit Antoinette Evans
12:00 PM - Lunch and Book Signing
1:30 PM - Panel: Art Creating Our Lives
Kaliswa Brewster | Middle Church Artists
2:30 PM - Dream Space: Curating a World-Healing Vision (art, movement, fabric magic, meditation, imagination)
– Choose your Adventure
4:30 PM - Community Story Slam
Tiq Milan, host
Saturday, October 24: Dreaming for the World We Yearn for
The stories of tomorrow. A keynote and panels on narrative change and how art moves the movement. We dream wild dreams grounded in real neighborhood organizing. There will be dancing.
Sunday, October 25:
The Spiritual Practice of Revolution
The practices that sustain us. A keynote and a panel on Ubuntu, interrelatedness, and fierce love of self and neighbor. A multifaith worship celebration, and food for body and soul.
9:00 AM - Book Signing and Connections
9:30 AM - Panel: Revolutionary Theologies
Amanda Hambrick - The Theology of Intergenerational Organizing
Macky Alston - Theology in the Public Square
Natalie Renee Perkins - Theology in Hybrid Spaces
11:45 AM - Celebrating Love and Liberation in Worship
1:15 PM - Lunch, Community Org Fair & Book Signing
2:15 PM - Panel: Ubuntu & The Spiritual Practice of Revolution
Tricia Levesque | Hussein Rashid | Isaac Luria
3:15 PM - Next 250 and Making Reparations
Linda Sarsour | Trevor Smith | Savannah Romero
4:15 PM - Getting to Liberation: Where do we go from here?
Freedom Together panel and Traci Blackmon
5:00 PM - Closing Ritual
Middle Church Staff