Schedule

DAY ONE: FRIDAY, APRIL 4th | 9:00am-3:00pm

Theme: The Fierce Urgency of Now: How did we get here?

Schedule:

  • 8:15am - Registration

  • 9:00am-9:15am - Welcoming & Framing

  • 9:15am-9:30am - Art/Music

  • 9:30am-10:30am - Plenary 1 | Speaker: Otis Moss III
    Topic: Prophetic Grief and The Power of the Southern Freedom Movement

  • 10:30am-10:45am - Break

  • 10:45am-11:45am - Plenary 2 | Speaker: Robert P. Jones
    Topic: The Tenacity of White Supremacy: Are These Death Throes?

  • 11:45am-12:00pm - Break

  • 12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch

  • 1:15pm-2:00pm - Plenary 3 | Speaker: Raquel Willis
    Topic: Nevertheless We Resist, We Heal, We Move for Justice with Joy

  • 2:00pm-2:10pm - Movement & settle

  • 2:10pm-2:40pm - Structured Breakout Groups

  • 2:40pm-2:50pm - Movement & settle

  • 2:50pm-3:00pm - Closing Remarks & Next Steps for Tomorrow

Evening Activities (Optional, not curated by event team):

  • MoMA First Friday Event (registration required)

  • Broadway performances, comedy club options, or other group outings

DAY THREE: SUNDAY, APRIL 6th | 10:00am-4:00pm

Theme: Where Do We Go From Here?

Schedule:

  • 8:15am - Registration

  • 8:30am-9:15am - Community Options:
    Coffee & Community Organizing Q&A OR Intergenerational Workshop on Teaching Just Love

  • 9:15am-9:25am - Movement & settle

  • 9:25am-9:35am - Welcome & Introduction to Panel

  • 9:35am-10:35am - Plenary 8 | Speakers: Grace Ji-Sun Kim & Miguel de la Torre
    Topic: Having the Conversation: From Black and White to Shades of Grey

  • 10:35am-11:30am - Lunch

  • 11:45am-1:00pm - Worship Celebration | Speaker: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
    Topic: Fixing this Hot-Mess with Fierce Love

  • 1:00pm-1:10pm - Movement & settle

  • 1:10pm-1:50pm - Plenary 9 | Speaker: Hadrien Coumans
    Topic: A Call to Reparations (Lenape Response)

  • 2:00pm-3:00pm - Post-Worship Education
    Topic: Storying the Beloved Community in Worship and Programming

  • 3:15pm-3:45pm - Closing Keynote | Speaker: Latosha Brown
    Topic: We Are Not Going Back, No Matter What

  • 3:45pm-4:00pm - Final Closing Remarks | Speaker: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

DAY TWO: SATURDAY, APRIL 5th | 10:00am-6:00pm

Theme: Building Beloved Community with a Revolution of Values

Schedule:

  • 9:30am - Registration

  • 10:00am-10:15am - Welcoming & Framing

  • 10:15am-10:30am - Art/Music: VCCY

  • 10:30am-10:45am - Movement & settle

  • 10:45am-11:45am - Plenary 4 (Keynote) | Speaker: Wil Gafney
    Topic: Beloved Community: Radically Rooted in Texts and Truth

  • 11:45am-12:00pm - Movement & settle

  • 12:00pm-12:45pm - Plenary 5 | Speaker: Otis Moss III
    Topic: The Poetry of Preaching Revolution: From Blues to BeatBox and Back

  • 12:45pm-1:00pm - Movement & settle

  • 1:00pm-2:00pm - Lunch & Community Fair

  • 2:00pm-2:15pm - Movement & settle

  • 2:15pm-3:15pm - Plenary 6 (Split Panel) | Speakers: Mark Thompson & David Gushee
    Topic: A Revolution of Values in the Classroom and in the Streets

  • 3:15pm-3:25pm - Movement & settle

  • 3:25pm-3:55pm - Youth Panel (Plenary 7)

  • 4:05pm-5:45pm - Cohort Small Group Meetings
    Breakouts include Youth Panel Discussion, Sound Bath with Gary Posner, or Free Time

  • 5:45pm-6:00pm - Closing Remarks

Optional Post-Event: Cocktail hour and Jacqui’s book signing