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#ccdaAdvent: The breath of God enters the world

by christina on November 24, 2020

CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent can mean in the midst of a global pandemic, pervasive uncertainty, and agonizing loss. Drawing from Ezekiel 37, we explore life after the Breath of God revives the dry bones.  Together let us explore how the themes in Ezekiel prepare us [...]
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Filed Under: Advent 2020, CCDA

To my people – the white ones,

by christina on June 7, 2020

By Michelle Ferrigno Warren,Advocacy & Strategic Engagement Director To my people-the white ones,I am glad you are marching. I am glad you are feeling a sense of outrage. The movement is kindly allowing you to join so please quickly learn your place not just for this moment but for the [...]
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Filed Under: Justice Initiatives & Advocacy Tagged With: ally, protest, white

Engaging in Prophetic Witness

by christina on June 6, 2020

by Lisa Rodriguez-WatsonDirector of Leadership Development & Training It’s been a devastating few weeks. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, 100,000 COVID deaths, violence in our streets, extreme action by some, inaction by others, silence and complicity, curfews, virtue signaling, [...]
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Filed Under: Listening to the Community, Train and Connect Tagged With: black lives matter, prophetic, protest, witness

An Educator’s Lesson in the Time of Remote Learning

by christina on May 12, 2020

by Daniel KimDevelopment Director/Faculty at Rise University Preparatory School This is not a post about how we have mastered Zoom for our 60 students at our school that serves low-income, first generation-to-college middle schoolers. I am proud though of our team of teachers and students at [...]
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Filed Under: Education Equity Tagged With: Covid-19, Education, remote

Building Bridges of Justice

by christina on April 15, 2020

SW Border conference

by Christina Foor “The bridges have closed.” We heard this untimely news at the "Voices from the Desert Conference", our Southwest Border Region’s Conference in February this year. Hours before, the “Remain in Mexico” Policy had been blocked in federal court. The atmosphere at the [...]
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Filed Under: Immigration Tagged With: Abara, border, bridge builder, conference, immigration, local network, migration, SW Border Conference, vote

Building Community through Storytelling

by christina on December 6, 2019

Our Chicago Local Network has been gathering this past year, centered on fostering deeper relationships through focused circle conversations. After planning the 2018 National Conference in our city, we felt the urge to get a quarterly network connection time started. We wanted to create deeper [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Listening to the Community, Local Network Tagged With: chicago, local networks, storytelling

A Call for a (W)holistic Approach to Education Equity

by christina on November 22, 2019

A Call for a (W)holistic Approach to Education Equity by Lorenzo Watson Higher education student loan debt has become a hot topic in the current political debate, with several presidential candidates calling for either full or partial student loan forgiveness. And as student loan debt levels [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA Tagged With: #transformED, Advocacy, Education, Education Equity, justice, Wholistic

Local Network Changing Culture in Knoxville

by christina on May 16, 2019

After formalizing their CCDA Local Network at the end of last year, Knoxville has hit the ground running.  I had the unique opportunity to interview two of their local network connectors, Jonathan Haskell & Pastor Chris Battle.  Listening to their perspectives on the amazing ways their [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA Tagged With: Advocacy, beating guns tour, Knoxville, LIS, LN, local networks, locked in solidarity

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#ccdaAdvent: God dwells

By Mary Beth Meadows

CCDA invites you to explore how the themes in Ezekiel prepare us for the advent of the Messiah. Join [...]
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#ccdaAdvent: Love-soaked resurrection

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CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent can mean in the midst of a global pandemic, [...]
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#ccdaAdvent: An army rises from the dry bones

By Lorenzo A. Watson

Devotional written by: Lorenzo Watson, CCDA Staff "So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the [...]
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