Navigate this webpage: Introduction to LIS 2023 It’s that time of year again! Locked in Solidarity, CCDA’s awareness & action week on mass incarceration, is February 5-13, 2023. Mark your calendars and rally your community for this important annual focus. We were [...]Read More
Top 5 Highlights of 2022
2022 brought unprecedented growth for CCDA. Nationally, we had the honor of making space for CCDA members and practitioners to contribute their gifts, talents, wisdom, and friendship to strengthen and edify each other. We are continually inspired by our members! Together, we are seeing people and [...]Read More
Meet Lorenzo, our Interim CEO
Tell us about yourself. I'm from North Carolina and I have a wife named Natarsha Sanders, a sister, and parents. I currently reside in Kerville, TX. I'm working on a Ph.D from North Carolina State that focuses on the spiritual experiences of Black men in historically white universities. It's [...]Read More
“Teach me Lord, to wait…”
When I saw that Isaiah 40:29-31 would be the theme Scripture for the CCDA Conference this year, something within me resounded. The Scripture took me back to the days of my childhood, when during our nightly prayer times with my parents, my dad would sing this Scripture over us. I distinctly [...]Read More
Charlotte Justice Conference & why you should come to Charlotte
Keyona Osborne-Pannell & Tim Nicodemus are an integral part of the Charlotte Justice Conference, that was inspired in part by the CCDA National Conference. They wanted to take their call to justice past lip service. So, they created a conference that is contextualized, that listens to the needs [...]Read More
“We Cry Justice” Book Club
Dr. Mary Nelson & Yvonne Rogers share their key takeaways from the CCDA Book Club on "We Cry Justice" this summer. Both share their convictions around activism as a product of faith and share their experience of going to the Poor Peoples' Campaign March in June. Plus - you'll want to hear the [...]Read More
How Churches can Partner with Schools
An Excerpt from our Education Equity Church Partnership Guide The Church has unique attributes and offerings to contribute to the communities in which we reside. Whether we are a church with financial means or not, we all need to steward generously what we have. The prophet Jeremiah tells us we [...]Read More
Education Equity: 5 Resources for your Community
The school year is upon us and it's the perfect time to consider how we can love our neighbors in the education system. Here, we offer 5 resources that will equip you to be a better practitioner that addresses education equity. Our #transformED affinity network so eloquently states what we believe [...]Read More