This blog post is part of Locked in Solidarity, CCDA's national awareness and action week on mass incarceration.What do we do when interrupting violence isn't an option? When the act has already been committed and the perpetrators are being punished? This is where I find myself: incarcerated. My …
Interrupting Violence: Locked in Solidarity 2025
By Rev. Kevin Burns and Rev. Dr. Kevin RiggsThis is an excerpt from the Locked in Solidarity Preaching Guide, which is part of CCDA's Locked in Solidarity Bundle. Click here to download the bundle and get resources to help you and your community become "Violence Interrupters."I was arrested in July …
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The Importance of Voting: An Interview with CCDA Board Member, Mary Nelson
Today is election day in the United States. Millions of Americans have already cast their votes and have taken part in this consequential election. And millions more will be voting at polling places today, exercising this important right.At CCDA, we believe that civic engagement is important on …
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Reflections From the Southern Border
For one week in August, a group gathered at the Southern Border for an event hosted by CCDA's Immigration Network and Abara, a CCDA organizational member. During this immersive and educational experience, participants were invited to listen, learn, and reflect on what they can learn from the border, …
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An Encouragement Toward Prophetic Imagination
Be encouraged as Daniel Kim, co-founder of Rise University Preparatory, reflects on prophetic imagination in a local neighborhood in the Bayview Hunters-Point District of San Francisco. 80% of Rise's seats are reserved for 1st to college, low-income, or Bayview resident scholars. As of June 1st, …
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Redistribution in Education
Redistribution is one of the Eight Key Components of the CCD Philosophy. But what is Redistribution? And where do we begin? The following is from The Education Equity Church Partnership Guide, which was created by CCDA's #transformED Education Equity advocates. This helpful guide used our …
The Realities of Restorative Justice
For the last several years, Healing Communities PA partnered with the Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia on the Restorative Cities Initiative™️, a grassroots “porch front to city hall” model of bringing restorative practices to every part of community life, particularly in BIPOC …
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Restoring Community Belonging
Those Leaving Prison and Those In Churches Need Each Other To HealPrison reentry efforts can too often—unintentionally—keep men and women returning from prison isolated from the rest of their communities. With specialized reentry nonprofits, paid staff, transitional housing, and other important …
