This post is part of CCDA's Mental Health Awareness Month. CCDA has a plethora of options to increase your mental health support, and we are constantly adding new resources to help you and your community flourish.Join us for an event, complete the Mental Health Survey, or download the Mental Health …
Trees as Stabilizers: An Earth Day Reflection
This post was originally published by CCDA Org Member Kinship Plot as part of their Lenten devotional series. We hope that these words encourage you as you reflect on the earth and our relationship to it. In our increasingly mobile world, trees offer a beautiful model of stability. Rooted in one …
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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 Harmony Way
By Dr. Randy Woodley, an excerpt from his book Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred EarthThe harmony way is a way of living that undergirds all of Native American history, religion, traditions, ceremonies, stories, philosophy, and relationships. Referred to by different …
Lessons Learned Over 110 Years
Pastor Matt currently serves as one of the CCDA Economic Empowerment Network Connectors.I love to joke when I introduce Star of Hope Ministries that we’ve been around for 110 years...but I haven’t been there that long. My kids roll their eyes and groan, but it gets a chuckle from the audience EVERY. …
The Process and the Product
by Robbie WatsonFor the last decade I have been living and working around the world and have experienced a broad spectrum of ministry endeavors. What was perhaps most impactful was my time working alongside community leaders in a camp for Congolese refugees in Rwanda. These dedicated folks were …
