This is an excerpt from the 2024 Conference workshop Becoming a Pro-Black Organization: A Healing-Centered Framework for Equity. Click here to download this workshop from the CCDA store.You know that line in every city between the haves and the have-nots? Cornerstone CDC is right on that [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: Love Beloveds
Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider the implications of Christ’s coming for our communities. What lessons may we draw [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: A Servant King
Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider the implications of Christ's coming for our communities. What lessons may we draw [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: Active Hope
Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider the implications of Christ's coming for our communities. What lessons may we draw [...]Read More
#ccdaAdvent: Journey to Bethlehem
Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider the implications of Christ's coming for our communities. What lessons may we draw [...]Read More
Cultivating Rhythms of Rest to Help Sustain You Throughout the Year
The year is quickly coming to an end. As calendars fill up with events and obligations, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. Somehow, the to-do lists continue to grow as we slide rapidly into the holiday season. It can be tempting to feel as though you have to do more and more to keep up. But what if [...]Read More
Persevering Power: How to Embrace Justice and Transformation through Community Development
In my journey of learning to persevere through life’s challenges, I have come to see the deep connection between individual transformation and community transformation. As a former lawyer who left a thriving practice to serve those in crisis through Administer Justice, I have witnessed the power of [...]Read More
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 [...]Read More