by Jemar Tisby A living civil rights legend imparts a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom in what may be his final book. John’s Perkins had every reason to turn his back on God and on white people. Born into poverty in rural Mississippi, his mother died when he was just a baby, partially due to [...]Read More
Spotlight: Voter Engagement & Support Networking Session
By Dr. Mary Nelson Now more than ever - voting, voter turnout, and good candidates - are crucial to the well-being of our communities. Local struggles on school boards, stances on redistricting, state budgets, as well as national issues on community safety and police shape the future of our [...]Read More
Kansas City, Here We Come!
By Vola Ranaivoson “We need imagination, not memory, to move forward" ~ Pastah Jonathan Brooks Covid has upended everything that we considered normal and pushed us to reimagine what life and ministry look like. Going back to a memory of what used to be considered normal is no longer an [...]Read More
Ministry Highlight: Hope Center KC
by Alma Lizette Cárdenas-Rodríguez Did you know that besides being the host city for #ccdaReimagine and the home to the Hope Center KC, Kansas City is known as “The City of Fountains?” This struck me in a conversation with Rocky Hodge, the Director of Operations at Hope KC. He shared, [...]Read More
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resources
CCDA Online Institute Course Videos Resources in our Store Blog Posts Other Resources First Nations Version of New Testament from InterVarsity PressFind out which Native Land you reside onBe the Bridge Action Steps25 Books by Indigenous Authors You Should Be Reading [...]Read More
A Long Arc of Justice: The RICC
by Sunny Sue Chang Jonas “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Positive change can feel so arduous and slow. In a place like New Orleans, a city that finally felt like infrastructures and ecosystems were back on track after [...]Read More
Hurricane Ida Support
We reached out to our members and friends who were in the path of Hurricane Ida and asked what we could be praying for them about and how we could be supporting them. Below you will find a list of organizations associated with CCDA affected by the storm, as well as prayer requests we received. [...]Read More
HR Compliance During COVID
On September 2, from 1:30 - 2:15 PM CST, Attorney Sally Wagenmaker will be available to CCDA members to discuss questions regarding HR compliance during COVID. Sally is a partner at Wagenmaker & Oberly (https://wagenmakerlaw.com/), a law firm serving nonprofit organizations across the nation [...]Read More