As CCDA looks back over the past 30 years we have much to celebrate. We have grown and changed and continue to seek to become all God has planned for us. But as with any organization, we are led by people. And when people work together, strive together, do life together, we will fall short of God’s [...]Read More
Who is My Neighbor Part V: the Mexico/Guatemala Border
CCDA Global Connections presents: Who is My Neighbor, a six-part blog series recounting stories and impacts from a trip to Central America, written from a CCDA perspective. Part V: Identities of the Mexico/Guatemala Border by Katie White Mexico is a land of two identities. One one hand, you [...]Read More
Women’s Equity Statement
CCDA is committed to upholding the dignity of women and their contribution to all areas of ministry and leadership within our organization. We acknowledge that throughout our history women have not always been validated as equal ministry partners within our movement. As current leadership and board [...]Read More
Unlocked: An Open Mic Night for LIS 2018
150 people gathered for “Unlocked: An Open Mic Night” at Rosebud Coffee in Pasadena, California to celebrate and amplify the voices, performances, and visual art pieces of communities impacted by mass incarceration. The night included 20 artists who debuted their art publicly, some for the [...]Read More
“Is it just too much to rise up and fight against injustice?”
As part of Shaw University’s Religious Emphasis Week, over two hundred undergraduates gathered for a forum on the calling to moral leadership and social justice on Tuesday, February 7, at 11 am. Framed in the context of the Locked in Solidarity focus on ending mass incarceration, Dr. Mikael [...]Read More
2015 CCDA National Conference
A few weeks ago, over 3,300 of our CCDA familia came together in Memphis, TN for the CCDA 2015 National Conference. We gathered looking for opportunities to make new friends, receive encouragement for the journey before us and to learn and share practical advice for our communities back home. In [...]Read More