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by Jemar TisbyA 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 malnutrition …
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By Dr. Mary NelsonNow 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 …
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By Vola Ranaivoson“We need imagination, not memory, to move forward" ~ Pastah Jonathan BrooksCovid 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 option. But, …
by Alma Lizette Cárdenas-RodríguezDid 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, “There is …
Thanksgiving ResourcesMark Charles: The Myth of Thanksgiving and Racial ConciliationThis Land Belongs to No One: Thanksgiving Prayer Honoring our Ancestors and Native Peoples’ LandMark Charles & Soong-Chan Rah: Unsettling Truths5 Recipes From Indigenous Chefs to Add to Your Thanksgiving …
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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 Hurricane Katrina …
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. …
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 …
