Networking Sessions
** Please note that our most up to date schedule of these sessions can now be found in the CCDA Conference app!
National Conference Networking Sessions are opportunities for CCDA members to gather around the important issues we share. These sessions are not workshops; instead, their purpose is to create space for one or more of the following reasons:
- gathering with other CCDA members from the same location (state/regional)
- connect, share, and learn from each other in order to address common community issues
Check out our networking sessions below!
All Networking Sessions
| Title | Description | Day Time |
| CCDA in Tennessee | Members of CCDA are transforming communities all across our state. Join us for an opportunity to connect with other practitioners and a discussion about ways that we can collaborate to expand the Kingdom in the Volunteer State. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Locked in Solidarity Networking Session | Come join us to connect around ways groups and churches are working against mass incarceration and instead are seeking to love our neighbors holistically — during and after incarceration. Come work with us toward a world where we respond to harm with a posture of healing. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Understanding Hispanic Culture | Explore new opportunities and challenges in the Hispanic community in the USA/LATAM context together. Connect with organizations that focus on helping Hispanic ministries in the USA. | Friday 12-1pm |
| Soaking Worship and Prayer | Soak in the heart of the Father, the love of Jesus, and the presence of Holy Spirit through simple songs, instrumental worship, and prayer. Renew and revive your heart towards the author of life and justice with other believers and practitioners! | Thursday 12-1pm & Friday 5-6pm |
| Ecological Initiatives Network | Ecologically focused community development practitioners: Let’s connect! Whether you currently incorporate land and ecology into your work or are interested in learning more, please join us in this new CCDA affinity network. Community development initiatives have historically been human-centric. We intend to expand the CCD vision to embrace the land and every member of the community of creation. Whether you are interested in gardening, environmental justice, farming, food justice, climate justice, or any other ecologically focused CCD approaches, all are welcome! | Friday 5-6pm |
| Family Support Affinity Network Session | Join in to meet with other Family Support practitioners across the country- make new friends and learn new skills! This is for anyone who supports and serves families in their ministry. | Friday 12-1pm |
| Fresno CCD Collective | Fresno, California Leaders, this space is for you! Join us for a debriefing time; we want to hear from you and your ministry. What is God stirring in your heart you want to see happen in your community? Let us come together and find ways to collaborate to continue God’s kingdom work in Fresno as it is in heaven. | Friday 12-1pm |
| Best Practices in Citizen Reentry Work | Every year over 640,000 people are released from State and Federal prisons. More than 70 million Americans have a criminal record creating significant barriers to employment, economic stability, and successful reentry. The challenge is big, but God is bigger. Join other practitioners working to remove barriers, share best practices, and develop a network with others. No one should face injustice alone and no one does justice alone. We all need community. Administer Justice is a legal ministry partnered with Prison Fellowship and will facilitate the conversation. | Friday 5-6pm |
| A Caring Community for Family Members of LGBTQIA+ Persons | Coming together in supportive circles of family members and allies of LGBTQIA+ persons to share our stories, support and connect with one another, and explore where God is in the midst of our journeys. | Saturday 7-8am |
| Seventh-day Adventists | Seventh-day Adventists, welcome to CCDA! Meet and network with other pastors, leaders, and practitioners. You will network, share resources and discuss how we can support community development work among the churches. All friends welcome. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Acts 2 community: is it possible? | How can we help those we serve to find spiritual and practical community, support, and sharing? What inspirations and practices can we learn through hearing each other’s stories? Is it possible to truly share our possessions, caring for young and old in communal households in rural and urban settings? Join the Intentional Community Network as we explore these ideas together in a roundtable discussion. | Friday 12-1pm |
| AAPI in CCDA | Welcome everyone who identifies as Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian/Pacific Islander American. Join us for a quick check-in, in person! Meet someone new and reconnect with those you’ve met at previous conferences or online. The space is an opportunity for AAPI practitioners from every context to connect and find ways to support one another throughout the year. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Pacific Northwest CCDA Network | Join us for an engaging lunch, networking and getting connected to the ongoing work of CCDA in our PNW Region. Come meet other CCD Practitioners serving through out the pacific northwest in both urban, small town and rural settings. Lunch will be provided so please register here (well need to add some kind of sign up link). Were excited to get know you and build momentum and collaboration through out our region. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Economic Empowerment Affinity Group | Come to share with & learn from practitioners working on the front lines of economic empowerment ministries (financial education, jobs, etc.) This is a peer-to-peer support network of those addressing income & financial vulnerability. Meet with others providing grassroots services across a variety of economic empowerment sectors. | Thursday 7-8am |
| CCDA Behavioral Health Network: A Collective Gathering | As the mental health crisis continues to rise, more individuals and groups are reaching out to find support for their communities. This networking session allows for practitioners and advocates, in the behavioral health field, to address and find resources for these current mental health issues. This network is a support system for processing and collecting resources to help communities thrive. Communities continue to face the realities of stressors that can lead to mental health distress and overall burnout. As a CCDA practitioner, whether new or seasoned, come join the conversation! | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Trauma Healing Networking Session | Are you looking to connect with other CCD practitioners who are serving individuals and communities that are navigating through trauma? Come join others on a similar journey as we explore trauma informed best practices and resources that can better equip you in your ministry and personally as a leader. Leave with new hope, tangible resources, and real relationships to connect with as you return to your place of ministry. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Lifestyle Affinity Network | This is a like-minded community-support group for those choosing to reframe their American lifestyles around CCD principles, or relocation + redistribution ways, for the common good of all within their community/neighborhood. Members of this group do not have to be CCDA members, simply those interested in the like calling of creating common good in their community/neighborhood with asset-based community development concepts. | Friday 5-6pm |
| The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Revitalizing Urban Areas | This session introduces social (Kingdom) entrepreneurship and its role in spurring economic growth in urban areas. Special attention will be given to the formation of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs) and their impact on cultivating new and emerging entrepreneurs. | Friday 5-6pm |
| Indigenous Peoples Networking Session | If you identify as Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan, Hawaiian Native, or if you are reconnecting with your indigenous roots, join us in this networking space to meet and hold space for each other during the conference. | Friday 12-1pm |
| CCDA National Leadership Cohort Alumni | A gathering for anyone who has been a member of a CCDA Leadership Cohort | Friday 12-1pm |
| Virginia CCDA and Developing Marketplace Leaders | We have found that developing marketplace ministries that service the needs of our communities helps us to get to know the people and to build relationships that blossom into networks and groups that seek to organize and engage in Circles of compassionate caring and listening to one another. Sharing our collective experiences with others in Virginia and neighboring states will help to develop a collective of like minded efforts and the free exchange in developed groups of practitioners. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Reducing Gun Violence | Gun violence is showing no signs of letting up in our communities no time soon. Continuing to claim the lives of our loved ones both young and old, strategies to end gun violence must become more innovative and interactive. As we boldly stand on the frontlines, the need for a collaborative and creative approach is becoming increasingly important. In this networking session you will meet fellow practitioners in the work and have opportunities to discuss best practices as well as create opportunity for collaboration. We need the Holy Spirit and each other. Join us. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Real Estate as Ministry | Join us to gather with other CCD practitioners, who are focused on using their organization’s real estate in a way that builds up God’s kingdom, supports their organization, and does good in their community. Come to meet, network, and share stories. | Friday 12-1pm |
| LGBTQ CCD practicioners connect | Come, connect with other queer faith leaders and CCD practitioners as we uplift, and support each other, powerful way to affirm that we are not alone and sustain us in our work for God’s kingdom. Any and all folks who identify as LGBTQIA are welcome. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Women of Color | Welcome to this sacred space. This is a space for WOC in CCDA to come together and share their stories, be encouraged, receive prayer and also have a moment to inhale and exhale. We hope to reflect on who God has called us to be and share our hopes and dreams for the future. We desire to champion each other for years to come. | Friday 5-6pm |
| Anti-racist practice in the Pacific Northwest | The Pacific Northwest in particular has a bent towards progressive ideological platitudes that sometimes are limited in their embodiment, especially when it comes to anti-racist work. Come have a conversation with those who are looking to move past ideology and move towards anti-racist embodiment in the work and daily life. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Urban Leaders Developing Urban Youth! | The future of urban ministry and the modern-day church hinges on leaders bold enough to empower this next generation. UYWI and DVULI are hosting an engaging networking session on empowerment led by The Fuel Networks. Results happen over time, and the sustainable change we want to see is waiting for you to educate, empower, and let your youth lead. Meet with ministry practitioners nationwide to share wins, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid when empowering youth and youth leadership teams to achieve a desired goal collaboratively. | Friday 5-6pm |
| Operations, Admin, and Support Staff Network | No matter the cause, operations are the backbone of CCD. When operations are embraced as ministry strategy, processes are more integrated with impact. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or have picked up administrative roles along the way, come together to support one another and learn from each other. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| CCDA Prayer Network Conversation | Is your work flourishing but you feel dry spiritually? Do you feel like your CCD work is going well but needs to breakthrough to a new level that seems beyond your reach? Do you desire to pray with those who are deep in the work of connecting and empowering the marginalized? Gather with other CCD practitioners to discuss how prayer and worship is the key to CCD to empower us in the work of community transformation. This networking session will be a discussion around beginning a national CCDA prayer network to encourage practitioners in the spiritual vitality of their lives and ministries. | Friday & Thursday 5-6pm |
| CCD in Higher Education | Join CCDAers who are participating in Higher Education to connect and discuss how we can activate CCD within our current context. | Friday 5-6pm |
| Global Connections | A space for those engaged in CCD in international venues to connect with, learn about and network with others. | Thursday 12-1 pm |
| Youth Engagement | The youth are the upcoming world changers! They have a voice and perspective that needs to be heard. We will create a FUN and interactive space for the youth to connect with one another while shepherding a welcoming space to share their knowledge and help guide questions they might have around CCD. There is plenty of great work being done in the Kingdom and the youth isn’t an exception! | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Rural CCD Practitioners | Are you looking to connect with others practicing Rural CCD?Join the Rural CCD Practitioner networking session to connect with others living, working and practicing CCD in a rural setting. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| Education Equity Networking Session | Across our public education system there are significant academic and discipline disparities when considering racial minority and economically poor students. Most CCD practitioners are in communities where these disparities are even more pervasive. This networking session offers an opportunity for CCD practitioners to connect across communities, to understand some of the common challenges, and to share lessons learned and best practices in educational equity. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Empowering Churches Through Christian Community Development | Join us for an enriching networking session designed specifically for churches eager to learn about and implement Christian Community Development (CCD) principles. This session offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow church leaders, share insights, and explore new strategies for community engagement and empowerment. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| New/Interested Members | An opportunity to connect with folks new to CCD and learn how to leverage CCDA membership benefits to meet your goals. | Thursday 12-1pm |
| CCD, Neurodiversity, and Disability | Come connect with CCD practitioners who are navigating the intersections of CCD, neurodiversity, and disability. As a caregiver of an individual with disabilities, or being a neurodiverse or a disabled individual yourself, there can be some nuances to navigate while practicing CCD. How are we structuring our life and ministry so that all can flourish and be participants in the Kingdom? How do the day-to-day realities impact us personally and communally? Meet and connect with other individuals living with or supporting someone with disabilities while also practicing CCD and experience a time to discuss some of these nuances. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Grand Rapids Networking Session | Come gather with fellow believers living and working in Grand Rapids! Join us for an opportunity to connect with other practitioners and a discussion about ways that we can collaborate in our city. | Friday 12-1pm |
| Working with the Unhoused | Join other CCDA practitioners working amongst the unhoused to connect, encourage and uncover opportunities for collaboration and encouragement. | Friday 5-6pm |
| BIPOC Women Leading Organizations | The role of leading a justice-oriented organization as a BIPOC womxn can feel isolating. Attendees of this session will get an opportunity to meet other womxn in similar roles and with similar challenges they face so that they can know they are not alone. Come to this session to not only meet others but to celebrate together in the shalom unfolding good work happening not in spite of but because of the incredible gifts, perspectives, and experience our BIPOC sisters bring to the table! | Thursday 12-1pm |
Storytelling as Community Development | If you’re a creative who interested in utilizing listening for story-sharing through the arts, tackling themes of identity, history, justice, culture, and place; come join us to connect. Gather with others that deeply value neighbors and neighborhoods through the practice of listening and sharing stories. | Friday 12-1pm |
| Immigration | This session is for practitioners who are immigrants or who work alongside immigrants and want to connect. We will spend time getting to know each other, find ways to support each other, and pray together. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Portland Metro | Join other CCDA practitioners living and working in the Portland area. Enjoy a great opportunity for connection, collaboration, and encouragement. | Thursday 5-6pm |
| Affordable Housing | This networking session will gather CCDA practitioners who are working to address the growing local, regional, and national need for affordable housing development and advocacy. | Thursday 12-1pm |
Thursday 10/3, 7-8am
| Title | Description |
| Economic Empowerment Affinity Group | Come to share with & learn from practitioners working on the front lines of economic empowerment ministries (financial education, jobs, etc.) This is a peer-to-peer support network of those addressing income & financial vulnerability. Meet with others providing grassroots services across a variety of economic empowerment sectors. |
Thursday 10/3, 12-1pm
| Title | Description |
| Global Connections | A space for those engaged in CCD in international venues to connect with, learn about and network with others. |
| CCDA in Tennessee | Members of CCDA are transforming communities all across our state. Join us for an opportunity to connect with other practitioners and a discussion about ways that we can collaborate to expand the Kingdom in the Volunteer State. |
| Locked in Solidarity Networking Session | Come join us to connect around ways groups and churches are working against mass incarceration and instead are seeking to love our neighbors holistically — during and after incarceration. Come work with us toward a world where we respond to harm with a posture of healing. |
| AAPI in CCDA | Welcome everyone who identifies as Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian/Pacific Islander American. Join us for a quick check-in, in person! Meet someone new and reconnect with those you’ve met at previous conferences or online. The space is an opportunity for AAPI practitioners from every context to connect and find ways to support one another throughout the year. |
| Pacific Northwest CCDA Network | Join us for an engaging lunch, networking and getting connected to the ongoing work of CCDA in our PNW Region. Come meet other CCD Practitioners serving through out the pacific northwest in both urban, small town and rural settings. Lunch will be provided so please register here (well need to add some kind of sign up link). Were excited to get know you and build momentum and collaboration through out our region. |
| Trauma Healing Networking Session | Are you looking to connect with other CCD practitioners who are serving individuals and communities that are navigating through trauma? Come join others on a similar journey as we explore trauma informed best practices and resources that can better equip you in your ministry and personally as a leader. Leave with new hope, tangible resources, and real relationships to connect with as you return to your place of ministry. |
| Anti-racist practice in the Pacific Northwest | The Pacific Northwest in particular has a bent towards progressive ideological platitudes that sometimes are limited in their embodiment, especially when it comes to anti-racist work. Come have a conversation with those who are looking to move past ideology and move towards anti-racist embodiment in the work and daily life. |
| Rural CCD Practitioners | Are you looking to connect with others practicing Rural CCD?Join the Rural CCD Practitioner networking session to connect with others living, working and practicing CCD in a rural setting. |
| New/Interested Members | An opportunity to connect with folks new to CCD and learn how to leverage CCDA membership benefits to meet your goals. |
| Youth Engagement | The youth are the upcoming world changers! They have a voice and perspective that needs to be heard. We will create a FUN and interactive space for the youth to connect with one another while shepherding a welcoming space to share their knowledge and help guide questions they might have around CCD. There is plenty of great work being done in the Kingdom and the youth isn’t an exception! |
| Soaking Worship and Prayer | Soak in the heart of the Father, the love of Jesus, and the presence of Holy Spirit through simple songs, instrumental worship, and prayer. Renew and revive your heart towards the author of life and justice with other believers and practitioners! |
| BIPOC Women Leading Organizations | The role of leading a justice-oriented organization as a BIPOC womxn can feel isolating. Attendees of this session will get an opportunity to meet other womxn in similar roles and with similar challenges they face so that they can know they are not alone. Come to this session to not only meet others but to celebrate together in the shalom unfolding good work happening not in spite of but because of the incredible gifts, perspectives, and experience our BIPOC sisters bring to the table! |
| Affordable Housing | This networking session will gather CCDA practitioners who are working to address the growing local, regional, and national need for affordable housing development and advocacy. |
Thursday 10/3, 5-6pm
| Title | Description |
| CCDA Prayer Network Conversation | Is your work flourishing but you feel dry spiritually? Do you feel like your CCD work is going well but needs to breakthrough to a new level that seems beyond your reach? Do you desire to pray with those who are deep in the work of connecting and empowering the marginalized? Gather with other CCD practitioners to discuss how prayer and worship is the key to CCD to empower us in the work of community transformation. This networking session will be a discussion around beginning a national CCDA prayer network to encourage practitioners in the spiritual vitality of their lives and ministries. |
| Seventh-day Adventists | Seventh-day Adventists, welcome to CCDA! Meet and network with other pastors, leaders, and practitioners. You will network, share resources and discuss how we can support community development work among the churches. All friends welcome. |
| CCDA Behavioral Health Network: A Collective Gathering | As the mental health crisis continues to rise, more individuals and groups are reaching out to find support for their communities. This networking session allows for practitioners and advocates, in the behavioral health field, to address and find resources for these current mental health issues. This network is a support system for processing and collecting resources to help communities thrive. Communities continue to face the realities of stressors that can lead to mental health distress and overall burnout. As a CCDA practitioner, whether new or seasoned, come join the conversation! |
| Reducing Gun Violence | Gun violence is showing no signs of letting up in our communities no time soon. Continuing to claim the lives of our loved ones both young and old, strategies to end gun violence must become more innovative and interactive. As we boldly stand on the frontlines, the need for a collaborative and creative approach is becoming increasingly important. In this networking session you will meet fellow practitioners in the work and have opportunities to discuss best practices as well as create opportunity for collaboration. We need the Holy Spirit and each other. Join us. |
| LGBTQ CCD practicioners connect | Come, connect with other queer faith leaders and CCD practitioners as we uplift, and support each other, powerful way to affirm that we are not alone and sustain us in our work for God’s kingdom. Any and all folks who identify as LGBTQIA are welcome. |
| CCD, Neurodiversity, and Disability | Come connect with CCD practitioners who are navigating the intersections of CCD, neurodiversity, and disability. Whether you are disabled, neurodiverse, or a caregiver/support person, there can be some nuances to navigate while practicing CCD. How are we structuring our life and ministry so that all can flourish and be participants in the Kingdom? How do the day-to-day realities impact us personally and communally? Meet and connect with other individuals living with or supporting someone with disabilities while also practicing CCD and experience a time to discuss some of these nuances. Speaking of nuances this network session will meet via zoom. Conference attendees are encouraged to meet up before returning home. |
| Virginia CCDA and Developing Marketplace Leaders | We have found that developing marketplace ministries that service the needs of our communities helps us to get to know the people and to build relationships that blossom into networks and groups that seek to organize and engage in Circles of compassionate caring and listening to one another. Sharing our collective experiences with others in Virginia and neighboring states will help to develop a collective of like minded efforts and the free exchange in developed groups of practitioners. |
| Operations, Admin, and Support Staff Network | No matter the cause, operations are the backbone of CCD. When operations are embraced as ministry strategy, processes are more integrated with impact. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or have picked up administrative roles along the way, come together to support one another and learn from each other. |
| Education Equity Networking Session | Across our public education system there are significant academic and discipline disparities when considering racial minority and economically poor students. Most CCD practitioners are in communities where these disparities are even more pervasive. This networking session offers an opportunity for CCD practitioners to connect across communities, to understand some of the common challenges, and to share lessons learned and best practices in educational equity. |
Empowering Churches Through Christian Community Development | Join us for an enriching networking session designed specifically for churches eager to learn about and implement Christian Community Development (CCD) principles. This session offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow church leaders, share insights, and explore new strategies for community engagement and empowerment. |
| Immigration | This session is for practitioners who are immigrants or who work alongside immigrants and want to connect. We will spend time getting to know each other, find ways to support each other, and pray together. |
Portland Metro | Join other CCDA practitioners living and working in the Portland area. Enjoy a great opportunity for connection, collaboration, and encouragement. |
Friday 10/4, 12-1pm
| Title | Description |
| Fresno CCD Collective | Fresno, California Leaders, this space is for you! Join us for a debriefing time; we want to hear from you and your ministry. What is God stirring in your heart you want to see happen in your community? Let us come together and find ways to collaborate to continue God’s kingdom work in Fresno as it is in heaven. |
| Acts 2 community: is it possible? | How can we help those we serve to find spiritual and practical community, support, and sharing? What inspirations and practices can we learn through hearing each other’s stories? Is it possible to truly share our possessions, caring for young and old in communal households in rural and urban settings? Join the Intentional Community Network as we explore these ideas together in a roundtable discussion. |
| Grand Rapids Networking Session | Come gather with fellow believers living and working in Grand Rapids! Join us for an opportunity to connect with other practitioners and a discussion about ways that we can collaborate in our city. |
| Understanding Hispanic Culture | Explore new opportunities and challenges in the Hispanic community in the USA/LATAM context together. Connect with organizations that focus on helping Hispanic ministries in the USA. |
| Family Support Affinity Network Session | Join in to meet with other Family Support practitioners across the country- make new friends and learn new skills! This is for anyone who supports and serves families in their ministry. |
| Indigenous Peoples Networking Session | If you identify as Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan, Hawaiian Native, or if you are reconnecting with your indigenous roots, join us in this networking space to meet and hold space for each other during the conference. |
| CCDA National Leadership Cohort Alumni | A gathering for anyone who has been a member of a CCDA Leadership Cohort |
| Real Estate as Ministry | Join us to gather with other CCD practitioners, who are focused on using their organization’s real estate in a way that builds up God’s kingdom, supports their organization, and does good in their community. Come to meet, network, and share stories. |
| CCDA Prayer Network Conversation | Is your work flourishing but you feel dry spiritually? Do you feel like your CCD work is going well but needs to breakthrough to a new level that seems beyond your reach? Do you desire to pray with those who are deep in the work of connecting and empowering the marginalized? Gather with other CCD practitioners to discuss how prayer and worship is the key to CCD to empower us in the work of community transformation. This networking session will be a discussion around beginning a national CCDA prayer network to encourage practitioners in the spiritual vitality of their lives and ministries. |
| Anti-racist practice in the Pacific Northwest | The Pacific Northwest in particular has a bent towards progressive ideological platitudes that sometimes are limited in their embodiment, especially when it comes to anti-racist work. Come have a conversation with those who are looking to move past ideology and move towards anti-racist embodiment in the work and daily life. |
Storytelling as Community Development | If you’re a creative who interested in utilizing listening for story-sharing through the arts, tackling themes of identity, history, justice, culture, and place; come join us to connect. Gather with others that deeply value neighbors and neighborhoods through the practice of listening and sharing stories. |
Friday 10/4, 5-6pm
| Title | Description |
| Best Practices in Citizen Reentry Work | Every year over 640,000 people are released from State and Federal prisons. More than 70 million Americans have a criminal record creating significant barriers to employment, economic stability, and successful reentry. The challenge is big, but God is bigger. Join other practitioners working to remove barriers, share best practices, and develop a network with others. No one should face injustice alone and no one does justice alone. We all need community. Administer Justice is a legal ministry partnered with Prison Fellowship and will facilitate the conversation. |
| The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Revitalizing Urban Areas | This session introduces social (Kingdom) entrepreneurship and its role in spurring economic growth in urban areas. Special attention will be given to the formation of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs) and their impact on cultivating new and emerging entrepreneurs. |
| Urban Leaders Developing Urban Youth! | The future of urban ministry and the modern-day church hinges on leaders bold enough to empower this next generation. UYWI and DVULI are hosting an engaging networking session on empowerment led by The Fuel Networks. Results happen over time, and the sustainable change we want to see is waiting for you to educate, empower, and let your youth lead. Meet with ministry practitioners nationwide to share wins, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid when empowering youth and youth leadership teams to achieve a desired goal collaboratively. |
| Working with the Unhoused | Join other CCDA practitioners working amongst the unhoused to connect, encourage and uncover opportunities for collaboration and encouragement. |
| Ecological Initiatives Network | Ecologically focused community development practitioners: Let’s connect! Whether you currently incorporate land and ecology into your work or are interested in learning more, please join us in this new CCDA affinity network. Community development initiatives have historically been human-centric. We intend to expand the CCD vision to embrace the land and every member of the community of creation. Whether you are interested in gardening, environmental justice, farming, food justice, climate justice, or any other ecologically focused CCD approaches, all are welcome! |
| Lifestyle Affinity Network | This is a like-minded community-support group for those choosing to reframe their American lifestyles around CCD principles, or relocation + redistribution ways, for the common good of all within their community/neighborhood. Members of this group do not have to be CCDA members, simply those interested in the like calling of creating common good in their community/neighborhood with asset-based community development concepts. |
| Women of Color | Welcome to this sacred space. This is a space for WOC in CCDA to come together and share their stories, be encouraged, receive prayer and also have a moment to inhale and exhale. We hope to reflect on who God has called us to be and share our hopes and dreams for the future. We desire to champion each other for years to come. |
| A Caring Community for Family Members of LGBTQIA+ Persons | Coming together in supportive circles of family members of LGBTQIA+ persons to share our stories, support and connect with one another, and explore where God is in the midst of our journeys. |
| Soaking Worship and Prayer | Soak in the heart of the Father, the love of Jesus, and the presence of Holy Spirit through simple songs, instrumental worship, and prayer. Renew and revive your heart towards the author of life and justice with other believers and practitioners! |
Saturday 10/5, 7-8am
| Title | Description |
| CCD in Higher Education | Join CCDAers who are participating in Higher Education to connect and discuss how we can activate CCD within our current context. |