National Gathering 2016

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OUTLINE FOR NATIONAL GATHERING

FYI: Hotel reservations must be made by July 18th. Click here to get the special discounted rate.

Friday, August 12, 2016:

8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. – Vendors set-up
3 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Check-In and Registration (9:30 to 10 p.m. Late Registration)
5:30 p.m. – Dinner
7:30 p.m. – Prayer/Worship/Plenary Session with Lisa Sharon Harper: Sojourners (Chief Church Engagement Office)
9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. – Reception

Saturday, August 13, 2016:

7:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. – Vendors
8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Registration
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – Prayer:/Worship/Plenary Session with Adrienne L. Hollis: WE ACT (Federal Policy Director) & Kerene Tayloe
11:00 a.m. – Break-out workshops
1:00 p.m. – Box Lunch
2:00 p.m. – Public Witness in Baltimore: Working with residents and 2 city coalitions; we will help clean up the 900 Block Of Carrolton St., W. Baltimore, join a block party and have a Prayer Service with the community
5:00 p.m. – Dinner on your own and free evening
7 p.m. AND 9 p.m. – Transportation provided back to hotel

Sunday, August 14, 2016:

WORKSHOPS:

Racial Injustice and Immigration with Diana Pliego & Ivone Guillen
Racial Injustice and Care of the Earth and Climate with John Rausch
Racial Injustice and the U.S. Criminal Justice System with Nicole D. Porter: Sentencing Project D.C.
Racial Injustice and Islamophobia with Catherine Osborn: Shoulder-to-Shoulder
Racial Injustice and Militarism with Phyllis Bennis: Institute for Policy Studies and Felicia Eaves