Program at a Glance
Program and speakers subject to change. Check back often for updates.
Day 1: Sunday, July 22nd
| Registration | 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. | |
| Child Watch® visits to see firsthand the needs of hungry, homeless and incarcerated children. | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | |
| Multi-faith Children’s Sabbath Observance and Concert Lift Every Voice: The Vital Role of Music in Building a Movement for Justice |
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Day 2: Monday, July 23rd
| Registration | 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Morning Devotions (optional) | 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | |
| Opening Plenary Why We Must End Massive Economic Inequality in America and Rescue Our Children from Epidemic Poverty, Unjust Budget Cuts and a Vanishing American Dream |
8:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | |
| Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | ||
| Evening Plenary Where Has All the Progress Gone? Are We Moving Backwards in a Second Post-Reconstruction Era? How Do We Move Forward Again? |
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | |
| CDF Beat the Odds® Scholarship Awards Dinner | 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. |
Day 3: Tuesday, July 24th
| Registration | 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Morning Devotions (optional) | 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | |
| Morning Plenary The National Imperative for Preparing All Children for School and Building a Public Education System That Prepares All Children and Our Nation for the Future |
8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | |
| Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops | 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | |
| Afternoon Plenary Ending the Cradle to Prison Pipeline™ and Mass Incarceration – the New American Jim Crow |
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | |
| Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops | 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | |
| Evening Plenary Saving Democracy: Creating One America |
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Day 4: Wednesday, July 25th
| Registration | 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | |
| Morning Devotions (optional) | 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | |
| Morning Plenary Building Personal, Public and Spiritual Will to Protect Children —Our Poorest Americans |
8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | |
| National and Racial Healing Town Hall | 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | |
| Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | |
| Closing Plenary Closing our Courage and Action Gaps All Across Our Land and Action Charge |
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
