Upcoming events

  • CCDA Member Office Hours

    • Thursday, August 26, 2021
    • Thursday, September 25, 2025
    • 49 sessions
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    CCDA Member Office Hours are a monthly chance to connect with CCDA staff and other members. It's your time. Share what you are working on. Ask questions. Have conversations. Build community. It's an open forum to spend some time together with a few other members and connect. 

    What are the tools and resources you’ve found most useful?

    What challenges is your community facing?

    What’s one thing happening in your community that you are excited about?

    Let's talk about it! 

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  • Philosophy and Community - Bundle Registration

    • Wednesday, January 08, 2025
    • Wednesday, February 26, 2025
    • 8 sessions
    • Zoom


    Grab your bundled registration here to attend the 2025 Philosophy & Community series! Join seasoned CCD facilitators to cultivate your understanding of CCD philosophy and expand your community. Bring to the table those hard questions and issues you are wrestling with CCD in your context. Engage and meet new CCDA family to find solutions together. Go deeper with CCD’s 8 Key Components. Learn more about the series at ccda.org/pc!

    **Bundles are only available through January 7! 

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  • Economic Empowerment Network Check In

    • Thursday, January 16, 2025
    • Thursday, November 20, 2025
    • 6 sessions
    • Online


    Come meet other CCDA practitioners who are working on the front lines of economic empowerment ministries. We’ll connect with other practitioners who are working in this space for the purposes of sharing ideas and encouragement that helps us grow together in the area of economic empowerment ministries. This peer-to-peer support network will brainstorm new ways to tackle local challenges in your communities. Come be refreshed and enjoy the fellowship of others who get you!  

    Follow our network here: ccda.org/economic/

    Click here to register for the check-in

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  • CCDA Executive Leadership Peer Coaching Circle

    • Tuesday, January 28, 2025
    • 2:00 PM
    • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    • 3:30 PM
    • Zoom


    Do you ever feel isolated in leadership? Are you unsure where you can find a supportive professional community to navigate tough decisions and challenges?


    The good news is that executive leadership doesn’t have to be lonely. CCDA is launching an Executive Leadership Peer Coaching Circle in 2025. Each month, a small group of leaders will meet together for peer coaching and collaborative discussion. In these hour-and-a-half sessions will include breakout groups where facilitators create space for participants to share experiences, challenges, and successes in a confidential space. Participants are able to peer coach one another through supportive listening, collaborative discussion to find solutions to challenges together.


    How is an executive leader defined? In this context, Executive Leader/Leadership is defined as Executive Director, President, CEO, Senior Pastor, or Business Owner. Essentially, the head of an organization who reports to a governing entity; the person in charge of the organization. Non-hierarchical shared leadership is welcome; please follow the link to apply for registration. Contact Mary Beth Meadows at marybeth@ccda.org if you have any questions.


    There are only fifteen spots available, so apply today!

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  • Women of Color Check-ins

    • Thursday, January 30, 2025
    • Thursday, December 25, 2025
    • 12 sessions
    • Online

    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.

    Register here for meeting link.

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  • Philosophy and Community: Redistribution

    • Wednesday, February 26, 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    Redistribution means creating equal access to resources, power, and opportunity for all humanity. When God’s people commit to living in marginalized and low-status communities, seek to be good neighbors, exemplify what it means to be a follower of Christ, work for justice for the entire community and utilize resources to address the problems of the community alongside their neighbors, then redistribution is being practiced. A lifestyle of redistribution confronts the unjust distribution of our economic, social, educational, and relational resources. It breaks down our systems of poverty & oppression and decreases the economic disparity in our communities. As a result, our communities are able to flourish with the resources they need to do so. 

    Join Charles Cheek from the CCDA Hampton Roads Local Network to learn more about Redistribution.

    Learn more at ccda.org/community

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  • Hope for Weary & Wailing Women

    • Thursday, March 27, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • Zoom
    • 32
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    Join Dr. Natasha Sistrunk for this special forum that will involve both teaching and time for questions and discussion. 

    To the wailing women, to the Black, Brown, Indigenous, marginalized, and broken women, Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and broken, and I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28).” There is hope for the weary. May we gather to listen, lament, learn, and love each other well in community, for we are God’s beloved, and God has not forsaken or forgotten about us.

    Dr. Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is President & CEO of T3 Leadership Solutions, Inc., and Visionary Founder of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Leadership LINKS, Inc. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and North Park Theological Seminary, she is a sought-after international speaker, executive leadership coach and consultant with more than 20 years of leadership experience in the military, federal government, academic, and nonprofit sectors. She is the author of several books and hosts A Sojourner’s Truth podcast. Dr. Robinson honorably served her country as a Marine Corps officer and employee at the Department of Homeland Security.

    Date: March 27, 2025
    Time: 12:00–2:00 PM CT
    Location: Zoom

    This is a free event, but registration is required. Reserve your spot today!


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  • Practicing Presence: Cultivating Sabbath Practices

    • Wednesday, April 02, 2025
    • Wednesday, April 16, 2025
    • 3 sessions
    • Private Zoom Link
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    CCDA invites you to practice presence. Learn the meaning and significance of sabbath. Why do rhythms of rest, delight, and communion with God and other people matter during this challenging time?

    Go deeper with Dr. Courtnye Lloyd in a multicultural space to explore how sabbath is relevant to our lives and diverse community experiences. Craft sabbath practices to benefit your life and relationship with God, work, family, congregation and community. 

    Here's what you can look forward to:

    Part 1:  Explore theology of sabbath and define what it means for Christians. Look at social science related to sabbath practices. Why do sabbath practices matter for our relationship with God, our formation, wellness, and our lives? Reflect on our current life rhythms of work and sabbath. 

    Part 2: Examine relationship between sabbath practices and justice; discuss how it went to try to engage sabbath practice homework; and discuss establishing and practicing a holistic approach to sabbath rhythm that considers mind, body, spirit, emotions, relationships, etc. We will practice sabbath moments in-class through a contemplative active exercise on the rhythms in our lives.  

    Part 3: Understanding and planning sabbath rhythms are essential to creating a rule of life. We will implement what we have learned thus far together by structuring a plan or outlining priorities of what individuals and/or communities need in order to have a fulfilling sabbath rhythm in our lives. 

    Join us on April 2, 9, & 16 from 1-2:30pm EST and learn from Dr. Lloyd about Cultivating Sabbath Practices. You will walk away from this three-part interactive series with a sabbath theological foundation and new holistic perspectives and practice and cultivation. Caring for ourselves in this new era is essential for loving and caring for others. 

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  • 2025 Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference

    • Tuesday, April 15, 2025
    • Wednesday, April 16, 2025
    • Christopher Newport University

    2025 Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference

    ELEVATING VOICES, IGNITING CHANGE

    April 15 - 16, 2025

    Society’s most pressing challenges—from racial justice to climate change and far beyond—have profound implications for creating a more equitable and socially just future for all. In order to facilitate dialogue on these important issues, Christopher Newport University’s Center for Crime, Equity, and Justice Research and Policy and the Hampton Roads CCD Network will co-host the fourth annual Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. 

    The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers, policy makers, elected officials, non-profit organizations, community activists, business leaders, the faith community, and all others from across Virginia who are working on pressing social justice issues in our region.

    Proposals are currently being accepted for the following types of sessions:

    Full 60 minute sessions

    • Submissions due January 7
    • These might include: Workshops intended to educate and orient toward action; Panel discussions to bring people with a variety of areas of expertise to engage with a topic; Short film screenings followed by a Q&A or other presentation; Lectures/TED-style talks composed of engaging, informative presentations.

    Short 20 minute presentations

    • Submissions due January 7
    • Short presentations are academic conference papers or mini-TED talks: engaging, informative, short presentations. These will be combined with other short presentations on similar topics.

    Poster session

    • Submissions due March 1
    • Large format posters or artworks designed to educate or inform about a specific topic; share your research, activism, or art! All posters and artwork will be presented on Wednesday, April 16 (alongside the non-profit fair)

    Proposals should be submitted via the following link or QR code:

    Questions and inquiries should be directed via email to Dr. Laine Briddell, CNU’s Center for Crime, Equity, and Justice (ccejrp@cnu.edu) and/or Charles Cheek, Hampton Roads CCD Network Coordinator (hamptonroadsccdnetwork@gmail.com).


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  • Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color

    • Monday, June 02, 2025
    • Monday, June 23, 2025
    • 4 sessions
    • Zoom
    • 24
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    This four week session will focus on the experiences of Biblical women as a guide for our leadership journeys. We will discuss topics such as Rejection and Trauma in the workplace using Hagar's life as a guide. This coaching circle will emphasize the importance of faith and personal values in leadership roles and offer practical tools and strategies for navigating corporate and nonprofit sectors along with reflective exercises designed to encourage personal and professional growth.

    This is designed to provide a space for women of color to feel safe, heard, and seen knowing that God is with us offering peace and love even when the world doesn't always find value in who we are.

    Outline of sessions:

    • Session 1: You are Woman: What Does God Say About You?
    • Session 2: Hagar--Dealing with Othering in the Workplace
    • Session 3: Leah--Being Rejected/Imposter Syndrome
    • Session 4: Jesus and the Three: The Role of Social Capital, Mentors, and Coaches as you move to the Mountaintop

    Froswa' Booker-Drew (PhD, Antioch) will be leading these sessions. She is the founder of Soulstice Consultancy providing philanthropic guidance, community engagement strategies, and leadership development for companies and nonprofits. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University and a research affiliate at Antioch University. Froswa' is the author of five books including the soon to be released, Front Porch Wisdom (InterVarsity Press), as well as the award-winning Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy and is the cofounder of HERitage Giving Circle. She has an adult daughter and a grandcat.


    Please note: There will be readings provided throughout session as homework.

    Zoom link will be given upon purchase of ticket. 


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