Conference Schedule
Sunday, April 23
6:00 – Welcome Party • Fondren Guitars
Monday, April 24
8:15 – Registration Opens • St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Lobby
8:30 – Breakfast • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
9:30 – Opening Plenary • Duling Hall
11:15 – Breakout Sessions
- Neighborhood Economics 101 • Duling Hall
- BIPOC Congregations Harnessing Their Assets • Capri Theater
- Buying Out the Boomers • St. Luke’s Conference Room
- Barriers to Recovery for Black Communities • Homewood Suites
- Subverting Racist Rules • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
12:15 – Lunch • St. Luke’s
1:15 – Fifteen-Minute Film about Social Enterprise Solutions • Duling Hall
1:45 – Plenary • Duling Hall
3:15 – Breakout Sessions
- Why Catalytic Capital is the Money that’s Needed • Duling Hall
- Entrepreneurs and Mentors • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
- Turnaround Tuesday: • Homewood Suites
- Faith on Main Street • St. Luke’s
4:30 – Breakout Sessions
- Imagining Something New for First-time Homeowners • Duling Hall
- The Missing Growth Capital for Sole Proprietors • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
- Faith+Finance: What Do They Say to Each Other • St. Luke’s
6:00 – Dinner – and BOWLING! – Highball Lanes, 3019 N. State Street, Jackson
Tuesday, April 25
8:00 – Breakfast • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
9:00 – Plenary – Duling Hall
10:45 – Breakout Sessions
- Eliminating the Black Tax • Duling Hall
- The Church’s Role in Building the Neighborhood • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
- Healing Trauma is Core to a Just Economy • Capri Theater
- Sharing for Leverage • Homewood Suites
11:45 – Lunch – St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
12:00 – Movie and Conversation with Patrick Duggan – Capri Theater
Stop by St. Luke’s to pick up your lunch and head to the Capri Theater for lunch and a movie.
1:15 – Plenary – Duling Hall
2:30 – Breakout Sessions
- Field Guide to Transformation Participants • St. Luke’s Conference Room
- When a City Decides to Make Reparations • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
- Preachers Solving Housing • St. Luke’s (This is a two-hour session)
- Replicating Economic Ecosystems • Homewood Suites • (This is a two-hour lab)
3:30 – Breakout Session
- Why Place Matters • St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
4:30 – Closing Session: What Have We Learned – St. Luke’s
5:30 – Evening Party at Midtown Depot
Those needing transportation should meet at 5:30 in the lobby of Homewood Suites.
Wednesday, April 26
9:00 – Breakfast – St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
Optional Interactive Experiences:
- 9:30 – Tour of South Jackson Housing – meet in St. Luke’s lobby for transportation
- 9:30 – Workshop on the Future – St. Luke’s Fellowship Hall
- 9:30 – Field Guide to Transformation – St. Luke’s Conference Room
- 9:45 – Tour of the Civil Rights Museum – meet in St. Luke’s lobby for transportation