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Economics

Historic Duling Hall

Jackson, Mississippi | April 24-26, 2023

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

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

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

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

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