8:30 – 9:10 am – Registration and Breakfast
9:10 am – Interfaith Prayer/Reflection
9:20 – 9:30 am – Welcome from Ariel Gold, Fellowship of Reconciliation Executive Director
9:40 – 10 am – Ingathering and Music
10 – 11:15 am – Community Panel of those Impacted by Violence – Community with Advocates, Organizers, & Faith-Based Groups – Moderators Rev.George Gilbert, Jr. & Rahim Jenkins
Tia Bell (TRIGGER), Jewanna Hardy (Gun Down Friday), Joyce Coats (Bibles over Guns), Rev. Delonte Gholston (Peace Walk DC)
11:15 – 11:45 pm – Questions and Answers
11:45 – 12 noon – Break
12 noon – 12:30 pm – Keynote Speaker: Rep. Jonathan Jackson, in conversation with Dr. James Zogby
12:30 – 1:30 pm – Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 pm – Faith and Violence – Ceon Debose, Tia Bell Latoya Bentsen, Roxanne Johnson, Rhonda Dormeus, Leonard Smith
2:30 – 3:15 pm – Panel on Police practices, violence, and community policing – Mr. Ron Hampton (Moderator), Evan Douglass, Dr. Terry Watson, Jacqueline Edwards, Diana Oestreich, Tyrone Parker, Frank Chapman
3:45 – 4:00 pm – Break with Music by Luci Murphy
4:00 – 4:30 pm – Keynote Speaker: Rev. William Lamar, IV
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Keynote Speaker: Patricia Oliver in conversation with Rania Batrice
5:15 – 5:30 pm – Music by Luci Murphy
5:30 – 6:00 — Keynote Speaker: Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians, The Simple Way, & RAW Tools
6:00 – 6:15 — Questions and Answers
5:50 – 7 pm – Dinner, Pledge/Call to Action, and Parting Words
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
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