Conference Schedule
Updated: December 15, 2011
The schedule of events listed here is tentative and subject to change. A final schedule will be available at the registration table when you check in at the conference.
Wed. March 21 – Fri. March 23
EAD Sponsor Pre-Events
Friday, March 23
2:00 – 6:15 pm - Registration Opens
5:00 – 6:00 pm - Optional Dinner Buffet (must purchase ticket in advance)
7:00 – 9:00 pm - Opening Celebration and Keynote Address
- Dr. Patrick Evans, Conference Musician
- Rev. Dr. Margaret Aymer, New Testament Professor, Interdenominational Theological Seminary
Saturday, March 24
7:30 – 8:30 am - Registration
8:30 – 10:30 am - Opening Policy Plenary
- Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien , Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
- Ellen Nissenbaum, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
10:30 – 11:00 pm - Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm - Issue Workshops Session I
12:20 – 2:00 pm - Lunch Plenary: Let's Be Christian Advocates!
2:15 – 3:45 pm - Issue Workshops Session II
3:45 – 4:15 pm - Break
4:15 – 6:30 pm - Denominational & EAD Sponsor Gatherings
6:30 pm - Free Time / Sponsor Dinners & Receptions / Catholic Mass
Sunday, March 25
9:00 – 10:30 am - Interdenominational Worship
- Preacher: Dr. Arturo Chavez, President, Mexican American Catholic College
10:30 – 11:00 am - Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm - Issue Workshops Session III
12:30 – 2:15 pm - Lunch Plenary: Let's Be Christian Organizers!
2:30 - 3:15 pm - Skills Workshops Session I
3:15 –3:45 pm - Break
3:45 – 4:30 pm - Skills Workshops Session II
4:45 – 6:00 pm - Organizing for Lobby Day – breakout by state
7:00 – 9:00 pm - Closing Dinner Banquet
- Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II , Chair, Congressional Black Caucus (Invited, not confirmed)
- Congresswoman Joanne Emerson (invited, not confirmed)
Monday, March 26: Lobby Day
8:45 am - Buses Depart for Capitol Hill
9:15 am - Arrive at the Church of the Reformation – Continental Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:00 pm - Lobby visits on Capitol Hill
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (On Your Own)
2:00 – 5:00 pm - Lobby Visits/Lobby Debriefing at Church of the Reformation
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View the schedule from previous years' conferences: