Truth Teller:The Bold Witness of Little Justice-Girls & Young Women(Hybrid)

This conference examines the legacy witness of girls & young women in the Biblical text & today showing courageous faith & leadership.

November 5- Scholarship & Public Theology (SPT)

Devotions/Worship

Greetings & Welcomes:

Rev. Heather Taylor- Esq, Managing Director of Bread For The World

Rev. Dr. Angelique’ Walker-Smith- Strategist for Pan African and Orthodox Faith Engagement for Bread For the World

Rt Rev. Lydia Neshangwe- President, AACC-CETA- All African Conference of Churches

09:30 am – 10:15 am- SPT host/presents Sawubona”: A Storytelling Circle that will host a global discussion on the witness & legacy of women and girls from the Caribbean, Colombia and a country in Africa. The stories from the panelists will offer a window into their lived experiences. Through their stories, we gain insight into their passions, struggle for justice, legacies and the ways in which their voices have reached and resonated within spaces that might otherwise silence them.

10:15-10:30 am Q&A from The Sawubona – Storytelling Circle

10:45 am- 11:30 am – Resource & Capacity Work group- will present a panel of Today’s Little Justice Girls-based on the book of Esther; RCW will showcase a video interview of several Little Justice girls ages 10-15, that are doing justice work in their community. The interview will seek to show how our girls are making changes in the world just as a young Esther did for her nation.

11:30 am – 11:45 am Q&A from the Little Justice Girls panel

11:45 am – 1:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 pm – 4: 00 pm Justice Immersion

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Tour of Metropolitan AME Church or Asbury United Methodist (which ever church where we are meeting) History of these Churches and their Social Justice Work throughout the decades.

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Panel Discussion: Justice Immersion-Rewriting the Narrative on Justice Programs/Empowerment for Youth and Young Adults. Moderator Rev. Rochelle Andrews

History and Mission of their Organizations

Rev. Ryan Nickens, Founder of The Traron Center which uses creative arts to help heal youth from gun violence.

Ms. Gabrielle Martinez, Founder of Black Girl TRIBE which is dedicated to the betterment of Black and Brown Girls – TRIBE- Teach-Reach-Inspire-Build-Empower

03:30 pm – 03:45 pm – Q & A

05:00 pm – 07:00 pm- Dinner/Reception

November 6, 2025- Advocacy Day

9:00am – 9:05am EST

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION OF MORNING DEVOTIONAL SPEAKER- Carmela McKeller

9:05am- 9:25am EST

MORNING9:00am – 9:05am EST

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION OF MORNING DEVOTIONAL SPEAKER- Carmela McKeller

9:05am- 9:25am EST

MORNING DEVOTION

9:25am- 9:30am EST

GREETINGS & INTRODUCTION OF DR. BARBARA REYNOLDS – Rev Dr Angelique Walker-Smith

9:30 – 9:55am EST

DR. BARBARA REYNOLDS – United Nations (UN) Working Group of Experts on People of African Decent

INTRODUCTION OF AMBASSADOR SANDRA BOWEN -Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith

10:00am – 10:25am EST

AMBASSADOR SANDRA BOWEN – 6th Region of the African Union

10:30am – 10:45am EST

Q&A

10:45am – 11:00am

BREAK

11:00am – 12:15 EST

ADVOCACY TRAINING

1- What happened in 2025 and Moving to 2026?

An overview of the various bills that have passed in this session (Rescission Bill, HR1, etc).

2- Where have we been , and where can we expect to see the implications to food sovereignty?

3- Why do our voices “still” matter?

4- What message & ask will we bring to Congress?

Q & A

12:15pm EST

LUNCH

12:45-1pm EST

TRAVEL TO THE HILL

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm- Advocacy on Capitol Hill

05:00 pm – 07:00pm – Reception/Dinner

November 7, 2025- Latinix and ReWriting the Narrative Day: Going Forward

09:00 am – 09:15 am- Devotions/Worship- Latinx & Rewriting the Narrative

09:15-10:30 am – Latnix Work group will present a panel discussion of Brazilian Evangelical Pan African women doing justice and liberation work in Brazil.

10:30 am – 10:45 am – Q&A

10:45 am – 11:30 am – ReWriting the Narrative Work Group- will guide us through how to use the internet, social media and AI during these times and how to use other alternatives to communicate information with each other through means other than social media and alternative platforms.

11:30 am – 11:45 am – Q&A – ReWriting the Narrative Work Group

11:45 am – 12:30 pm – Evaluation, Next Steps

​ Closing Service-Resource & Capacity Work group and Leadership Team