Please take note of the approaching deadlines for the hotel block (March 31) and the Sunday Shuttle sign-up (April 1). See below for more information. |
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Announcing Annual Gathering Workshops! |
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Below is the full list of workshops that will be presented at the Annual Gathering in Atlanta this year! All of the workshops will be made available both Friday and Saturday. |
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
The Chaplain Retreat and Board Meeting will take place on Thursday
Friday, April 21, 2023
8:00-8:45a Coffee Hour
9:00-10:30a Welcome and Opening Worship, Reverend Dr. Ben Boswell preaching
10:30-11:00a Break
11:00a-12:30p Opening Lecture, Reverend Elijah Zehyoue
12:45-2:00p Lunch & Community Meetings
2:15-3:45p Workshops
3:45-4:15p Break
4:15-5:45p Stories From Within, Part 1: Reimagining the Criminal Legal System Through a Restorative Justice Lens, Wendi Cooper, Reverend Caroline Durham, J.D., Robyn K Hasan, and Reverend Elizabeth Mangham Lott from the St. Charles Center for Faith+Action
Our partners at BPFNA Bautistas por la Paz and the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists are hosting a reception from 8-10 p.m. at Atlantucky Brewing, 170 Northside Dr SW Suite 96, Atlanta, GA 30313. Light refreshments will be provided and all are welcome!
Saturday, April 22, 2023
8:00-8:45a Coffee Hour
9:00-10:30a Worship, Reverend Dr. nyle fort preaching
10:30-11:00a Break
11:00a-12:45p Keynote Lecture, Ms. Derecka Purnell, J.D.
12:45-1:45p Lunch
2:00-3:30p Workshops
3:30-4:00p Break
4:00-5:30p Stories From Within, Part 2: Reimagining the Criminal Legal System Through a Restorative Justice Lens, Wendi Cooper, Reverend Caroline Durham, J.D., Robyn K Hasan, and Reverend Elizabeth Mangham Lott from the St. Charles Center for Faith+Action
Sunday, April 23, 2023
10a-11:30a Worship
As we support our congregational partners throughout Atlanta, our partners at Oakhurst invite you to worship at congregational partner Park Ave Baptist Church Sunday morning at 10a, Minister Alexis Tardy preaching.
486 Park Ave., SE, Atlanta, GA 30312, Please note: Only street parking is available. We suggest signing up to ride the shuttle, carpooling, and rideshares.
*This schedule is subject to change. Please check the event page on the website for updates.
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222 East Lake Drive,
Decatur, GA 30030
We are thrilled to work with our partners at Oakhurst as they host this Alliance event!
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230 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404.523.7600
The Alliance of Baptists has a discounted room block at Hotel Indigo Atlanta Downtown April 20-23, 2023 for a discounted group rate of $159.00 per night. To reserve your room with the Alliance, click here.
The deadline to reserve a room at the block room discounted rate is March 31!
If you recently tried to reserve in the block of rooms and were denied, the block has since been expanded and there is still space available!
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MARTA runs from the gathering hotel to the church. Detailed instructions for how to use that transportation will be sent out closer to the time of the gathering. But realistically, you could use MARTA for the entirety of your time in Atlanta. |
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Reserve Your Spot for the Sunday Shuttle |
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The Alliance is encouraging folks to worship with congregational partner Park Ave Baptist Church on Sunday morning. Parking at Park Ave is limited to street parking which may require some walking.
The Alliance is going to run a shuttle on Sunday morning to Park Ave from the conference hotel, Hotel Indigo. If you'd like to reserve your spot on the shuttle, sign up before April 1!
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Childcare will be provided for children 0-5 years in the children’s facility at the church. Please note, all children who will be at the event need to be registered by April 16 (as part of your registration) so appropriate accommodations can be arranged. Childcare will be available from 8AM to 6PM on Friday and Saturday. |
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Because our community includes immunocompromised folks, we ask that all participants mask during scheduled programming with the exception of when you are eating and drinking. We appreciate your participation in keeping everyone at the event safe.
We also encourage all participants to take a COVID test 24 hours prior to arrival for the event and make appropriate plans to stay home if you test positive. If you do test positive within 48 hours of the gathering and need to cancel your registration, we will waive the processing fee.
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As a Skadden Fellow, she helped to build the Justice Project at Advancement Project National Office, which focused on consent decrees, police and prosecutor accountability, and jail closures. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Purnell co-created the COVID19 Policing Project at the Community Resource Hub for Safety Accountability. The project tracks police arrests, harassment, citations and other enforcement through public health orders related to the pandemic.
Purnell received her JD from Harvard Law School, her BA from the University of Missouri--Kansas City, and studied public policy and economics at the University of California--Berkeley as a Public Policy and International Affairs Law Fellow. Her writing has been published widely, including in The Oxford Handbook of Race and Law in the United States (forthcoming), The Harvard Journal of African American Policy, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New York Magazine, Boston Review, Teen Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar. Purnell has lectured, studied, and strategized around social movements across the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
She is currently a columnist at The Guardian and a Scholar-in-Residence at Columbia Law School.
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Unable to Join us in Atlanta? |
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The Alliance is committed to creating an equitable space for all, and we acknowledge that there is a continued need to offer hybrid events. Our partners at Oakhurst Baptist Church are opening a Zoom option for those who are unable to travel to Atlanta. All worship services, lectures, and panel conversations will be available on Zoom. |
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The Alliance of Baptists is a vibrant movement of people, faith communities and ministry partners who are deeply passionate about ecumenism, partnership in mission, relentless hospitality and racial and social justice. |
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