Proctor Institute 2021

 

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)’s Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry gathers faithful child advocates, organizers, seminarians, clergy, young leaders, and anyone with a passion for justice for our children. 


All are welcome to join us for preaching and teaching, inspiration and insight, strategizing and sharing stories in Beloved Community. Together we will listen to young people, gain information and skills, and refresh and renew our spirits so we can continue the hard, hopeful, sacred work of pursuing justice for children and ending child poverty, racism, and the pain wrought by the pandemic.  Plan now to join us.


Usually held at CDF Haley Farm, the spiritual home of the children’s movement, in 2021 CDF’s Proctor Institute will again be held virtually to ensure it is safe and accessible to all. While the platform will be virtual, the Beloved Community will be real.
CDF’s Proctor Institute for all begins on Tuesday, July 20th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. EDT. On Wednesday and Thursday, July 21 and 22, two workshop sessions are offered between noon-3:30 p.m. EDT and the plenary program is held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. EDT. The plenary program includes theology and child advocacy sessions, “listening to the children” discussions, music and spoken word, and the Great Preacher series.  We are eager to be together again.


Special sessions of the Dale P. Andrews Freedom Seminary for seminarians and interested others (including undergraduates, doctoral students and community organizers interested in a theological conversation) are on July 7, July 19, and July 20th. Participants will also join all of the CDF Proctor Institute sessions.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Proctor Institute Opening Session5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
CDF Freedom Schools® 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Queer Liberation, Racial and Economic Justice Organizing  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Broken Voices: Restorative Justice and Justice-Involved Youth 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Guaranteed Income Strategies – Moving Beyond the Pandemic 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Make History. Create Future 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Organizing Listening Parties: Celebrating Your Community’s Memories2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Growing Up to Be a Child:  The Heart of Spiritual Maturity 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
How Much a Dollar Cost? 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Proctor Institute - Wednesday Night5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Liberating Sunday School: Freedom Church School Curriculum 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Telling Our Stories of Communities in Crisis 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Cash for Kids: Working Towards a Guaranteed Income for Families with Children12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Nonviolent Direct Action Organizing12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Organizing a Children’s Sabbath as a Catalyst for Change 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
“To Make a Rest of Motion:” Reflecting on These Days 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Healing Haunted Histories: Injustice and Families Stories 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Intergenerational Conversation2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Proctor Institute - Thursday Night5:30 PM - 8:30 PM