Featured Presenters

Jacqui Lewis	Diana Butler Bass	Michael Livingston
Eric Law	Robert Jones	Paul Tough
John Janka	Traci West

About the Conference

April 24 -- 27, 2010

The Middle Project, Inc. -
Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th Street
New York City, NY 10003

Building on the success of three annual national conferences for leadership in multicultural congregations at the Middle Church, the Middle Project will assume responsibility for these three-day conferences for clergy, seminarians, and other congregational leaders. The conferences educate and equip leaders with practical tools for growing and sustaining prophetic, inclusive and just communities in which congregants rehearse a vision for a just society and the common good.

The conference curriculum focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of systems and on developing their abilities to teach competencies to congregational leaders; create a vision for a just society; lead change; manage conflict, difference, and resistance; embrace and navigate cultural diversity; access current literature and resources; and impact the discourse in the public square.

Participants learned how to:

• Understand race, culture and the dynamics of power and privilege
• Exert ethical leadership in the public square
• Case Study: Paul Tough--Reclaiming Harlem.

More information:

• Check out testimonials about The Leading Edge
• See the Conference Schedule (PDF)
• See the Conference Bibliography (PDF)
• More about the Leading Edge Conference (PDF)
• The Leading Edge Conference Postcard (PDF)

Recommended reading:

• “Storying Race: An Excerpt from Authoring Stories on the New Religious Frontier” by Jacqui Lewis
• “Reflections on the Learning to be White by Thandeka” by John Janka