RNA2023: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Registration opens & exhibitor setup

Thursday March 16, 2023 9:00am - 9:00am EDT
2nd floor foyer

10:45am EDT

The Future of Houses of Worship

The decline of organized religion and the shrinking size of local congregations means that tens of thousands of church buildings will likely be sold off in the coming decades as churches close or downsize. What will happen to those buildings, which are likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Some religious leaders are beginning to think proactively about how those properties are used, rather than waiting till the close.

Moderators

Bob Smietana

National Reporter, Religion News Service

Bob Smietana is a veteran religion reporter and a national writer for Religion News Service. A former RNA president, he’s the author of Reorganized Religion, a look at American’s changing religious landscape.

Speakers

Rev. Joseph W. Daniels, Jr.

Pastor, Emory Fellowship

This year, Pastor Daniels celebrates his 30th year as lead pastor at Emory. He is also the founder of the Emory Beacon of Light, Inc. — the mission arm of The Emory Fellowship — and is an adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary. Over the course of his tenure at Emory, Pastor Daniels was one of the co-founders and co-chairs of The Washington Interfaith Network — the largest grassroots social justi... Read More →

Rev. Dr. Rochelle Stackhouse

Senior Director of Programs, Partners for Sacred Places

The Rev. Dr. Rochelle A. (Shelly) Stackhouse was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1982. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, she has served churches of varying sizes as Senior, Solo, Interim and Transitional Pastor in Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts... Read More →

Rev. Mark Elsdon

co-founder, Rooted Good

Rev. Mark Elsdon lives and works at the intersection of money and meaning as an entrepreneur, nonprofit executive, author, and speaker. He is the author of, We Aren't Broke, about the use of faith-based property and investments for social enterprise and impact investing. Mark... Read More →

Max L. Kleinman

Consultant, Jewish Community Legacy Project

Max Kleinman has more than 40 years of experience in non- profit management and resource development. He served for nearly 20 years as CEO of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, one of the largest in the country. He was CEO of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and also has communal... Read More →

Thursday March 16, 2023 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

12:00pm EDT

Engaged Spirituality: Inspiration and Resilience, sponsored by the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

How do humanitarians work on intractable issues in the face of despair? People seeking to advance human development often find inspiration and sustenance in their religious traditions or spiritual practices. Over the past 4 years, journalists and researchers have produced more than 100 stories of spiritually engaged humanitarians through a joint journalism/academic project at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) at the University of Southern California.

Over the course of RNA’s pre-programming, researchers and journalists will share what they have learned as part of “Spiritual Exemplars: A Global Project on Engaged Spirituality.”

CRCC will introduce the project over lunch, with a video that will allow you to hear from some of the exemplars’ themselves. Next, CRCC’s research team will explore who are “spiritual exemplars” and how engaged spirituality inspires and sustains their work. Then, journalists that were part of the project will share lessons for the practice of journalism.

“Spiritual Exemplars: A Global Project on Engaged Spirituality” was funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton Religion Trust.

Sponsors

USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture

Thursday March 16, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Meal

1:00pm EDT

The Heart of Humanitarians: What we learned about “Spiritual Exemplars”, sponsored by USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Through “Spiritual Exemplars: A Global Project on Engaged Spirituality,” the Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) at the University of Southern California has had access to interviews with 104 humanitarians, conducted by researchers and journalists. These interviews about humanitarians’ life stories, work, spiritual practices and beliefs shed light into how engaged spirituality inspires and sustains their action in the world.

In this panel, CRCC’s research team will share how we defined “spiritual exemplars” and what we are learning about such individuals. What spiritual practices help them persevere in the face of great challenges? What are the shadow sides of humanitarianism? If exemplars are people that we admire and emulate, what can we learn from them as we confront issues from poverty to climate change to war?

Sponsors

USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture

Thursday March 16, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Panel

2:15pm EDT

Report back: Journalists collaborating with researchers to tell good stories, sponsored by USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Academics typically serve as journalists’ sources. But for the “Engaged Spirituality” project, the Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) at the University of Southern California brought researchers and journalists together as partners to tell good stories. CRCC chose about 30 journalists from an applicant pool of more than 350 to report on spiritually engaged humanitarians across the world. In this session, the fellows report back to their colleagues about what they learned about the practice of journalism, how to cover humanitarianism, and spirituality itself.

Sponsors

USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture

Thursday March 16, 2023 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Panel

3:45pm EDT

Praying and Playing: The Role of Sports in Religion

Religion and sports are cultural touchstones and they often mix on and off the field occasionally stirring controversy. Should athletes be allowed to pray on the field? What do we make of controversies surrounding athletes being permitted to wear hijabs, turbans or yarmulkes in a sporting field or arena? This panel will examine some of the most debated issues and questions around religion and sports, and how journalists cover them.

Moderators

Holly Meyer

News Editor, Associated Press, Global Religion Team

Holly Meyer is the global religion news editor for The Associated Press. She is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience working at U.S. newspapers and the wire service. She is a big fan of finding stories at the intersection of religion and sports. She is... Read More →

Speakers

Zainab Chaudry

Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Maryland chapter

Zainab Chaudry is director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Maryland chapter. She is the first known Muslim to be appointed to the Maryland State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress in 1957... Read More →

Jolee Paden

Director, DC Area, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Jolee Paden is the director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes based in Washington D.C. She grew up in East Central Illinois and then attended Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA), where she ran cross country and track. During her time there, she published a devotional... Read More →

Simran Jeet Singh

Executive Director, Religion & Society Program, Aspen Institute

Simran Jeet Singh, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Religion & Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national bestseller The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life (Riverhead, Penguin Random House).Simran's thought leadership on bias, empathy, and justice extends across corporate, university, and government settings. He is an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity with Columbia University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a Soros Equality Fellow... Read More →

Kelsey Dallas

Managing Editor for Religion, Sports and Trending News, Deseret News

Kelsey Dallas is the assistant managing editor for religion, sports and trending news at the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. She holds a master's degree in religion from Yale Divinity School. Kelsey has worked on a number of sports and religion projects in recent months, including... Read More →

Thursday March 16, 2023 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

5:00pm EDT

Is Christianity on the decline? Pew Research Center takes a look at the numbers

Last year, Pew Research Center released projections for the religious makeup of the United States. If recent trends in religious switching continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population within a few decades. But demography is not destiny when human choices are involved. Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at Pew Research Center, will discuss several scenarios, some of which are unrealistic but illuminating. For example, what would happen if there were no more religious switching? What would happen if religious groups had identical birth rates? What if there were a complete halt to immigration?

Speakers

Alan Cooperman

Alan Cooperman is director of religion research at Pew Research Center. He is an expert on religion’s role in U.S. politics and has reported on religion in Russia, the Middle East and Europe. He plays a central role in planning the project’s research agenda and writing its reports... Read More →

Sponsors

Pew Research Center

Thursday March 16, 2023 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Panel

5:45pm EDT

A is for Antisemitism: Why is Anti-Jewish Hatred Proliferating on Campuses?

The subject is antisemitism on college and university campuses. We'll discuss the extent of the problem (what it is and what it isn't), the causes of the problem (what they are), and, if not solutions, then strategies to address the problem (and how one group has applied them on campuses for 40 years).

Moderators

Dave Schechter

Speakers

Arno Rosenfeld

Enterprise Reporter, The Forward

Arno Rosenfeld is an enterprise reporter for the Forward, the nation's largest Jewish news outlet, where he covers antisemitism, philanthropy and American Jewish institutions. He is working on a book about the politicization of antisemitism in the United States.At the Forward, he... Read More →

Cherie Brown

Founder & Executive Director, National Coalition Building Institute

Cherie Brown is the founder and executive director of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) www.ncbi.org. For the past 40 years, Cherie has built NCBI into one of the leading diversity, equity, and inclusion organizations, training leaders all over the world in diversity, equity, and inclusion skills. NCBI has affiliate chapters on 40 college campuses. An NCBI campus affiliate is a... Read More →

Naomi Ravick

Alexander Young Leadership Manager, American Jewish Committee

Naomi Ravick currently serves as the Alexander Young Leadership Manager at American Jewish Committee (AJC). After joining AJC in 2019 as a Kimmel Fellow in the New York Regional Office, she transitioned to a year-long fellowship on the Alexander Young Leadership team. Upon graduating... Read More →

Thursday March 16, 2023 5:45pm - 6:45pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

7:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception & (Not-So) Late Night Provocations

As part of this year's Welcome Reception, we'll be trying something new called (Not-So) Late Night Provocations! Provocations are a 5-7 minute talks where you can say something challenging, candid, heartfelt, satirical, potent, or necessary to all of your colleagues on the religion beat. What does our community need to hear, right now? How can we collaborate with one another? What can we do differently? And how can we grow our field?

So grab a snack and a drink, get cozy, and listen to some of your colleagues share some of their deepest thoughts!

Moderators

Sarah Ventre

Investigative Audio Journalist

Sarah Ventre is a Peabody-nominated audio journalist best known for her work as host of the award-winning podcast Unfinished: Short Creek, about a fundamentalist Mormon community on the Utah-Arizona border. As part of her reporting for Unfinished, Sarah embedded in Short Creek an... Read More →

Speakers

Kelsey Dallas

Managing Editor for Religion, Sports and Trending News, Deseret News

Holly Meyer

News Editor, Associated Press, Global Religion Team

Bob Smietana

National Reporter, Religion News Service

Deepa Bharath

Reporter, Associated Press, Global Religion Team

Deepa Bharath is a reporter on AP's Global Religion team. Prior to taking on this role in February 2022, Deepa was a staff writer for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group for 16 years, where she covered a number of beats including religion, race, heath... Read More →

Kimberly Winston

Freelance Religion Reporter

Kimberly Winston is a freelance religion reporter. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, on NPR's and Five-Thirty-Eight’s news sites. For the last three years she has a been a producer and contributor to the public radio show “Inspired,” a production... Read More →

Thursday March 16, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Bethesdan A

Reception

Link to Pitch https://forms.gle/FPWuBqytsb8458sg8

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, sponsored by Network Exhibitors

Exhibitors

Interfaith America

Hindu American Foundation

Freedom From Religion Foundation

InterVarsity Press

Friday March 17, 2023 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Meal

Network Exhibitors Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Beautifully Broken Book, InterVarsity Press, Plough Publishing, American Jewish Committee

9:45am EDT

30 Years After the Waco Siege

Thirty years ago, the Branch Davidian community was under siege at the Mount Carmel Center, just outside of Waco, Texas. This was one of the largest and most deadly conflicts between a religious group and the federal government in modern American history, and ended with the death of 86 people, half of whom were children. Three decades later, what is the legacy of this tragedy? And how has it shaped our cultural understanding of religion, extremism, and the responsibilities of our government and civic institutions?

Moderators

Sarah Ventre

Investigative Audio Journalist

Speakers

Catherine Wessinger

Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History of Religions, Loyola University New Orleans

Catherine Wessinger is the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History of Religions at Loyola University New Orleans. She is the author of How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate (2000); editor of Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical... Read More →

David Thibodeau

Survivor of the Waco Siege, Former Branch Davidian

David Thibodeau was born and raised in Bangor, Maine while spending a few years in South Portland. He is a survivor of the tragedy that unfolded at Mount Carmel near Waco, Texas 27 years ago. In February 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided David Koresh's Branch... Read More →

Friday March 17, 2023 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

11:00am EDT

A Conversation about Religion + Innovation, sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust

When we hear the word "religion," many often think of dusty texts and static, dogmatic ideas. Like a typewriter, religion can feel like something that's outlived its usefulness. But Sir John Templeton believed spiritual texts alone were not enough ... but that religious innovation comes through empirical discovery. He felt we know only a tiny fraction of the spiritual realm that surrounds us. And that, rather than being stuck in the past, religion can be adaptive and vibrant, driving human flourishing, toward a better future.

What if … Religions of all kinds took a humble approach, admitting they know less than 1% about spiritual reality?
What if religions were discovery-oriented, taking an empirical approach to spiritual exploration?
What if religions look forward, not backward, expecting to grow and learn from their mistakes?
What if religions sought to benefit from the most inspiring bits of other religions, and not just tolerate them?
Could religion evolve and progress? Driving new discoveries and revealing previously unseen realities?
At Templeton Religion Trust, we’re engaging philosophers and theologians, artists and scientists of all kinds to learn more about the mysteries, forces and unseen realities surrounding us. We're seeking connecting threads - between the "how" of science and the "why" of theology. We're seeking to uncover what fundamental laws of nature reveal about what it means to be human.

Participants:

Moderator: Kimon Sargeant, Templeton Religion Trust
Panelist: Richard Flory, Center for Religion and Civic Culture as USC
Panelist: Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global
Panelist: Brandon Vaidyanathan, The Catholic University of America
Panelist: Jonathan Evans, Pew Research Center

Sponsors

Templeton Religion Trust

Friday March 17, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Panel

12:30pm EDT

Faith Facts: A New Resource for Journalists

Faith Facts exists to provide reporters, scholars and anyone interested, easily accessible data and news about the impact of religion in the U.S. The data relates to a wide range of societal issues, such as criminal justice, immigration, healthcare, and disaster relief. Dr. Ryan Burge, political scientist, and new director of research for Faith Facts, will give a short presentation about the need for providing statistics and studies in a way that is relevant and useful, so that it can serve as a resource.

Speakers

Ryan Burge

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University

Ryan Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going as well as 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America. He has published over two dozen peer-reviewed... Read More →

Sponsors

1st Ammendment Partnerships

Friday March 17, 2023 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Meal

1:45pm EDT

Perspectives on Indigenous Spirituality

Panelists examine how Indigenous spirituality and Native people's right to practice their religion as well as the battles around the country to protect millennia-old sacred sites and practices. How can mainstream media better cover indigenous spirituality and issues around Native spiritual practices? How can non-Native people better understand how to approach Indigenous spirituality?

Moderators

Patty Talahongva

Multimedia Journalist

Patty Talahongva is Hopi and a multimedia, award winning journalist. She is based in Phoenix, Arizona and has worked with CBS News, NPR, Native America Calling, National Native News and ICT News. She is writing a book on the impacts of the U.S. Government boarding school policy on... Read More →

Speakers

Morgan Saunders

Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

Morgan Saunders is an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund based in Washington D.C. Her work has focused on protecting Native religious rights, including wearing eagle feathers at graduation. She also supports the Tribal Supreme Court Project, protecting Native interests... Read More →

Acee Agoyo

Co-Founder, Indianz.com

Acee Agoyo is a co-founder of Indianz.Com, a leading Native American news, information and entertainment website. He currently serves as Editor-In-Chief, covering Indian law and policy in the nation's capital. He was raised at Ohkay Owingeh in New Mexico, the home of his father's... Read More →

Mary Annette Pember

National Correspondent, ICT News

Mary Annette Pember is national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. She has worked as an independent journalist focusing on Native American issues since 2000. Her work has appeared in other venues including Reveal News, the Atlantic, the Guardian, the Washington... Read More →

Friday March 17, 2023 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

3:00pm EDT

The Future of Christian Nationalism

Many Americans including leaders of Christian churches who have pushed back against Christian nationalism calling it a danger to democracy. However, a growing number of religious and political leaders are embracing the "Christian nationalist label" disputing the idea that the nation's founders wanted the separation of church and state. What is the future of Christian nationalism and those who espouse it, particularly looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election?

Moderators

Jack Jenkins

National Reporter, Religion News Service

Jack Jenkins is an award-winning journalist and national reporter for the Religion News Service, where he covers religion and politics as well as Catholicism. He is also the author of the book American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for... Read More →

Speakers

Mark David Hall

Professor of Politics, George Fox University

Mark David Hall is a Professor at George Fox University. He is currently serving as a Senior Fellow with the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, a Garwood Visiting Fellow at Princeton University’s James Madison Program and a Visiting Scholar at the Mercatus Center. He is... Read More →

Sarah Posner

Investigative Journalist

Sarah Posner is an investigative journalist, MSNBC columnist, and author of Unholy: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency, and the Devastating Legacy They Left Behind and God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters. She has... Read More →

Irfan Nooruddin

Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Indian Politics, Georgetown University

Irfan Nooruddin is the Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Indian Politics in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. He works with Lokniti: Programme for Comparative Democracy in New Delhi, India; Samhita Social Ventures in... Read More →

Friday March 17, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

4:15pm EDT

Interfaith-ish Live!

Pop culture and religious literacy go head to head in an hour of irreverent inter-religious interlocution! Featuring some very accomplished media professionals, and the host of the second-most popular DC area radio show with 'interfaith' in its title.

Moderators

Jack Gordon

Host, Interfaith-ish

Host of the second-most popular DC area radio show with 'interfaith' in its title.

Speakers

Ambereen Khan

Host, Inspired

Ambereen Khan is the executive producer and host for Interfaith Voices, an award-winning public radio program that explores how beliefs intersect in public life and influence our interconnected world.

Sarah Ventre

Investigative Audio Journalist

Deepa Bharath

Reporter, Associated Press, Global Religion Team

Friday March 17, 2023 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

6:00pm EDT

Dinner - Help Us Welcome New Members & First Time Attendees

Bring your appetite and help us welcome new members and first time attendees with a hearty "Chesapeake Buffet," which includes Southern fried chicken, Maryland crab cakes, corn on the cob, salad, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, biscuits, apple pie and chocolate bread pudding.

Friday March 17, 2023 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Bethesdan A&B

RNA-sponsored

8:30am EDT

Faith & Media: A Connection that can Change the World

When faith and media are disconnected from each other, the negative effects on society are significant – from misrepresentation to polarization. The world is waiting for us to do better. Aaron Sherinian, of the Faith & Media Initiative, shares exclusive data and insights illuminating opportunities to work together to build a more cohesive, connected, compassionate world.

Speakers

Aaron Sherinian

Faith & Media Initiative

Saturday March 18, 2023 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

Sponsored Meal

9:45am EDT

Roe v. Wade: The Next Chapter

No one in the battle over women’s reproductive rights hung up their gloves after SCOTUS overturned Roe. v. Wade. The action has simply moved — but to where? Our panel — which includes activists, a consultant and an academic — will tell use where to look for interesting stories, new voices and trends among faith-based groups on both sides of the issue.

Moderators

Kimberly Winston

Freelance Religion Reporter

Speakers

Lauren McAfee

Founder, Stand for Life

Lauren McAfee is the founder and visionary of Stand for Life. She is the author of several books, including Only One Life (Zondervan, 2018), Not What You Think (Zondervan, 2019) Legacy Study (B&H, 2019), Beyond our Control (Thomas Nelson, 2023) and Created in the Image of God... Read More →

Sofi Hersher Andorsky

Founder and Chief Strategist, Grand View Strategies

Sofi Hersher Andorsky is Founder and Chief Strategist at Grand View Strategies, a boutique social impact agency working at the intersection of religion, faith and civic life. Sofi has built and advised campaigns for the National Council of Jewish Women, Washington National Cathedral... Read More →

Chelsey Youman

National Director of Public Policy, Human Coalition

Chelsey Youman, Esq., serves the pro-life coalition, as well as women and their preborn children, by advocating for pro-life policies and jurisprudence; mobilizing and unifying local grassroots to strengthen the pro-life movement and its footprint; and engaging with the public to... Read More →

Tricia Bruce

Sociologist, University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society

Tricia C. Bruce, PhD, is a sociologist with the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society with expertise in religion/Catholicism and politicized issues such as abortion. Her award-winning books and reports include Parish and Place; Faithful Revolution... Read More →

Saturday March 18, 2023 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

10:45am EDT

Video Journalism: Best Practices

How can print journalists best collaborate with video journalists to tell resonant stories? What
tips and tools can journalists use when asked to shoot photos or videos on their own? Our panel
reflects on the successes and pitfalls to creating engaging stories that translate from written word
to visual media.

Moderators

Kim Lawton

Producer, Kim Lawton Media LLC

Kim Lawton is an award-winning reporter, producer, writer and speaker who has worked in broadcast, print and online media covering religion, ethics and culture.For the last 20 years, Lawton was Managing Editor and Correspondent for the highly-acclaimed national public television program... Read More →

Speakers

Jessie Wardarski

Video Journalist and Photographer, Associated Press, Global Religion Team

Jessie Wardarski is a video journalist and photographer with the Associated Press, Global Religion Team, where they’ve produced multimedia projects on topics such as grief and loss, ayahuasca churches, the history of Black nuns, and the spiritual importance of the natural world.Jessie... Read More →

Lauren Knapp

Senior Editor, Investigative Team, The E.W. Scripps Company

Lauren Knapp is a video editor and journalist working with the investigative unit. She has previously worked as a director, producer, shooter and editor in both documentary and broadcast news. Lauren's work has appeared on The New York Times Op-Docs, The Atlantic, McClatchy Studios... Read More →

Saturday March 18, 2023 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Bethesdan B&C

RNA-sponsored

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Pickup

Saturday March 18, 2023 12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
Break Station

12:00pm EDT

Field Trip - Spirit in the Dark Exhibit at the National Museum of African American History & Culture

Guided tour and talk at NMAHC "Spirit in the Dark" exhibit with time to tour the rest of the museum unguided.

Preregistration is required. The early-bird rate is $25, which covers travel by bus to and from The Bethesdan. Tour guests must pick up their boxed lunches and be on the bus by 12:30 pm and will be back in time for the RNA Members Meeting at 5:30 pm. While all conference goers are welcome to take the Metro to the museum, which has no entry fee, they must make reservations in advance and will not have access to the guided exhibit tour.

Saturday March 18, 2023 12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
National Museum of African American History & Culture

Field Trip

5:30pm EDT

RNA Full Members Meeting

If you are are full member (journalist/educator/student), please join us for our annual meeting, where you'll hear updates from our officers and committee chairpersons and be introduced to our newest board members. You'll also have a chance to offer input and feedback as we plan for the future. The meeting is off-the-record, which means sharing updates from the meeting on social media is prohibited.

Saturday March 18, 2023 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Wisconsin

RNA MEMBERS ONLY MEETING

7:30pm EDT

Closing Celebration, sponsored by Religion News Foundation

Sponsors

Religion News Foundation

Saturday March 18, 2023 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Bethesday A-D

RNF Sponsored