
The Freedom Road Institute for Leadership and Justice is a project of Freedom Road, LLC. Leveraging the collective experience of our team and partners, we are committed to building the capacity of local, regional and national leaders and advocates in civil society and within faith communities to address the complex needs of our world. The Institute will offer opportunities for training and development in the form of coaching cohorts, webinars, on-demand courses, in-person and virtual training retreats and more.
If you would like more information or have questions about our Institute, please email us.
Group Licensing Now Available
Currently, our boot camps and webinars are available for group licensing. To purchase group licensing, you can click on the offerings you’re interested in below. There will be a group licensing button available that will take you to the products group licensing page where you can add the option that works best for your group. You must create an account with the email you used for purchase in order to access your content. To view overall pricing, click here.
Boot Camps (Premium)
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Race and Equity Boot Camp Bundle
What is race? What does the Bible have to say about it? How does race intersect with gender? And how do we repair what race broke in the world?
Webinars In Session
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The Power and Practice of Faith-Rooted Organizing
Lisa will co-lead this course with author Alexia Salvatierra of Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World. Alexia is a long time activist and professor who has been recognized internationally for her work in creating lasting movements that have changed communities across the world. This summer, she joins us to help you create yours.
Growth Communities
Race and Equity: Growth Community
Deepen your understanding of racial inequity through the power of story. Members will deepen their understanding of political, mental, theological and colonization, as they process their own stories and immerse in the stories of “the other.”
Grassroots Capacity Building Leadership Growth Community
Will be back in 2021! Executive Directors of small community based and grassroots organizations will build the capacity of their organizations by investigating community based best practices and building new organizational leadership skills.
Global Writers’ Group
To share stories is to shape the way we see the world. To write stories down is to change the world forever.
Coaching Cohorts
2021-2022 Leadership Cohort 3
Great leaders are never islands. They have coaches and communities that come around them to help support, guide and hold leaders accountable to the highest standards.
How to Decolonize the Bible: Coaching Cohort
Will be back 2021! The coaching cohort is for those who want to become practitioners who can evaluate and apply the theory, as well as teach others to do the same. We will run bible studies using the de-colonial framework developed in the earlier sessions.
On Demand
National Book Study: Where Do We Go From Here? by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
In this 6-week book study, we will read Rev. Dr. King’s words and consider their implications for our nation today.
Liberty to the Captives Webinar Bundle
This webinar series will focus on the Captivity Theology framework discussed in Bishop Raymond Rivera's book Liberty to the Captives: Our Call to Minister in a Captive World.
The 5th of July – An Online Sermon
In collaboration with the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference.
Lessons from the Latinx Church Webinar
In a browning society and decolonizing world, what can we learn from brown leaders and brown churches in this new epoch of being the church in liminal spaces of tension?
Decolonizing the Bible: an 8 Week National Bible Study
For centuries, the Bible has been used by colonial powers to undergird their imperial designs--an ironic situation since so much of the Bible was conceived in the context of resistance to colonization.
Habits of an Effective Board Webinar
This free webinar is an introduction to Unlock the Potential of Your Nonprofit Board webinar series. It is a good fit for Board Members and Executive Directors seeking to inspire and engage their board.
White Women’s Toxic Tears Webinar
This is a raw, honest, informative, movement solidarity-building conversation. In light of the uprisings of the past week, it is not enough to perform wokeness. We need true solidarity. True solidarity requires an understanding of the historical and cultural roots and current-day patterns of white women’s betrayals of people of color. It will also require repair.
How to Decolonize the Bible Webinar Bundle
What does Jesus and the gospels say, or not say about the biggest problems in the world, like hunger, economic inequality, systemic injustice, conflict and war, racism and religious extremism? In a time of Covid-19?
Faith-Rooted Writing for Social Justice Webinar Bundle
This seven (7) week webinar series is an ideal learning opportunity for those who seek to use their writing gifts for the cause of social justice and who want to build community with other writers who seek the same. It is great for seasoned as as well as young writers who want to hone their skills.