Date: Saturday, May 1, 2027
Time: 8:00AM-12:00PM CT
Modality: Online and In Person
Instructors: Billy Honor and DeMarco Davidson
This workshop will equip faith leaders, seminarians, lay leaders, and community organizers to build Black electoral power as an expression of faithful discipleship and public witness.
Inspired by the prophetic tradition and the organizing legacy of the Black Church, the program teaches leaders how to cultivate relationships, develop local leadership, organize congregations for the common good, and mobilize communities to participate in public life. Participants gain practical tools for base-building, civic engagement, coalition development, and nonpartisan voter mobilization while deepening a theology of justice that understands democracy as a space where neighbors can love one another through collective action. By connecting faith with organizing, we seek to build communities capable of transforming both hearts and public institutions.
Billy Michael Honor is a movement-building strategist, public scholar, and veteran community organizer with two decades of experience advancing civic engagement, faith-based organizing, and racial justice across Georgia. He currently serves as Movement Building Advisor & Strategist for the Black Southern Women's Collaborative, where he helps strengthen organizing infrastructure and leadership across South Georgia. A former State Organizing Director for the New Georgia Project, Billy has led statewide electoral and issue advocacy campaigns, trained hundreds of faith and community leaders, and built coalitions dedicated to expanding democratic participation and long-term Black political power. His work has been recognized by Atlanta Magazine as one of the "500 Most Influential People in Atlanta" and by the Center for American Progress as a "Faith Leader to Watch."
DeMarco Davidson
Mr. DeMarco K. Davidson became a recognized community leader in his youth. After graduating from Hazelwood Central High School in 1999, he attended the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he earned a BS in Engineering Management and minors in Chemistry and I/O Psychology in 2006. While in college, he served as the Regional Vice President for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., started several businesses, and co-founded the Black Man’s Think Tank of UMR. In 2008-09, he worked on several winning political campaigns. DeMarco was recognized in his alma-mater’s alumni magazine for his work in the inner-city of St. Louis as a Field Organizer for President Obama.
DeMarco has spent most of his adult life in education, engineering, youth development, and community organizing. He has worked as a teacher in the Hazelwood School District, an After-School Director with Providence Counseling, a Youth Advisor for Kappa League, a Project Manager in the Greater Chicago Area, a Field Organizer for political campaigns, and a mentor to many youth. After founding the Michael Brown Jr. Memorial Fund in August 2014, he volunteered for the Michael Brown Sr. Chosen for Change Foundation as the Executive Director from 2015 until 2022.
While DeMarco was running for US Congress in 2017-2018, he received his Masters in Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary in 2018 with an emphasis in Liberation Theology & Faith-Based Community Organizing. Since then, he has worked in several winning campaigns including Prosecutor Attorney Wesley Bell, the CLEAN Initiative, Raise Up Minimum Wage, Medicaid Expansion, and over $500 million for community development. As the Executive Director for Metropolitan Congregations United since 2023, DeMarco continues to organize people of faith and voters in St. Louis to develop policy towards breaking the school-to-prison pipeline and unifying the Urban and Rural citizens of Missouri. He believes that congregations can and should be a galvanizing force to building powerful, self-sustaining communities.
“Success is what you have when you add value to yourself. Significance is what you have when you add value to others.” ~ John C. Maxwell
