The Conference
Friday
7:30 AM · Registration Opens
8:00 - 9:00 · Walks (and coffee!)
9:00 · Registration Ends
9:00 - 9:10 · Introduction
9:10 - 9:40 · Mainstage Talk: Ashley Mitchell - Parenting Ourselves: Healing Through Motherhood
9:45 - 10:15 · Mainstage Talk: Katie Greer - Digital Guardians: Keeping Our Households Safe in the Digital World
10:20 - 11:00 · Breakouts
11:00 - 11:40 · Panel Chat: Motherhood in the Setting of the Current World Reality
11:45 - 12:00 · Mini-Talk: Vanessa Garrett
12:00 - 1:00 · Lunch with Mom’s Unhinged
1:00 - 1:30 · Mainstage Talk: Shelly Stover - Guiding Our Teens Toward Safe, Healthy, and Honest Intimacy
1:35 - 2:05 · Mainstage Talk: Ruthie Ackerman - Outlaw Mothers: Rewriting the Narrative on Motherhood
2:05 - 2:45 · Breakouts
2:45 - 3:25 · Panel Chat: Navigating Adult Dependents
3:30 - 4:10 · Panel Chat: Raising Boys
4:15 - 4:45 · Mini-Talk: Chloe Kay
4:45 · Closing
5:00 - 6:30 · Happy Hour!
Saturday
8:00 AM - Registration (and coffee!)
9:00 - 9:30 · Mainstage Talk: Erika Hagensen Kammer - Before “How-it-Started/ How-it’s-Going” There is the Swoop
9:30 - 9:45 · Mini-Talk: Kacie Lett Gordon
9:45 - 10:30 · Panel Chat: Taboo Topics in Women’s Health
10:30 - 10:45 · Mini-Talk
11:00 - 11:50 · Brunch and Fireside Chat: Angela Fusaro and Shane Tenny
11:50 - 12:35 · Breakouts
12:40 - 1:25 · Panel Chat: Sexuality
1:30 - 2:00 · Mainstage Talk: Chemyeeka Tumblin: Half Life of the Nuclear Family
2:05-2:50 · Breakouts
3:00-3:45 · Mainstage Talk: Robyn and Zoe Brookshire: Grown and Known: Keeping Close Connections With Our Young Adult Children
3:45-4:00 · Closing Remarks!
November 13-14, 2026
Emory University
Miller-Ward Alumni House
815 Houston Mill Road
Atlanta, GA 30329