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