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As the United States navigates a remarkably unusual and still somewhat unstable presidential transition, thousands in the U.S. continue to die each day due to COVID-19. Throughout these last several months of pandemic and protest, enduring healthcare crises and racial inequities have highlighted both deep social fractures and the inchoate networks of resources available to leaders working to address them. Collaborating with “leaders of faith and moral courage” – in part through the Luce Foundation’s support of the Auburn Senior Fellows Program – Auburn Seminary has pointed its attention in this period to a growing “moral fatigue” among health, education, social and spiritual frontline workers struggling with the limits of the current system and “drawn toward a future in which all belong and are resourced to flourish.” In this post-electoral transition moment, Auburn will engage religious and theological leaders from Black, Latinx, and White communities, surfacing and celebrating diversity across and within each segment; and “resourcing leaders to articulate and amplify the spiritual values, civic theologies, and imaginative moral vision that can best motivate collaboration and advance justice for all in the months and years ahead.” Organizing and convening will unfold over the next several months, building on and expanding existing work, with a view to identifying and negotiating “priorities to protect and nourish our democracy.” Through briefings and digital communications, Auburn will publicize and disseminate learnings from the convenings to policymakers, other stakeholders, and wider publics.