This year’s annual symposium theme: "We've Come This Far by Faith: The Role of Religion and Religious Institutions in Founding and Sustaining Freedom Communities" This year’s theme will explore the profound and enduring impact of religious beliefs and organizations in the creation and preservation of freedom communities—particularly those forged in the face of oppression and injustice. Throughout history, religious faith has played a central role in empowering marginalized groups to resist systemic injustice, offering a source of hope, resilience, and moral guidance. We will highlight how faith traditions have provided both spiritual and tangible resources, from moral clarity to organizational structures, in the founding of freedom communities, and how these institutions have remained a source of solidarity and strength in sustaining those communities over time.