Meet Dr. Reggie Blount, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Oikos Institute for Social Impact, educator at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, former pastor, and champion of faithful imagination. In his roles at Oikos, Garrett, and beyond, Reggie supports faith leaders to see abundance and possibility in the resources of their communities and uplifts the role of congregations as anchor institutions driving social impact. Reggie resides in the Chicago area, a place he credits with greatly supporting his ministry, teaching, and innovation efforts.

Meet Kimberly Daniel, Co-founder and Project Director of DO GOOD X and talented Brand and Communications Consultant. Kimberly, who hails from a small city outside of Myrtle Beach, SC, and has lived for over 16 years in and around Atlanta, GA, passionately uplifts and supports underrepresented innovators. She is also co-author of A Way Out of No Way: an Approach to Christian Innovation and an innoFaith Contributing Editor.

Meet Evan Taylor, incoming divinity student at Wesley Theological Seminary, lay leader in youth and young adult ministry, designer, and perpetual creator and change-maker. Evan is always up to something, usually many things, to actively live out her faith in the community. We were lucky to collaborate with her as co-creator, facilitator, and design thinking teacher for our Interfaith Youth Innovators Summit earlier this year.

Did you know only a third of Americans have documented their wishes for the end of their lives? And only 19% of black adults over 64 have done so. Faith leaders, trained to spiritually support and counsel the dying and their loved ones, have a better vantage point than most on the stress, anxiety, guilt, not to mention financial challenges and pressure on both families and the medical system that this lack of preparation creates. We don't like to talk about death, but not doing so has numerous ramifications on our well-being as individuals, as families, and as a society.