Harrisonburg Summit on Building Bridges Between Our Intercultural/ Interfaith Communities

Event Sponsors

Use the ticket options to register as a sponsor.  Sponsors take a leadership role in convening this important community conversation by allowing the event to be free for attendees.  Sponsors are visibly thanked before, during, and after the summit.

Advocate Sponsor

EMU's Anabaptist Center for
Religion and Society

Purpose of the Event 

• To provide a place for the people of Harrisonburg to meet and discuss what is important to them, especially as related to working, living, and learning in a multi-cultural community
• To connect community members with local resources and networks
• To share best practices related to operating in and serving a multi-cultural community
• To connect community members' needs with service providers
• To support community organizers
• To provide professional development opportunities for attendees

Who Should Attend

• The People of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County - and beyond!
• Leaders of Cultural Communities
• Community Organizers
• Business Leaders - Network with other leaders, share your expertise, find partnerships and customers, attend workshops of interest to you
• Entrepreneurs - Share your ideas, share your challenges, find resources to get to you started
• Economic Development Officials - Share your expertise, network with business leaders, learn from presenters
• Elected Officials - Show support for business, hear from constituents, share expertise, network with local business leaders, learn about current state of economy
• Economists & Researchers - Share your expertise, network with business leaders and other professionals
• Students - Share your work, expand your research, and complement your classroom learning
• Educators & Business Trainers - Share your expertise, learn from others, present a workshop
• Business Service and Product Providers - Find partnerships and customers
• Workshop Presenters - Present a workshop, hear from business leaders
• Subject/Topical Experts - Share your expertise, learn from others
• Media, Writers, and Bloggers - Find content and news, highlight local business statistics 

Approximate Agenda

• 1:00 Setup for Table Exhibitors
• 1:30 Registration & Networking & Table Expo
• 2:00 Welcome and Opening 
          Participants create breakout topics for sessions. 
• Breakout Sessions
  Each session will have multiple options for small group conversations about specific topics.
  
  • 3:00 Session 1  
    
  • 4:00 Session 2
  • 5:00 Session 3
• 6:00 Closing Session (Whole Group, Lucy Simms)
• 6:30 End of Day

Partner Organizations

• The following organizations have registered as partners for this summit.
  Partners show their commitment and interest in the summit and its theme by providing a modest contribution to cover costs of the event. Partners may be organizations or individuals. Partners are listed and recognized separately from other attendees.

• Fairfield Center (formerly Community Mediation Center)
• HMC Creation Care Group
• Climate Action Alliance of the Valley
• Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalists
• Off Projects, LLC
• Lundeen Associates, LLC
• Lucas Roasting Company
• Rockingham Memorial Hospital
• Strong Families Great Youth Coalition
• Beth El Congregation
• EMU - Abraham's Tent
• EMU Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
• NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center