Who We Are
Who We Are
BUILDING COMMUNITY FOR ALL
2026 Imagining Community Symposium: Civic Hope and Belonging
Thu, Oct 15
|Daniel J. Curran Place
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 AM – Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 PM
Daniel J. Curran Place, 1700 S Patterson Blvd, Dayton, OH 45479, USA
About the Event
The annual Imagining Community Symposium brings together community members, nonprofit organizations, and local universities for meaningful dialogue, presentations, artistic expressions, and workshops. Each year, the Symposium focuses on a community-identified topic that requires deeper engagement. Drawing over 500 attendees and featuring 80+ presenters, the Symposium has hosted nationally recognized speakers and rising scholars whose impactful work is gaining national recognition.
In an era marked by polarization, displacement, and erosion of trust, the practices that sustain democratic life have never been more essential: hope, belonging, civic virtue, and the courage to act with and for one another. Join us as we imagine and build the communities we aspire to inhabit.
Who should attend? The symposium is free and open to all. This includes:
Community members and organizers
Nonprofit practitioners