This intimate and action-focused meeting will kick off on Wednesday February 11th at 5:00 with a fireside conversation with congressional leaders at The George Washington University followed by a dinner hosted by GWU President Ellen Granberg. The Summit will continue on February 12th from 8:30 - 3:30 on The George Washington University’s campus.
We believe this meeting is a strategic and powerful opportunity for institutional leaders to come together around our shared focus and priority on ensuring civic and community engagement remain core priorities and expectations of higher education. We’ll use our time together not to focus on specific legislative issues or bills, but rather on what it will take to rebuild and foster a new era of dialogue and progress with our elected leaders, particularly those in Congress. An outcome of this summit will be a roadmap for Campus Compact’s strategy that centers member campuses and builds Civic Champions.
We are working now to confirm Congressional leaders but are excited by the response thus far. Because this meeting is about building an agenda that we can all lean-in on and be excited about, during a time of unprecedented divide and challenge, we want to have the right people in the room.
We are encouraging Presidents and Chancellors to bring with them 1-2 team members who serve in senior leadership roles focused on Government Relations, Community Relations, or Civic & Community Engagement. February 12th’s agenda will be interactive and highly participatory and there will be rich opportunities for input and ideas about where we go from here, together.