Who We Are
Who We Are
BUILDING COMMUNITY FOR ALL
Imagining Community Symposium
Thu, Apr 03
|The Arcade Innovation Hub
Creating Brave Spaces for Civic Engagement
Time & Location
Apr 03, 2025, 8:30 AM – Apr 04, 2025, 5:30 PM
The Arcade Innovation Hub, 35 W 4th St, Dayton, OH 45402, USA
About the Event
The annual Imagining Community Symposium brings together community members, nonprofit organizations, and university faculty, staff, and students 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.
This year’s keynote speakers are David Pepper, lawyer, writer, political activist, former elected official, adjunct professor, former Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and a current Charles F. Kettering Foundation Senior Fellow; and Maureen O’Connor, the tenth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio and a current Charles F. Kettering Foundation Senior Fellow.
Additionally this year are two plenary sessions: The first is a President's Panel entitled “Creating Brave Spaces for Civic Engagement in Dayton and Beyond,” featuring Dr. Sharon Davies of the Charles F.…