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About. |
What is Summit for Action?
Summit for Action is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing equity and justice in conservation, outdoor recreation, and environmental stewardship. We bring together changemakers, advocates, and organizations from across sectors to collaborate, learn, and take meaningful action toward a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Summit for Action began in 2019 as an event for thought-provoking discussions and solutions-based recommendations for Justice, Equity, Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusion in the Denver Metro Area. Our flagship event, the Summit for Action, is more than a conference—it's a movement-building space where community voices, lived experiences, and expert insights converge. Through dynamic panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions, we create brave spaces for honest dialogue and collective problem-solving. Since its inception, Summit for Action has grown from an annual event into a dynamic and expanding ecosystem of community leaders, instigators, researchers, policymakers, facilitators, and practitioners across the U.S. and Canada who work collaboratively toward solving some of society's most pressing challenges.
Founded to create space for honest dialogue and transformative work, the Summit has evolved into so much more than an annual gathering. Today, our initiatives include interactive workshops, a Community of Practice, public education events, and even a Kiki Ball that fuses joy and justice through celebration and cultural expression. These efforts are all rooted in our mission: to engage communities and center those most impacted by environmental injustice in the movement for change.
Our vision is to be a catalyst for action, and we have developed a model over the years that encourages peer-to-peer learning and inspires collective action to drive social change. Join us in our mission to foster a more equitable world by facilitating stimulating dialogue and creating impactful cross-sector partnerships.
Summit for Action is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing equity and justice in conservation, outdoor recreation, and environmental stewardship. We bring together changemakers, advocates, and organizations from across sectors to collaborate, learn, and take meaningful action toward a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Summit for Action began in 2019 as an event for thought-provoking discussions and solutions-based recommendations for Justice, Equity, Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusion in the Denver Metro Area. Our flagship event, the Summit for Action, is more than a conference—it's a movement-building space where community voices, lived experiences, and expert insights converge. Through dynamic panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions, we create brave spaces for honest dialogue and collective problem-solving. Since its inception, Summit for Action has grown from an annual event into a dynamic and expanding ecosystem of community leaders, instigators, researchers, policymakers, facilitators, and practitioners across the U.S. and Canada who work collaboratively toward solving some of society's most pressing challenges.
Founded to create space for honest dialogue and transformative work, the Summit has evolved into so much more than an annual gathering. Today, our initiatives include interactive workshops, a Community of Practice, public education events, and even a Kiki Ball that fuses joy and justice through celebration and cultural expression. These efforts are all rooted in our mission: to engage communities and center those most impacted by environmental injustice in the movement for change.
Our vision is to be a catalyst for action, and we have developed a model over the years that encourages peer-to-peer learning and inspires collective action to drive social change. Join us in our mission to foster a more equitable world by facilitating stimulating dialogue and creating impactful cross-sector partnerships.
Core Values
Summit for action is commit to social and environmental justice and this commitment grounds and drives the work that we do.
The core values for our work and the spaces we create are:
Summit for action is commit to social and environmental justice and this commitment grounds and drives the work that we do.
The core values for our work and the spaces we create are:
- ALL PEOPLE -We welcome and create space for people of all backgrounds and seek to nurture a culture of respect, honesty, inclusion, understanding and engagement.
- HARD CONVERSATIONS - We provide opportunities for honest, challenging and thought-provoking discussions about equity, inclusion and innovation. We center marginalized voices in these dialogues.
- FIGHT FOR JUSTICE- We actively support and fight for equity and justice for oppressed groups. We commit to challenging and responding to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We actively work to dismantle systems of oppression.
- BE AUTHENTIC – We invite people to show up as their fully human and authentic self. We create inclusive environments where people from all backgrounds can connect in the full spectrum of their identities, experiences, and passions.
- LEARN, ADAPT AND BE BETTER- We actively and intentionally using models and practices that incorporate content that reflects diverse ways of knowing, being and experiencing the world. We engage in continuous reflection and collaboration to integrate what we learn into our culture and infrastructure.
- INSPIRE AND DRIVE CHANGE- We believe that conversation is inadequate without commitment to take action. We work to inspire and drive social change around justice and inclusion through helping people identify actions needed to gain traction in their equity work.
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Summits to Date
6 |
Participants
900+ |
Speakers
55+ |