2024 Brushy Fork Leadership Summit
Building an Inclusive Leadership Table
Join Brushy Fork for as we celebrate two decades of empowering leaders and envision a future where Appalachia thrives through innovative, inclusive, and effective leadership.
Whether this is your first visit or you’ve been with us often during the last 20 years, we invite you to join leaders from across the region as we explore ideas for inclusive solutions to community challenges. And we continue to offer hands-on, applicable workshop tracks that will increase your skills in nonprofit and community leadership.
The 20th annual Brushy Fork Leadership Summit will explore how local leaders can support community efforts by empowering others to work for the good of the places they call home. We often hear the notion of bringing people to the table. But how can we create leadership spaces that are truly community-owned, where change is defined by the community, which then controls resources and decisions? Brushy Fork believes that leadership begins by collaboratively building this table, creating accessible seats for all community members.
Take a breath and a break from the daily grind! Come see old friends and make new ones. Share in conversations and learning that will inspire and excite you! Celebrate a vision for inclusive leadership and community development with art, music, and great local food!
- Should Nonprofits Start Making a Profit? How to Create Social Enterprise in Small Communities led by Mae Suramek
- What’s the Culture in Organizational Culture? led by Joe Tolbert Jr.
- Amplifying Impact: Strategies for Nonprofit Communications led by Rachel Rosolina & Erin Rosolina
- Building Community Power: Practical Strategies & Tools for Stability & Growth led by Chris Handberg
- Building an Inclusive Leadership Table: Personal Tools and Community Belonging led by Dee Parker & Leah Van Winkle
- Narrative 4 Story Exchange: Share Today, Change Tomorrow led by Evan Barker & Amanda Cantrell Roche
Click here for workshop track descriptions and track leader bios.
Day 1: Tuesday, November 12 | |
9:00 AM | Registration & Light Breakfast |
10:00 AM | Welcome & Opening Session |
10:45 AM | Keynote |
12:00 PM | Lunch |
1:30 PM | Workshop Tracks Begin |
5:30 PM | Break |
6:30 PM | Dinner, Entertainment, & Networking |
8:00 PM | Adjourn |
Day 2: Wednesday, November 13 | |
7:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30 AM | Morning Plenary Session |
9:00 AM | Berea College Admissions Presentation |
9:30 AM | Workshop Tracks Resume |
11:15 AM | Youth Panel |
12:00 PM | Lunch |
1:15 PM | Workshop Tracks Resume |
4:00 PM | Closing Plenary Session |
4:15 PM | Adjourn |
Questions? Contact us at brushyfork@berea.edu or 859-985-3858.