What CultureCon Is
CultureCon is a guided, participatory experience that blends:
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Shared nourishment
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Facilitated dialogue
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Collective reflection
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Interactive equity exercises
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Creative expression
Rather than sitting back and listening, participants are invited to actively engage, listen across differences, and learn alongside one another.
Who It’s For
CultureCon is designed for:
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Community leaders & organizers
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Advocacy and equity-centered organizations
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Youth and elder leaders
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Educators, creatives, and cultural workers
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People committed to building community over advancing individual interests
You don’t need credentials.
You do need curiosity, openness, and care.
CultureCon is a Meeting of Minds.
An immersive, intergenerational unity experience designed for people committed to community development, equity, and shared growth.
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CultureCon brings leaders, advocates, creatives, youth, and elders into one shared space, moving together through guided conversation, reflection, and creation as we explore a central question:
In a time of increasing disunity [intentional and unintentional splintering of communities, cultures, and Nations]— what are our strategies for Moving Forward Together?
Experience the Flow
Welcome & Brunch — Setting the Table
We begin by gathering around shared tables for a guided brunch experience.
Each table is centered around reflective themes such as:
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Community
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Power
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Trust
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Responsibility
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Consciousness, Love, Unity, Community, Freedom
Participants engage with prompts and conversation cards designed to help set the table for the day’s journey.
Meeting of Minds — Community Reflection
Tables share insights back into the room, surfacing:
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Shared hopes
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Lived tensions
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Questions that deserve deeper attention
This collective reflection grounds us in ACE’s Nourishment Cycle and frames the day around our guiding question:
How do we move forward together?
Community Unity Panel — Voices in Conversation
A facilitated, open dialogue with community advocates and leaders representing diverse lived experiences.
This is not a debate.
It is a community conversation focused on:
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What communities need in order to build trust
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How power shows up in everyday life
What unity looks like in practice
Musical Interlude
A brief musical moment to reset and transition — using sound as a bridge between reflection and action.
The Black Box Interactive — Equity in Action
A facilitated, scenario-based interactive experience where participants are placed in real-world leadership situations.
Working individually and in small groups, participants explore:
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Decision-making with an equity lens
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Responsibility to the whole
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What it means to move forward together under constraint
This experience is designed to be practical, reflective, and applicable across personal, professional, and community contexts.
Exhale — Reflection & Connection
A pause to breathe, reset, and connect.
Includes:
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Professional headshots
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Light refreshments
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Informal reflection moments
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Short, guided conversations capturing participant insights
Between Me & You — Intergenerational Dialogue
In partnership with NCCJ
A facilitated conversation between youth and elders, centered on listening across generations.
Youth pose questions and share perspective.
Elders offer experience and reflection.
The goal is understanding — not correction.
Unity Creation Experience — Closing Session
Led by artist Kay Marion, this closing experience blends music, storytelling, and collaborative art-making.
Participants co-create a shared piece of art, passing it through multiple hands — each adding perspective and interpretation.
The experience invites reflection on:
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Perspective
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Influence
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Shared ownership
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How community is shaped by many hands
Why We Gather This Way
We believe:
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Unity grows through proximity
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Equity is practiced, not performed
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Community is strengthened when we listen across difference
CultureCon isn’t about having the right answers.
It’s about learning how to ask better questions — together.
