Equity Summit 2024

We are overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for the time we were able to spend in community with partners and friends at our 2024 Equity Summit, “A Revolution of the Soul.” We want to extend a deep appreciation for those who joined us in Atlanta.

The call to action was clear. The highest aspiration of equity has always been to deliver a future where all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. A future where all truly means all. Delivering a future where everyone can thrive requires each of us to take up the mantle of owning this nation, with all of its faults and all of its promise. We must transform its laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. And we must drive this transformation with both individual and collective souls that love and honor all.

In the coming weeks, we will be sharing more information and highlights from our time together. And in the coming months, leading up to our 2026 Equity Summit in Washington, DC, we will be fostering touch points and opportunities for us to build and advance an affirmative vision for our nation, together. 

In the meantime, we would like to share the series of papers that we published in partnership with the Stanford Social Innovation Review, titled “A Revolution of the Soul.” 

Summit History

Launched in partnership with the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, the PolicyLink Summit was founded as the first national convening to position equity, the environment, and the economy on equal footing. In turn, the Summits have garnered a reputation as the touchstones of the equity movement. The six prior national summits defined the leading edge of practice, policy, and research over the last 20 years. 

• 2018: Chicago – "Our Power. Our Future. Our Nation." (+3000 attendees); Summit Photo Essay, Plenaries, and Agenda

• 2015: Los Angeles – "All in for Inclusion, Justice, and Prosperity" (3,000 attendees)

• 2011: Detroit – "Healthy Communities, Strong Regions, A Prosperous America" (2,500 attendees)

• 2008: New Orleans – "Regional Equity 08: The Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth" (1,800 attendees)

• 2005: Philadelphia  – "Advancing Regional Equity: The Second National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth" (1,200 attendees)

• 2002: Los Angeles – "Promoting Regional Equity: A National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth" (650 attendees)