We are excited to announce that David Brooks, author and op-ed columnist with the New York Times, will keynote the Community Foundation’s 7th annual Shape of the Region Conference on February 9, 2024. The theme of the event is Social Trust and Civic Healing. Frederick J. Riley, the Executive Director of Aspen Institute's “Weave: The Social Fabric Project”, will also join us to highlight how Weave helps tackle the problem of broken social trust that has left Americans divided, lonely, and in social gridlock.

There is no one answer to this complex issue, but David, Frederick, and Weave will certainly serve to inspire better ways to connect, support, and invest in local leaders that step up to weave a new, inclusive social fabric, wherever they may live.
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