Shape of the Region Conference

Opportunity & Economic Mobility

The Community Foundation hosts an annual Shape of the Region Conference each spring. Since its inception in 2018, the event has evolved into a platform that helps organize our collective efforts to co-create a more inclusive, sustainable, and equitable region. Featuring some of Northern Virginia’s liveliest, most incisive thought leaders, the event also showcases national speakers and broader perspectives on our common challenges and themes.

See information about each of our conferences to date below.

2022 Shape of the Region

The Struggle for Basic Mental Health Services: We need far more access, earlier interventions, and affordable care

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

8:00 am – 12:00 pm | Hybrid Conference
IN PERSON*: Capital One Hall | 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons
VIRTUAL: Zoom Webinar

*Proof of vaccination required for in-person attendance.

A survey from October 2021 indicates that an estimated 450,000 Northern Virginians, or nearly a quarter of our population, have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression. But complex barriers to basic mental health services – to therapy, helpful medications, and early interventions - abound.

Join us and our panel of state and national experts for a candid discussion of why we can’t find basic mental health services when we need them or afford them when we do, and what innovative ideas and opportunities may exist to address this critical issue that impacts us all.

Registration Coming Soon

2021 Shape of the Region

Co-Creating a New Northern Virginia An Emerging Vision of a More Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable Region

The Economic Case for Inclusivity

The Business Case for Economic Mobility

Opportunity and Inequality

Questions?
Please contact Tara Nadel, Vice President of Marketing and Events.
703 879 7637 tara.nadel@CFNova.org

Featured Story

Shape of the Region 2021 – What are You Inspired to do in our Community?

On Thursday, March 11, 2021, we presented the 2021 Shape of the Region Conference in partnership with 12 regional organizations to inspire our community about ways our region is coming together to institute real change. More than 300 people registered to attend the virtual event.

This year’s conference, Co-Creating a New Northern Virginia: An Emerging Vision of a More Inclusive, Sustainable, and Equitable Region examined strategies for advancing a more inclusive economy in our region while facing some of the biggest challenges of our day – entrenched poverty, structural racism, and environmental sustainability.