Registration
Registration for the 2022 Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit is now open, and you’re invited to attend on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Doors open at 8 a.m. for breakfast and check-in)! The #2022GRSummit is a FREE transformational day-long learning experience centered around Summit’s core values of resident voice and racial equity. Summit brings Grand Rapids residents and stakeholders together to learn, strategize and connect to strengthen neighborhoods and belonging in community, with the overall goal to make Grand Rapids a more equitable place for all to live, work and play. This year’s theme is “Building Equitable and Healthy Communities”.
There will be in-person and virtual attendance options. Formal registration to attend Summit is required.
In-person registrations are limited as a COVID-19 precaution. In support of GVSU’s policy to keep community, students, faculty, and staff safe, it is required that all in-person attendees are vaccinated against COVID-19 (or will be by May 21, 2022). In-person attendees should be ready to show proof of vaccinations upon arrival and to wear a mask over their nose and mouth while indoors at Summit. The location has many exits to quickly step outside for a break and breath of fresh air. To attend Summit in person, please click here to complete the in-person registration.
Virtual attendees will have access to the opening and closing sessions, keynote speaker and workshops with a chat function to ask questions and offer comments. If you need or want to attend virtually, please click here to complete your virtual registration.
For Grand Rapids residents and Summit presenters, we will also offer Kids Summit for their dependents, age 5 to 12, at the same location and time so that lack of childcare is not a barrier and to also engage and offer meaningful learning opportunities for our younger GR residents. Space is limited. Kids Summit sign up is offered at the end of the In-person registration form hyperlinked above.
Don’t forget to use the #2022GRSummit hashtag and tag us on Facebook!
What is Summit?
Summit is a transformational day-long learning experience centered around Summit’s core values of resident voice and racial equity. Summit brings Grand Rapids residents and stakeholders together to learn, strategize and connect to strengthen neighborhoods and belonging in community, with the overall goal to make Grand Rapids a more equitable place for all to live, work and play. Summit features an opening keynote presentation; several workshop options; lunch and lunchtime activities such as a fun photo booth, Zumba, yoga and several thoughtfully curated community resource tables; recognition of Grand Rapids residents for their leadership with Neighborhood Match Fund projects, Anishinaabe opening and closing drum presentation, and a Community Celebration to end the day with everyone who makes Summit special – attendees, volunteers, and sponsors. In addition to “traditional” Summit on May 21st, we will host Summit Marketplace Park Party on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Garfield Park that will feature several community resource tables, Summit Marketplace featuring BIPOC vendors, and opportunities to learn about and engage with many City and community initiatives.
2022 Theme: Building Equitable and Healthy Communities
An equitable community is a healthy community where all people can thrive. Racism, in all its forms, is a threat to the health of all of us. This year’s theme is Building Equitable and Healthy Communities is based on the social and political determinates of health, and was inspired in part by the recent resolutions declaring racism as a public health crisis in Grand Rapids and Michigan, and by our community’s desire to undo racism and heal the harm it causes. This year’s theme is a call to educate ourselves and take action within our spheres of influence to advance policies, practices and efforts that foster equity, justice and belonging in our neighborhoods, social and family circles, organizations and city. Workshop tracks are based on social determinants of health (SDoH) and political determinants of health (PDoH).
To learn more about the SDoH and PDoH, please reference the #2022GRSummit Workshop Proposal Submission Guide or visit these websites:
2022 Summit Locations
Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Grand Valley State University
Pew Campus
401 Fulton Street W, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
- 8 a.m. Check-In & Light Breakfast Snacks
- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Summit
- 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Community Celebration
Summit Marketplace Park Party
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Garfield Park
250 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids 49507
What others are saying about Summit
- “Very diverse! I am hardly ever in such a diverse setting and wish it happened all the time!”
- “I liked that it gave me lots of ideas and resources I can use for my family.”
- “It was awesome…inspirational and informational!”
- “Kids Summit was a great option because it enabled me to attend.”
Learn More
Want to learn more? Watch this video from a previous Summit!