“"We are not just fighting against something, but we are fighting for something. We are building the world we want to live in.” — Adrienne Maree Brown

This year’s summit, “Together We Dream, Together We Build”, builds off of our previous summits, Together We Rise (2023) and Together We Reimagine (2024), connecting the essential work of collectively rising, dreaming, and world-building. Together We Dream represents the imaginative visioning required to imagine a future free from violence—a future where joy, healing, justice, and safety are realities for all. In a crisis-oriented field like gender-based violence, dreaming becomes a radical act of pause and resistance. In a world where survival often means focusing on immediate crises, the act of dreaming challenges the status quo by offering space to envision long-term, transformative change—an essential part of building the future we need.

But dreaming alone isn’t enough. Together We Build emphasizes that creating the cultures and solutions we dream of requires our collective power, collaboration, and action. This year’s summit title reflects the powerful interplay between envisioning transformative change and the concrete, on-the-ground work needed to bring that change to life.

We are honored to convene the South Asian survivor justice movement of 40+ organizations and 100+ organizers in our network for two bold days of dreaming and building.

Learn more about our past Summits here!