What Matters: A Diverse and Engaged Community

After months of planning and lots of work, the Foundation's largest event took place on May 5. And what a special evening it was. We are deeply thankful to Cokie and Steve Roberts, to the sponsors, the hosts and over 500 leaders from the region who were part of the evening.

I don't think we could have hoped for more...

The themes we chose were Growth, Diversity and Innovation, which we believe are important issues that will determine how we grow as a region in the future. This also served as a benefit dinner for the Foundation's ever-growing community outreach programs.

3.2 million people are expected to call the Triangle home over the next few years- people who will be coming from all parts of the country and the world. 120 languages are already spoken in our public schools. We are becoming bigger, more diverse and the need for regional engagement and cooperation has never been more critical.

These are the issues we asked our audience, and ourselves, to think about.

Cokie and Steve Roberts helped us think broadly and brought a national perspective to issues like immigration, school diversity and civil dialogue. They were the stars of the night.

Now we are discussing out how to keep the momentum going.. More to come. Stay tuned.