Events

Every Child Thrives Festival is taking place in Chicago from June 23–25, 2026. Every Child Thrives Festival is a global, multigenerational gathering where imagination fuels action and diverse voices shape a future in which all children can thrive. The Festival brings together youth, families, leaders, advocates and practitioners working across community, cultural, corporate, educational, health and systems-shaping spaces to spark possibility, act boldly and build lasting change. Joy Bailey Bryant, President and Managing Partner, Lord Cultural Resources, will be attending. 

Knowledge Mobilization Initiative

The one-day consortium-building hybrid meeting in Casablanca will bring together senior leaders and key stakeholders from museums, cultural heritage institutions, academia, and industry across the Global North and Global South, convening complementary expertise across museum practice, cultural policy, information science, AI, and digital infrastructure. Gail Lord, Co-Founder and Partner, Lord Cultural Resources, and Ali Hossaini, Associate Consultant and Thought Leader, Lord Cultural Resources, will be speaking at this event.

The Association of African American Museums 48th Annual Conference will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from August 19-21, 2026. Joy Bailey-Bryant, Valerie Guevara and Tyffany Lyons, from Lord Cultural Resources, will be attending and speaking at a session. More details coming soon!

The PolicyLink Summit is taking place in Maryland from Augsut 24-28, 2026. This year’s summit is timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of American Democracy. Rather than a traditional, panel-heavy conference, the event functions as a co-creation space designed to connect constitutional promises with everyday realities, focusing on housing, infrastructure, business, and governance. Joy Bailey-Bryant, President and Managing Partner, Lord Cultural Resources, and Valerie Guevara, Senior Consultant, Lord Cultural Resources, will be attending.