BIG 10
AUG. 21–23, 2026
Hilton McLean ★ Tysons, Virginia
SHOW UP
POWER UP
FIGHT BACK
Celebrating
a Decade
of Activism
Sponsored by
Network NOVA
LOOK WHO'S COMING!
See the full schedule below.
And this is just a small part of the list!
Check out the congressional candidates who will be there.
PROGRAM
Friday is about community, candidates, coalition-building, and collaboration.
Saturday is dedicated to inspiration, leadership development, learning, and movement-building. Sunday turns inspiration into action.
We’re celebrating a decade of grassroots activism, leadership, community, and victories that helped shape Virginia's political landscape.
Today, the Women’s Summit is more than a conference. It is a grassroots activism festival, leadership summit, movement gathering, training hub, and community-powered experience designed to help people build power together.
At a time when democracy, voting rights, and fundamental freedoms face unprecedented challenges, the Women’s Summit remains a place where people come to learn, organize, recharge, connect, celebrate, and prepare for the work ahead.It’s a place where you find your people. And leave with new ideas, new skills, new friendships, renewed purpose, and the energy to keep going.
Because hope isn't something we wait for. Hope is something we build together. When we work together, we win. And winning means building a more just, inclusive, and democratic future for everyone.
The Women’s Summit is turning 10
Join us August 21-23, 2026, as we celebrate ten years of activism and prepare for the next chapter of grassroots power.
SHOW UP • POWER UP • FIGHT BACK
Because democracy needs all of us.
And together, we’re going ALL IN to WIN.
What if your shopping, your community, and your activism all pointed in the same direction?
That's the idea behind this year’s SHOP ★ LIVE ★ VOTE Your Values Expo. We’re weaving a curated marketplace and advocacy space into the heart of the Women's Summit, where values-aligned businesses, grassroots organizations, makers, authors, and advocates connect with the people who need them most.
SHOP
★
LIVE
★
VOTE
Your Values ExpoFriday & Saturday
Democracy isn't only shaped at the ballot box — it's shaped by how we live, where we gather, and who we choose to support.
EXPO PARTICIPANTS
★ SHOP ★
Bards Alley • BADASS Boutique • Bozie’s Bags • Conscious Consumption • Female Power Project • Moodie Blooms • Ray & Wren • Saint Helens Leatherworks • Vociferous
★ LIVE ★
Craftivism & Gratitude Garden • Hunger in the Commonwealth • Repair Café • Sierra Club • UpCycle • VA League of Conservation Voters
★ VOTE + ORGANIZE ★
ACLU-VA • Bridge2Blue • Common Defense • Coordinated Campaign • Dem. Latino Org. of VA • Fairfax Democrats/CD11 • Falls Church Indivisible • Feminism Majority • FREE DC • Virginia Indivisibles Statewide Network
• Moms Demand Action • New Virginia Majority • NGP/Van • NOW • Postcards4VA • Progressive Turnout Project • Red Wine & Blue • SEIU • UpVote • Virginia Grassroots Coalition • Virginia’s List • Winflip • WofA
On Saturday, enjoy a garden full of craft making just waiting to happen. This is your creative escape: a living, breathing space where your activist energy gets to take shape in the most beautiful way. Fold it, stitch it, paint it, bloom it. Paper crafts, needle crafts, watercolors, paper flowers.
Craftivism & Gratitude Garden
SATURDAY ONLY
Step Outside. Make Something. The Garden is waiting for you.
Pull up a chair. Feel the breeze. Let your hands do the talking of messages of action, hope, and resilience.
No agenda. No pressure. Just you, some supplies, and a little patch of green.
SPONSOR THE BIG TEN WOMEN’S SUMMIT
For ten years, the Women’s Summit has helped build one of the strongest grassroots networks in Virginia by bringing together organizers, activists, candidates, elected officials, advocacy groups, creators, and community leaders ready to SHOW UP, POWER UP, and FIGHT BACK.
This is where the grassroots gathers.
The BIG TEN Women’s Summit offers meaningful opportunities for organizations, businesses, advocacy groups, unions, creators, campaigns, and community partners to connect with one of the region’s most energized and civically engaged audiences through sponsorships, branded experiences, Expo opportunities, digital engagement, community partnerships, and immersive Summit activations.
Whether you want to support grassroots organizing, align your brand with democratic values, sponsor a signature Summit experience, connect directly with attendees, or build a custom collaboration, there are many ways to participate in this milestone year.
Because the strongest partnerships are not simply seen. They are experienced.
Contact
Katherine White | 703.597.2047
KatherineNetworkNOVA@gmail.com
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