Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome Presents

Recapping
Summer of
Hope
Peace
Joy
Opportunity
2024
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What is Summer of Hope?

Summer of Hope is a community-led initiative focused on peace, joy, and opportunity. It is a Safe Hopeful Healthy Baton Rouge initiative and activation leveraging community organizations and events. This collective impact strategy is bringing hope directly to neighborhoods, streets, and families that have experienced violence.

2024 Summer of Hope Calendar

Upcoming Events

Check back daily for new events that highlight joy, ignite real discussions, and actively reach out to our community. Events added on a rolling basis.
Summer of Hope 2024 lineup of events will be updated in the upcoming weeks! Stay tuned.
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The Peace Pit Experience

For 15 weeks, The Peace Pit stopped in neighborhoods across the city to share a message of hope, push a narrative of peace, and open the mic to our BR people to join the conversation of how to make Baton Rouge safe, hopeful, and healthy.
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Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome Presents

june - july 2022
community collective impact for peace | progress | prosperity

Joy lives in Baton Rouge and hope starts with YOU! Are you ready for summer? Summer of Hope is an 8-week Safe Hopeful Healthy Baton Rouge initiative and activation leveraging community organizations and events. This collective impact strategy is bringing hope directly to neighborhoods, streets, and families that have experienced violence.

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2024 Calendar

Experience the conference wherever you are. Register now for online access. Tune in live for the keynotes and watch sessions on demand.

Day 1
DEC 20, 2022
Day 2
DEC 21, 2022
Day 3
DEC 22, 2022
Day 4
DEC 23, 2022
Day 5
DEC 24, 2022

Sunday, 20 December 2022

#
session
speaker(s)
time
venue
01
Gathering & Signing up
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
07:00am - 08:00am
Room A1
02
Evolution of User Experience
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
08:00am - 09:00am
Room A2
03
Building Gov as a Service
Piera Mcclure
09:30am - 10:00am
Room A1
04
VR is the new internet of experiences
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
10:30am - 11:15am
Room B1
05
From SMS to IPO
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
11:30am - 12:00am
Room A1
06
Lunch Time
Jefe
12:00am - 01:00pm
Room S2
07
Responsive Web Applications
Jonh Doe
01:00pm - 03:00pm
Room A3
08
Achieving Sustainable Develoment
Luis Gallop
03:00pm - 04:00pm
Room A1
09
Future of Messaging
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Room A1
10
Data Privacy and Opportunity
Luis Gallop
04:30pm - 05:00pm
Room A1

Monday, 21 December 2022

#
session
speaker(s)
time
venue
01
Gathering & Signing up
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
07:00am - 08:00am
Room A1
02
Evolution of User Experience
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
08:00am - 09:00am
Room A2
03
Building Gov as a Service
Piera Mcclure
09:30am - 10:00am
Room A1
04
VR is the new internet of experiences
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
10:30am - 11:15am
Room B1
05
From SMS to IPO
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
11:30am - 12:00am
Room A1
06
Lunch Time
12:00am - 01:00pm
Room S2
07
Responsive Web Applications
Jonh Doe
01:00pm - 03:00pm
Room A3
08
Achieving Sustainable Develoment
Luis Gallop
03:00pm - 04:00pm
Room A1
09
Future of Messaging
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Room A1
10
Data Privacy and Opportunity
Luis Gallop
04:30pm - 05:00pm
Room A1

Tuesday, 22 December 2022

#
session
speaker(s)
time
venue
01
From SMS to IPO
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
07:00am - 08:00am
Room A1
02
Gathering & Signing up
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
08:00am - 09:00am
Room A2
03
Building Gov as a Service
Piera Mcclure
09:30am - 10:00am
Room A1
04
VR is the new internet of experiences
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
10:30am - 11:15am
Room B1
05
Evolution of User Experience
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
11:30am - 12:00am
Room A1
06
Lunch Time
12:00am - 01:00pm
Room S2
07
Responsive Web Applications
Jonh Doe
01:00pm - 03:00pm
Room A3
08
Future of Messaging
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
03:00pm - 04:00pm
Room A1
09
Achieving Sustainable Develoment
Luis Gallop
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Room A1
10
Data Privacy and Opportunity
Luis Gallop
04:30pm - 05:00pm
Room A1

Wednesday, 23 December 2022

#
session
speaker(s)
time
venue
01
From SMS to IPO
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
07:00am - 08:00am
Room A1
02
Gathering & Signing up
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
08:00am - 09:00am
Room A2
03
Building Gov as a Service
Piera Mcclure
09:30am - 10:00am
Room A1
04
VR is the new internet of experiences
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
10:30am - 11:15am
Room B1
05
Evolution of User Experience
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
11:30am - 12:00am
Room A1
06
Lunch Time
12:00am - 01:00pm
Room S2
07
Responsive Web Applications
Jonh Doe
01:00pm - 03:00pm
Room A3
09
Achieving Sustainable Develoment
Luis Gallop
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Room A1
10
Data Privacy and Opportunity
Luis Gallop
04:30pm - 05:00pm
Room A1

Thursday, 24 December 2022

#
session
speaker(s)
time
venue
01
Gathering & Signing up
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
07:00am - 08:00am
Room A1
02
Evolution of User Experience
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
08:00am - 09:00am
Room A2
03
Building Gov as a Service
Piera Mcclure
09:30am - 10:00am
Room A1
04
VR is the new internet of experiences
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
10:30am - 11:15am
Room B1
05
From SMS to IPO
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
11:30am - 12:00am
Room A1
07
Responsive Web Applications
Jonh Doe
01:00pm - 03:00pm
Room A3
09
Future of Messaging
Jeff Robins, Jonh Doe
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Room A1
10
Data Privacy and Opportunity
Luis Gallop
04:30pm - 05:00pm
Room A1
Sharing The Collective Voice of
Baton Rouge

Hearing from the community is the first step to healing together, expressing unique experiences, and sharing in both hope and joy. The Peace Pitstop encourages peace, joy and opportunity across the city and provides an outlet for every voice in Baton Rouge. Through poetry, artwork, surveys, and more–we're on a mission to push peace to every neighborhood.

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Upcoming Event

Uncommon Allies Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Film Uncommon Allies shows how Rosilyn, in the wake and devastation of her son’s murder, turned a personal search for justice into a life changing community call to action.

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Areas of Focus

Over the next 8 weeks, we plan to focus our events and outreach to the following areas in East Baton Rouge Parish.

banks

zion

brookstown

melrose east

belaire

glen oaks

bottoms

tigerland

the park

dixie

gardere

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