Rooted & Rising: DC

Friday, Aug 28

3:00pm – 5:00pm

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ROOTED & RISING: WASHINGTON, DC An Intergenerational Conversation on Joy, Justice & Belonging Friday, August 28, 2026 | 3:00–5:00 PM What becomes possible when we stop treating generations as separate communities and start recognizing what each has to teach the others? Join the Rustin Institute for Leadership Development for Rooted & Rising: Washington, DC, a dynamic intergenerational dialogue exploring how joy and justice are made possible when we cross generational silos, lean into curiosity, practice inclusion, and learn to work across difference. Inspired by Bayard Rustin’s call for “angelic troublemakers”—people willing to challenge injustice while doing the patient work of building community—this conversation brings together emerging and established leaders whose experiences span youth advocacy, voting rights, higher education, law, parenting, research, technology, and housing innovation. Moderated by Tim’m T. West, Executive Director of the Rustin Institute, the conversation will feature: Evan Malbrough Rustin Fellows Coordinator | Voting Rights Advocate & Strategist William Sermons, Ph.D. Bayard Rustin Society Member | Professor | Parent Yash Kini NYAC 2026–27 Fellow | Student Researcher in Neuroscience & Neuromorphic Computing | Musician Rochelle Woodbury Ford Bayard Rustin Society Member | Legal Scholar | Parent Gavin Salon NYAC 2026–27 Fellow | Founder, Supernova Housing Rooted & Rising asks us to consider leadership not simply as something passed from one generation to the next, but something built between generations. What can young people teach those who have been doing the work for decades? What histories and hard-earned wisdom should established leaders place in younger hands? And what becomes possible when all of us remain curious enough to be changed by one another? The 63rd anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington is on Friday, August 28, 2026. Come ready for conversation, connection, and a renewed commitment to becoming the kind of angelic troublemakers our communities—and our future—need.