The Hope Summit 2026
Thu, Oct 01
|The Charleston Museum
In 2026, The Hope Summit will explore how, to create vibrant communities, we must redefine our understanding of who and what is part of a community. Join us at the Charleston Museum from October 1st to 3rd for an inspirational weekend of community, connection, and solutions.


Time & Location
Oct 01, 2026, 8:30 AM – Oct 03, 2026, 11:50 PM
The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
About the event
The Hope Summit is a forum for amplifying intersectional ideas, accelerating solutions, and inspiring hope. Hope is a regenerative act that we will inspire through accessible, tangible, and creative action. Through an annual conference, film festival, community festival, and a growing line-up of programming, and year-round book club, film series, and impact events organized by the Carolina Ocean Alliance, The Hope Summit is a catalyst for creating vibrant communities.
In 2026, The Hope Summit will explore how, to create vibrant communities, we must redefine our understanding of who and what is part of a community.
The need for community has never been stronger. Communities around the world are rebuilding networks of care and resilience, reconnecting people with themselves, their neighbors, the institutions that seek to serve them, and the ecosystems that support and sustain them.
We invite leaders and solutions practitioners from all walks of life, disciplines, and stages of…
