Register — Surrender & Jubilation · April 24, 2026 · AAHA! Virginia
Register  ·  April 24, 2026

State of Cultural Heritage in Virginia Symposium  ·  Secure Your Seat

Surrender
& Jubilation

The community is writing the record now.
Heritage IS Equity — The Ecosystem.

Claim your African American cultural heritage inheritance in Virginia.

Friday, April 24, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Eastern
Lost Office Collaborative · Rockettes Landing, Henrico, VA · Virtual via Zoom · Livestreamed Statewide

Choose your seat.

All ticket types include access to the full program. In-person registration at the primary Henrico venue includes complimentary lunch. The Virtual option brings the full program to you via Zoom livestream wherever you are.

$75
Virtual
Zoom livestream · Statewide Full program access
Register
$350
Logo Sponsor (Optional)
One in-person seat · Henrico Logo recognition in program materials Complimentary lunch included
Register

One room.
One record.

Surrender & Jubilation is a full working day — not a conference, not a lecture series. Keynotes frame the stakes. Panels examine how heritage generates economic value and how that value must flow back into the communities that hold it. The Partnership Café over lunch is where commitments actually get made.

The statewide Zoom livestream extends the conversation beyond the room. In-person registration is required.

Culture
Health
Education
Wealth
Stewardship

The day's
schedule.

9:30 AM
Registration, welcome packets & exhibitor browsing
9:45 AM
Opening Keynote — "Heritage Is Equity: The Ecosystem"
10:30 AM
Morning Panel — "From Story to Stewardship: The Full Spectrum of Heritage as Asset"
12:00 PM
Partnership Café & Complimentary Lunch — three facilitated CHEWS-pillar rounds with reports-back and open networking
2:00 PM
Afternoon Panel — "Heritage in Practice: Wellness, Land, and the Partnerships That Make It Work"
3:00 PM
Closing Keynote — "Building Legacy"
3:45 PM
Sovereignty Wrap-Up & Next Steps — reflections, commitments, and a clear path forward

Full program details  →

100 for the 400
Community Weavers

One hundred people across Virginia who have preserved African American cultural heritage — remembered for those who came before, recognized for those among us today — will be named, honored, and entered into the permanent record at the Symposium on April 24.

Nominate a Community Weaver  →

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State of Cultural Heritage in Virginia Symposium  ·  April 24, 2026  ·  Henrico, Virginia