Nearly 40 organizations will partner with the Bush Foundation to produce bushCONNECT 2016, an event that brings together more than 1,100 people to build and strengthen connections among leaders and leadership networks across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography.

The Foundation selected 18 organizations, representing a range of sectors and communities, to recruit attendees for its third bushCONNECT event, which will be held May 9, 2016, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Recruitment partners will identify as many as 30 people from their network to attend bushCON. Working with a diverse group of organizations to recruit attendees helps ensure bushCON is an event where someone can create connections with people they might not otherwise have a chance to meet, said Bush Foundation Communications Director Dominick Washington. General admission tickets for bushCON go on sale in April.

The Foundation also selected more than 20 organizations to develop an eclectic array of workshops; programming that helps foster connections among attendees, develops valuable leadership skills, and inspires them to think bigger and differently about their work.

And for the first time, bushCON will offer a second day of programming at various locations throughout the Twin Cities. The second day will offer a range of skill-building programs and workshops. Washington said the Foundation expects to announce additional programming partners in the coming months, as well as keynote and featured speakers.

Recruitment Partners:

Center for Technology & Business – ND
Cooperative Development Fund of CDS – ND
Council on American-Islamic Relations – MN
Global Shapers Minneapolis Hub – MN
Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia – MN
IDEA Center – ND
Impact Foundation – ND
Impact Hub MSP – MN
Latino Economic Development Center – MN
The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center – SD
Minnesota Campus Compact – MN
Northwest Minnesota Foundation – MN
The Numad Group – SD
Public Functionary – MN
ServeYES! – MN, ND
Sanford Health – ND
State of Minnesota, Department of Management and Budget – MN
Wilder Center for Communities – MN

Programming Partners:

Cleveland Neighborhood Association – MN
Eyeo Festival – MN
Flip Phone LLC – MN
Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia – MN
Greater than the Sum – MN
Guthrie Theater – MN
Ignite Minneapolis – MN
jabber logic – MN
James P. Shannon Leadership Institute – MN
Juxtaposition Arts – MN
LOCUS – MN
Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute – MN
Minnesota Campus Compact – MN
Minnesota Humanities Center – MN
Minnesota Rising – MN
The Musicant Group – MN
The Numad Group – SD
Pollen – MN
Ready Go – MN
Springboard for the Arts – MN
Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Initiative – MN
The Theater of Public Policy – MN
Youth Frontiers, Inc – MN