Breakout Session Tracks
Pull Up 4 Peace 2026 features 11 dynamic breakout session tracks, designed to meet people where they are and take them to the next level.
Each track offers focused conversations, practical tools, and real-world strategies led by experts, frontline leaders, and lived-experience voices from across the country.
Whether you’re just starting out or leading at a high level, there’s a space for you to grow.
1. Violence Intervention & Street Outreach
This track centers the real work happening on the ground. Learn strategies from credible messengers and outreach workers who are actively interrupting violence and saving lives.
2. Healing & Trauma Recovery
Focused on emotional and mental wellness, this track provides tools and practices to support healing—for individuals, families, and entire communities.
3. Reentry, Redemption & Second Chances
Explore solutions and support systems for justice-impacted individuals. This track highlights pathways to successful reentry, leadership, and long-term stability.
4. Youth Leadership & Development
Empowering the next generation to lead with confidence and purpose. Sessions focus on mentorship, youth voice, and building future leaders.
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5. Women in Leadership & Healing Spaces
A powerful space centering women—especially those directly impacted—focusing on leadership, healing, empowerment, and sisterhood.
6. Public Health & Violence Prevention
This track explores violence as a public health issue, highlighting data-driven strategies and community-based solutions that address root causes.
7. Policy, Advocacy & Systems Change
Learn how to influence policy, navigate systems, and push for meaningful change at the local, state, and national levels.
8. Faith, Spirituality & Community Healing
Exploring the role of faith leaders and spiritual practices in restoring communities, supporting healing, and guiding transformation.
9. Organizational Development & Funding
Designed for leaders and founders, this track focuses on building strong organizations, securing funding, and sustaining long-term impact.
10. Media, Storytelling & Narrative Change
Take control of the narrative. Learn how to use media, storytelling, and communications to shift perceptions and amplify community voices.
11. Technology, Innovation & Data for Justice
Explore how technology, digital tools, and data can be used to support violence prevention, track impact, and create smarter solutions.
Find Your Track. Find Your People. Level Up.
Each track is more than a session—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow with people who understand your work and your purpose.
Conference Structure:
Work, Healing & Celebration
Pull Up 4 Peace 2026 is intentionally designed as a three-day experience, taking place June 23rd through June 25th, that balances learning, healing, connection, and action.
This is not a conference where you just sit and listen. This is a space where you move, engage, reflect, and build—throughout the entire experience.
Each day is structured to give participants a rhythm that allows them to grow professionally, recharge emotionally, and connect meaningfully.
Daily Flow
Each day of the conference follows a consistent flow so attendees can fully experience every layer of the movement:
Morning – Main Stage & Plenaries
We start together. Mornings are anchored by powerful main stage sessions featuring national leaders, frontline voices, survivors, and movement builders setting the tone for the day.
Midday – Breakout Sessions & Workshops
Participants choose from multiple tracks and sessions designed for skill-building, strategy, and real-world application. This is where learning gets personal and practical.
Afternoon – Deep Dives, Film & Networking
The experience expands into storytelling, film screenings, interactive discussions, and opportunities to connect with organizations, partners, and peers from across the country.
Evening – Community, Celebration & Culture
Evenings are about connection and celebration. From networking events to signature experiences, this is where relationships are built and the culture of the movement comes alive.
Standing Against Violence Everywhere
Violence doesn’t just live in one place—and neither does this movement.
Pull Up 4 Peace stands in the gap for communities everywhere that are impacted by violence, trauma, and loss. From big cities to small neighborhoods, from public housing to school systems, from street corners to policy rooms—this work is happening, and it matters.
We believe that violence is not just a public safety issue. It’s a public health crisis, a community issue, and a human issue. And the solutions don’t come from the outside—they come from the people who live it, breathe it, and are committed to changing it.
That’s why Pull Up 4 Peace brings together voices from across the country—frontline workers, survivors, leaders, and advocates who are standing up every day to interrupt violence, heal trauma, and rebuild lives.
This movement is about:
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Interrupting cycles of violence
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Investing in healing and restoration
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Creating opportunities for those most impacted
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Building safer, stronger communities from within
No matter where you’re from, this is your fight too.
Because standing up against violence isn’t just a moment—it’s a commitment.
It’s a responsibility.
It’s a movement.
And we’re pulling up—everywhere.
What to Expect
Pull Up 4 Peace 2026 is not just something you attend—it’s something you experience.
From the moment you walk in, you’ll feel the energy of a room filled with people who understand the work, the weight, and the purpose behind it. This is a space where you can show up fully—whether you’re coming to learn, heal, connect, or lead.
Here’s what you can expect over three powerful days, June 23rd through June 25th:
🔥 Powerful Conversations
Hear from national leaders, frontline workers, survivors, and change-makers who are doing the work every day. These are real conversations—honest, unfiltered, and solution-driven.
🛠️ Hands-On Learning
Choose from sessions across 11 tracks designed to give you tools you can actually use. Whether it’s outreach strategies, organizational growth, or policy—this is about real-world impact.
💛 Healing & Wellness Spaces
The work is heavy—and this space honors that. Expect intentional moments for reflection, restoration, and healing so you can reset and recharge.
🤝 Real Connections
You won’t just exchange business cards—you’ll build relationships. Meet people from across the country who are walking a similar path and ready to collaborate.
🎤 Storytelling & Culture
From film to live storytelling, this conference creates space for voices that are often unheard. Our stories matter—and they help drive change.
👟 Signature Experiences
This is where the movement comes alive outside the sessions:
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Poolside networking experience
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White Party celebration
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Sneaker Ball & Awards
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Pull Up 4 Peace March
🚀 A Shift in You
You’re not leaving the same way you came.
You’ll leave with:
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New tools and strategies
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Stronger connections
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A renewed sense of purpose
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And the energy to keep going
This is more than a conference.
It’s a reset.
It’s a reminder.
It’s a movement you become a part of.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Pull Up 4 Peace is more than a conference—it’s a national movement focused on healing, leadership, and community transformation. Created to address violence, trauma, and systemic inequities, it brings together frontline leaders, credible messengers, survivors, advocates, and organizations committed to real change.
In its inaugural year, Pull Up 4 Peace united hundreds of leaders from over 20 states and 150+ organizations, creating a powerful space for healing, connection, strategy, and impact.
Now returning June 23–25, 2026, the three-day national convening will continue equipping communities through leadership development, healing-centered practices, workforce training, youth empowerment, and systems change.
This is where healing meets action—and where the movement grows stronger together.
