Events Calendar 2023 

We want to hold space for you and all of us to be present to one another, share ideas and inspiration, and promote new collective action.

Participation in some of these events, both online and in-person, is by invitation only or limited to members of special Synergos networks (such as the Global Philanthropists Circle); contact your Synergos relationship manager or collaborate@synergos.org for more information.

Synergos Collaborative Communities:

Shifting the Food System Collaborative Community Meeting
Virtual Session, March 28
The Food Systems Collaborative Community will engage members interested in using food as tool for social and environmental change.

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting
Virtual Session, March 30
This meeting will engage philanthropists and practitioners that seek to learn, share, and collectively implement programs which promote the use of dialogue.

BEING LOVE: Session 1: About Love - Introduction to the Being Love Journey
Virtual Session, April 6
Krueger & Lee hosts this introductory session to their annual forum, with this year focusing on Compassionate Love. In this first meeting, we will discuss why we chose “compassionate love” as the focus of this year’s journey. We will explore the definitions of compassionate love and its importance in the flourishing of personal lives as well as societies. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

Climate & Environment Collaborative Community Meeting
Virtual Session, April 20

BEING LOVE: Session 2: Love Actually - The Challenges of Selfless Love
Virtual Session, May 4
Krueger & Lee hosts this session on why compassionate or neighborly love has often been regarded warily, which is partly why it is so important in spiritual traditions. This type of love signals a perception of the unity of humanity and a capacity to sacrifice one’s own good for a stranger. In this session, we will explore the challenges of this love by looking at its personal demands and social ramifications as found in the literature and religions of different cultures. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Awards Gala
Guastavinos, Manhattan, New York, May 9
Join us for an evening of inspiration about how we can create positive change by deepening trust, strengthening collaboration, and releasing the energy and ideas of individuals, communities, and organizations around the world. At the event, we will honor outstanding global leaders. GPC Membership provides each member family with two tickets to this event. To purchase additional tickets or sponsor the event, contact your Synergos Philanthropy Partner.

Synergos Global Gathering: GPC Annual Members Meeting
Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan, New York, May 10
Join your fellow GPC members, guests and bridging leaders in the field of social change for our annual landmark event that brings together our community. This year, as Synergos aims to drive forward our members taking action through collaborating as a community, our Gathering will focus on “Shaping the Future of Philanthropy Together”. The program has been designed to be an immersive experience where members will be given space to learn from one another, connect and be inspired, as we lay the groundwork for bridging divides and working in collaboration.

Synergos Global Gathering: Spiritual Civilization Meeting
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, Tarrytown, New York, May 11
This gathering brings together philanthropic leaders who are active and interested in what can be done to increase consciousness in society of the ideals that drive members of society to help each other and work towards the greater good. We will be examining themes like love and our interconnectedness.

Synergos Global Gathering: Montana Retreat Reunion
Peggy Dulany's Residence, Tarrytown, New York, May 11-12
Past Montana Retreat participants are invited to come together to refocus, reconnect, and recommit to their retreat experience at our Reunion. The program is a part of our Synergos Global Gathering Week, and will include guided time together, small groups breakouts, time spent in nature, and participant networking (by year of retreat attendance).

BEING LOVE: Session 3: What's Love Got To Do With It? - Love & Flourishing
Virtual Session, June 8
Krueger & Lee hosts this session on research on adult development shows that good relationships are a key to a healthy and happy life. Love matters. We will be discussing the lessons from one of the longest-running studies on adult life ever conducted. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

Shifting the Food System Collaborative Community Meeting
Virtual Session, June 15
The Food Systems Collaborative Community will engage members interested in using food as tool for social and environmental change.

Becoming a Heart-Centered Leader
Big Bear Retreat Center, Southern California, June 15-17
Step outside of your daily routine and environment to a space where you can sharpen your purpose, as you connect it to impact. This program is designed to support a younger generation of philanthropists and social investors to become bridging leaders to create a world built on trust, which is just, equitable, peaceful, and regenerative.

Climate & Environment Collaborative Community Meeting
Virtual Session, June 22

Natural Wisdom: A Retreat at Channel Rock
Cortes Island, British Colombia, Canada, June 25-29
Synergos invites you to slow down, be in community, and listen to your environment, as well as your body and heart. Led by Synergos Chair Peggy Dulany and Vice Chair Elliott Donnelley II, at our Natural Wisdom Retreat, you will explore how caring for oneself, and the earth, can bring about individual and global transformation.

BEING LOVE: Session 4: The Superheroes of Love - The Stories of Metaphysical Love
Virtual Session, July 6
Krueger & Lee hosts this session on legendary stories of people who experienced almost an ethereal, transcendent type of love, beyond physical desire and ego-driven needs. We will immerse ourselves in the love stories of Rumi and Shams, Dante and Beatrice, and many others. Is this a type of love to aspire to or are they unusual and special happenings? We will discuss what lessons these unique stories offer us today. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

BEING LOVE: Session 5: Where Is The Love? - Building a More Loving Organization
Virtual Session, September 7
Do today’s organizations enable us to flourish? Is this the best that our workplaces can be? How can organizations make us feel “safe” and that everybody matters? Krueger & Lee will host a session on real-life cases of how some companies have transformed their culture to build more loving organizations. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

Synergos Montana Retreat
 J Bar L, Montana, September 10-17
The Montana Retreat allows participants to set aside their daily routine and environment, providing space in an undisturbed, natural setting to clarify and sharpen individual life purpose, increase awareness, and become more effective in social engagement work. Peggy’s J Bar L Ranch is located in Big Sky country on the border with Idaho. We hope you will be able to join us at the ranch in September.

BEING LOVE: Session 6
Virtual Session, September 28
Krueger & Lee host the final virtual session of their 2023 Forum: BEING LOVE. Participants must register for participation in this monthly series. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

BEING LOVE: In-Person Retreat
Switzerland, October 9-13
Krueger & Lee hosts a 4-night retreat is the gorgeous Swiss countryside as the culmination of their 2023 Forum: BEING LOVE. Participants must register for participation in this retreat. You can register here: kruegerandlee.com/forum-2023

Synergos Europe Gathering
Finca Bell-Lloc, Palamós, Spain, October 29 - November 1
Join members of the Global Philanthropists Circle & the Spiritual Civilization Collaborative Community to examine your philanthropic work and social investments through the lens of Synergos' bridging leadership approach. This approach has trust, collaboration, personal reflection and systems thinking at its heart, and enables us to tackle complex and systemic social inequalities. This immersive program has the aim of maximizing peer learning, exchange and inspiration, while providing interactive exercises that can be applied to increase each of our impact in the world.

March 2023

Synergos Intergeneration Day at Stone Barns
March 19

GPC Dinner in Northern California: Bridging Leadership in a Divided World
March 16

GPC Dinner in Southern California: Bridging Leadership in a Divided World
March 14

Spiritual Civilization Community Meeting
March 14

Bridging Equity in Food Systems
March 7

February 2023

Climate & Environment Community Meeting
February 28

Cocktail Reception in Honor of the Global Philanthropists Circle
February 21

Becoming a Heart-Centered Leader
February 9-11

January 2023

Network Visit to India
January 30 - February 3

Food Systems Community Brainstorm Session
January 17

Collective Action for the Amazon Collaborative Community Meeting
January 17

Network Visit to Mexico
January 10-13

December 2022

Synergos LatAm Gathering
December 8-9

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting
December 7

Spiritual Civilization Community Meeting
December 6

November 2022

Climate & Environment Community Meeting
November 3

October 2022

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting
October 26

Synergos Europe Gathering
October 23-25

Food Systems Collaborative Community Meeting
October 18

Celebrating 35 Years of Impact
October 12

Spiritual Civilization Community Meeting
October 11

Shining the Light on End-of-Life Matters
Workshop 1: Reimagining the End-of-Life Experience
October 6

September 2022

On Belonging: A Conversation on Inclusion
September 27

Philanthropy in Times of Great Political Divides in LatAm
September 23

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting
September 22

Montana Retreat at J Bar L Ranch
September 11-18

Synergos Spiritual Civilization Gathering
September 12

GPC Dinner Conversation on The Future of Philanthropy
September 13

August 2022

Lessons from the Amazon: Moving Beyond Conventional Philanthropy
August 23 • With Matt Portman & Danielle Rappaport, Amazon Investor Coalition

June 2022

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting
June 29

Climate & Environment Community Meeting
June 27

Global Dialogue Initiative Community Meeting & Retreat
June 15

Spirituality & Science Retreat, Human Flourishing: A Journey
June 12-15 • With Krueger & Lee and Fetzer

GPC @ Wellbeing Summit - Bilbao
June 3