The Dallas Festival of Ideas

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    • Mission & Vision
    • The Equitable City, 2017 Festival
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  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • The Equitable City, 2017 Festival
    • The United City [2016 Archive]
    • The Dallas Festival of Ideas [2015 Archive]
    • Other Festivals of Ideas
    • Dallas Festival of Ideas Videos
    • Take Action
      • Festival Forums
        • Physical City Forum
        • Healthy City Forum
        • Educated City Forum
        • Cultural City Forum
        • Entrepreneurial City Forum
      • Actions Speak Louder
      • Festival Action: Results
      • Get Involved/Event Registration
  • 2018 Festival
    • About the 2018 Festival
    • 2018 Schedule
    • Keynote Speakers
    • Breakout Session Speakers
    • Event FAQs
    • 2018 Festival Sponsors
    • Festival Registration
  • Register Now!
  • Donate & Support
    • Become a Festival Sponsor
    • How to Support

About: Mission & Vision

Mission

The mission of the Dallas Festival of Ideas is to help shape the city of the future by igniting, uniting, and energizing the people of Dallas through the power of ideas.

Vision

The vision of the Dallas Festival of Ideas is to be the leading Ideas Festival in the nation that fosters and executes action, creating a lasting, equitable legacy for the city of Dallas and its citizens.

We will do this by:

  • Curating a program that engages the senses through intellectual, emotional, and artful ideas
  • Creating effective collaborations that broaden partnerships and reduce silos across the city
  • Creating “action incubators” for developing and executing the ideas that come out of the festival
  • Assembling a diverse group of participants
  • Connecting disciplines and generations
  • Ensuring that the festival has free general admission to increase access to all
  • Ensuring that citizens’ voices are heard by fostering participation
  • Introducing fresh, emerging voices from the national and international stage
  • Creating a catalyst for defining what a world-class city is, and how its citizens can actively shape its future

In addition to contributions from our sponsors and partners, The Dallas Festival of Ideas is made possible by the forethought, hard work and collaboration of our spirited partners and committees. Through their efforts, The Festival is poised to take an exciting next step towards the transformation of each City.

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