The next CommUnity Conference is scheduled for April 27th, 2026
The Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies will host the main site, and this year, we will include satellite sites across Wisconsin. Please see the site listing below for locations, call for proposals, and registration links.
For our 2026 CommUnity Conference, you can participate from all over Wisconsin! The CommNS is collaborating with partners from around the state to bring our CommUnity conference closer to your community. The CommNS will still be holding its full version of the conference, but this year it will be bolstered by coordination with other efforts and speakers, as well as the incorporation of some hybrid modalities. If you are a researcher, community member, student, faculty, or anyone who is passionate about civic health and would like to participate as a presenter or speaker, please register or apply to our call for proposals below.
If you are interested in becoming a satellite partner, please contact us here.
Our Call for Proposals Has Closed – thank you for the many high-quality submissions. We will notify those who proposed sessions of our final decisions soon. Session information will be made available on this site as we get closer to the event.
CommUnity Conference Main Site
Satellite Sites
The Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies – UW Madison
Location: Union South
1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
Please contact us with any inquiries at commns@sohe.wisc.edu
The Whitburn Center – UW Oshkosh
More information coming soon!
Mid-State Technical College
Location: The LEAD Center
Mid‑State Technical College / Stevens Point Downtown Campus
1001 Centerpoint Drive
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Please direct any inquiries to Ben Nusz at ben.nusz@mstc.edu
Dodgeville
More information coming soon!
More sites are coming!
While you wait for the conference, check out our Civic Health Meet-Ups
Participate in the CommNS’s monthly Civic Health of Wisconsin Meet-Ups!
This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with organizations and individuals to continue strengthening Wisconsin’s Civic Health!
For more information, please navigate to our Civic Health of Wisconsin webpage.
Please contact Mary Beth Collins (marybeth.collins@wisc.edu) or Costanza Generali (cgenerali@wisc.edu) for any questions.
Archive
Please note that the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies’ CommUnity Conference was previously called our Annual Event. Find the archive of session recordings and resources below.