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Register for 2026 Summer Leadership & Advocacy Summit

Registration is now open for North Dakota United's third annual Summer Leadership & Advocacy Summit. Members can choose from sessions in Bismarck or West Fargo designed to strengthen leadership, organizing and advocacy skills while building stronger local associations.

We’re excited to announce that the 2026 Summer Leadership & Advocacy Summit is back for its third year, and this year we will be hosting in both Bismarck and West Fargo.

Bismarck
Monday, July 20, and Tuesday, July 21
Horizon Middle School

West Fargo
Thursday, July 23, and Friday, July 24
West Fargo High School

The 2026 Summer Leadership & Advocacy Summit will cover a range of topics to meet members where they are and provide them with the necessary skills to move to a place of agenda-driving leadership within their local association and beyond. Topics covered will be: Governance & Leadership, Organizing, Advocacy, Strategy & Fiscal Health, Leading the Profession, and more.

To register and learn more about the logistics, click here.

If you any questions, you can email [email protected].

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Cover of the Summer 2026 issue of United Voices, the official member magazine of North Dakota United. The cover features a collage of photos of 2027 North Dakota United Education Support Professional of the Year Dawn Ressler, a physical therapy assistant with Mandan Public Schools, working and playing with students. Headlines preview stories on public school advertising, legislators visiting a classroom, the universal school meals ballot measure and the 2026 Delegate Assembly.
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