VELA Connect Washington, DC  

August 4-5  | Riggs Hotel | 900 F St NW 

There is no more fitting place to launch VELA Connect 2026 than Washington, D.C.

As America marks its 250th year, the Indie Education freedom movement finds itself at a genuine inflection point. Millions of families are choosing something different for their children, on their own terms. Thousands of founders are building the solutions families are looking for. Education freedom policies are being adopted more widely than at any point in modern history.

Join us at the historic Riggs Hotel for the first of five VELA Connect gatherings. Founders, donors, and champions of educational freedom will gather on the rooftop overlooking the capital for programming that reflects the urgency and ambition of this moment: where Indie Education is headed, what it will take to get there, and who is leading the way.

If you care about the future of education in America, you don't want to miss it.