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About WREN
The Washington Regional Equity Network (WREN) brings together non-profit organizations
throughout Metropolitan Washington, DC, to create greater economic and social equity across
the region. Our goal is to define and work towards a set of specific near-term initiatives that
increases the commitment of regional leaders to equitable development and that places
equitable development at the center of regional priorities.
On May 10, 2005, more than fifty representatives from housing, social service and environmental
organizations from throughout the Metropolitan Washington region met in downtown DC. They
formed a delegation to attend the 2nd National Summit on Equitable Development, Social
Justice and Smart Growth sponsored by PolicyLink and the Funders’ Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities in Philadelphia, May 22-24, 2005. On June 7, delegation
members met again and agreed that the Washington Metropolitan region needed a network
dedicated to promoting regional equitable development.
Various working groups comprised of local funders,community based organizations, and
regional actors began conceptualizing and planning such a network. Some of these planners
attended the February 2006 Potomac Conference, which led them to accelerate their activities.
In September 2006, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington held a preliminary
Network meeting and began a search to create a secretariat for a network that would promote
equitable development and social justice in the Washington Metro region. In November 2006,
the Nonprofit Roundtable selected Justice and Sustainability Associates to host WREN's
secretariat.
throughout Metropolitan Washington, DC, to create greater economic and social equity across
the region. Our goal is to define and work towards a set of specific near-term initiatives that
increases the commitment of regional leaders to equitable development and that places
equitable development at the center of regional priorities.
On May 10, 2005, more than fifty representatives from housing, social service and environmental
organizations from throughout the Metropolitan Washington region met in downtown DC. They
formed a delegation to attend the 2nd National Summit on Equitable Development, Social
Justice and Smart Growth sponsored by PolicyLink and the Funders’ Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities in Philadelphia, May 22-24, 2005. On June 7, delegation
members met again and agreed that the Washington Metropolitan region needed a network
dedicated to promoting regional equitable development.
Various working groups comprised of local funders,community based organizations, and
regional actors began conceptualizing and planning such a network. Some of these planners
attended the February 2006 Potomac Conference, which led them to accelerate their activities.
In September 2006, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington held a preliminary
Network meeting and began a search to create a secretariat for a network that would promote
equitable development and social justice in the Washington Metro region. In November 2006,
the Nonprofit Roundtable selected Justice and Sustainability Associates to host WREN's
secretariat.