I Am Still Here

A Gathering for the Women Who Never Stopped Showing Up.

Welcome to the Summit. We are so glad you are here.

October 25–27, 2026

Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center · Denton, Texas

This is your home base for the Summit, right in the MoMMAs Voices app. Find the event feed, the agenda and speakers, the venue map, dinner details, and how to take part in the storyboards, video testimony studio, and headshots.

New to the app? Tap the menu icon (☰) at the top left to open the event feed, chat channels, and member directory.

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Using the app

Getting around the app

Everything for the Summit lives in this app. Use the menu to move between the event feed, the chat channels, and the member directory.

Start here

Open the menu

Tap the menu icon ☰ at the top left of your screen. The menu lists every space you can visit. Tap Home any time to come back to this page.

Allow notifications when the app asks. That way schedule changes and reminders reach your phone during the Summit.
  1. Event feed. Tap 🌿 Summit 2026 — I’m Still Here for schedule updates, room changes, reminders, and photos. Post your own moments too.
  2. Chat channels. Tap 🤝 Summit Networking Lounge to introduce yourself, and 🧳 Travel & Room Share to plan rides, roommates, and arrival times.
  3. Member directory. Open the member directory from the menu to find other attendees, see their profiles, and send a direct message.
Open the Event Feed

Meet up before you arrive

Networking

Say hello

Introduce yourself in the Summit Networking Lounge. Share where you are from and what brings you to the Summit, and see who else is coming.

Summit Networking Lounge
Travel

Share a ride or a room

Coordinate airport rides, room shares, and arrival times with other attendees.

Travel and Room Share

Agenda and speakers

Three days together

The full schedule and speaker bios are on the Summit page. All general sessions are in the Equestrian Ballroom unless noted. Times are Central.

Agenda

Every session, time, and room

Sunday, October 25 through Tuesday, October 27.

View the Agenda
Speakers

The voices in the room

Meet your speakers and the MoMMAs Voices team, and read their bios.

Meet the Speakers
Also during the Summit:StoryboardsVideo testimony studioHeadshots (Monday)Health Beyond Pregnancy dinnerSelf-care room

Map and rooms

Find your way

All Summit rooms are inside the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center. Use the floor plan and room guide to get around.

The venue floor plan will appear here.

Equestrian Ballroom

General sessions, roundtables, lunch, one breakout each session, and the Monday after party.

Palomino

Breakout sessions and the Monday Preeclampsia Foundation dinner.

Pre-function space

Check-in, the storyboard station, and the Advocacy in Bloom gallery walk.

Arabian I

Video testimony studio.

Arabian II

Storyboard drop-off. Turn in your finished storyboard here.

Arabian III

Self-care room. A quiet place to rest, reset, and build your own self-care kit.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center

3100 Town Center Trail
Denton, TX 76201

Get directions

Monday, October 26 · 6:00 pm · Palomino

Health Beyond Pregnancy

Hosted by the Preeclampsia Foundation and free for all attendees. Join us in Palomino to learn more about your health beyond pregnancy. Dr. Ann Celi of Brigham and Women’s Hospital will speak.

Texas Smokehouse Menu

Texas Chili
Roasted Red Potato Salad
Barbeque Chickensmothered in our house rub
Smoked Briskethouse BBQ sauce
Grilled Corncilantro-lime butter, queso fresco, Mexican crema
Roasted Butternut SquashTexas goat cheese, candied pepitas, local honey and chipotle glaze
Jalapeño and Cheddar Corn Breadserved with a chili-lime butter
Chipotle and Peach CobblerHenry’s Mexican vanilla ice cream
Assorted Glass Dessertsbanana pudding, Oreo cookie, brownie pecan

Storyboards

Advocacy in Bloom

This Summit is full of advocacy already in motion. Advocacy in Bloom is a place to show that work: what you have done, what you are building next, and what you are dreaming toward. Board by board, the room builds a shared picture of what advocacy looks like across this community.

This is not about telling the hardest part of your story. It is a chance to show up as the advocate you already are.

Totally optional. Whether you have been advocating for years or you are just getting started, no experience is required. You are welcome to tour the boards either way.

How it works

  1. Download the prompt panels and fill in your answers. Answer as many prompts as you like.
  2. Save the file and email it to [email protected]. We will print your panels in color.
  3. At check-in Sunday or breakfast Monday, pick up your printed panels, a science-fair-style board, and decorating supplies at the storyboard station.
  4. Build your board at your own pace.
  5. Turn in your finished board at Arabian II by Monday lunch. Our team will set up the display.
  6. During Monday’s Storyboard Break, walk the room, talk, and get inspired.

When

Before the SummitFill in your panels and email them to us. We print them and have them ready for you.Sunday eveningPick up your board, printed panels, and supplies. Build at your own pace.Monday breakfastThe station stays open if you are finishing up or just arriving.Monday lunchTurn in your board at Arabian II. We set up the display.Monday 2:25 pmStoryboard Break: 45 minutes to tour the boards, meet each other, and be inspired.Monday and TuesdayBoards stay up throughout the Summit.

You do not have to answer every prompt or explain your board to anyone. If you want a hand, someone from our team will be right there. If you would rather build quietly on your own, that is welcome too.

Your prompts

1. My Definition of Advocacy Is…Finish the sentence, however it feels right to you. There’s no wrong answer.
2. What Advocacy Looks Like for MeWhat have you done? Share a project, a conversation, a policy win, a moment you showed up. Big or small, it counts.
3. What’s NextWhat are you working on or planning right now? Where is your advocacy headed?
4. The DreamIf there were no limits, no funding gaps, no red tape, what would you want your advocacy to build or change?
5. My WhyWhat’s the reason you keep showing up? Who or what is your why?
6. Just for FunDrop in something that fuels you: a favorite quote, a song lyric, a word you keep coming back to.
Arabian I

Video testimony studio

A calm, optional space to record a short reflection and add your voice to the story of this movement. There is no script and no rush.

  1. Start at the reflection table outside Arabian I. Take a card that says “I Am Still Here Because…” and write your statement if you like.
  2. Add your name and cell number to the sign-up sheet. We will text you when the studio is ready, so there is no waiting at the door.
  3. Inside, our team will ask two or three gentle prompts. Recording takes about 2 to 5 minutes.
  4. If you like, take a quick portrait holding your statement.

Prompts may include:

  • What brought you here this week?
  • What does “I Am Still Here” mean to you?
  • What keeps you in this work?
  • What gives you hope right now?
You can pause or stop at any time. Take all the time you need. The self-care room in Arabian III is open if you want a quiet moment before or after.
Monday · Headshots

Professional headshots

A professional photographer will be on site Monday to take free headshots. Location and times are posted at check-in.

  1. Wear what makes you feel like yourself. Solid colors photograph well.
  2. Stop by the headshot station during a break on Monday.
  3. Patient Family Partners: your new photo goes on your PFP profile.