Free Pasadena event brings residents, builders, nonprofits and local leaders together for healing, resources and long-term rebuilding after the 2025 wildfires

February 21, 2026, will mark one year since the Eaton and Palisades fires swept through Southern California, damaging communities from Altadena and Pasadena to Pacific Palisades and leaving families to confront loss and uncertainty.

On that anniversary, residents, neighbors, local leaders, builders, nonprofits and recovery partners will gather at the Pasadena Convention Center for “Stronger Together: A Solutions Summit,” a full-day, in-person event centered on healing, learning and rebuilding.

Organized by Rebuilding California, the summit is described as “about people first,” creating space for survivors to share experiences, access trusted resources and reconnect while rebuilding homes and lives.

Throughout the day, organizers say conversations will focus on “the things that matter most after loss: health and well-being, humanity and connection, community involvement, financial recovery, and rebuilding homes.”

Attendees are expected to hear from people with lived experience and from experts working on the ground, and to visit an Expo Hall and Resource Fair designed to connect families with practical support, rebuilding options and organizations committed to long-term recovery.

The summit’s framing as “post-disaster rebuilding as community movement” presents residents, builders, nonprofits and officials as co-producers of safer, more resilient California communities, with an emphasis on translating shared dialogue into long-term structural change after catastrophe.

Stronger Together: A Solutions Summit will run on Saturday, February 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, in Pasadena. For more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stronger-together-a-solutions-summit-tickets-1970550420353.