"We must not just exercise our rights in the personal sense, we must exercise our rights in the civics sense and that means to begin with a decent dialogue--a Sunnylands dialogue of excellence, rationality, and intelligence."
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
United States Supreme Court
The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands
Recent Retreats
Since opening in March 2012, Sunnylands has hosted retreats on U.S. - Mexico relations, teaching math in K-12, homeland security, among others. They were planned and implemented to seek a meaningful outcome and/or make a distinctive contribution, taking advantage of Sunnylands’s location, history, and special qualities.
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Permitted Programs
The Annenbergs were explicit and prescient in their direction for the future use of Sunnylands, setting forth a range of permitted programs beginning with promoting world peace and international agreement.
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Our Mission
To address important issues facing the nation and the world and to serve as a sanctuary for generations of high-level national and world leaders seeking the privacy, the peace, and “the pause” needed for solving the most pressing issues of the day.
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Our Focus
Because Sunnylands is situated at the epicenter of regions vital to the United States in the 21st century, retreats will focus on the Americas, the Pacific Rim, and of course, California.
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