Renaissance Weekend is the name for a recurring series of invitation-only gatherings founded and hosted by Linda and Philip Lader.
[1] A few other notable past participants include Hillary Clinton,[2] Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun,[2] Ruth Bader Ginsburg[3] and Stephen Breyer,[3] Donald Rumsfeld,[1] Daniel Schorr,[1] Wolf Blitzer[4] Buzz Aldrin,[3] and Mary Chapin Carpenter[4] among many others.
Organized several times throughout the year, each Renaissance Weekend consists of seminars, discussions, informal lectures and performances.
Among the 60 families who initiated the first Weekend on Hilton Head Island were Marian Wright Edelman, David Gergen, Fred Malek, Governors Richard Riley and Terry Sanford, Stan Smith, Diane Sawyer, and Tim Wirth[citation needed].
The criteria for invitation are professional innovation and/or distinction, potential contribution to the program's breadth and depth, and likely commitment to Renaissance's off-the-record, civility, non-partisan and non-commercial spirit and traditions.