Director of communication Steve Smith said those gathered were reminded that they are stronger together."It's about imagining doing something collectively that's great and stepping away from the hyper-individualistic nature that Americans can often fall into," he said.The event was reminiscent of a religious gathering with songs and sermons given by members of the organization.The message in each speech was the same: we are in this together."We all really do care about our collective future; we might just have a different way of arriving at that," said Smith.