Engaging with the Community

Now in its 29th year, the Counseling Psychology annual Diversity Conference explores the diverse ways in which helping professionals across disciplines impact communities through action, research, and practice across local, national, and international contexts. Over the years it has explored intersectionality and advocacy, marginalized communities, creating a climate of inclusion, culturally conscious research and practice, building bridges, privilege, barrier awareness, social justice and multiculturalism, and invisible identities, among others.

The 29th annual Diversity Conference is March 3, 2023 from 2:00-6:00pm in the Campus Center Boardroom. The theme is Helping Professionals as Community Advocates and will feature a keynote by Dr. Alice Green.

This free, student-run conference is open to all students, faculty, and community members to attend all or part of the day. Join us as we learn more about the myriad ways that helping professionals can ensure that community members are being heard and address barriers to their well-being. Flyer.

The Equity in Transition Summit sponsored by the Division of Special Education engages stakeholders representing multiple perspectives in a problem solving discussion of issues of intersectionality for people with disabilities as they enter adulthood. This year's summit will focus on Responding to Community Needs: Innovations in Transition Research & Practices and will feature a keynote by Audrey A. Trainor, PhD, from New York University. As always the summit focus will include the sharing of resources, knowledge, and perspective as we continue conversations in a network of partners to educate and advocate for holistic support and programming considering actionable collaborations.

October 24, 2022, 10am-2pm on Zoom. Register by Oct 20 >

The SOE Wednesday edTrends series (formerly known as Community Conversations) brings together local educators and mental health practitioners, as well as educators across the globe to explore leadership, equity, mindfulness, and remote teaching and learning with SOE faculty and experts in their fields.

The Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA) has engaged educators and their schools in addressing challenges, embracing opportunities, and creating positive, lasting outcomes for students for more than 70 years. Ensuring every child has an equal chance for success requires understanding the unique challenges and barriers they may face and providing supports to help them overcome those barriers. Making sure students have what they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond is a priority for CASDA.

NYKids aims to inform educators and others about school performance in comparison to other schools in the state, inspire educators through case studies and other reports of promising practices in odds-beating schools, and improve schools through professional development in continuous improvement processes. Current research examines differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education workforce.