Engaging with the Community

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Engaging with the Community
Annual Diversity Conference

Now in its 30th year, the Counseling Psychology annual Diversity Conference 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. This free, student-run conference is open to all students, faculty, and community members to attend all or part of the day.

At the 30th annual Diversity Conference, hear from local activists promoting equitable access to critical resources for people from marginalized communities, including speakers from BirthNet, Free Food Fridge Albany, and more.  The event takes place on Friday, March 8, 2024 at the Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library.  Flyer >

Equity in Transition Summit

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.

The 2023 summit, Enhancing Agency and Autonomy for Learners with Intersecting Identities, is October 16, 2023, 10am-2pm in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room. It features a keynote by Vilissa Thompson, LMSW,  founder and CEO of Ramp Your Voice!, and will focus on research and practice designed to promote equity at the point of transition with a particular focus on intersectionality, agency, autonomy, self-determination, and student strengths. As always, the summit 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.

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Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice

The Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice project begins from the premise that in order to change inequitable schooling systems, we must first imagine a better reality. With support from a UAlbany StAR grant, this public engagement project draws on the anti-racist scholarship of Bettina L. Love and concepts of freedom dreaming and the Black imaginary within the work of Robin D. G. Kelley. This project brings together K-12 educators, UAlbany students, authors, artists, faculty, K-12 students, and the broader community to create education freedom dreams to be exhibited in online and public spaces, as well as preserved in a living archive for ongoing research. Experience the online gallery >

Sharing freedom dreams for educational justice

An art exhibition reflects teacher and student quests for educational justice

What does equity in education look like? UAlbany exhibit featuring students, teachers explores topic

UAlbany's 'Freedom Dreaming' artwork selected for exhibition at Columbia Teachers College

edTrends

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.

CASDA

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

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.