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2025 CDS Annual Conference
July 6-9, 2025 - Geneva, NY
Theme: Innovative Pathways for Thriving Communities
Sub-themes: Technological Integration, People-Driven Solutions, Place-Based Collaboration
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Sunday, July 6
 

8:00am EDT

Conference Check-in Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

9:00am EDT

CDS Board Meeting (Old Board) Stern Hall - Room 117

10:00am EDT

*CANCELED* PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP #1

12:00pm EDT

PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP #2 (Registration Required) : Community Development: Concepts and Applications - Lead Presenter: Daniel Kahl Bartlett Theatre - Coxe HallDaniel Kahl • Hunter Goodman • Stacey McCullough • Natriez Peterson • Sreedhar Upendram • John Green • David Kay • Grace Langford • Patti Schmitt

1:00pm EDT

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #3 (Registration Required) - Using Journey Mapping to Ignite System Transformation - Lead Presenter: Raquel Taylor Stern Hall - Room 103Raquel Taylor • Mary Emery

3:00pm EDT

Lakeside Networking at FLX Welcome Center FLX Welcome Center

5:00pm EDT

New Member Orientation Bartlett Theatre - Coxe Hall

6:30pm EDT

Welcome Reception: Corridors of Community Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorSusan Monagan • Catherine Price
 
Monday, July 7
 

7:15am EDT

Conference Check-in Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

7:30am EDT

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #4 (Registration Required) - Climate Justice and Asset-Based Community Development: Stories from a Wetland - Lead Presenters: Nancy Gift and Deborah Puntenney Stern Hall - Room 203Nancy Gift • Deborah Puntenney PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #5 - Rosendale Heart & Soul (Registration Required) – A Case Study on Community Engagement in a Small New York Town - Lead Presenter: Ian Moran Bartlett Theatre - Coxe HallIan Moran PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #6 (Registration Required) - How a Map Can Make a Difference: Understanding and Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Community Programming - Lead Presenter: Josh Bowman Stern Hall - Room 301Josh Bowman PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #7 (Registration Required) - The Power of Facilitation: An innovative, responsive introduction to facilitation strategies and techniques for new audiences - Lead Presenters: Will Cronin... Stern Hall - Room 204Will Cronin • Bethany Prykucki PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #8 (Registration Required) - Fun, Simple, & Effective Tools for Community Vitality & Placemaking - Lead Presenter: Todd Johnson Stern Hall - Room 103Todd Johnson PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #9 (Registration Required) - Strengthening Communities Through Collective Impact: Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Literacy Initiative - Lead Presenters: Peter Budman and Heather Mi... Stern Hall - Room 201Peter Budmen • Heather Mills

9:30am EDT

Opening Session with Plenary Session: Place-Based Development and Empowerment Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorMaureen Ballatori • Gina Lee • Julia Hoyle • Sarah Gummoe

11:30am EDT

Boxed Lunch Pickup - 11:15am to 11:45am Scandling Center *CANCELED* MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #2 MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #1 (Registration Required) - Artistic Expression Meets Economic Development MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #3 (Registration Required) - Community History Through FLX Wine MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #4 (Registration Required) - Brewing Innovation: How FLX Breweries Express CED MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #5 (Registration Required) - Future of Farming and Food MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #6 (Registration Required) - Finger Lakes in AI Art: A Hands-On Workshop MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #7 (Registration Required) - Design to Honor History and Culture for the Future MOBILE LEARNING WORKSHOP #8 (Registration Required) - SERVICE PROJECT WITH BLUEPRINT KITCHEN

5:30pm EDT

Taste of the Finger Lakes Reception in Downtown Geneva Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship

7:00pm EDT

Showing of the Film "Sing Sing" (Free Admission for CDS Conference Attendees) Smith Center for the Arts (Smith Opera House)
 
Tuesday, July 8
 

8:00am EDT

Conference Check-in Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

8:30am EDT

*CANCELED* Thriving Communities: Community Profiling to Sustainable Development Stern Hall - Room 203 Enhancing leadership development programs and impact through international collaborations Stern Hall - Room 201Sarah Hultine Massengale • Wilson Majee • Juliet Chipumuro • Mzameli Dikeni • Claire Wolff Rippel Practical Modules for Community Empowerment: Taiwan’s Experience Influenced by Social Work Stern Hall - Room 201Yih-jiunn Lee Stories Inspire Community-wide Change Stern Hall - Room 201Victoria Solomon • Annie Jones Communities for Kids: The Origin Story and Early Stories of Partnership and Progress. Outdoor ClassroomRachel Sissel • Marti Beard • Lindsey Jarecki How can community development theory and practice help make refugee resettlement more successful? Stern Hall - Room 103Caitlin Bletscher • Stephen Jeanetta • Dave Mammen A Change Through Culture approach to Promote Community-Driven Development Stern Hall - Room 204Judi Aubel • Mamadou Coulibaly Empowering Scholars Through Collaborative Scholarship Initiatives: The Ethio-China Scholarship Hub Model Stern Hall - Room 204Tewekel Melese Gemechu • Addishiwot Alemu Power Analysis of Community Land Trust Efforts in Three Cities Stern Hall - Room 204A.T. Harrison • Josh Newton • Andrew Born All Things Nebraska Stern Hall - Room 203Katelyn Larson Regional Knowledge Center (RNC): A Place-Based Collaboration Stern Hall - Room 203Ayala Cohen • Edith Blit-Cohen • Anat Freund Trends and Opportunities in Community Development Research: Insights for Emerging and Established Scholars Stern Hall - Room 301Craig Talmage • Norman Walzer • Rhonda Phillips • Sofia Kotsiri Bayou Bytes: How Louisiana Parks are Connecting Online Stern Hall - Room 303Leigh Hersey • Goun Ji Geographic Facebook communities: fostering connectivity within and between communities. Stern Hall - Room 303Edith Blit-Cohen Inclusive Broadband Expansion: Empowering Local Communities Stern Hall - Room 303Jessica Beckendorf • Gail Huycke

9:45am EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

10:30am EDT

Student Chapter Workshop Session Stern Hall - Room 103Tanner C. Knorr, Ph.D. • Kelsey Davis • Daniel Kahl Building Resilience Leadership and Placemaking: DMA’s Community Visioning and Youth-Led Mural Project Stern Hall - Room 117Lisha Shrestha • Lorena Mora Building Resilient Communities with the Help of Healing-Informed Social Imaginaries Stern Hall - Room 303Dr. Julika von Stackelberg Community Council Empowerment Pilot Project Stern Hall - Room 117Kevin James Evolution of the Institutional Review Board in Community Based Research Stern Hall - Room 303Sarah Toledano • Cynthia Bott From community development to community capacity building: a systematic approach in Taiwan Stern Hall - Room 117Ya-Huei Hsu Translating Local Knowledge into Regional Impact: How Learning in Polycentric Governance Systems Informs the “6 Regions, One Nebraska” Initiative Stern Hall - Room 303Dr. Josie Schafer Community based innovative and collaborative solutions to advance resilience of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus Stern Hall - Room 301Felix Fernando Journey Mapping: Exploring How Food and Farm Business Owners Navigate a Midwest State Food System Stern Hall - Room 301Raquel Taylor • Rulon Taylor • Mary Emery Seeding Thriving Urban and Rural Farm Communities - Co-created Participatory Education for Beginning Farmers Stern Hall - Room 301Mariel Borgman • Vicki Morrone Building Resilient Communities through Social Entrepreneurship and Collaborative Innovation Stern Hall - Room 201Boitumelo Moitshela • Prof Kefilwe Ditlhake Examining Longitudinal Trends in Community Leadership Structures Stern Hall - Room 204Lindsay Hastings • Justine Yeo • Mary Emery • Jordan Rasmussen From Bowling Alleys to Social Networks: Evolving Metrics of Community Connectedness and Their Economic Implications Stern Hall - Room 203Andrew Van Leuven • Trey Malone Growing Intellectual Capital from Community-University Partnerships: Case Studies from Rural Health in Australia Stern Hall - Room 203Lisa Bourke Health Migration in Rural Jharkhand: Addressing Structural Disparities through Community-Driven Healthcare Solutions Stern Hall - Room 204Keshav Sawarn • Hari Charan Behera Rainbow Chambers of Commerce Building Social Capital Across the United States Stern Hall - Room 203Patsy Kraeger • Umar Ghuman Rank's Place-based philanthropy: A Case Study Stern Hall - Room 204Janis Petzinger Extension in the Digital Age: Empowering Communities through Digital Skills Stern Hall - Room 304Cheyanne Geideman • Gina Avila Promoting Technology Adoption and Awareness to Invigorate Digital Equity in Rural Communities Stern Hall - Room 304Yolanda Surrency • Terrence Wolfork The Power of Presence: Strengthening Rural Communities through Parental Engagement and Technology Stern Hall - Room 304Dr. Shequite Johnson • Derrick Johnson • Kentaro Johnson

11:45am EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

12:00pm EDT

Luncheon and Plenary Session: People-Based Approaches to Community Change Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorSarah Kirk • Amie Hendrix • John Sipple • Craig Talmage • Frank Sykes • Steven Schultz • Cassandra Lundgren

1:30pm EDT

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby

1:45pm EDT

International Connections Session - Pilot for the CDS International Chapter Stern Hall - Room 201Kathy Lopez Why and How Belonging Matters for Resilient Rural Communities Stern Hall - Room 103Megen O'Toole Collective Transformative Learning to Build Consensus for Change Stern Hall - Room 304Judi Aubel New Perspectives with Ripple Effects Mapping: Spiraling Up of Community Capitals with Rural Youth and Extension Volunteers Through Tough Times Stern Hall - Room 304Carrie Shofner • Debra Hansen Sustaining Inclusion: Dialogue-to-Change Strategies for Systemic Transformation Stern Hall - Room 304Anuradha Choudhary • Justine Yeo • Mary Emery • Marcia Ostrom Examination of socio-cultural factors influences the involvement of youth in entrepreneurship in South African local municipality Stern Hall - Room 301Nobela Hlanganani Andronicah Helping poor communities to break the cycle of poverty through social entrepreneurship Stern Hall - Room 301Peter Mbuli Advocacy for Neighborhood Leaders Stern Hall - Room 203Dwayne T. James, PE, EdD • Claire Wolff Rippel Research on the Actual Usage and Support of “Local Childrearing Support Center Services” for Foreign Parents and Children in Japan Stern Hall - Room 203Chiaki Ogawa • Fusako Yamamoto • Junko Ono • Satoko Okano “Planting the Seeds of Change: The Challenges and Opportunities of Multi-Layered Community Engagement and Systems Change.” Stern Hall - Room 203Samantha Shaak • Darian Colbert • Yolanda Colbert • David Park Building Strong Communities: Regional Solutions for Affordable Housing in Indiana Stern Hall - Room 303Elizabeth Druback-Celaya • Benjamin Harris • Jefferson Reece Fostering Innovative Collaborative Partnership for Social Service Professionals in Community Development Stern Hall - Room 204Ditlhake Kefilwe Johanna From Multi-Level Governance to Public-Private Partnership_Strategies for Sustaining Local Railroads in Pennsylvania Stern Hall - Room 204SOUNGNAM MOON Innovating for Belonging: The Role of Community Leaders in Fostering Innovation and Sustaining Community Networks Stern Hall - Room 204Mamodise Mailula Lived Experiences of Housing Informality in North Texas: Resident Non-Compliance in an Unincorporated Subdivision Stern Hall - Room 303Josh Newton Innovative Practice for Street Vendors in Community Development to Enhance Income Generating Activities Stern Hall - Room 117SBUSISO MKHONZA Partnerships and Citizen Engagement for Appropritae Technology Transfer Stern Hall - Room 117M. Ann Howard • Carlos Santana • Naveen Sharma Solar power and place: Perceptions of community change from large-scale solar development across three regions in rural New York State Stern Hall - Room 117Kathryn Walsh • David Kay • Richard Stedman

3:00pm EDT

Break: Research Poster Presentation, Silent Auction, Exhibitors Stern Hall Lobby RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: A Scientometric Analysis and Visualisation of Livelihood Research in Sub-Saharan Mountain Regions. Stern Hall LobbyGrey Magaiza • Jerit Dube • Zandile Mncube RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Compassion as a Form of Care for a Broken World, Theme of an Ethnographic Study at Willows Methodist Church (WMC) in Pretoria Stern Hall LobbyDiasonama (Dias) Bongo RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Fostering The Use of Existing Assets to Create Innovative Solutions for Communities to Eradicate Unemployment Stern Hall LobbyPuseletso Lefakane RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Hawkinsville, Georgia Design Charrette – Innovative Ideas to Implementation in Five Years Stern Hall LobbySherrié Raleigh • Jennifer M. Lewis RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Peoples Diplomacy and Rights of Nature: Dialogues to Foster Just Ecology Stern Hall LobbySandra Kurian RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Strategies to Manage Community Resistance to PreK-12 Racial Equity Initiatives: Toward a Framework of Effective Implementation Drivers. Stern Hall LobbyDr. Pamela Denise Long RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: The Ergonomics of Community-Centered Entrepreneurial Development Systems Stern Hall LobbyNeil Linscheid RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: The Transformative Power of Social and Solidarity Economy and its Role in Localizing Sustainable Development Goals in the Philippines Stern Hall LobbyMary Ann R. Santiago RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Building Places, Building Community Stern Hall LobbyLeigh Hersey • B. Kathleen Gallagher RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Everyone is talking about “belonging” but what does it really mean to be a part of a community? Stern Hall LobbyKatie Flowers RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: From Classrooms to Communities: LEAP Charter Schools as Catalysts for Social Change in Puerto Rico Stern Hall LobbyKathy Lopez • Kandace Diedrick • Mnguashima Valentina Soomiyol RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION: Researchers’ Perception of Challenges and Opportunities of Working in Small Communities Stern Hall LobbyDaniel Adama • Raquel Taylor • Mary Emery

3:45pm EDT

How to Center Lived Experiences to Drive Stronger Economic Mobility Initiatives Stern Hall - Room 201Marc Allen • Jenny Huang • Christopher Chang Building Social Infrastructure: Neighborhood Action Tables as Pathways to Power Stern Hall - Room 204Madhavi Reddy Effectiveness of non-formal educational centers for inclusive community development Quetta, Pakistan Stern Hall - Room 204Hameed ul Mehdi • Arbab Liaquat Ali In Pursuit of Place: Developing Resilient & Meaningful Communities Stern Hall - Room 204Todd Barman • Todd Johnson Bridging Gaps and Building Futures: Foster Care Training in the Delta Regional Authority States Stern Hall - Room 303Courtney Harris • Leigh Hersey Civil Leadership for Vibrant Communities: Building Bridges through Partnering for Deliberative Dialogue Stern Hall - Room 203David Kay • Victoria Solomon • Jessica Beckendorf Englewood Rising Stern Hall - Room 303Cecile De Mello • Sonseriya Williams • Steven Johnson Enhancing belonging and connectedness: innovative pathways for community development Stern Hall - Room 301Lisa Gilchrist How do we get people-driven solutions without the ‘people?’: Exploring innovative, inclusive strategies to recruitment challenges in community-based research Stern Hall - Room 203Caitlin Bletscher • Alexia Beem How Does Cooperative Extension Transform its Rural Community Development Program Approach to Engage Growing Urban Communities? Stern Hall - Room 301Jerry Braatz Indigenous-Led Community Development & Placemaking: Centering Iyadvnelidasdi Stern Hall - Room 303Tiffanie Hardbarger Innovative Practice and Human Rights issues in Community Development Stern Hall - Room 301Mthobisi Hadebe Roots of Disparity: Unpacking Healthcare Inequality in Jharkhand's Rural Districts Stern Hall - Room 203Keshav Sawarn • Hari Charan Behera A meta-analysis of climate change-related content over 55 years in the Journal of the Community Development Society Stern Hall - Room 117Paul Lachapelle • Felix Fernando A Silver Lining in the Every Student Succeeds Act: Community School Models and Foster Youth Success Stern Hall - Room 304Jia Shealy • Courtney Harris A structured cross-sectoral leadership development process for innovation and impact Stern Hall - Room 117Kathy Quick Development Aid Projects: Community Development and Peacebuilding in Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Stern Hall - Room 117Noor Elahi (PhD) State and County Economic Growth Using Community Capitals Framework Stern Hall - Room 304Jaime Chua • Michael Patrick Strengthening Local & Regional Economies: Key Strategies Stern Hall - Room 103Lionel "Bo" Beaulieu • Heather Stephens • Xiaoyin Li • Indraneel Kumar • Doug Arbogast The Economic Wellbeing Formula: A Tool for Understanding the Intersection of Demographics and Economics Stern Hall - Room 304Fernando Quijano

5:00pm EDT

CDS Membership Committee Meeting Coxe Hall - Coxe 1 CDS Programs Committee Meeting Coxe Hall - Coxe 7 CDS Stewardship & Finance Committees Meeting Coxe Hall - Coxe 8

6:30pm EDT

Awards Banquet & Live Auction Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor
 
Wednesday, July 9
 

8:00am EDT

CDS Annual Business Meeting (All CDS Members Welcome to Attend) Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor Conference Check-in Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

9:15am EDT

Break Stern Hall Lobby

9:30am EDT

Building Community Resilience Through Community-Driven Dialogue: A Two Year Case Study in Rural Colorado Stern Hall - Room 301Patti Schmitt Keystone Collective Impact: Community-Based Collaboration Addressing Systems Level Transformation Stern Hall - Room 301Jamison J Malcolm • Mark A Brennan Migrants and Community Quality of Life: Lessons from Indiana as a Place-Based Case Study for Thriving Rural Communities Stern Hall - Room 301Hossein Mousazadeh • Jason Ware A 3-continent effort: A collaborative curriculum development of an interdisciplinary specialisation in Digital Storytelling for Community Development Stern Hall - Room 304Juliet Chipumuro • Mrs Angela Poort • Mzameli Dikeni • Wilson Majee IPTP to Foster Diplomacy of Environmental Governance Stern Hall - Room 304Sheila Gruner • Sandra Kurian Strengthening Civic Leadership Stern Hall - Room 304Daniel Kahl • Sarah Congleton • Adriana Palmer • Amy Cloud Neolocalism and Craft Breweries: Navigating the Authenticity Dilemma in Community Development Stern Hall - Room 204Craig Talmage • Josh Newton • Matthew Mars • Caitlin Bletscher Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship Stern Hall - Room 204Neil Linscheid • Gwynn Stewart • Ami Choi • Kyle White Diné (Navajo) Research Approaches and Implications for Community Development Stern Hall - Room 103Tanner C. Knorr, Ph.D. A new library model that includes local community: The case of the “Town-Wide Library” Stern Hall - Room 203Satoko Okano • Keiichiro Kokubo • Chiaki Ogawa • Fusako Yamamoto • Junko Ono Building a More Vibrant Bulloch County Stern Hall - Room 303Jayce Sudweeks • Dr. Candice Pippin Bodkin Community and Student Impacts in Rural West Virginia Communities with the Fulcrum Project Stern Hall - Room 203Peter Butler • Udday Datta Reimagining a “Legacy Program:” Learnings from the collaborative redesign of University of Minesota Extension’s Bridging cohorts Stern Hall - Room 303Abbey Guggisberg STRIPES: STudying Real Issues, Places and ExperienceS Stern Hall - Room 303Michael Friedman Rural America in the 2020s: Shocks, Stressors, and Successes Relevant to Community Development Stern Hall - Room 201John Green • David Peters • Peter Nelson • Roberto Gallardo • Paige Kelly

10:45am EDT

Break Stern Hall Lobby

11:00am EDT

Livelihood transitions in former homelands of South Africa: A case study of QwaQwa and Transkei Stern Hall - Room 103Grey Magaiza Working Toward Systemic Change in Community-Based Literacy Instruction Stern Hall - Room 103Peter Budmen • Karis Jones • Alex Corbitt Culture, Language, Place and Belonging: The Sault Malayalee Association and the Transnational Cultivation of Associational Life Stern Hall - Room 204Sean Meades • Sandra Kurian Highlighting Stories of Community Resilience through Ripple Effects Mapping Stern Hall - Room 204Holli Arp Advancing Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Leadership Programs for Latiné Communities in Minnesota Stern Hall - Room 201Guillermo Narvaez Better Places: Empower Your Community to Create Vibrant Public Places Stern Hall - Room 203Ebrahim Varachia • Gary Holloway • Samantha Davidson Green More than a third place: Public libraries’ role in equitable community development Stern Hall - Room 203Kristina M. Patterson The Role of Latino High School Students as Data Collectors in Community-Based Participatory Research Stern Hall - Room 201Melinda Grismer

12:00pm EDT

Luncheon with Closing Session: Technology-Based Innovation for Rural Futures Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd FloorChris Smart • Jacob Maslyn • Maureen Ballatori

2:00pm EDT

CDS Board Meeting (New Board) Stern Hall - Room 117
 

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