2025 CDS Annual Conference

2025 CDS Annual Conference

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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8:30am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

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

3:45pm EDT

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