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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8:00am 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