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)

8:00am EDT

Conference Check-in

9:15am EDT

Break

9:30am EDT

Building Community Resilience Through Community-Driven Dialogue: A Two Year Case Study in Rural Colorado

9:30am EDT

Keystone Collective Impact: Community-Based Collaboration Addressing Systems Level Transformation

9:30am EDT

Migrants and Community Quality of Life: Lessons from Indiana as a Place-Based Case Study for Thriving Rural Communities

9:30am EDT

A 3-continent effort: A collaborative curriculum development of an interdisciplinary specialisation in Digital Storytelling for Community Development

9:30am EDT

IPTP to Foster Diplomacy of Environmental Governance

9:30am EDT

Strengthening Civic Leadership

9:30am EDT

Neolocalism and Craft Breweries: Navigating the Authenticity Dilemma in Community Development

9:30am EDT

Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship

9:30am EDT

Diné (Navajo) Research Approaches and Implications for Community Development

9:30am EDT

A new library model that includes local community: The case of the “Town-Wide Library”

9:30am EDT

Building a More Vibrant Bulloch County

9:30am EDT

Community and Student Impacts in Rural West Virginia Communities with the Fulcrum Project

9:30am EDT

Reimagining a “Legacy Program:” Learnings from the collaborative redesign of University of Minesota Extension’s Bridging cohorts

9:30am EDT

STRIPES: STudying Real Issues, Places and ExperienceS

9:30am EDT

Rural America in the 2020s: Shocks, Stressors, and Successes Relevant to Community Development

10:45am EDT

Break

11:00am EDT

Livelihood transitions in former homelands of South Africa: A case study of QwaQwa and Transkei

11:00am EDT

Working Toward Systemic Change in Community-Based Literacy Instruction

11:00am EDT

Culture, Language, Place and Belonging: The Sault Malayalee Association and the Transnational Cultivation of Associational Life

11:00am EDT

Highlighting Stories of Community Resilience through Ripple Effects Mapping

11:00am EDT

Advancing Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Leadership Programs for Latiné Communities in Minnesota

11:00am EDT

Better Places: Empower Your Community to Create Vibrant Public Places

11:00am EDT

More than a third place: Public libraries’ role in equitable community development

11:00am EDT

The Role of Latino High School Students as Data Collectors in Community-Based Participatory Research

12:00pm EDT

Luncheon with Closing Session: Technology-Based Innovation for Rural Futures

2:00pm EDT

CDS Board Meeting (New Board)