13th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit

The 13th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit will be held Thursday April 13th, 2023 from 8:30am – noon at SUNY New Paltz and is co-sponsored by the Center for Student Engagement and the Benjamin Center for Public Policy at SUNY New Paltz, Rondout Savings Bank, and Ulster Savings Bank.

For our 2023 Service Summit, we will focus on Expanding Outreach: Amplifying Volunteer Voices for Next Generation Service. How can we best be of service to the next generation while honoring our past? We’ll be hearing from panelists representing a diverse range of service learning and engagement programs as well as media outlets across the County that, working together, broaden our understanding of the challenges and opportunities to expand volunteerism, service and community engagement in our current climate. We will explore and seek to weave together intergenerational models of volunteerism and collaboration. The Summit will emphasize the importance of in-person social engagement, strategies for re-engaging volunteers of all ages and abilities, and fostering active community. The Summit will also include roundtable discussions in English and Spanish, giving all attendees an opportunity to participate and network.

Speakers include:

Keynote Meg Sheeley, SUNY Ulster
Jesse Brown, HUDSY TV
Wailly Comprés Henríquez, Brothers@
Nina Dawson, Ulster County Youth Bureau
Mariel Fiori, LaVoz, Radio Kingston
Melanie Forstrom, Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County
Alessandra González Latina Singer, Teaching artist, Zumba Instructor, Latin Outreach Unity & Development (LOUD), Center for Creative Education (CCE) volunteer & PlayWell volunteer
Johann Huleatt, Bruderhof
Martha Williams & John Scilipote, Culture Shift Agency, BreakBread World
Cicily Wilson, Bard Center for Civic Engagement

The Summit, which is free to participants, is part of the on-going work of UlsterCorps to deepen the knowledge about volunteerism and to find ways to strengthen a culture of service and collaboration in Ulster County. A locally-sourced, healthy breakfast is included. Registration is limited to the first 50 individuals to register by emailing register@ulstercorps.org or calling/texting 845-481-0331.