The 14th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit was held Wednesday April 17th, 2024 from 8:30am – 12:30pm at SUNY New Paltz and was co-sponsored by the Center for Student Engagement, the Benjamin Center for Public Policy at SUNY New Paltz and Ulster Savings Bank.
Each year since our founding in 2009, UlsterCorps has hosted a Service Summit at SUNY New Paltz bringing together students, volunteers and community leaders from the nonprofit, business, higher education and governmental sectors to address the work and value of volunteerism and collaborative projects in Ulster County. The focus for the 2024 Summit was environmental issues and sustainability, specifically ways that young people can and are making a difference. It featureed panel discussions of successful case studies, new models, and best practices. As always it included roundtable discussions giving all attendees an opportunity to participate and network.
Speakers/Roundtable Discussion Moderators & Shared Resources included:
- Lizabeth Cain, Ed.D., SUNY New Paltz, Repair Cafes
- Manna Jo Greene, Ulster County Legislator, District 19
- View Presentation – Volunteering for Climate Solutions!
- Calendar of Upcoming Climate Related Events
- For Municipal Teams working to achieve 70% Renewable Energy Generation by 2030: Understanding Municipal Electric Loads and the Interconnection Queue
- For promoting responsible Refrigerant Management: The Ulster County Coolest Recycling Event — May 2024
- Past Presentation – How Waster Diversion Can Help Promote Landfill Siting and Longevity
- Past Presentation – Global Climate Crisis – Science and Solutions
- Melissa Iachetta, New Yorkers for Clean Power, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, Kingston Repair Cafe Co-facilitator
- Wren Kingsley, EVP of Student Association, SUNY New Paltz, Sustainability Ambassador
- Jen Metzger, Ulster County Executive
- Stiles Najac, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Food Security Program Manager; GleanMobile; Nourish New York
- Cal Trumann, New Yorkers for Clean Power, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, AmeriCorps VISTA 2008-09; AmeriCorps State & National 2010-11
- Chaya Huber, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, Bard College Center for Civic Engagement
- How Climate Change Affects Our Mental Health, and What We Can Do About It
- The Little Book of Green Nudges – a quick guide to reducing your campus’ environmental impact through behavioural change in the form of a concise and user-friendly publication
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 55 individuals to register by emailing register@ulstercorps.org or calling/texting 845-481-0331.
40 spaces available
Registration is closed for this event.
