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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The
Center for Social
Responsibility and Community of the SUNY College at Oneonta will present
its eighth annual Volunteerism and Social Responsibility conference from 10
a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, in the Morris Conference Center
on campus. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., and participants in the
conference will receive a complimentary lunch and a t-shirt. Admission to
the conference is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to
participate.
Designed to inspire participants to make a difference in their
communities, the conference will open with a keynote address featuring Dr.
Ashok Malhotra,
Distinguished Teaching Professor in the SUNY Oneonta
Department of Philosophy,
who will present "To Find Yourself Is to Lose Yourself in the Service of
Others."
Following Dr. Malhotra's presentation, conference attendees may choose
from among the following workshops:
- "Cow Poop Makes Things Beautiful: A Natural Guide to Turning
Weakness into Strengths," Christian Vesterfelt, SUNY Delhi
- "Here I Stand," Tanya Henderson and Dale Capristo, SUNY Oneonta
- "Confidence," John Henry Young, Oneonta Job Corps Academy
- "Students' Alternative Voice: The Dangers of Not Voting," Thor
Kasenko, SUNY Oneonta
- "Creating a Lasting Community Service Project," Charlotte McKane,
Oneonta High School
- "Building Character Brick by Brick," Linda Drake, SUNY Oneonta
The conference on Volunteerism and Social Responsibility is co-sponsored
by SUNY Oneonta and its Center for Social Responsibility and Community, SUNY
Delhi and its O'Connor Center for Community Service, and the Oneonta Job
Corps Academy. More information is available from Linda Drake, Director of
the Center for Social Responsibility and Community, at (607) 436-2098 or by
e-mail to csrc@oneonta.edu.
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