PRISM Conference

SAVE THE DATE

October 25 – 26, 2024

This Year’s Theme: Walking the Talk

You’re invited to attend our annual SUNY Oneonta PRISM Conference!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE!

The planning committee for the SUNY Oneonta PRISM Conference cordially invites students, community members, resource professionals, junior and senior faculty, and administrators to attend our upcoming conference.

In 2024, we are faced with many challenges, between struggles for civil rights, economic and political strife, and threats to the lives of those we hold dear. It is through this that we can often find ourselves asking if there is more that we can do than show solidarity and support in these causes. This year, we bring to you the 11th Annual PRISM Conference theme: Walking the Talk; a conference to discuss advocacy and allyship and how to transform allyship into activism.

Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California once said: "I know you can't live on hope alone; but without hope, life is not worth living. So you got to give them hope." During this conference, we hope to bring together bright minds to celebrate and imbue hope to the discourse of advocacy and activism in 2024.

We are happy to share that the conference will continue to be hybrid this year.

Please go to our conference event page for more information. View the events planned (as they become available).

PRISM Conference Learning Outcomes

Conference participants will be able to:

Identify multiple aspects of diversity, including the ongoing development of identity and creating an inclusive community (Pride).
Explore and analyze current trends and issues that LGBTQIA+ college students face through historical and/or future-oriented lenses (Research).
Create an understanding around the experiences of intersecting identities within the LGBTQIA+ community (Intersectionality).
Facilitate opportunities for mentorship to strengthen leadership development in preparation for life beyond college (Support).
Develop impactful approaches to promoting diversity, inclusion, and wellness through advocacy (Movement).

How to Submit a Presentation Proposal

All presentations should:

Explore the PRISM Conference theme through the analysis of research, best practices, lived experience, and activism.
Promote audience engagement, personal and collective reflection, and robust discussion.
Include a strongly articulated purpose, conceptual foundation, contextual background, and contributions to intersectional LGBTQIA+ scholarship and advocacy.

To submit a proposal, please complete the provided form. Submissions are due by Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

If you have any questions, please contact Bill Harcleroad at bill.harcleroad@oneonta.edu.

This conference is meant to highlight and celebrate LGBTQIA+ experiences through fostered dialogue across academic and/or practical experiences, disciplinary foci, and institutional perspectives, as well as provide support and resources to those that attend. Today’s students entering college come with new attitudes and understandings around gender, sexuality, and wellness. In the past few years, we have all witnessed a large Civil Rights Movement for the United States, which has had an effect on all of us, and largely impacted people within our LGBTQIA+ community. Despite the progress made in different areas of policy, education, and pop culture, there’s still a lot of work to be done in order to give the best support and education to students in a nation and world full of uncertainty. To this effect, this conference serves to provide an avenue for different voices to be heard and allow for greater representation of individuals who are so often silenced.