Snacks for Students Drive

Excelsior University’s community engagement group is partnering with Albany High School and Troy High School for the third annual Snacks for Students collection drive. The initiative fights food insecurity in the classroom by collecting and donating healthy snacks to students each month …

By PAMELA JIMENEZ
PAMELA JIMENEZ Program Director for the Center for Social Justice
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An estimated 1.3 billion people live with a significant disability today.

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By PAMELA JIMENEZ
PAMELA JIMENEZ Program Director for the Center for Social Justice
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Persons with disabilities make up 16% of the global population 📊 yet they rarely access leadership roles, including in the health sector.

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By PAMELA JIMENEZ
PAMELA JIMENEZ Program Director for the Center for Social Justice
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Albany County Adopt-A-Family Drive

The Excelsior community’s favorite service event, Albany County Adopt-A-Family, returns this year as we seek to spread joy to others this holiday season! Please join the Community Engagement Group in assisting two local families this year by using the link …

By PAMELA JIMENEZ
PAMELA JIMENEZ Program Director for the Center for Social Justice
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2024-2025 Snacks for Albany & Troy Students Drive

Excelsior University’s community engagement group is partnering with Albany High School and Troy High School for the third annual Snacks for Students collection drive. The initiative fights food insecurity in the classroom by collecting and donating healthy snacks to students each month …

By PAMELA JIMENEZ
PAMELA JIMENEZ Program Director for the Center for Social Justice
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Excelsior University at the In Our Own Voices Gala

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By Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar Fndg. Director of Ctr. for Social Justice & CDO
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The Power Of Intercultural Communication And Dialogue

Could we turn the extreme polarization of interests, positions, and attempts to control the differences around us we are currently witnessing or experiencing into a call for our promotion and facilitation of multi-perspective sharing, learning, communication, and dialogue? Constructive intercultural …

By Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar Fndg. Director of Ctr. for Social Justice & CDO
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Volunteer Week 2024 Spotlight: Myers Residence

A group from Excelsior University stopped by Myers Residence to do some volunteering. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute in this way last week, Mary Liz Stewart, Paul Stewart, and the entire Underground Railroad Education Center Team. Thank you …

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Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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Volunteer Week 2024 Spotlight: Habitat for Humanity ReStore

Read about Christan Miller’s experience volunteering with Habitat for Humanity ReStore

Please share highlights of your volunteering experience.

It was fun to see the ReStore’s new space and volunteer with a fun group of people! We got to interact with …

By Mary [uConnect]
Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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Volunteer Week 2024 Spotlight: Underground Railroad Education Center

This week, the Excelsior University Center for Social Justice had the privilege of facilitating our second bimonthly conversation about recent events with members of the Underground Railroad Education Center community. Sharing and learning about our perspectives and reactions to the …

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Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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Volunteer Week 2024 Spotlight: Habitat for Humanity and Fisher House

From providing a helping hand to building hope for families in need and offering comfort for our military community, we’re honored to be part of something bigger. Let’s continue to make a difference together!

By Mary [uConnect]
Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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Volunteer Week 2024 Spotlight: Underground Railroad Education Center

Paul participated in a panel on April 10th at Excelsior University on volunteerism for Volunteer Week. The panel was sponsored by the Center for Social Justice and DEI. The panelists all talked about what volunteering meant both personally and through …

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Mary [uConnect] Customer Success Manager
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