Upcoming Events
How to Join a Workshop
It’s easy! A full list of our programming is below. Just click on the workshop you’d like to join and you’ll find a form to register. Sign up there and you’ll receive a Zoom link for the event. All workshops are free and open to everyone.
Upcoming Events
A Year Since Dobbs v. Jackson: Reflections & Next Steps with the Center for Reproductive Rights
It has been a year since the unprecedented Dobbs v. Jackson decision that struck down Roe v. Wade. Since then, student groups, law students, legal professionals, and prominent legal organizations have been incredibly active in on-the-ground activism endeavors to defend the right to reproductive and bodily autonomy. Perhaps no group has been more instrumental in education-based and legal-based advocacy than the Center for Reproductive Rights. On Friday, September 15th at 4 PM, our CEO will sit down with Hannah Tennies, a Senior Program Coordinator, and Rabia Muqaddam, a Senior Staff Attorney and Cornell Alumna, and learn about the work that they do at the Center, what the Center’s work has been like since Dobbs, and how we can get involved in the reproductive justice movement. Click the form here to register for the event!
A Conversation on Campus Sexual Violence with the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County
Asha Prabhat, CEO of the Advocacy Project, will sit down with Naiara Bezerra-Gastesi and Naomi Barry, prominent educators and advocates at the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, to discuss the work that the Advocacy Center does, the services it provides, and have a general conversation on what the culture looks like at Cornell University and what student advocates can do to protect their communities from campus sexual violence.
The Power of Transformative Justice with Dr. Sydney McKinney, Director of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute
Season 3 of the Advocacy Project’s premiere podcast series, Speak Now, will focus on honoring our heroes and partners — nonprofit leadership and management. The first episode of the series will highlight Sydney McKinney from the National Black Women's Justice Institute, who will speak about her work experience and academic background, as well as the NBWJI's work to advocate for criminal justice reform for black women and girls. You can listen to the podcast here.
A Year Since Dobbs: Reflections and Next Steps with the Center for Reproductive Rights
It has been a year since the unprecedented Dobbs v. Jackson decision that struck down Roe v. Wade. Since then, student groups, law students, legal professionals, and prominent legal organizations have been incredibly active in on-the-ground activism endeavors to defend the right to reproductive and bodily autonomy. Perhaps no group has been more instrumental in education-based and legal-based advocacy than the Center for Reproductive Rights. On Friday, September 15th at 4 PM, our CEO will sit down with Hannah Tennies, a Senior Program Coordinator, and Rabia Muqaddam, a Senior Staff Attorney and Cornell Alumna, and learn about the work that they do at the Center, what the Center’s work has been like since Dobbs, and how we can get involved in the reproductive justice movement. Click the form here to register for the event!
Alumni Speaker Series | Michael Madon '94
This event is part of our Alumni Speaker Series Event!
Buffalo Co-Lab Partnership
A small cohort of AdPro members will be traveling to Buffalo, NY in partnership with the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab in mid-March. They will meet with the Partnership for Public Good, a community-based think tank working to build a more just, sustainable, and culturally vibrant world through coalition building. Students will participate in a policy advocacy workshop and engage in different community based advocacy endeavors. Then, they will bring this knowledge back to campus to build new resources and host a walk-through symposium to expose their fellow Cornellians to these skills.
Careers in Advocacy
The Cornell Advocacy Project is excited to host three speakers to highlight incorporating advocacy into your career.
Our speakers are three professionals who have incorporated advocacy into their highly successful career paths. Cathy Creighton is the director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lad and a former leading labor lawyer. Kenneth Roberts is a Government Professor who has been a part of movements across the world. Finally, Aubryn Sidle is a Global Development Professor who works at the intersection of community-driven development, gender, and education.
CIS Mindfulness in Advocacy Workshop
In an event collaborated with and co-sponsored by the Cornell College of Computing and Information Science (CIS) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office, the Advocacy Project will lead a workshop dedicated to mindfulness in advocacy. Participants will partake in activities revolving around calming the physical body, journaling as a means to reflect on advocacy experiences, learning about empathy and active listening from EARS collaborators (Empathy, Assistance, and Referral Service), and discussing ways to cope with burnout and mental health concerns in advocacy.
APO 201 Workshop
A follow up to the successful to the APO 101: What is Advocacy workshop, APO 201 strives to provide a deeper understanding of advocacy in volunteerism and day-to-day situations college students may find themselves in. Through an informational presentation and interactive roleplaying, members of the community service fraternity will develop solid advocacy action plans, ready to be put to use.
Season Now Season 2, Episode 1
In our first episode, Constructing Change, we’ll be discussing architecture as advocacy. We’re joined by Erin Pellegrino, a Visiting Lecturer from the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. In addition to her award-winning work as the founder and principal of her architectural design firm, Matter, Erin is the co-founder of Out Of Architecture, a career consulting firm that helps architects explore the value of their skills in non-traditional contexts.