Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference
This year's conference titled, Advocacy for Humankind, will be held March 20-21, 2025 in Stayer Hall & Winter center, Millersville University.
Join us this year as we foster and explore the connection that binds us as humans. What does it mean to be human? How do we embrace humanness? How does kindness promote humankind?
Dates: March 20-21, 2025 - ATTEND MARCH 21ST IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. LOCKEY LECTURE, MARCH 20TH, IS IN PERSON ONLY.
Registration Link for the Conference: 12th Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference Tickets | Millersville, PA | Millersville University Ticket Office
March 20, 2025: In Person - 7-8:30pm: Anna Funk Lockey Lecture Keynote Speaker: Andrew Slack
Title: Advocacy for Humankind
Location: Biemsderfer Auditorium, Winter Center, Millersville University
March 21, 2024: 8:30am-2:00pm: Conference Sessions and Plenary Speaker
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Heather Girvin
Title: Leading with Responsibility and Compassion: Lessons from the Herd
Location: Stayer Hall, Millersville University
Breakout Sessions:
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Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Location |
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8:30-8:45am |
Registration |
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Stayer Hall, MPR |
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8:45-9:00am |
Welcome Address |
Dr. Lara Willox |
Stayer Hall, MPR |
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9:10-10:10am |
Meals To Go: Exploring the challenges of navigating charitable food while homelessness
Equine Empowerment: Leadership Lessons from the Herd |
Drs. Jen Frank & Mary Glazier
Drs. Heather Girvin & Abigail Wilson |
Stayer Hall, TDB
Stayer Hall, TDB
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10:20-11:20am |
Collaborative Partnerships to Empower Latinx Youth Through Cultural Relevant Programming
Integration of Peers into a Client's Recovery Journey |
Dr. Christina Pantoja Williams
Dr. Amy Sagen & Shyanne Trapani |
Stayer Hall, TDB
Stayer Hall, TDB
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11:30am-12:30pm |
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
Utilizing Bibliotherapy to Foster Humankind |
Gregory Szczyrbak & Dr. Jess Hughes & Dr. Rob Spicer
Dr. Karen Rice |
Stayer Hall, TDB
Stayer Hall, TDB
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12:30-2:00pm |
Lunch and Plenary Speaker: Leading with Responsibility and Compassion: Lessons from the Herd |
Dr. Heather Girvin |
Stayer Hall, MPR |
full program to be posted soon!
Contact Karen Rice at karen.rice@millersville.edu with questions.
The Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference provides a platform from which experts share their knowledge and offer training for agents of social change. Each year, the conference brings together faculty, students, staff, and community practitioners from around the world and across disciplines to learn together ways to advance global social justice and human rights. Despite this annual conference, students also present their research and glean knowledge from experts in the field.
2014 - Global Youth: Understanding Challenges, Identifying Solutions, Offering Hope
2015 - Exploitation of Women and Children: Global Perspectives
2016 - Global Poverty: Human Needs, Economic Justice, and Social Change
2018 - Wellness in Our Global Community: Clarifying Definitions, Providing Opportunities, Protecting Rights
2019 - Social Justice: Valuing Difference, Pursuing Equity, and Finding Space for Solidarity
2020 - Re-Envisioning Our World: Seeing What Works, Broadening Our View, Seeking Innovative Alternatives
2021 - Global Citizenship: Acknowledging Interconnectedness and Cultivating Social Justice
2022 - Behavioral Mental Health Conference: Workforce Challenges
2023 - Global Connectedness: Achieving Sustainable Change in an Evolving World
2024 - Matters of Marginalization
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