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Tufts Community Symposium: Building Resilience and Power Together
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | Tufts University’s Medford/Somerville Campus at Breed Memorial Hall/51 Winthrop Street
The Tufts Community Symposium is an opportunity to engage with our community and university colleagues, learn from one another, and explore ideas for research and education partnerships. This year, we are focused on building solidarity and support during this challenging time.
We are pleased to announce that Georgia Katsoulomitis, J86, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI), is our plenary keynote speaker. An attorney with extensive experience in public policy, nonprofit management and development, and strategic communications, she has served as Executive Director since 2011, growing and deepening MLRI’s impact. Read more about Georgia Katsoulomitis.
As always, we will start the morning with a networking breakfast, followed by a plenary session and table discussions. After the plenary, we offer optional break-out sessions, co-led by Tufts faculty and community partners, and then we will hold the TCRC Student Research Presentations.
The symposium is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, Government and Community Relations, and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
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8:15am Networking Breakfast
9:00am Plenary & Roundtable Discussions
11:00am Break & Travel to Breakout Sessions
11:15am Breakout Sessions (optional)
Please review the Concurrent Breakout Sessions options before you register.
Session 1: Activism, Community, and Theatre: The Front Porch Arts Collective
Session 2: Building Youth Power Through Political Home-Making: An Interactive Session Grounded in Community Wisdom
Session 3: Community-Academic Partnerships to Engage in Advocacy
Session 4: Fundraising for community organizations: Cost Effective Cultivation
12:45am Tisch College Community Research Center: Student Research Presentations (optional)
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WHO: Tufts Students of all levels and disciplines, Tufts University faculty, staff, & alumni, and community partners & leaders.
ACCESSIBILITY: 51 Winthrop St is equipped with accessible bathrooms and a step-free entrance with buttons to open the doors. Breakout spaces are similarly equipped and have elevators if they are multi-level. If you need a handicapped parking spot, please email Samara Jones as soon as you register as spots are limited. Please visit this interactive map to locate handicapped parking spots and other campus accessibility information.
PARKING INFORMATION: Visitor parking is limited to visitor parking areas such as Dowling Hall Garage (closest to 51 Winthrop) and Cousens Lot.
Community members can park for free and register their vehicle at this link or by using QR codes available at the registration table on the day of the event. [VOUCHER CODE: TCS49] Please note that this permit needs to be set up on the day of the event.
Tufts students/faculty/staff must pay for parking as normal using the Tufts Mobile App or this link.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Tufts Medford campus is easily accessible via public transportation (Green Line, Red Line, & Buses).
SACRED SPACES: At Tufts, we offer dedicated prayer spaces to accommodate our diverse community. You can find prayer rooms located in the Goddard Chapel, Tufts Hillel, and the Interfaith Center. Please see the link below for more information about our sacred spaces on campus: https://chaplaincy.tufts.edu/on-campus-sacred-spaces/
Questions: please email samara.jones@tufts.edu
Registration
Opens Mar 11, 2025 12:00am
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Parking Details
See above event description section.
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