Breaking the Bubble : Civic Engagement : Center for Community Engagement : ��ǿ��

Breaking the Bubble

A Community Conversation Series

Breaking the Bubble is a community conversation series co-sponsored by the University's Office for Residential Life and Housing Services and the Center for Community Engagement. Breaking the Bubble seeks to burst the bubble that can envelop the University, separating it from the surrounding community. The series highlights timely issues of interest to both the University's community and the general ��ǿ�� community—particularly ��ǿ��'s southwest neighborhoods, adjacent to the University's River Campus. These events are free and open to the public.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

2023-2024 Series

Indigenous Conversations

Ronalyn (Ronnie) Pollack, Executive Director of the Native American Cultural Center

School Data Matters

Dr. Shanai Lee, Founder and Executive Director of READY

2021-2022 Series

Building Community Control: How City Roots Community Land Trust is Combating Gentrification with Community Owned Land

Graham Hughes, City Roots Community Land Trust

Fostering Accessible Play Through Community Engagement

Calvin Eaton, 540WMain, Inc.

Suzan Hoffman ’22 (E5)

CampusROC & Helping Students Fall in Love with Greater ��ǿ��

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Barb Egenhofer, Director of Talent Strategy, ROC2025

Julia Pagano, Talent Strategy Coordinator, CampusROC

2020-2021 Series

Lentory Johnson, local activist

Ashley Gantt, Free the People Roc

Zola Brown, President of the 19th Ward Community Association

Dorian Hall, President of the PLEX Neighborhood Association

Moniek Silas-Lee, Principal at Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19

Jean Pedersen, Associate Professor of History and of Humanities, Eastman School of Music, ��ǿ��

Annie Rosenow ‘22, Chair, Voter Outreach Subcommittee, Committee for Political Engagement, ��ǿ�� Center for Community Leadership

Barbara Grosh, Director of Voter Services, League of Women Voters of the ��ǿ�� Metropolitan Area

2019-2020 Series

Maria Furgiuele, Executive Director, the Community Design Center ��ǿ��

Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD, associate professor of environmental medicine, ��ǿ��

Introduction to Addressing Structural Racism and Building Community

Loriane Ngarambe, RMAPI community engagement specialist

Community Engagement through the Lens of Barbershops and Salons

Wille Lightfoot, ��ǿ�� City Council vice president and owner, New Creations Unisex Shop

Wade Davis, owner, Wade & Me Barbershop

Andre Morrison, owner, Andre's Barbershop

Dr. Desjamebra Robinson, NYS cosmetologist

Working Towards Climate Justice in ��ǿ��

Abby McHugh-Grifa, executive director of ��ǿ�� People's Climate Coalition

Calvin Eaton, Founding executive director of 540 WMain Inc.

Hridesh Singh, leadership member of ��ǿ�� Youth Climate Leaders

2018-2019 Series

Yoga 4 a Good Hood

Imani Olear, founder, and pastor, Reformation Lutheran Church

How to Run for Office

Gary Pudup, former political candidate and campaign manager

Refugees Helping Refugees

Sadiya Omar, Pio Moller, and Pam Adams, Refugees Helping Refugees, Inc.

��ǿ��’s Music Scene

Jeff Spevak, local arts writer and ��ǿ�� Democrat and Chronicle pop/rock critic

2017-2018 Series

Toward Urban Education Success: East EPO

Lorna Washington, assistant superintendent, East EPO

Re-Energizing the Legacy of Frederick Douglass

Carvin Eison, ��ǿ�� Community TV and SUNY Brockport, and Bleu Cease, executive director, ��ǿ�� Contemporary Art Center

Strengthen the ��ǿ�� Community through National Service

Panel of National Service Members including Matthew Trombley and Jeiri Flores

��ǿ�� Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative

Dr. Leonard Brock, executive director

2016-2017 Series

Incarceration Nation: The US and Mass Incarceration

Joshua Dubler, ��ǿ�� assistant professor of religion, founder and director of the ��ǿ�� Prison Education Project

Join the Conversation: Health, Hunger, and Food Banks

Mitch Gruber, chief program officer at Foodlink

Re-Humanizing ��ǿ��: The Past, Present, and Future of ��ǿ��’s Transportation System

Mike Governale, Reconnect ��ǿ��, and Erik Frisch, transportation specialist, City of ��ǿ��

A Conversation with Mayor Lovely Warren: Believe in ��ǿ��

City of ��ǿ�� Mayor Lovely Warren

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