The ILR Buffalo Co-Lab helps coordinate a network of over 300 community organizations to strengthen civic action while advancing an equitable economy and democratic Western New York. We partnered with the Co-Lab for Developing Your Digital Story, a workshop teaching nonprofits how to use online tools to build support for their mission.

A national organization with chapters from Buffalo to San Diego, Scientista empowers pre-professional women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through content, communities, and conferences. We partnered with them to host the Advocacy Lab, a workshop engineered for women in STEM fields.

A member of the elite “T-14,” Cornell Law School is one of the best legal educational institutions in the country. We interviewed two professors - Michael Dorf and Stephen Yale-Loehr - as part of our Speak Now podcast series. Professor Dorf featured in Episode Two: Law and Disorder, and Professor Yale-Loehr featured in Episode Three: Crossing Borders.

AnNYC-based student organization working alongside the Tahanie Aboushi for DA campaign, Youth for Tahanie strives to center and respond to young persons’ experiences in the criminal justice system. We worked with them to host Tahanie Talks Back, a workshop focusing on advocacy in the face of adversity.

One of the top-ranked forensics programs in the world, the Cornell Speech and Debate Society trains students for intercollegiate competition and prepares them to apply their public-speaking skills in the overall campus intellectual community. We worked with them to host two workshops - one on storytelling and one on public speaking in general - as part of the BRAIN Conference.

The Hazleton Integration Project is a community-based effort that seeks to unite the people of many different cultures who now call Hazleton home. The project is the brainchild of Hazleton native and Los Angeles Angels Manager Joe Maddon. In 2013 HIP opened the Hazleton One Community Center. We partnered with HIP to host a workshop for Hazleton students on self-advocacy for prospective college students.

The LGBT Resource Center provides a welcoming space for LGBTQ+ Cornell students and allies of all identities, backgrounds, and experiences, and incorporates principles of social justice into their programs and services. We are partnering with them as part of our own advocacy efforts, specifically on Title IX resources on our own campus.

A Cornell-based task force which studies populations in motion, the Cornell Migration Initiative aims to encourage new ways of thinking about migration for scientists, policymakers, and future leaders. We partnered with them to host Episode Three of our Speak Now podcast: Crossing Borders.

The Cornell Institute of Politics and Global Affairs is nonpartisan institute that strives to promote conversation about and deepen understanding of volatile political and global events. We also partnered with them to host our Speak Now podcast series.

The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) at Cornell University provides academic and professional-development support and resources for underrepresented and/or underserved students. OADI’s mission is to empower students to develop and leverage their own academic agency as they seek to achieve their scholastic, professional, and personal goals. We partnered with them to host Breaking Down Barriers: advocacy for underrepresented students.

A prominent candidate in the 2021 Manhattan District Attorney’s race, Tahanie Aboushi has devoted her life to criminal justice reform. Tahanie joined us for Speak Now: Courting Opposition to discuss fighting bias both inside and outside the courtroom. She also shared her wisdom with our listeners in Tahanie Talks Back, a workshop focused on teaching audience members how to best advocate for themselves when confronting authority figures.

The Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at the Cornell Law School, Professor Michael Dorf is one of the nation’s top constitutional scholars. Professor Dorf joined us for Speak Now: Law and Disorder, where he discussed the role that the Constitution and judicial system play in fighting — or contributing to — American political polarization.

A professor of Immigration Law Practice at Cornell University, Stephen Yale-Loehr has been practicing and teaching immigration law for over 35 years. During that time, numerous publications have named him one of the best immigration lawyers in the world. Professor Yale-Loehr joined us for Speak Now: Crossing Borders, to discuss how and why issues of immigration fractured along party lines — and how we can reverse that trend.

A Cornell BME graduate student, Jason Marvin is committed to expanding access to higher education through inclusive teaching strategies, LGBTQ-focused advocacy and visibility, and K-12 STEM outreach. Jason was our guest speaker at our Breaking Down Barriers workshop with OADI and gave advice on navigating higher education as underrepresented minority students.

A researcher in the USDA’s Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Dr. Melanie Filiatrault has long advocated for uplifting female voices in the sciences. She joined us for the Advocacy Lab, a confidence-boosting training for women and gender minorities in STEM.

The David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of Humanities at Cornell University, Dr. Caroline Levine wrote the groundbreaking policy proposal that, in 2020, convinced the Cornell Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuels. Guided by the belief that communication is an integral tool to address the climate crisis, Dr. Levine joined us for our 2020 Climate Action Symposium. At the event, she discussed how listeners could tell the story of global climate change in a way that mobilized their communities to support greener policy and personal lifestyle choices.

The David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell, Dr. Robert Howarth was a leading voice in Cornell’s decades-long divestment campaign -- a campaign that was successful in 2020. Involved in environmental policy from the local to the international level, he is one of 22 researchers appointed to the New York State Climate Action Council, tasked with developing a plan to help New York State achieve carbon neutrality. Dr. Howarth spoke at our Climate Action Symposium, about how to successfully leverage facts when advocating for environmental justice.

Destiny Watford is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Goldman Prize, for a grassroots campaign she led as a teenager to stop the construction of the nation’s largest incinerator less than a mile away from her high school. In her advocacy, Watford canvassed, protested, and urged Baltimore City Public Schools and other investors to divest from the incinerator. She succeeded, and the incinerator’s permit was invalidated. Destiny joined us for the Climate Action Symposium to discuss the power even an individual actor holds to spark change.