The IMPACT Conference team is moving our conference into a virtual setting for the 2021 conference to ensure that our participants and partners can safely engage with us during COVID-19. Our conference will be held on Thursday, March 4-Saturday, March 6, 2021, utilizing Zoom. View our tentative conference schedule here. Register here. Any questions can …
In solidarity with the protesters of the global Black Lives Matter Movement to end systemic racism, the IMPACT National Conference has a responsibility to do our part to dismantle systems of oppression. We are committed to centering and amplifying Black experiences and voices through all aspects of the IMPACT organization and conference. To be silent …
IMPACT Social Media Toolkit! The mission of the IMPACT Conference is to connect, educate and mobilize college students, nonprofit professionals and educators so that they can better strengthen their communities through service, action and advocacy. For over 30 years, IMPACT has been the largest volunteer-led conference focused on engaging college students in civic engagement. Help …
This year at the National IMPACT Conference, we honored those individuals and programs whose efforts and contributions have fulfilled the mission and vision of our organization and the communities in which they serve through their outstanding work. John Sarvey Administrator of the Year Award: Kristen Wright This award honors the life and work of one …
IMPACT 2020 is at Arizona State University from February 13-16.
SAVE THE DATES: February 13-16, 2020 Arizona State University Tempe Arizona The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest national gathering of student leaders, administrators, faculty, and nonprofit staff committed to engaging students in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work. This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference …
Action Program of the Year – Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project (CUDAP) was founded in 2011 when a house fire in Ithaca created an urgent need for an ASL interpreter, but none were available on such short notice. This left the Deaf homeowners struggling to communicate with emergency responders. Though …
On August 11, 2017 hundreds of white supremacists armed with torches and chanting racist slogans marched onto the campus of the University of Virginia, where they surrounded and attacked a small group of courageous anti-racist protesters. On August 12, 2017 these and other white supremacists killed one person and injured scores more people who stood against racism …
Meet engaged student leaders, administrators, faculty members, and non-profit staff passionate about social justice at the IMPACT Conference. Want to exhibit at the 2020 IMPACT Conference at Arizona State University in Tempe AZ? Send an email to sponsorship@impactconference.org.
Service Program of the Year: This award recognizes a campus based program which models student-led direct community service that has in some way contributed to making their campus and communities a better place for everyone. University of Dayton Summer Appalachia Program This program has roots back to 1965. Each summer UD students are gifted with …