2022 Summer Symposium
We are back to an In-Person program!
july 11 - july 15, 2022 | Erie 1 BOCES Center, West Seneca, NY
We are back to our roots this year, with a focus on topics that students will not see in their textbooks. Join us to learn about hot button topics from local and international experts. Students will also be joined by artists, poets, musicians and social entrepreneurs that will teach them how they can channel activism to make a difference. Students will also work on a group project on a topics of their choice designed to help the students create a program, event, or fundraiser on one of the following themes that the participant chooses on their application.
Teacher Programs
The Academy's professional development conferences for educators provide the knowledge, tools, and inspiration for its participants to teach about the most pressing issues of our day.
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Student Programs
Open to any incoming 9th grader through exiting high school senior, the Summer Symposium (formerly known as The Summer Institute) is a five-day program designed to train the next generation of concerned citizens.
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Why the academy
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Founded in 2008, our student summer program has trained over 600 high school students internationally and 300 local teachers in the Buffalo area. An estimated 20,000 students have been positively impacted by our programs in the classroom by those who have attended our trainings.
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Alumni are now entering high profile careers in government, public service, and diplomacy, virtually all its participants have remarked that the program has inspired them to use their talents for the benefit of humanity. Alumni students and teachers have also gone on to hold important human rights events in their schools and communities.
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The Academy's programs provides students and teachers the opportunity to hear internationally-known human rights experts, take part in hands-on activities and field trips, and learn the skills they need to make an impact on the community, nation, and world.
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