The aim of the Le Moyne College Center for Urban and Regional Applied Research is to provide an infrastructure for collaborative research that serves the needs of the Central New York Community. CURAR’s strategy involves fostering dialogue and supporting research endeavors that bring together the various capacities, energies, visions and experience of faculty members, students and local community and government leaders. CURAR promotes an interdisciplinary and active approach to citizenship that includes a diverse variety of community members as well as faculty associates from across the spectrum of academic fields. Guided by the Jesuit mission of economic and social justice, CURAR’s ultimate mission is to foster an economic, educational, social, political, and environmental infrastructure for a more just society.
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The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC’s work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures. AFSC’s work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. The organization’s mission and achievements won worldwide recognition in 1947 when it accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with the British Friends Service Council on behalf of all Quakers. The AFSC is directed by a Quaker board and staffed by Quakers and other people of faith who share the Friends’ desire for peace and social justice.
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Outdoor Empowerment established in 2005 and based in Syracuse, NY, affiliated with Ecopedaogy Association International and Transformative Studies Institute, is dedicated to providing alternatives to violence, environmental awareness, and empowerment skills in an outdoor setting for urban community members. OE takes adventure outings one step further and focuses on the process of the 3 Es – experience, education, and environment during our outings/workshops. The foundation of OE’s mission and its activities is rooted in the theory of ecopedagogy, inspired by the work of Paulo Freire. Ecopedagogy is an educational theory based on the process of teaching and sharing the awareness of social injustices and the need to protect the environment.
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SUNY Cortland’s Criminology Department focuses on the nature and causes of crime, as well as on the analysis of crime control policy. The B.A. in criminology allows students to pursue focused study in criminology within the context of a broad liberal arts education. It offers the dual options of preparation for immediate entry into employment in the criminal justice area or pursuit of advanced studies in criminology and related fields at the graduate level.
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Hillbrook Youth Detention Center provides mandated secure services for youth ages 10 to 16. Family Court remands Juvenile Delinquents (JD) to Hillbrook until the conclusion of their case in Family Court. Youth prosecuted in criminal court, charged as Juvenile Offenders (JO), may also be housed in Hillbrook until their sentencing. Hillbrook is located at 4949 Velasko Road in the Town of Onondaga. We are certified by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services for 32 beds. Our mission is to provide safe and secure detention. We work diligently to improve the pro-social skills of our residents to foster character development and tools for successful reentry into the community.
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The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration. Our mission is to promote reintegrative justice and a reduced reliance on incarceration through advocacy, services and public policy development in pursuit of civil and human rights. CCA serves people in trouble: youth at risk; families in crisis; people struggling to address drug and alcohol problems and HIV and AIDS; and people who have been involved in the criminal justice system who are seeking community reintegration and productive, law-abiding lives. CCA endeavors to address these issues by emphasizing personal empowerment, self-respect and concern for one’s community.
